My thoughts on Job (thus far)

[jimd]

I think the key to the book of Job is in the three verses below:

Job 32:1 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
2 Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God. 3 Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

 

[posthuman]

bro God has worked by intercession always through the bible. even Now when you sin, you still Have One interceeding on your Behalf. Moses interceded for the people, God responded. abram interceeded for people and God responded, Jesus interceded for all people and God responded.

why would you then have an issue, with Job the perfect and upright man, interceeding for His children and assume God would not respond? God doesnt change, intercession is why anyone can be saved. daniel interceded for israel, most every prophet did actually and God res[ponds every time.


i would still hold that Most Likely, God honered Jobs intercession as He has always done to the righteous who interceed on behalf of sinners ( by the way we dont even Know they were terrible sinners or anything, all we Know is they were jobs children and He daily made SACRIFICE for them, he shed blood daily just incase they might have sinned somehow.

theres no reason to think they werent right with God at all.

Dude why would i have any problems with intercession? Why would you even think that?

The issue I took was in saying 'they must have been righteous before God because otherwise God would not have let them die'

Just as there's no reason to think they weren't righteous, there's no reason to think they were. If anything there may be a reason to think they were not. You can't decide someone's standing before God simply on the basis that they have died, that's all.