Author Irving Jensen in his book Jensen's Survey of the Old Testament gives four purposes of the Book of Job:
(1) To reveal Who God is.
(2) To show the kind of trust He wants His children to have.
(3) To reveal His favor toward His children and His absolute control over Satan.
(4) To answer man’s questions about why a righteous person may suffer while an evil man may be healthy and prosperous.
(1) To reveal Who God is.
(2) To show the kind of trust He wants His children to have.
(3) To reveal His favor toward His children and His absolute control over Satan.
(4) To answer man’s questions about why a righteous person may suffer while an evil man may be healthy and prosperous.
We can start out by reading that Job is a really great man. He is loyal to God and is faithful in his sacrifices, like the God-honoring people did in First Testament time.
In Bible.org, writer David Colburn says:
"Humankind is very early in recovery after the Flood, the practice of worship has yet to be enshrined in any recorded law, making Job’s faithfulness in his fortune all the more remarkable."
In Bible.org, writer David Colburn says:
"Humankind is very early in recovery after the Flood, the practice of worship has yet to be enshrined in any recorded law, making Job’s faithfulness in his fortune all the more remarkable."
gotquestions.org offers these key verses:
Job 1:1, "In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil."
Job 1:21, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will depart. The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away; may the name of the LORD be praised."
Job 38:1-2, "Then the LORD answered Job out of the storm. He said, 'Who is this that darkens my counsel with words without knowledge?'"
Job 42:5-6, "My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you. Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes."
Job 1:1, "In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil."
Job 1:21, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will depart. The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away; may the name of the LORD be praised."
Job 38:1-2, "Then the LORD answered Job out of the storm. He said, 'Who is this that darkens my counsel with words without knowledge?'"
Job 42:5-6, "My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you. Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes."