BRAGADAYJAH 1237

BRAGADAYJAH 1237
A Man Called Job
Immediately preceding, our story ended in the Kingdom of Persia, a land governed by a King called Ahasuerus, and his beautiful Queen Esther, and a man , a Jew called Mordecai. Today introduces one of the best known and perhaps most frequently quoted, a man called Job. Job lived in the land of Uz, a place name of Edom; and we are told that this Job was perfect and upright, and one that feared God and eschewed evil. Four excellent qualities; one would say that in fact Job was a righteous man. Job had seven sons and three daughters, and obviously then a wife. In terms of wealth, he had what counted for wealth in those days; seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yokes of oxen, five hundred she-asses, and a very great household; so that he was counted as the greatest of all the men of the East. As it happened it was a time of celebration for Job’s seven sons, who took turns to have feasts, and to these feastings they invited their sisters. Like all good fathers, Job was concerned for the sanctity of his children; so that in the midst of their feasting, Job blessed them, and rose early in the morning and prayed for they, offering up for them burnt offerings, for he thought to himself, maybe they have sinned and cursed God in their hearts. So Job made intercession for them continually.
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