Bible Seeds: The way i understood the first words God said to Job was, "Does God Have A Valid Critic?" And God asks Job for his answers to questions like "Where were you when I created the Earth?" God asks Job questions for the next three chapters that cannot be answered by anyone. And Job says "In the past I knew only what others had told me, but now I have seen you with my own eyes, so I am ashamed of all I said and repent in dust and ashes. God restored Job's losses and gave him twice as much as he had before. But the question of WHY was not answered in the book!
God blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning and he lived one hundred and forty years and saw his children and grandchildren for four generations. So he diied, "old and full of days."
But what Job didn't hear that was explained to the generations beyond Moses and by Paul, the Apostle of Jesus, in the book of Romans, chapter 8: verse 28, was "We know that God makes all things work together for the good of those who love Him and are chosen to be a part of His plan."and
the book of Jeremiah, Chapter 29: verse 11 - God says, "For I know the plans I have for you - plans to prosper you and not to harm you . . . plans to give you hope and a future."
But the most important thing we have to realize about our Creator is when He tells us, "For My thoughts are not your thoughts. Nor are your ways My ways, says the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts then your thoughts." [ found in the book of Isaiah, chapter 55, verses 8-9 ]