Job 14:12 (KJV)
So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

Even in his most miserable state, wishing he had never been born and complaining that life is full of trouble, Job could not help but hint at future resurrection.

Exactly what Job meant by what Job said is a matter of some discussion.

Benson writes,“That is, until the time of the general resurrection and restitution of all things, when these visible heavens shall pass away, and be no more, at least in the same form in which they are now.”

On the other hand Barnes records,“That is, never; for such is the fair interpretation of the passage, and this accords with its design. Job means to say, undoubtedly, that man would never appear again in the land of the living; that he would not spring up from the grave, as a sprout does from a fallen tree; and that when he dies, he goes away from the earth never to return. Whether he believed in a future state, or in the future resurrection, is another question, and one that cannot be determined from this passage.”

I would suggest that what Job believed is not the issue. He is merely the instrument God used to deliver God’s message for the time.

God certainly believes in the future resurrection.

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Job 14:12 (KJV) What God Believes

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