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Why do bad things happen to good people? Can suffering serve any good purpose? Why me? These are real questions that many wrestle with today—and that Job wrestled with thousands of years ago. The book of Job is a historical biography of Job, “a blameless and upright man,” one justified by faith in the sight of God. This commentary traces his spiritual journey through tragic bereavement and...

the Holy Spirit’s regeneration. His friends did not respect his words, so he wanted them in print (v. 23). Job 19 is a key chapter as it evidences a turning point in Job’s road to full recovery. His friends have proved to be unfaithful and tediously critical of him. Yet, instead of responding to Bildad’s second speech with a sense of hopelessness, we find that Job’s spirit rises to its highest point of anticipation and hope. Job’s belief in the resurrection
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