/lit/ - Literature

>>23408402
>Job is the hinge that the Christian story turns on
>it is the last time in the old testament that The LORD talks directly to man
>it is vital to listen to his words, therefore
>he basically threatens Job because he is The LORD
>it's the first time He has to reckon with the pain and suffering of His creation and maybe for the first time "feels" mercy as opposed to just practising it
>The LORD changes over the course of the Bible and in Job the seed is planted within him to become truly human, to experience our suffering as one of us
>Job never sins, he is a righteous man and calling The LORD to the mat to explain His actions and never backing down from his righteousness is th only reason The LORD has to respect his position
>Job essentially finishes saying "Your mind is incomprehensible and I am idiot for thinking that You can be reasoned with" thus allowing his continued righteousness in His eyes

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