Job - Elihu Speaks of Gods Dealings with Men - Elihu Says God is Back of the Storm

Matthew - Traditions and Commandments - The Heart of Man

Elisha correctly vindicates all God does in justice as Job had questioned in his depression what good is being righteous if God treats the just and unjust the same.  He has come out of that depression and recognized the truth, and his friends don't have a full picture of the severe persecution Job is under by Satan.

Job:  Elihua, a young man who's been listening and thinking of himself as wiser and more righteous than Job and his friends is angered by what he's heard and is unable to hold back from speaking any longer, accuses Job of being wrong before God.

Matthew:  John the Baptist is beheaded as a result of Herod speaking carelessly after John angered Herod's wife Herodias.  Jesus hears the news about John the Baptist and withdraws but a crowd follows and he mercifully heals many and miraculously feeds 5,000 with 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish.  Peter walks on water at Jesus' command.

Job: Job explains how humiliating his present state is with the pain and mocking.  Then Job speaks of his integrity in all his way and fear before God.

Matthew:  Jesus continues on speaking in parables about the mustard seed, leaven, hidden treasure and a costly pearl, all the things that have been hidden of the kingdom of heaven and of the ultimate value of our salvation rather than the things of the world.  Setting our priorities right.  

Job: Job tells of the difficulties acquiring earthly treasures and yet the search for wisdom is much harder and of more value than anything else.  In his wisdom Job teaches his friends about the holiness of God and their arrogant speech toward himself, as he has honored God all his life.   

Matthew: Jesus begins His teaching in parables and His disciples question why in parables rather than straight forward.  Jesus explained that many are dull in seeing and hearing and won't understand until their hearts are completely surrendered to God, seeking only to know Him more deeply.

Job - Bildad Says Man is Inferior - Job Rebukes Bildad - The Greatness of God - Job Affirms His Righteousness - The State of the Godless

Matthew - The Pharisees Rebuked - The Unpardonable Sin - Words Reveal Character - The Desire for Signs - Changed Relationships

*THIS RECORDING HAS A FEW TECHNICAL GLITCHES*

Job - Eliphaz Accuses & Exhorts Job - Job Says He Longs for God - Job Says God Seems to Ignore Wrongs

Matthew - The Genealogy of Jesus the Messiah

Job - Zophar Speaks: The Wicked Will Suffer - Job Replies: The Wicked Do Prosper

Matthew - John's Questions, Unrepenting Cities, Come to Me

Job: sees he's become loathsome and a byword to everyone who knows him and that God has kept them from understanding in their hearts what is happening.  Bildan falsely accuses and insults him.  Job recognizes that God is his only hope and clings to God knowing that his Redeemer lives and continues to praise HIm.     

Matthew: Jesus claims His deity, setting the standard for being a disciple of His as persecution will come to all those who follow Him. He calls all to endure to the end for our rewards are in heaven.

Job: speaks of how God holds our days in His hands while Elephaz presumes Job's guilt by condemning him as a bad man and that he is being punished by God as He does to bad men.  Job counts his friends as worthless and waits upon God to release him from the hands of the wicked.

Matthew: Jesus, having chosen the twelve disciples, sent them out to heal and preach the kingdom of heaven to the men of Israel, to worry about nothing as God will meet all their needs and provide words for them to speak, teaching them to walk by faith and not by sight.