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No, that is a completely incorrect interpretation. That’s “prosperity gospel” like that of Joel Osteen. Job suffers because doggy-doo happens and the Bible never says that he is rewarded for his perseverance. Yes, he gets more than what he had before, but once again, that is because “stuff” happens.

A primer on Job - The book of Job discusses why God allows pain and suffering. | BibleProject

 

It all revolves around what God would do for us by giving to us His own Son to be the very Lamb of God!

 

God is a God of Love, but perhaps even more, He is HOLY!

 

No, that is not what I am saying. I believe the Scriptures are inspired. It is revelation presented to us through the prism of human history.

Once again the Scriptures reveal who God is: The Trinity wanting to share His life with man. Put another way, the Bible reveals why God chose to became man.

 

1. job learned from his own experiences that God is the real God, worthy to be loved and worshipped, and trustworthy, for we are to walk by faith and not by sight!

 

God chose to send His own Son to be the messiah of lost sinners, as He wanted to call a people unto Himself whose only destination apart from His intervening on their behalf would be hell!

 

“God is omnipotent and all-knowing” is a Greek philosophical viewpoint.

The Old Testament viewpoint is quite different. God is testing Abraham because Abraham has failed many previous tests and God wants to know if Abraham has finally fully put his trust in God. God isn’t sure, so that is why God is doing the test.

The Greek philosophical viewpoint is that this is just an elaborate form of deceptive play-acting by God.

 

Open theism God does not exist, as God fully knew what would happen!

 

Below is pretty close definition of prosperity gospel.

Christians have been promised to be rewarded in Heaven. But the Bible doesn’t promise us lots of stuff on this Earth.

 

peter asked Jesus that very same question! As in how much of a reward would they get for serving Him!

 

Genesis 22:12 NLT
[12] "Don't lay a hand on the boy!" the angel said. "Do not hurt him in any way, for now I know that you truly fear God. You have not withheld from me even your son, your only son."

Bible seems to disagree.

 

No, as it is addressing God in human terms, as IF God does not know in exhaustive way all things, he could not be God!

 

Interesting as I too have suffered much loss, yet Job gives me great comfort that God ordains even the suffering for a good purpose. What that purpose is, I will never fully understand, but I trust God entirely.

 

It seems you are questioning God's goodness. That is a good thing to wrestle with, especially if you or those you love have suffered greatly. Job is a righteous guy in the Book of Job, and he struggled mightily to understand God's goodness. He even shows love and reverence for God amidst the impossible suffering.

God's response shows something about God's character that needs to be understood. He is the One to trust with everything, even when it does not seem that way. He knows how to run things, even when we cry out His actions are unfair. That takes faith in God's goodness, even when reality around us screams otherwise.

 

That's good. I wasn't talking about you. I was talking about the interpretation you described.

 

Thank you for clarifying. My mistake.