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APRIL 13 Reading 103 JOB’S CONDEMNATION Job 22–27“Is not your wickedness great? Are not your sins endless?” (Job 22:5)Job’s defense of himself and his disturbing questions about God’s justice upset his friends. In their eyes such impious thoughts proved that Job must be numbered with the wicked. Overview Eliphaz was shocked at Job’s apparent attackContinue reading “The 365 Day Devotional Commentary”

APRIL 12 Reading 102 DO THE WICKED PAY? Job 15–21“How often is the lamp of the wicked snuffed out? How often does calamity come upon them, the fate God allots in His anger?” (Job 21:17)Though Job’s friends insisted differently, we all know, as Job knew, that every wicked man is not repayed in this lifeContinue reading “The 365 Day Devotional Commentary”

Job APRIL 11 Reading 101 JOB’S ANGUISH Job 1–14 “I have no peace, no quietness; I have no rest, but only turmoil” (Job 3:26).Job’s inner anguish mirrors our own when we are struck by some unexpected tragedy and struggle to understand why. Background The Structure of the book. Job begins and ends with brief proseContinue reading “The 365 Day Devotional Commentary”

Job INTRODUCTION Set in the second millennium B.C., when wealth was measured in cattle and the patriarch served as family priest, the epic of Job explores the relationship between human suffering and divine justice. Job, a righteous man, was crushed by sudden disasters. His three friends argued that God was punishing him for some hiddenContinue reading “The 365 Day Devotional Commentary”

Esther APRIL 10 Reading 100 DELIVERANCE OF THE JEWS Esther 1–10 “If you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place” (Es. 4:14).The doctrine of providence holds that God quietly works through cause and effect in the natural world to supervise events. The Book of Esther showsContinue reading “The 365 Day Devotional Commentary”