The book of JOB Explained
The Book of Job is not simply a story, but a fable, rich with meaning and lessons to be learned. I found Job to be one of the most interesting accounts in the Bible, especially because it attempts to rationalize human suffering and the ways of the Lord. It seems to me that the idea came first, and a story was found to fit it, or one was made up, but that the entire reason for the Book of Job to be included in the Bible is for its purpose in teaching us that we must endure what troubles we are given, because it is the Will of God. I have many questions about this book, none of which can be easily answered by anyone living today: Who wrote this tale, and how did they know what took place in heaven? Did they just see Job suffering his losses, only to regain them tenfold when his faith did not swerve? These are only a few of my thoughts as I read Job, but overall, I found it a fascinating story that I wanted to explore in detail, and that is why I chose to write on it. Job was a righteous man who lived in Uz with his seven sons and three daughters. He owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yokes of oxen, five hundred donkeys and many slaves. Each year, he held a banquet where Job would have each of his child
Still, Job rebuked his wife and refused to sin. He went to others when they were hurt, yet no one come to his aid. He never looked lustfully at a woman, was never deceitful, never committed a sexual sin. Now, God replies to this through a voice in a whirlwind. Surely he must have lived countless years in order to speak with such great knowledge and power, says God. The fact that they were all speaking as if they knew exactly what God was doing is another error the friends make, for no one can presume to know the ways of the Lord. As we all know, the hardest part of faith is to believe when others around you do not, and can convince you that they are right while you are wrong. Job agrees that God does not pervert justice but does not understand how he can demonstrate his righteousness to Him. Job asks why God is focusing so much attention on him. Since he is not God's equal, he had no right to speak in such a manner. He asks Job to repent and turn back to God and forsake his sins, for only then will the past be totally forgotten. God lets Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar know that he is very angry for having spoken falsely of Him, making Job resent God. We are also shown that challanging God to prove his ways is unnaceptable, we are simple human beings and cannot presume to ask God to explain himself to us. God seems to have the character of a small child here, wanting to uphold his name, to show Satan that he "can too" prove that Job is faithful. God, for some reason, lets the blameless people suffer just like the wicked.
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