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Originally Posted by SemperFideles  2. This is also a lament and not every verse of Job ought to be used as didactic teaching. It's sometimes hard to determine where Job is crying out to God in his distress and when he is testifying of some truth. One thing that I appreciate about Job's lament (much like the Psalms) is that they display a man crying out in great distress and not pretending that he's not questioning things or feels as if the whole world is against him. But, in the end, he finds comfort and rest in the strength of God. |
Right. As I mentioned in a post elsewhere, Job was struggling. He felt like God was not hearing him in his greatest time of need. (See chapter 23 for example) He was a man who desperately longed and desired to hear from God, but at the same time he was having a difficult time trusting God through his circumstances (which is understandable considering all he went through.)
There are times when Job's faith in God is evident. For example, the verse JD posted above. There is no doubt that Job believed in the resurrection, but yet there were times when it was difficult for Job to believe at all.
Let us not forget that Job was not living under the New Covenant administration of the CoG, therefore he was not blessed with the fulness of the Spirit as we are today. Nor did he have the Scriptures as we have them today. And yet think about how we doubt the hand of God during difficult circumstances, and we are sealed with the Spirit of God and have the complete Scriptures for our edification and learning.