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Job 18: King of Terrors

🎧 Job 18 | King of Terrors Bildad paints death. Vivid. Violent. Aimed at Job. "The king of terrors." He means it as a threat — this is what awaits the wicked, and it's coming for you. He thinks he's describing Job's future. He is. Just not in the way he means. Because what Bildad doesn't know is that Job's response — coming tomorrow — will name the one who defeats the king of terrors. Bildad has just written the Redeemer's job description. #Job #Bible #BibleReading #Death #Resurrection #Suffering #DailyBibleReading Daily Bible Reading is a chapter-by-chapter Bible reading podcast from Christ Church Hemel, helping you read through the Bible one chapter at a time. Follow the full reading plan here: https://www.christchurchhemel.org.uk/resources/daily-bible-reading/ [https://www.christchurchhemel.org.uk/resources/daily-bible-reading/] If you're local to Hemel Hempstead, you're very welcome to join us on Sundays at 10:30am and 6pm.

Job 16–17: My Witness is in Heaven

🎧 Job 16–17 | My Witness is in Heaven "Even now my witness is in heaven; my advocate is on high." Job 16:19. Four words: "even now." Present tense. Not a wish. Not a hope. A declaration. In chapter 9, Job longed for a mediator: if only there were someone. Today, from the darkest chapters in the book, something changes. He doesn't hope. He declares. The mediator has a location. The darkness hasn't lifted. Nothing has changed. But Job has seen something — and it's everything. #Job #Bible #BibleReading #Suffering #Mediator #Hope #IsaiahServantSongs #DailyBibleReading Daily Bible Reading is a chapter-by-chapter Bible reading podcast from Christ Church Hemel, helping you read through the Bible one chapter at a time. Follow the full reading plan here: https://www.christchurchhemel.org.uk/resources/daily-bible-reading/ [https://www.christchurchhemel.org.uk/resources/daily-bible-reading/] If you're local to Hemel Hempstead, you're very welcome to join us on Sundays at 10:30am and 6pm.

Job 15: Your Own Mouth Condemns You

🎧 Job 15 | Your Own Mouth Condemns You "Your own mouth condemns you, not mine; your own lips testify against you." Eliphaz has gone from pastoral to prosecuting. And the move is devastating — not because it's cruel, but because it's a closed loop. If Job stays silent, he accepts the verdict. If Job speaks, his speech becomes the evidence against him. The friends' deterioration continues. And the most faithful thing Job has done — crying out to God, staying in the relationship — is now the prosecution's exhibit A. #Job #Bible #BibleReading #Lament #Suffering #DailyBibleReading Daily Bible Reading is a chapter-by-chapter Bible reading podcast from Christ Church Hemel, helping you read through the Bible one chapter at a time. Follow the full reading plan here: https://www.christchurchhemel.org.uk/resources/daily-bible-reading/ [https://www.christchurchhemel.org.uk/resources/daily-bible-reading/] If you're local to Hemel Hempstead, you're very welcome to join us on Sundays at 10:30am and 6pm.

Job 12-14: Shall We Live Again?

🎧 Job 12–14 | Shall We Live Again? Job opens with sarcasm. He knows everything the friends know. More, actually. And then chapter 14 arrives — and with it, the question underneath all the questions. "If someone dies, will they live again?" Job can't answer it. Not yet. He reaches toward hope and pulls back. But the question is out there now. It will take fourteen more chapters for the answer to come — and when it does, it won't be a principle. It'll be a person. #Job #Bible #BibleReading #Resurrection #Suffering #Hope #DailyBibleReading Daily Bible Reading is a chapter-by-chapter Bible reading podcast from Christ Church Hemel, helping you read through the Bible one chapter at a time. Follow the full reading plan here: https://www.christchurchhemel.org.uk/resources/daily-bible-reading/ [https://www.christchurchhemel.org.uk/resources/daily-bible-reading/] If you're local to Hemel Hempstead, you're very welcome to join us on Sundays at 10:30am and 6pm.

Job 11: God Exacts Less

🎧 Job 11 | God Exacts Less "God exacts less than your guilt deserves." To a man who has lost his children, his wealth, and his health. Who is scraping his sores in the ashes. Zophar tells him: you're getting off lightly. This is what happens when a theological system becomes more important than the person in front of you. Friend number three. The first cycle ends. Three friends. Three failures. And Job no closer to understanding. #Job #Bible #BibleReading #Suffering #Theology #DailyBibleReading Daily Bible Reading is a chapter-by-chapter Bible reading podcast from Christ Church Hemel, helping you read through the Bible one chapter at a time. Follow the full reading plan here: https://www.christchurchhemel.org.uk/resources/daily-bible-reading/ [https://www.christchurchhemel.org.uk/resources/daily-bible-reading/] If you're local to Hemel Hempstead, you're very welcome to join us on Sundays at 10:30am and 6pm.