Job

Here is what I found interesting today in my 52 day quest to read the Bible through. We often think about Job as the text on handling suffering, but I have found several things in my reading the last 2 days that I never recall seeing. One is that Job often refers to God with names usually associated with Christ in the New Testament. Perhaps Job had some knowledge of the Savior God even before the time of the prophets...

Second, Job makes some very interesting statements about creation as he debates with his friends. Here are a couple.

Job 11:7-9
7‘Can you find out the deep things of God? Can you find out the limit of the Almighty? 8It is higher than heaven—what can you do? Deeper than Sheol—what can you know? 9Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

Job 12:7-13
7‘But ask the animals, and they will teach you; the birds of the air, and they will tell you; 8ask the plants of the earth, and they will teach you; and the fish of the sea will declare to you. 9Who among all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this? 10In his hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of every human being. 11Does not the ear test words as the palate tastes food? 12Is wisdom with the aged, and understanding in length of days?
13‘With God are wisdom and strength; he has counsel and understanding.