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BlueSkyKing · M
The Book of Job in a nutshell:
God: "Job is a good man. I will torture him to see if he stays good.
Job: "Why is God punishing me?"
Job's friends: "It must be your fault."
Job: "I am undeserving, but it’s not my fault."
Elihu: "God is greater than all of us."
God: "Yes, I am greater than all of you."
Job: "You are powerful, I’m sorry."
God: "Right answer. I'll stop torturing you now."
That’s it. No moral lesson in those forty chapters. No answer for suffering. No reasoning, no redeeming social values to the graphic violence. The point of the book is simply: "The Lord is powerful. He can make you suffer. Don’t ask why, Be faithful. Might makes right. God can do whatever he wants."
God: "Job is a good man. I will torture him to see if he stays good.
Job: "Why is God punishing me?"
Job's friends: "It must be your fault."
Job: "I am undeserving, but it’s not my fault."
Elihu: "God is greater than all of us."
God: "Yes, I am greater than all of you."
Job: "You are powerful, I’m sorry."
God: "Right answer. I'll stop torturing you now."
That’s it. No moral lesson in those forty chapters. No answer for suffering. No reasoning, no redeeming social values to the graphic violence. The point of the book is simply: "The Lord is powerful. He can make you suffer. Don’t ask why, Be faithful. Might makes right. God can do whatever he wants."