ZwPI8cfkJob Argues with God, and God Answers!
From the Book of Job, about 5 minutes (or 7 minutes if you add the optional supplement)
Participants (No need to memorize lines; the aim is to relive sacred events,
not to perform)
  Job                    (Joe in the optional supplement)
  Voice (of God)
  Satan          Â
  Eliphaz             (Eli in the optional supplement)
  Bildad              (Bill in the optional supplement)
  Zophar             (Zorro in the optional supplement)
  Prompter          Shout a brief line, and Echoes repeat it.
  Echoes             Children and all adults who want to take part; Echoes need no script.
Job |
My name is Job; I live in ancient Israel. |
Voice |
Have you noticed my servant Job? |
Satan |
Ha! Does Job fear you for nothing? |
Voice. |
  All he has is in your power; |
Prompter & Echoes |
Spare Job himself! |
Job |
I am Job, and it is a beautiful day. |
Prompter & Echoes |
Dreadful loss! |
Satan |
I have just begun, Mr. Job. (Laugh fiendishly) |
Job |
Here comes another messenger, running. |
Prompter & Echoes |
His children have all died! |
Job |
I tear my robe, shave my head, fall and worship God. |
Prompter & Echoes |
Now back to heaven. |
Voice |
Satan, did you notice that my servant Job |
Satan |
All a man has he will give for his life, |
Voice |
He is in your power, only spare his life. |
Prompter & Echoes |
Do not kill him! |
Job |
Now I am stricken with painful sores from my feet to my scalp. |
Prompter & Echoes |
Such misery! |
Satan |
I’ll care for you, Job. (Laugh) |
Eliphaz |
I am Eliphaz. |
Job |
Oh, my friends! Let the day perish on which I was born! |
Eliphaz |
Confess your sins, Job, and God will stop punishing you. |
Prompter & Echoes |
How judgmental! |
Job |
I yearn to plead my case before God, in heaven’s highest court! |
Bildad |
Job, I am your friend, Bildad. Listen to me. |
Job |
Spare me, Bildad! Let me die! |
Zophar |
I am your pal, Zophar, Job. |
Job |
Oh, please, Zophar! Have mercy! |
Prompter & Echoes |
Day after day this goes on. |
Prompter & Echoes |
Blah, blah, blah! |
Job |
Please stop buffeting me with your words! |
Voice |
Who is this that obscures my guidance, |
Job |
The Lord rebukes me also, for thinking I knew so much. |
Voice |
Job, go offer burnt offerings for your friends, |
Job |
God heals me and restores everything, even better than before. |
Prompter & Echoes |
Praise the Almighty! |
SUPPLEMENT: A modern Job (Optional) |
|
Joe (formerly Job) |
My name is now Joe, instead of Job. |
Eli (formerly Eliphaz) |
Joe, listen to me, your friend Eli. |
Bill (formerly Bildad) |
Hear my advice, Joe; I am your pal Bill. |
Zorro (formerly Zophar) |
Listen, Joe, I am your friend Zorro. |
Joe |
Zorro, you just erased the most precious prayers in Scripture! |
Bill |
Then repent of your sin, and your pain will cease, Joe. |
Joe |
Jesus and his apostles taught that believers would suffer, |
Prompter & Echoes |
A privilege to suffer! |