The Parable of Job

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Rev. Tonie C. Wallace Dream-Founder and Director
October 6, 2008

Dear All One Family:

As promised, this is the story that I captured from Google search...this pdf didn't have an author...so I can't credit him for his work, I can only thank him for such a gift...for Craig I believes needs to see the story from a different angle than perhaps he had ever been given by anyone...this story is a gift and I would gladly give the author the credit were he to come forward...thank you unknown author!
Be Blessed
Love, Light and Peace
Tonie

Could the Story of Job
be a Parable?
(When quoting scriptures, from the Rotherham Emphasized Bible New Testament,
I will substitute the Hebrew word Yahshua for Jesus, Yahweh and Elohim for Yahweh and Anointed for Christ.)
The Book of Job is a nightmare to most Christian’s. A righteous man being physically
tortured, losing his children, his material possessions and all by the hand of his just and
righteous Eloah, Yahweh. How could such a thing happen? Well it all began when
Yahweh was bragging, to the accuser, on His servant Job. The accuser bets Yahweh that
Job will curse Him if he removes His protection from him. Yahweh takes the bet and
removes His hand and the calamity to Job begins. Yahweh wins the bet but righteous Job’s
life will never be the same. The lives of his children and his servant’s will never be the
same either because they were all killed. Does this remind you of a Greek tragedy where
the Yahwehs in heaven are playing with a righteous man’s life? Job is a difficult book but
there must be an answer. The message or lesson of Job is presented in the Book of James.
The answer to how it was written might be that the Book of Job is a Parable and Job is
only a character in a play.
A parable is a short simple story from which a moral lesson may be drawn. An example of
a parable is the story told by Yahshua about ‘The prodigal son’ in Luke 15:11. The
characters, in this parable were the Father, the elder son and the younger son. The
characters in the parable of ‘The rich man and Lazarus’ in Luke 16:19 were the rich man,
Lazarus and Abraham. A parable can give proper names to its characters and places.
Another example of a parable would be the story Nathan, the prophet, told King David in
II Samuel 12:1. The question is, “Could the Book of Job be a parable?” instead of a literal
account of someone’s life?
The Book of Job appears to be a literal account of a man’s life. If this book is a literal
account, then it also appears that Yahweh killed innocence people (See Appendix A). The
people in question are the ten children of Job and his servants. The account begins with
Yahweh conversing with the accuser. “And Yahweh said unto the accuser, Hast thou
applied thy heart unto my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a man
blameless and upright, one revering Elohim and avoiding evil? And the accuser answered
Yahweh, and said, Is it, for nought, that Job reveres Elohim…But, in very deed, put forth,
I pray thee, thy hand, and smite all that he hath,—verily, unto thy face, will he curse thee.
And Yahweh said unto the accuser, Lo! all that he hath [this includes his children and
servant’s], is in thy hand, only, against himself, do not put forth thy hand. So the accuser
went forth from the presence of Yahweh” (1:8-12). Job’s children and servants die.r>Yahweh does take responsibility for these calamities (42:11). It appears that Job’s children
and his servant’s lives are of no more value, in Yahweh’s eyes, than Job’s livestock, which
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were also destroyed and replaced. Job’s life was spared when Yahweh said, “only, against
himself, do not put forth thy hand” while Job’s children and servant’s lives were given tor>the accuser when Yahweh said, “all that he hath, is in thy hand.” The children and servants
are portrayed as pawns in a chess match. This is not our Elohim, Yahweh but more like a
Greek Yahweh who plays with the lives of men. These accounts contradict the rest of
Yahweh’s Word and Yahweh cannot contradict Himself.
When we have an apparent contradiction, the contradiction must be in translation,
transmission or in our understanding. I believe the only explanation for this apparent
contradiction would be that the contradiction must be in our understanding. We have taken
the Book of Job literally instead of taking it as a parable. If Job is a fictitious person, then
his ten children and his many servants are characters in a parable and not people who died
in a calamity. This would make Job, “a man blameless and upright, and one who revered
Elohim, and avoided evil,” a character in a play.
Let us begin by looking at some facts. “A man, there was—in the land of Uz, Job, his
name,—and that man was blameless and upright, and one who revered Elohim, and
avoided evil… So Job died, old and satisfied with days” (Job 1:1-42:17). This quote is the
beginning and end of the Book of Job. Does it remind you of a story? Job has no lineage to
anyone in Yahweh’s Word and no one is sure where the land of Uz is located. The story of Job has in it seven characters presented in the order of appearance:
Job Main character
Yahweh Creator
The Accuser Enemy
Eliphaz the Temanite Friend
Bildad the Shuhite Friend
Zophar the Naamathite Friend
Elihu, son of Barachel, the Buzite Youth
The first set of Job’s seven sons and three daughters are not named while in the last set of
children only the three daughters are named. Job’s wife is also never named, which is very
unusually if this is a literal story but it would not be unusual if this is a parable. She is not
a main character and is therefore referred to as wife:
Job 2:9 Then said his wife unto him, Art thou still holding fast thine integrity? Curse Elohim, and die!
Job 19:17 My breath, is strange to my wife, and I am loathsome to the sons of my own mother;
Job 31:10 Let my wife, grind to another, and, over her, let others bend!
Let us take a look at the odds of some of the events that happen in the book of Job. Job
begins with seven sons and three daughters, which all die. Job ends up with another seven
sons and three daughters. What are the odds on that happening? Also the numbers 7 and 3
are used frequently.
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Story Begins with: Story Ends with:
7 sons & 3 daughters. 7 sons & 3 daughters.
7,000 sheep 14,000 sheep (7 + 7)
3,000 camels 6,000 camels (3 + 3)
500 oxen 1,000 oxen
500 she-asses 1,000 she-asses
Another unusual aspect of this story is when Yahweh is having a conversation with the
accuser and is challenged by the accuser to smite His servant Job (1:6-12). Yahweh takes
the bet and the calamity begins (42:11). First, there is no other place where Yahweh has
direct contact let alone have a conversation with the accuser. (Yahweh did not have a
conversation with the serpent, in Eden, although it appears he may have had contact with
him.) Second, Yahweh communicates to the accuser by way of His messengers. Yahweh’s
messengers rebuke the accuser instead of having a conversation with him. “Yet Michael
the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst
not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee” (Jude 1:9).
“And he showed me, Joshua the high priest, standing before the messenger of Yahweh,—
and, the Accuser, standing at his right hand, to accuse him. Then said Yahweh unto the
Accuser, Yahweh rebuke thee, O Accuser, Yea Yahweh rebuke thee” (Zech. 3:1,2).
Yahshua also rebuked or says, “it is written” when he was confronted by the adversary.
“Withdraw behind me, Satan! A snare, art thou of mine, because thou art not regarding the
things of Yahweh, but the things of men.” (Mt. 16:23).
Four calamities result from Yahweh talking to the accuser. There is one survivor in each
calamity to tell the story to Job. What are the odds on this happening? The survivors also
enter on the scene one after another on the same day within the same hour:
1st A messenger… said,—The oxen, were plowing…and escaped am, only I alone, too tell thee. (1:14,15)
2nd A fire of Elohim, fell out of the heavens…burned up the sheep…and escaped am, only I alone, to tell
thee.(1:16)
3rd The Chaldeans…smote they with the edge of the sword; and escaped am, only I alone, to tell thee. (1:17)
4th Thy sons and thy daughters..and they died,—and escaped am, only I alone, to tell thee. (1:18,19)
Another unusual event is when Yahweh refers to Himself in the third person, as Yahweh.
“And Yahweh said unto the accuser, Hast thou applied thy heart unto my servant Job, that
there is none like him in the earth, a man blameless and upright, one revering Yahweh [He
says Yahweh instead of Me] and avoiding evil” (1;8)?
The dialog between Job and his friends, which is the real lesson or message of Job, ensues
for the next thirty-four chapters. Each friend takes his turn in order of appearance except
for one occurrence. These dialogs exist in patterns of three. What are the odds on this
happening?
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3:1 After this opened Job…and cursed his day. 4:1 Then responded Eliphaz the Temanite, and said:—
6:1 Then responded Job, and said:— 8:1 Then responded Bildad the Shuhite, and said:—
9:1 Then responded Job, and said— 11:1 Then responded Zophar the Naamathite, and said:—>12:1 Then responded Job, and said:— 15:1 Then responded Eliphaz the Temanite, and said:
16:1 Then responded Job, and said:— 18:1 Then responded Bildad the Shuhite, and said:—
19:1 Then responded Job, and said:— 20:1 Then responded Zophar the Naamathite, and said:—
21:1 Then responded Job, and said:— 22:1 Then responded Eliphaz the Temanite, and said:—
23:1 Then responded Job, and said:— 25:1 Then responded Bildad the Shuhite, and said:—
26:1 Then responded Job, and said:— 32:6 So then Elihu…the Buzite, responded and said
34:1 Furthermore Elihu responded, and said:—
35:1 Moreover Elihu, responded and said:—
38:1 Yahweh responded to Job…and said:—
40:1 And Yahweh responded to Job, and said:— 40:3 Then Job responded to Yahweh, and said:—
40:6 Yahweh responded to Job…and said:— 42:1 Then Job responded to Yahweh, and said:—
The message of the book of Job has to be in the dialog between Job and his friends.
Yahweh as ‘Shaddai’ (Almighty and all Bountiful) is used thirty one times in the Book of
Job1. Yahweh as ‘Eloah’ (Yahweh worshipped and reverenced) is used forty-one times in
the Book of Job2. The key message of Job must also be revealed by the quote in James 5:7-
11.
“Be patient [makrothumeo], therefore, brethren, until the Presence of the Lord:—Lo! the
husbandman, awaits the precious fruit of the earth, having patience for it, until it receive
the early and the latter rain: Be, ye also, patient, Stablish [sterizo] your hearts, because, the
Presence of the Lord, hath drawn near…An example, take ye, brethren, of distress and
patience,—the prophets who have spoken in the name of Yahweh. Lo! we pronounce them
happy who have endured [hupomeno];—Of the endurance of Job, ye have heard, and, the
end of Yahweh, have ye seen,—that, of much tender affection [polusplagchnos], is
Yahweh, and full of compassion [oiktirmon].”
Key words in James 5:7-11 are:
Be Patience ‘makrothumeo’ and you will receive the fruit.
1) to be of a long spirit, not to lose heart
1a) to persevere patiently and bravely in enduring misfortunes and troubles
1b) to be patient in bearing the offenses and injuries of others
1b1) to be mild and slow in avenging
1b2) to be longsuffering, slow to anger, slow to punish
Stablish ‘sterizo’ your heart because the Presence of the Lord draws near.
1) to make stable, place firmly, set fast, fix
2) to strengthen, make firm
1 Sixty-five percent of the usages of ‘Shaddai’ occur in the Book of Job.
2 Seventy percent of the usages of ‘Eloah’ are in the Book of Job.
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3) to render constant, confirm, one’s mind
Happiness if you endure ‘hupomeno.’
1) To remain1a) to tarry behind
2) to remain i.e. abide, not recede or flee 2a) to preserve: under
misfortunes and trials to hold fast to one’s faith in Christ
2b) to endure, bear bravely and calmly: ill treatments.
You will see the end of Yahweh.
Yahweh is tender affection ‘polusplagchnos’ and full of compassion ‘oiktirmon.’
1) full of pity, very kind. 1) merciful
The message of Job is that Yahweh is the Bountiful (Shaddai), the worshipped (Eloah) and
He is very kind and merciful. The lesson is that if we have patience coupled with stability
and endurance, happiness will ensue and we will see the end of Yahweh. Is the Book of
Job a literal account of a man’s life or is it a parable? If the book is literal then Yahweh
allowed innocence people to die for the sake of a prideful bet. As you well know, this
cannot be. If the account of Job is a parable, then the book of Job does not contradict the
rest of Yahweh’s Word.
Appendix A
If our Father is a Elohim of Love
why does it appear that He harms and kills His
Servants in the Old Covenant?
The image of Yahweh, in the books of Genesis through Malachi, is different than
Yahweh’s image presented in the four Gospels. In the former books Yahweh is presented
as someone who could bring sickness, even unto death, on His servants while in the latter
books He heals and brings the dead back to life through His Son, Yahshua. What accounts
for this contrasting image of Yahweh? Did Yahweh change His behavior between the time
of Malachi and the ministry of Yahshua? No! Then what accounts for this contrast? In the
Old Covenant, Yahweh did not reveal our adversary, the great deceiver, to Moses or to any
other prophet. The evil acts committed in the Old Covenant were attributed to Yahweh
even though the adversary and other factors were actually responsible3. The truth about the
3 Where does bad weather, sickness and wickedness come from? Let us begin by stating that Yahweh’s will has always been to
fellowship with His children in Paradise (Gen. 1 & Rev. 21). In Paradise there is good weather, joy, health, goodness and life
age-abiding (Is. 35, Rev. 21,22). Bad weather, pain, sickness, wickedness and death are all part of this age. They are a result of
the disobedience of mankind. Yahweh gave His messengers (angels) as well as mankind a freedom to choose life or death
(Deu. 30:19). One-third of the messengers chose wickedness (Rev. 12:4), which results in death, while today, people choose
good or bad, life or death. When mankind chose to sin instead of eating of the tree of life the earth became cursed, which is
where we get bad weather, sickness and death (Gen. 3:17). So where does wickedness come from? Wickedness comes from
wicked messengers (Jn. 10:10) and mankind (Rm. 1:18-32). Demons and wicked messengers need a vehicle to accomplish
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adversary could not be revealed until the coming of Yahshua. Yahshua then instructed the
believer that our fight was not against flesh and blood but against spiritual wickedness
(Eph. 6:12). Yahweh’s true nature has now been manifested in its fullness through the life
of His Son. Yahshua said to Phillip, “He that hath seen me, hath seen the Father” (Jn.
14:9).
Yahshua made known the Father. “And, the Word [Yahshua], became, flesh, and pitched
his tent among us, and we gazed upon his glory,—a glory, as an only-begotten from his
Father. Full of favor and truth…the law, through Moses, was given, favor and truth,
through Yahshua the Anointed One, came into existence. No one, hath seen [known],
Elohim [Yahweh], at any time: An only begotten elohim [Yahweh], the one existing
within the bosom of the Father, he, hath interpreted [exegeomai4] Him” (Jn. 1:14-18).
Yahshua came to reveal the Father and the adversary in a truer light than Moses and the
prophets ever could.
As an illustration, let us examine the topic of divorce discussed by Moses and then
Yahshua. In Deuteronomy 24:1, Moses wrote “When a man takes a woman, and marries
her, then shall it be, if she find not favor in his eyes, because he hath found in her some
matter of shame, that he shall write her a scroll of divorcement, and put it into her hand,
and shall send her forth, out of his house.” Yahshua brings this matter into a truer light
than Moses. “And, they, said—Moses permitted, to write, a roll of dismissal, and to
divorce. But, Yahshua, said unto them—In view of your hardness of heart, wrote he for
you this commandment; But, from the beginning of creation, male and female, made he
them; For this cause, shall a man leave behind his father and mother, and, the two, shall
become, one flesh; so that, no longer, are they two, but, one flesh. What then, Yahweh,
hath yoked together, let, a man, not put asunder” (Mk. 5:4-9). Yahshua explained divorce
in the best light. Yahshua also unveiled the goodness of our Father and the wickedness of
our adversary.
The enemy of Yahweh is, “the great dragon…the ancient serpent, he that is called
Adversary and the Satan, that deceives the whole habitable world” (Rev. 12:9). The
adversary was introduced in Genesis 3 as the serpent.5 We were told his methods and his
fate but we were never given instructions on how to deal with him. When Cain murdered
Abel the adversary’s influence on Cain was never mentioned. The full story comes to light
their wickedness, which are men. For example, the adversary wanted the Anointed One (Christ) dead. King Herod and his
soldiers became willing accomplices to the adversary in the killing of the children in Bethlehem. Man was involved as also was
the adversary. The Good News is that Yahshua was given authority over the weather, sickness and spiritual wickedness. He
also has given us the same authority because we are His Body (Jn 14:12, Lk. 10:19).
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1834 exhgeomai exegeomai ex-ayg-eh’-om-ahee AV-declare 5, tell 1; 6 1) to lead out, be leader, go before2) metaph., to
draw out in narrative, unfold a teaching 2a) to recount, rehearse 2b) to unfold, declare 2b1) the things relating to Yahweh 2b2)
used in Greek writing of the interpretation of things sacred and divine, oracles, dreams, etc.
5 In the Book of Job, most translators translate the Hebrew word, ‘07854 Njs satan’ ‘ Satan’ when it means ‘adversary.’ The
word is not a proper name and was used to refer to an adversary. “2 Samuel 19:22 And David said, What have I to do with
you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries <07854> unto me?
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in I John 5:10-12. “Herein, are, manifest, the children of Elohim [Yahweh], and the
children of the adversary…just as, Cain, was, of the wicked one, and slew his brother!”
Demons, as we know them today, did not exist in the minds of Old Covenant believers. In
the Old Covenant, evil spirit’s came from Yahweh because there was no knowledge of our
spiritual adversary. “Then came there a evil spirit of Yahweh unto Saul, he being in his
house, seated, with his spear in his hand,—while, David, played with his hand, Saul sought
to smite David with the spear” (I Sam. 19:9). Demons were just as active then as they are
today even though they were not mentioned. Yahshua came to expose our adversary and to
equip us with the necessary tools needed to defeat him.
Yahshua was the first person to deal with demons and the adversary. We never saw Moses
or any other Old Covenant prophet cast out demons. Yahshua came to expose and
deliverer us from the authority of the adversary.
“Healing all that were oppressed by the adversary.” Acts 10:38
“He might paralyze him that held the dominion of death, that is, the Adversary.” Heb. 2:14
“He might undo the works of the adversary.” I Jn. 3:8
“To open their eyes; that they turn from…the authority of Satan unto Yahweh.” Acts 26:18
We know now that “The thief [adversary] doth not come, except that he may steal, and
kill, and destroy; I [Yahshua] came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly”
(Jn. 10:10). The spiritual enemy has now been revealed. In the Old Covenant, there is no
mention of a spiritual enemy even though they existed. In the Old Covenant, Yahweh, not
the adversary, was presented as the spiritual enemy, who brought about sickness, poverty
and death. Why? These believers could not be equipped spiritually to fight spiritual
wickedness because they were not filled with holy spirit. The information concerning our
adversary had to be withheld until the outpouring of the gift of holy spirit, which first
occurred on the Day of Pentecost. Believers were then equipped spiritually, with holy
spirit, to confront our spiritual enemy.
Another example of Yahweh withholding information from His servants would be Him
outlawing the eating of pork. Did the Hebrew’s understand the problem with eating pork?
No. Today we understand the wisdom of such a law because when you under cook pork
you can get trichinosis. In the Old Covenant, Yahweh was presented as the Good Guy and
the bad guy.
“And it shall be, if thou wilt, hearken, unto the voice of Yahweh thy Yahweh, to observe
to do all his commandments which I am commanding thee to-day, then will Yahweh thy
Yahweh set thee on high, above all the nations of the earth; and all these blessings shall
come in upon thee” (Deut. 28:1,2). “But it shall be, if thou do not hearken unto the voice
of Yahweh thy Yahweh, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I
am commanding thee to-day, then shall come in upon thee all these curses and shall
reach thee:— Cursed, shall thou be in the city,—and cursed, shall thou be in the
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field…Yahweh will cause to cleave unto thee—the pestilence,—until he hath consumed
thee from off the soil which thou art entering to possess. Yahweh, will smite thee, with
consumption and with fever, and with inflammation and with violent heat and with the
sword, and with blight and with mildew,—and they shall pursue thee, until thou perish”
(Deu. 28:15-22).
The Old Covenant believers were looking at Yahweh through a dim window as we also are
today. “For, in part, are we gaining knowledge, and, in part, are we prophesying,— But, as
soon as that which is complete is come, that which is in part, shall be done away. When I
was a child, I used to speak as a child, to prefer as child, to reason as a child: now I have
become a man, I have laid aside the things of the child! For we see, as yet, through a dim
window, obscurely, but, then, face to face: as yet, I gain knowledge, in part, but, then, shall
I fully know, even as I was also fully known” (I Cor. 13:9-12). Yahweh spoke to the Old
Covenant prophets in one manner and unto Moses in another manner. “When ye have your
prophet, As Yahweh in a vision, will I make myself known, unto him; In a dream, will I
speak with him. Not so, my servant Moses,—In all my house, trusty, is he: Mouth to
mouth, do I speak with him And plainly—not in dark sayings, And the form of Yahweh,
doth he discern” (Num 12:6-8). Yahweh has now spoken unto us though His Son, who has
interpreted unto us the Father and His kingdom and the adversary and his kingdom (Heb.
1:2). These unveilings had never before been revealed. We now see a Father of love, light,
life and healing. We also see a spiritually evil kingdom where death and destruction are
it’s objective. The adversary is today called the ‘elohim [Yahweh] of this age’ (II Cor.
4:4). In the Old Covenant, Yahweh was presented as the Good Guy and the bad guy but
now we see clearly that He is only the Good Guy. Yahweh is Love (I Jn. 4:16, I Cor. 13).
Our struggle has never been against Yahweh but against the curse that resulted from the
sin of Adam and Eve and “against the principalities, against the authorities, against the
world-holders, of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the
heavenlies” (Eph. 6:12).