Who is Elihu?

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Job 32:2 Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.

I look at that as a parable like with Abraham and Issacs. Historallly true but with another meaning hid to enrich it. .

Elihu shown with kindred. . . his father "Ram". . .a word meaning "two Israelites". This I believe shows us the proper kindled wrath of God.

In our human anger we are not to sin . Take out that log before the sun sets . Unlike the anger of man spoken of in James. It does not bring about the righteous life he does desire of us. Vengeance is His . His wrath is tempered with mercy .

Being the youngest his love was long suffering . Reminding us also not to look down on someone's youth .Jesus was 12 and above any human teacher. When his mother and father could not find him doing the business of the father and vanished.

I think they as the father and son could be compared . Elihu, son of Ram. Jesus, Son of God . God sent a Ram it rescued Job .
 
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p_rehbein

p_rehbein

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Personally, I don't see him as an appearance of Christ in the OT, but that is just my opinion. Clearly, none of us actually know who he was..............and, I don't think he was the devil or any such. The devil is not likely to strongly defend the righteousness of God is he?

There are various other folks who appear in Scripture that little is known about, other than what the few verses they appear in say about them.

Right off, the 10 that Christ healed, and ONLY 1 returned to praise Him.......who were they?

The woman at the well...........all we know of her is what is revealed in the one Chapter she appears in.

Many others as well.......................

What about the three friends of Job? What do we know of them?
 
JamOn

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Nehemiah6 said:
With friends like those, who needed enemies?
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It seems in my opinion Jobs friends mentality is still around today, you can see it in the entertainment industry or when folks are admired for what ever reason, putting people on pedestals agreeing with what ever they do to be in the lime light or part of the in crowd.
 
JamOn

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p_rehbein said:
Personally, I don't see him as an appearance of Christ in the OT, but that is just my opinion. Clearly, none of us actually know who he was..............and, I don't think he was the devil or any such. The devil is not likely to strongly defend the righteousness of God is he?

There are various other folks who appear in Scripture that little is known about, other than what the few verses they appear in say about them.

Right off, the 10 that Christ healed, and ONLY 1 returned to praise Him.......who were they?

The woman at the well...........all we know of her is what is revealed in the one Chapter she appears in.

Many others as well.......................

What about the three friends of Job? What do we know of them?
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I agree I don’t think it was the devil, as far as I know it could of been God manifested in human form to reason with Job, I mean He did call Job righteous and a stand up guy who could say such things to him.

Job 2 does have some account of the friends.

Job 2
11 When Job’s three friends, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite, heard about all the troubles that had come upon him, they set out from their homes and met together by agreement to go and sympathize with him and comfort him.12 When they saw him from a distance, they could hardly recognize him; they began to weep aloud, and they tore their robes and sprinkled dust on their heads. 13 Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights. No one said a word to him, because they saw how great his suffering was.
 
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I don't think it's a big mystery. The text is as clear about who he is as it is about the other three.
 
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Locoponydirtman said:
I don't think it's a big mystery. The text is as clear about who he is as it is about the other three.
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Well he was the son of Barachel the Buzite, and fairly young in years.
 
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