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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah
This is why I refer to the Bible as "the word of God". I cannot believe that when God inspired this word that Jesus was not His focus. Also, I think I have done an adequate job of presenting why I believe that God's answer to this question is Jesus.
Your answer here is a matter of "moving the goalposts". You asked for NT verse references that connect Job with my interpretation. I gave you that. You then respond that it doesn't matter because somehow you know that this was not what the writer was thinking. That reasoning would negate much of what we consider the Bible and the word of God.
This is the crux of the dispute. It is not WL teachings, or the use of metaphor, or providing NT references, or misreading the language. The dispute is that, despite all of the evidence, you believe that this is the word of man and I believe it is the word of God.
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Another great post bro Z. And believe me I know what you are saying. I've been there. I grew up with the Bible being the word of God.
But now I don't think we should go so far with this magic Bible concept that we dismiss the fact the every book of the Bible was penned by man/men ... and then edited and added to afterwards by other men.
And therefore reflect those men's view of the world back then. This is why God in the book of Job is said to look upon the earth, with its foundation and cornerstone, as a three layered cake, with a flat earth, Hades below and heaven just above the blue sky.
Of course we now know that the earth isn't flat. And God back then knew it too. Basically, the writers of Job projected their limited understanding upon God. And those words aren't the word of God. They are words of men of limited understanding.
But don't mistake me. Just because they are words of men doesn't mean they are not invaluable. Job is a great book.
In the end the book of Job reveals that good men suffer misfortune. And there is an indifference to it. We see it all the time in catastrophes of all kinds. Just look at what's happening in Texas. Even Rick Perry's Christapalosa rain prayers didn't work. Texas is now on fire. Perry should be disqualified for president because his massive prayers didn't work, but made matters worse. God is indifferent to it. Misfortune, and indifference to it is, a hard truth of life.
Thus, the book of Job is a great book of tragic comedy. And that is why after the death of my son I was drawn to read it over and over again.