JOB UNSEEN
ELEVEN
WHO IS ELIHU? There is a definitive demarcation similar to the separation between the Old and New Testament in the book of Job beginning in chapter thirty-two. It is time to meet Elihu, a vital, new character in our dialogue about Job. The name “Elihu” means “He is my God”. We know that the three friends represent the judgment and condemnation of the law. It is time to take a close look at the characteristics of Elihu for the purposes of discovering his true identity and symbolic purpose of revealing the new covenant. “Now because they were years older than he, Elihu had waited to speak to Job” (Job 32:4). “So Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, answered and said: ‘I am young in years, and you are very old; Therefore I was afraid, And dared not declare my opinion to you. I said, Age should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom’ ” (Job 32:6). 260