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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah
So you can use Job to look at the story of Jesus. You can also use Job to look at the story of natural selection. And you can use Job to look at human history. Civilization is built in this way, speciation is built in this way, and the One New Man is built in this way.
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As it turns out fractal mathematics shows how if you take a single principle (algorithm) and apply it to an infinite set of numbers you will get a pattern that does something very strange. Regardless of whether you look at this pattern in great detail, focusing on a "tree" or if you take a step back and look at the entire pattern, focusing on the "forest", it has the same pattern.
I think this is what we see God saying in Job. The principle He is applying to Job is the same that He applied to all of creation, and it is the same that is applied to mankind, human history, etc.
Even the human lungs are a great example of fractal geometry. This explains the math behind OT types and shadows. How can Abraham sacrificing his son apply to so many things in human history. How can we look at the cross of Christ and then apply it to billions of different situations over thousands of years.
And, another point concerning this book. What makes the book of Job so interesting, and what causes so much discussion and debate over the book is that it does not seem to give us a neat little answer. If it did, then we would say, Oh that is the reason, and that would be that. What Job tells us is that these things happened as a result of God's prodding, even if it is carried out at the hand of Satan, and that the end result is that we will have grown and our faith in God will increase. Other than that you are left to wonder, though you could argue that this is in line with how God has created many different things too wonderful for us to understand. So then you are left to figure it out in your own life. You can look at all of creation as a guide. Perhaps our experience in the LRC is similar to a T cell coming into contact with a virus. Sure there is some damage to the Body, but now that we have identified the virus we study it and are ready to attack it if it shows up again. As a result the Body of Christ is now immune to the WL virus.