Study 10: Zophar

The Book of Job is about a man who goes through intense suffering. We know that there is much suffering in the community today. There are physical and mental illnesses, and road accidents; there is marriage breakdown and domestic violence; there is abortion, and child abuse; there is stress, and coping with change; there are the difficulties of unemployment, poverty, and the debilitating aspects of welfare dependency; there is drug abuse, and crime; there is death and its aftermath. To say nothing of the ethnic strife and war that has plagued our times. It is good to know that the Bible is fully aware of human suffering, and leaves none of its depths untouched. It is worth knowing what the Bible has to say about suffering—and the Book of Job is a good place to go.