The book of Job is going to make the case that God’s justice is not the foundation of how the world operates. We cannot explain all circumstances by investigating them as the result of righteous or wicked behavior. The book of Job turns our attention away from the idea that the world runs by God’s justice and offers the alternative that, instead of trying to understand everything that happens as a reflection of God’s justice, we should learn to trust his wisdom.
John H. Walton; Tremper Longman III
The book of Job is going to make the case that God’s justice is not the foundation of how the world operates. We cannot explain all circumstances by investigating them as the result of righteous or wicked behavior. The book of Job turns our attention away from the idea that the world runs by God’s justice and offers the alternative that, instead of trying to understand everything that happens as a reflection of God’s justice, we should learn to trust his wisdom.
