April mentions what Jesus said as He died on the cross and what Job said when he was suffering, which stated “My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?” Job kept his faith through the suffering and pain, which in the end brought him twice of what he had before. April questions if it would be worth it to stay faithful to God or would it be better to curse God’s name from the beginning. April is finding herself losing faith and questions where God was through all of the suffering. In the Book of Job, God was winning a bet with Satan during Job’s suffering.
Job was a man who was “blameless and upright” and “feared God,” vowing to always turn away from evil (Job 1:1). Job was a very privileged man; he owned many livestock and had fathered many children. However, Job’s faith in God resulted in God pitting Job’s faith against the evils of Satan. First, four messengers come to Job bearing the news of his devastating loss of property and all his children, causing Job to tear his robe, “shave his head, and [fall] on the ground and worship” God, even after a great evil has been done (Job 1:20). Next, Satan attacks Job’s health by sticking him “with loathsome sores from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head,” causing his wife to advise Job to curse god and die (Job 2:7).
I concurred with Job! I was not denying His existence, but I doubted His absolute justice” (45). Before his struggle, he was emotionally and spiritually connected to God and spent so much of his time studying the Jewish faith. In contrast, after he experienced living in a concentration camp he questioned God’s motives and no longer believed in absolute justice. He doesn’t believe in the same God he once did; before, he believed in a benevolent and kind father of humankind, he now can only believe in an apathetic and cold observer of the Jew’s
You can tell they are very devout to God and it’s as if they’re the ones that are ignorant. At one point he says to them “ Will you blindly stand on his side , pleading his case alone?”which is ironic because he called his wife foolish for saying something similar in the beginning of the book (Mitchell 34). This shows that Job is starting to lose his innocence as he starts questioning God because he feels betrayed and that God is unfair. Job’s three friends are almost exactly like Job in the beginning of the book.
It comes from a place deep down in our hearts that we must find in deep reflection. The Book of Job also addresses the idea of wisdom, especially in the context of the arguments between Job and his companions. Job disputes this idea, maintaining his innocence in the face of hardships, while his associates stand in for conventional wisdom, claiming that suffering is a punishment for sin. Job’s profound encounter with God as a result of his persistent questioning and struggle with God's justice, due to his humble acknowledgment of God's unfathomable wisdom. The Book of Job emphasizes the transcendence of human comprehension of divine wisdom, highlighting the significance of humility and faith in God's sovereignty, even in the face of unfathomable pain.
The first is the reaction of death. As mentioned before, Job lost his entire family but never lost his faith in God. Instead he was questioning the reason for his suffering saying “what is my offense that I have done to You O Watcher of man? Why did you make me Your target.. For soon I shall lie in the dust.”
(Genesis 3) The story of Job teaches with certainty that men are tempted and the most reasonable conclusion is that Satan exists and he tempts. (Job 1-42) Whether one considers the book of Job a record of facts in the life of a man named Job or a parable, the lesson is the same, for when the Lord taught in parables they were based upon facts or realities and always dealt with things that can happen.
The story of Job who was said to be “the greatest of all the people of the East.” He was “blameless and upright, and one who feared God and shunned evil” (Job 1: 1-3). Whenever his three daughters and seven sons went feasting from one brother’s home to the next, their father would go and make a sacrifice of their sins to God on their behalf for fear that they could have sinned and cursed God in their immoral self-indulgence. We are told Job did that “regularly” (Job 1:4-5). Then after, God’s consent for Satan to tempt him, Job lost everything, his children, wealth, and his good health within a short period of time.
The book of Job is one of the most well known pieces of biblical literature, not only because it explores some of the most profound questions humans ask about their life, but also the answers it alludes to. The Book of Job is a framed narrative and presents its topic in a third person viewpoint. Because the reader can see dialogues that other character’s can’t see, the Book of Job could also be qualified as a dramatic irony. In the narrative, Job is a good and prosperous man who is praised by God for his devotion. This leads to Satan trying to challenge Job’s integrity by suggesting that “Job fears God [because] he[God] has put a hedge about him and his house and all that he has, on every side.
The man called Job was tested by God to prove to Satan that Job was a righteous man. Job was a wealthy man with a large, beautiful family and big, healthy flocks. He was a very religious man who tried to avoid evil. But one day, Satan arrived in Heaven, in the presence of God. He spoke highly of Job to Satan, but Satan was not convinced.
Job had a big, wonderful family and he owned a lot of animals. Also, Job was a very righteous man and he faithfully served God. Although Job was an upright man, his faith was going to be tested by God. In the sixth verse, the bible tells the readers that when the sons of God came to present themselves to the Lord, Satan was among them. Immediately, God asked Satan about his whereabouts and Satan told him that he was walking through the Earth.
The Book of Job provides an example of how people should praise God by illustrating a blameless, responsible, and fearing man who will always turn away from evil. Therefore, this book presents the same man tortured by outside forces lacking the possibility to acquire help from family and friends. Throughout the reading in particular (14:11) demonstrates how there was a moment of weakness in which Job fails and ask for his death, but after all, he did not commit sin and endured waiting for his torment to banish. In addition, the book reveals how men turned against a man in need and instead judged him without understanding the sources causing his disgrace. However, the book provides a comparison in how humans behave by providing vivid examples of characters who showed behaviors illustrating how humanity functions.
At the point when Job keeps his confidence in God, Satan torments him with severe bruises everywhere on his body. Occupation's better half urges him to "Revile God and pass on." (Job 2:9, NIV) Three companions show up, as far as anyone knows to solace Job. However, their visit transforms into a great philosophical verbal confrontation over what created Job's agony.
Job owns seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yokes of oxen, three daughters, seven sons, and a wife-in short, prosperity. In addition, he is a respectful and religious man who worships God and lives a chaste life. However, God chooses to test Job and sets a list of punishments for him, who undergoes these challenges throughout the book of Job. There is a certain contradiction in a deity that punishes those who obey, and the story emphasizes the omniscience of God’s unique role in Job’s life. God’s seemingly capricious nature demonstrates the usage of power by an omnipotent figure, in terms of beneficence, retributive justice, and exploitation.
God gave Satan permission to torment Job with all his power but couldn't take except take his life. Because of this, Job suffered tremendously. He lost all his wealth, his flock and family and became sick to the point of death. Job’s wife pressured him to simply curse God, give up and die because of his suffering (Job 2:9), While he suffered Job began to doubt as Job asks God: “Do you have eyes of flesh?” (Job 10:4).
