The
long exchange between God and Job could simply be summarized with the
statement, "You are God, and I am not." This may not seem fair from
our perspective, but getting back to the Apostle Paul's statement in Romans
chapter 8, that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, here
are the closing words of the book of Job, chapter 42, verses 10-16:
“When Job prayed for
his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes. In fact, the Lord gave him twice
as much as before! Then all his brothers, sisters, and former friends came and
feasted with him in his home. And they consoled him and comforted him because
of all the trials the Lord had brought against him. And each of them brought
him a gift of money and a gold ring. So
the Lord blessed Job in the second half of his life even more than in the
beginning. For now he had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 teams of oxen, and
1,000 female donkeys. He also gave Job seven more sons and three more
daughters. He named his first daughter Jemimah, the second Keziah, and the
third Keren-happuch. In all the land no women were as lovely as the daughters
of Job. And their father put them into his will along with their brothers. Job
lived 140 years after that, living to see four generations of his children and
grandchildren. Then he died, an old man who had lived a long, full life. (New
Living Translation)
God
had made a point and then greater good resulted.
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