In the land of Uz, there lived a man named Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil.

• Tempted to add "Once upon a time?
• Exact location of Uz remains unknown
• No genealogy, tribe, time reference
• Blameless - Gn 17:1 - "one who walks in close fellowship with God"
• Upright - Ez 14:14,20 -righteous
• "3 most righteous men ever were Noah, Daniel and Job", of which there was no sin ever recorded for any of these 3 men.
• Proverbs 11:3 – "The integrity of the upright guides them"
• Feared God - Prov 1:7, 9:10 - "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom"

• Job, who came from an unknown place, tribe or time period represents all who suffer - Job is every one of us! He is not a Jew, Gentile, Eastern or Western man.
• Isn’t Job just too good and don’t you resent that? How can Job be blameless (or kjv says "perfect")?
• did not say guiltless (never did anything wrong)
• blameless - all the charges have been dropped
• blameless - exactly as God sees everyone of us who is in Him
• Benefits of being righteous and blameless: Psalm 15:1-3 – "Lord, who may dwell in your sanctuary?…He whose walk is blameless and who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from his heart and has no slander on his tongue,…