问题1、“听讼的人”（仲裁者）在本书这里是第一次提到，指帮助双方交涉磋商、平息争端的中保。它在圣经中出现11次，如下：
- Job 33:23 If there be for him an angel, a mediator, one of the thousand, to declare to man what is right for him,
- Isaiah 29:21 those who with a word make someone out to be guilty, who ensnare the defender in court and with false testimony deprive the innocent of justice.
- Isaiah 43:27 Your first father sinned, and your mediators transgressed against me.
- 1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
- Galatians 3:19-20 Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made, and it was put in place through angels by an intermediary. Now an intermediary implies more than one, but God is one.
- Hebrews 8:6 But in fact the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant of which he is mediator is superior to the old one, since the new covenant is established on better promises.
- Hebrews 9:15-16 Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant. For where a will is involved, the death of the one who made it must be established. [*the mediator’s death necessary]
- Hebrews 12:24 and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
百口莫辩的约伯渴望有一位“听讼的人可以向我们两造按手”（33节），成为双方的朋友，帮助他与神恢复正常的关系。神借着约伯的口，指出亚当后裔最深的需要，而神早已为我们预备好在神和人中间，有一位中保，就是降世为人的基督耶稣。祂既是完全的神，也是完全的人，主耶稣通过自己的降生、受死、复活，为我们调解天上和地上的事。
问题2、在第十章中约伯的主要愿望是什么？神被这样坦白的话激怒了吗？
约伯承认自己真理面前的无知，他进一步思想神到底有何“美意”（3节），神对生命的旨意到底是什么（8-13节）。约伯相信神既“创造”（8节）、又“毁灭”（8节），并且“久有此意”（13节），一切都在神的掌控之中，这虽然让他困惑，但却使他朝着正确的方向摸索。
神不会被这样坦白的话激怒，因为神了解人的需要，体恤人的软弱，喜悦人的真实表达，诚愿人卸下重担跟随神。因为神有无限的广大恩典，在神面前可以倾心吐意，表达心底的真情，哪怕是幽暗的、悲伤的、抱怨的，神是我们的安慰和避难所，这里有最安全的保障！
反思：约伯是神认为的完全正直的人，约伯记的记载让我看到完全正直的人如何站立在神面前。约伯不是不懂装懂，似懂非懂，虚假认为自己都懂了，他不是按照约定俗成的方法摆脱苦难，而是要找到苦难真正的源头、原因和意义，得以见神。
祷告：主啊，谢谢你藉着今天的经文继续让我看到：我自己很多时候沉浸在苦难给我带来的重压之下，深深自责、痛哭流涕、认罪悔改，于是我不断指责自己，不允许自己再犯罪犯错，唯唯诺诺、战战兢兢，活得极不自由，在自己行得好的时候又沾沾自喜。从某些方面看，反省和认罪是好的，行主的道也是好的，但更重要的是我要明白自己的罪已经完全被主耶稣所洗净，苦难痛苦的发生有着更美的旨意，直指向神，让我的未来更有盼望。神啊，我明白你根本不是要定罪与我，而是藉着事件显示你自己，让我更多靠近你、更多渴慕你，更多认识你、更多倚靠你。主啊，你长阔高深的爱和美好心意给我力量，把我从犯罪、自责、苦难的低谷中拉出来。谢谢主，藉着经文展示这样的美妙启示，阿们！
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