No Answers At this point in the book of Job, it’s obvious that God isn’t going to fix anything quickly. We’d settle for a trade-off here, at least some kind of explanation for the chaos that has struck Job’s life. But apparently it isn’t the time for answers. Instead, Job gets a visit from three [...]
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With Friends Like These…
Posted in Old Testament, Sin, spirituality, tagged Friends, Job on October 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Pain
Posted in Old Testament, Sin, spirituality, tagged Job, Pain on October 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Pain of Every Kind Job 1:12 is downright chilling. It marks the release of Satan to ultimately do whatever he wanted with Job (short of killing him). Where else could this go but untold suffering? In fact, the evil spirit inflicted on the poor man nearly every category of pain known to our race. Job [...]
When Perfection Isn’t Good Enough.
Posted in Old Testament, tagged Job, Righteousness on September 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
No Blanket Explanations Here First, a qualifier: the book of Job can’t be used as a blanket explanation for all sufferings at all times upon all people. You might want to look for the rationale behind tsunamis and famines in some other book–Revelation, perhaps, or the apocalyptic portions of Matthew. Remember that the focus of Job [...]
