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That was primarily to show Job (and us) that God's ways are inscrutable. Job wanted answers but instead he got something else -- an actual glimpse of God with his own eyes: I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. (Job 42:5,6) This was better than the answers Job sought. And we will see Christ with our own eyes at the Resurrection/Rapture.
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Every time I read it, it touches me more. I just happened to be reading it and transferring my cross references from an old Bible right now. I'm also reminded of personal applications with little footnotes.
They are not nearly like the suffering of Job or Jesus, but suffering nonetheless. I love that Book and it's Author. There's much to be cleaned from that ancient inspired book.
They are not nearly like the suffering of Job or Jesus, but suffering nonetheless. I love that Book and it's Author. There's much to be cleaned from that ancient inspired book.
It's interesting to me that God put Job's suffering in perspective by not addressing them directly. He covered the greater importance of humility under the almighty power of God displayed in His creation. We go through all those chapters crying with Job and empathizing only to see a twist at the end. What an amazing book. No library of fiction can touch it for the literary power alone. However, we know it's altogether true.
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Well God disagrees with you: Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number. (Job 9:10) O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? (Rom 11:33,34)
How proud were you to write that, to put it in red and underline parts of it? How righteous did you feel. Watch that pride. Last I checked The Apostle Paul wrote Romans and no one knows who wrote Job, some say Moses and neither Paul or Moses is God. Does Christ know the ways of the father?
That being said, it may not be impossible to understand or interpret. It may be for you but I doubt it is for me.
That being said, it may not be impossible to understand or interpret. It may be for you but I doubt it is for me.