Job 42:17 KJV
So Job died, being old and full of days.
I do not consider the book of Job one of the easier in the Bible to get hold of.
Job's friends appear to say very truthful things, but God says they do not speak truth
Job's testimony from God's own mouth is that he is a perfect and upright man, yet he seems to get a stern lecture by the Lord toward the end of the book
Job claims to trust God (and I believe he did) but he also complains that he wishes he had never been born.
But in the end the Bible says "So Job died being old and full of days."
Regardless of the confusing properties that exist in the contents of the book the final lesson and sum of its message is that Job did more than merely survive his trials. Job came through them into remarkable blessing.
I do not believe that each Christian should expect the exact same results as Job experienced, but I am confident that the primary lesson of the book is that the believer may expect that, as he trusts the Lord, he too will come through his trials having more than survived them but being blessed wonderfully despite them.
So Job died, being old and full of days.
I do not consider the book of Job one of the easier in the Bible to get hold of.
Job's friends appear to say very truthful things, but God says they do not speak truth
Job's testimony from God's own mouth is that he is a perfect and upright man, yet he seems to get a stern lecture by the Lord toward the end of the book
Job claims to trust God (and I believe he did) but he also complains that he wishes he had never been born.
But in the end the Bible says "So Job died being old and full of days."
Regardless of the confusing properties that exist in the contents of the book the final lesson and sum of its message is that Job did more than merely survive his trials. Job came through them into remarkable blessing.
I do not believe that each Christian should expect the exact same results as Job experienced, but I am confident that the primary lesson of the book is that the believer may expect that, as he trusts the Lord, he too will come through his trials having more than survived them but being blessed wonderfully despite them.
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