Asking the Right Question

[Sung Psalm: 74]

We saw last time Job's three day descent into hell. Job went from being one of the greatest men of the east to being a nobody – an outcast on the ash heap of the village.

Now Job's friends come to comfort him.

The word “comfort” will become a significant word in the book of Job. They have come to comfort him – to assure him that this is normal. If it is normal for the innocent to suffer – if it is normal for God to strike down the blameless and upright – then Job is not quite sure that he likes ‘normal'!

But who are these friends?