Theology of the Book of Job: Part 5- The Speeches and Characters in Job

Doc Ryan and Pastor Matt take a look at the dialogue speeches in
the book of job and the characters that give them. Chapters 3- 27
is the dialogue chapter of the book in 29 begins the discourse
section of the book so what we have in chapter 28 is basically an
interesting hymn.     Theodicy – the
vindication of the justice of God in the light of humanity's
suffering The conventional answer in ancient Israel was that God
rewards virtue and punishes sin (the principle known as
"retributive justice")   In the poetic dialogues Job's
friends see his suffering and assume he must be guilty, since God
is just. Job, knowing he is innocent, concludes that God must be
unjust. He retains his piety throughout the story (belying The
Challengers suspicion that his righteousness is due to the
expectation of reward), but makes clear from his first speech
that he agrees with his friends that God should and does reward
righteousness.