Dr. Claude Mariottini - Professor of Old Testament: The Suffering of Job and Divine Justice - Part 1

Dr. Mariottini has posted a great essay outlining and exegeting the Book of Job. He does a wonderful job. The article spotlights the point that Job is a problem for anyone who wants to claim that God does not allow bad things to happen unless you deserve it. Bad things do happen to good people and God knows about it and He does allows it. He has reasons for it. But the story does present a problem for a lot people and it speaks directly to the philosophical "problem of evil". I find it immensely regrettable that folks try to explain this by trying to find some sin or something Job did wrong to deserve what happened to him when as Mariottini points out you can't do that because God said Job was blameless. I mean the story starts out with that information. The rest of the book should be interpreted with that in view. This is a great example of really reading a book for all its worth - and there is still more there...being the Book of Job is sooo deep. Read this great article at the post below. I can't wait for part 2!

Dr. Claude Mariottini - Professor of Old Testament: The Suffering of Job and Divine Justice - Part 1