COMMENTARY

Old Testament: Job 23:1-9, 16-17
In Job 23, Job responds to Eliphaz, one of Job's supposed friends and comforters. In this chapter Job longs for an experience with God to present his case to God. But, Job only experiences the absence of God. This absence terrifies Job and he wishes he could vanish in the darkness caused by God's absence.

Epistle: Hebrews 4:12-16
In the first four chapters, the author of Hebrews demonstrates the superiority of Jesus over angels, Moses and Joshua. In Chapter 3 we are told of the people under Moses who were disobedient in that they refused to accept the report of Caleb and Joshua concerning the advisability of entering the promised land, and then led a revolt against Moses. As punishment, none but Caleb and Joshua were permitted to enter the prom…