Job 1

Sacrifice as a similitude

And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually. Job 1:5

Job offers burnt offerings for the possible sins of his children, standing between them and God. Latter-day scripture teaches that such sacrifice was a similitude of the sacrifice of the Only Begotten, who offered Himself for the sins of others.

• interpreted by Moses 5:7 — Sacrifice is a similitude of the sacrifice of the Only Begotten of the Father.
• interpreted by Alma 34:14 — The whole meaning of the law of sacrifice points to that great and last sacrifice.

Jehovah

LORD (small capitals) renders the divine name YHWH, Jehovah — 'I am', the self-existent One

Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. Job 1:6–12

LORD here is the covenant name Jehovah, whom Latter-day Saints know as the premortal Jesus Christ. He presides, sets the limit on Satan ('only upon himself put not forth thine hand'), and Satan must leave His presence.

How we know: Jehovah is the premortal Christ (Abraham 1:16; D&C 110:3–4)

Job as type of the suffering righteous Servant

And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? Job 1:8

God calls Job 'my servant', perfect and upright, and permits Satan to test him though he has done nothing to deserve it. Job is widely taught as a type of Jesus Christ, the perfect Servant who suffered innocently and was tempted by Satan yet did not sin.

• a type of what is in Matthew 4:1 — Satan comes to test the perfect Servant, Jesus, in the wilderness.

Jehovah

LORD renders the divine name Jehovah

And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD. Job 1:21

In his grief Job blesses the name of the LORD, Jehovah, the premortal Christ. His worship in loss models trusting the Lord's name when everything else is gone.

How we know: Jehovah is the premortal Christ (Abraham 1:16; D&C 110:3–4)