Who was Job? Was he prophet?

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Huckleberry

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It is not likely that this is the same Job.
That's your opinion, and no Scripture supports it.
On the contrary, Scripture does support that they are the same person.
See Genesis 36. Eliphaz was a cousin of Issachar's son Job.
Coincidence? No. Same Job as is the Book of Job.
 
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Rickee

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Job once stated about his age; " The Snow might be on the roof....but the fire is still in side" Way to go!!
 
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Then the Lord spoke to Job out of the storm. He said:
2 “Who is this that obscures my plans
with words without knowledge?
3 Brace yourself like a man;
I will question you,
and you shall answer me.

4 “Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation?
Tell me, if you understand.

21 Surely you know, for you were already born!
You have lived so many years!
(Job 38:1-4 and 21)

Note: Read Job 38 carefully and try to find who was that man Job? Was he born before laid the earth's foundation, as God Himself said in verse 38:21
The Lord is simply making fun of. He (God) is laughing at man's knowledge which is foolishness to God.

Job was just a man of wealth whom the Lord allowed Satin to test his (Job's) faith. Nothing more, nothing less.
 
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Then the Lord spoke to Job out of the storm. He said:
2 “Who is this that obscures my plans
with words without knowledge?
3 Brace yourself like a man;
I will question you,
and you shall answer me.

4 “Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation?
Tell me, if you understand.

21 Surely you know, for you were already born!
You have lived so many years!
(Job 38:1-4 and 21)

Note: Read Job 38 carefully and try to find who was that man Job? Was he born before laid the earth's foundation, as God Himself said in verse 38:21
Oh ya, you might want to change your misleading comment in your profile picture. The bible tells us point blank that some are true Christians and some will be the lost. We do live according to the bible, people like you just don't want to listen to what we say and we can't force you.
 
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[h=3]Job's friend Eliphaz said,[/h]You will know that your children will be many, and your descendants like the grass of the earth.
(Job, 5:25)
Does Bible showed Job's countless descendants on earth, anywhere in the Bible?
Who was that Job?
 
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Job's friend Eliphaz said,

You will know that your children will be many,
and your descendants like the grass of the earth.
(Job, 5:25)
Does Bible showed Job's countless descendants on earth, anywhere in the Bible?
Who was that Job?
Is there a reason it should? What is the theme of the Bible? What is the focus on? The bible, not a few verses.
 
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Huckleberry

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Job's friend Eliphaz said,

You will know that your children will be many,
and your descendants like the grass of the earth.
(Job, 5:25)
Does Bible showed Job's countless descendants on earth, anywhere in the Bible?
Who was that Job?
Job was a direct descendent of Abraham.
That right there answers your questions.

What's your agenda here?
You're obviously a Mohammedan.
Are you just here to make trouble?
 
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Thanks for your comment for my personal life. May the Lord God help you to see and understand the truth written in my profile.
God Bless you abundatly
 
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Brother, I'm not Mohammedan at all. I just follow the teachings of Jesus such as written in Matthew 5:17-48, 7:1-5 and 22:37-40, for which He mentioned in the second part of His Great Commission" and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” (Matthew 28:20)
 
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Huckleberry

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Brother, I'm not Mohammedan at all. I just follow the teachings of Jesus such as written in Matthew 5:17-48, 7:1-5 and 22:37-40, for which He mentioned in the second part of His Great Commission" and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” (Matthew 28:20)
My apologies.
I assumed that the Muslim flag in your profile indicated your faith.
I realize now that it indicates your nation of Pakistan.
 
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The story of Job predates the writings of Genesis, and predates the life of Abraham. It was a well known story in Ur of the Chaldees and in Sumeria.
 
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Huckleberry

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The story of Job predates the writings of Genesis, and predates the life of Abraham. It was a well known story in Ur of the Chaldees and in Sumeria.
At least five people named in the Book of Job were direct descendants of Abraham.
Uz, Eliphaz, Tema, Sheba, and Job himself.
 
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Huckleberry, the story of Job was found in cuniform. It is one of the oldest biblical stories in the history of man. There are some biblical scholars who think that Job might actually be a pre-flood story that Noah taught. Throughout History man has reused names as an honorific or simply because they thought it was a nice name. Job was as far back as we can find in the written record of man, one of the first stories put into the written record, other than the great flood. It is for this reason, that Job was by far one of the most difficult books in the Bible when the Old Testament canon came together. Throughout the History of Judaism, there have been many who have disregarded the book, because it is not a Jewish story, while others have held it must be kept, because it shows the loving, eternal, and unchanging God that we all know.

When Christians came to the book of Job, the same debate raged and in some denominations still rages. However, whether it be a pre-flood legend that has come down to us from antiquity, or if it be a Sumerian legend, it stands as one of the first stories of our God and of our enemy, and it intrinsically teaches us the truth of our Father in Heaven. Just because it predates Abraham, it is still a story about a righteous man and the God who loved him.
 
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Huckleberry

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Huckleberry, the story of Job was found in cuniform.
I'll take your word for it.
Cuneiform was still in use during and after Abraham's time.

There are some biblical scholars who think that Job might actually be a pre-flood story that Noah taught.
They are wrong.
Book of Job is entirely consistent with Patriarchal era.
 

p_rehbein

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God asked rhetorical questions, which Job should have known the answers to, had he the right to question God. As Job did not know the answers to God's questions, and as he clearly could not reply to God's statements, he likewise realised he neither had the wisdom, nor the right, to question God.
AND, in my opinion, the greatest lesson we learn from the Book of Job is the answer to the age old question "WHY?"

In Chapters 38 and 39 God goes into great detail to answer this question, but we can boil it down to one simple sentence:

"Who are you to ask Me why?"

We should carefully consider what God said to Job before we question Him concerning things that occur in our lives........
 
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RachelBibleStudent

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#37
That's your opinion, and no Scripture supports it.
On the contrary, Scripture does support that they are the same person.
See Genesis 36. Eliphaz was a cousin of Issachar's son Job.
Coincidence? No. Same Job as is the Book of Job.
they are not the same person...their names are not even spelled the same way in the hebrew text...
 
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RachelBibleStudent

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#38
Job's friend Eliphaz said,

You will know that your children will be many,
and your descendants like the grass of the earth.
(Job, 5:25)
Does Bible showed Job's countless descendants on earth, anywhere in the Bible?
Who was that Job?
most likely job was an important descendant of shem's son aram...so it is likely that he was a significant ancestor of the aramean people...
 
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Ukorin

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Job's friend Eliphaz said,

You will know that your children will be many,
and your descendants like the grass of the earth.
(Job, 5:25)
Does Bible showed Job's countless descendants on earth, anywhere in the Bible?
Who was that Job?

This is saying that: if you are righteous, God will bless you, and you will not see harm. This is a small part of a large speech from a man who spoke wrongly of God's ways, and God rebuked him in the end of the book. This quote was not saying that Job would have many children, but that if he "does well in the eyes of the Lord" then he would be prosperous, and not afflicted. (the man was saying that Job had sinned, and was being punished)

answering the OP: Job may be considered a prophet, because God spoke to Him directly, and because there is Messianic prophecy within the text.
 
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The Lord Himself said of Job "that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil." Job 1v8. He is also mentioned along with the great OT saints Noah and Daniel in Ezek 14v14,20 as being righteous.

He certainly was also a prophet, for the Lord Himself revealed to Him 1000's of years in the future the Resurrection and His Second Coming. Job 19v25-27. I would also suggest that if the Lord showed him His Second Coming, He also showed him His first coming as the Lamb of God Who taketh away the sin of the world, for Job refers to His Lord as "Redeemer." Job 19v25

He is also set forth as an example of patience in suffering by the Apostle James (the Lord's half-brother). James 5v10,11.
Brother that's right the Lord Himself said of Job "that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil."
But Job submission his admission as sinner "why do you not pardon me offenses and forgive my sins[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]?" (Job 7:21)[/FONT]