Exposing Satan's Playbook The Perry Stone

tragedies, the men came to “comfort” him (v. 11). Job’s physical condition with the boils was so severe that they did not recognize him, and they ripped their garments and sat in the dust with Job for seven days without saying anything (vv. 12–13). This was an ancient custom for collective grieving. The Hebrew name Eliphaz means, “the endeavor of God.” The name Bildad means, “confusing or a person of contention.” The third name, Zophar , in Hebrew can mean “rising early.” In chapter 32 a fourth man showed up, Elihu the Buzite, and continued the dialogue. The name Elihu means, “My God is He.” These men began a series of discourses that the Book of Job divides into three main cycles. The first cycle is chapters 4 through 11. The second cycle is chapters 12 through 20, and the third is chapters 21 through 31. The main speeches given to Job from his friends attempt to explain to Job why God allowed or sent the severe trouble to Job’s life. The main theories are that Job must have some type of hidden sin in his life or was perhaps too self-righteous, and therefore God was attempting to humble him. Job defends himself, and his friends are unable to identify any sin he has committed that would have opened the door to such trouble. The basic theology of Job’s friends seems to be that if you are a good moral person, you will automatically live a life of favor and blessing, but if you commit any form of sin or evil, you are marked for God’s judgment. Thus the assumption was that for Job to have experienced total loss, he must have committed some known or secret acts of sin to anger God and was