God And Job And Suffering: All Is Well That Ends Well

[JAG]

We hear a lot about God and Job's sufferings. The book of Job has 42 chapters
and some 99% of the verses talk about Job's sufferings. However nobody
knows how long Job suffered and some interpreters think it was a relatively
short time. Some think Job suffered for a few months and others think Job
suffered only for days.

To the best of my knowledge all the events in the book of Job could have occurred
within 30 days. If so, then Job suffered a very short time.

But here is even better news: After Job suffered and endured his testing, God, in
His Mercy and Grace gave Job MORE than he had before he was tested, and then
God gave Job 140 years of the good life.

Its reasonable to believe {based on the narrative in Job 42} they were a happy and
blessed 140 years.

"The Lord blessed the latter part of Job’s life more than the former part." Job 42:12

"After this, Job lived a hundred and forty years; he saw his children and their children
to the fourth generation. And so Job died, an old man and full of years." Job 42:16-17

Bildad correctly predicted the happy restoration of Job when he said:
"He {God} will yet fill your mouth with laughter
and your lips with shouts of joy." Job 8:12

So?

So God's Mercy and Grace restored Job and he had MORE blessings than
he previously enjoyed and then God gave Job 140 happy good years. And
even more important than that, God gave Job eternal life in Heaven. Job was
an Old Testament believer that reaped the benefits of the blessing of John 3:16
which says that God loved the world and gave His one and only Son that whoever
believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

God restored Job and God has a Plan to restore the world. God has a Plan to
fix the world that men have messed up. What kind of Plan is it? The Cross. What
kind of Person is God? The kind of Person that will die on a Cross because He
loves the world and desires to restore it. So what kind of Person is God? The kind
of Person that leads from the front, where the pain is.



JAG

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