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Originally Posted by awareness
Okay I'll bite. Educated me, where does God respond that he's building a man?
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In Job 38:1 it says "Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind". Before we look at the answer we first have to know what the question was. Although Job asks a lot of questions, it appears that his question that is directed to God is in 3 parts:
1. What is the point to life?
Job 3:11 Job asks why he didn’t die in the womb. And then in Job 7:17 Job asks what is man that thou shouldst magnify him?
He has lost everything that he has worked for, all of his kids have died, the question is simple, what is the point of life? Was there a point to having gone through this whole life? It seems like one big sick joke.
2. Who is the one that can judge the wicked and where is he?
Job 9:24 Job asks “The Earth is given into the hands of the wicked; he covereth the faces of the judges thereof, if not, where, and who is he?
The question is simple, who is the one that can judge the wicked and where is he?
Job 10: 4 “hast thou eyes of flesh, or seest thou as a man seest?”
He feels that he is being judged by an unfair standard. Therefore he feels that to judge the wicked you must have eyes of flesh.
3. What is my sin?
Job 13:24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face and holdest me for thine enemy?
He is asking God to explain to him what his sin is and is complaining that God is not responding. By ignoring Job God is treating him like an enemy.
Job 21:7 Wherefore do the wicked live, grow old, yea and are mighty in power?
The book begins with God praising Job for being upright and righteous. So why is it that the wicked are able to grow old and be mighty in power? How does a righteous God create such a mixed up world? Job goes into great detail on this question. This is the heart of this book, is Job being judged for sin? If not, why has God brought all this evil upon him?
Now according to Job 38:1 these are the questions that the Lord answers.