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Posts tagged "accusation"

Betrayed by Friends

Old Testament Reflection

What a disappointment Eliphaz’ words have been to Job.

He likens his experience to a caravan of travellers in the desert who are searching for water. They have hope and joy when they see swollen streams of water in the distance, but when they reach the streams they have dried up.

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Great Shot, Wrong Goal

Old Testament Reflection

There’s nothing intrinsically wrong with Zophar’s complaint. From one point of view, it’s an effective and accurate speech. It’s pretty fierce, though, a slap shot fired from the point with an unstoppable force. And it’s very, very personal.

Zophar’s right. We can’t get at the deep things of God (v 7).

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