tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193922242143549291.post2804123936416770543..comments2023-04-10T04:40:41.538-07:00Comments on Eghersis: That's IntimidatingLisa Gonzales-Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01400304702010165231noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193922242143549291.post-78853251376926097532019-01-23T09:39:24.697-08:002019-01-23T09:39:24.697-08:00Intimidating...might not be the word I would use i...Intimidating...might not be the word I would use in reading the Book of Job. Inferior, this is the feeling with which I draw from this story. First, Job opens with the challenge between God and Satan with Job as the "pawn" in the story which God initiated. Secondly, I do find it disconcerting that Job was still "content" with "the Lord gave and took away," and worshiped God. Was this the belief of people during the time Job lived or was written? Thirdly, reading what Job's wife wished him to do (no comments as to what was going on with her since she lost as much as Job did), what his friends assumed were the reasons for all that happened, Job was still in the middle, the "pawn." Naturally, I would have asked/ challenged God as to why, the purpose. Right, no answers to satisfy Job; just I AM WHO I AM. Job was still inferior. I believe much of the Old Testament is written in the same tone, God is superior, Israel was chosen to be superior (thus all the war and conquering). I find the New Testament changed all that. Jesus the Messiah, although Superior, brought the Inferior into a different light; a relationship that is not Intimidating...RiEdrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14814974770101545281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193922242143549291.post-63015827878413991552013-03-08T19:11:50.995-08:002013-03-08T19:11:50.995-08:00Thanks for your comment. I'm not sure what Job...Thanks for your comment. I'm not sure what Job learned. And who knows, maybe if it had been someone else, God might have responded differently. Lisa Gonzales-Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01400304702010165231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193922242143549291.post-60774225211951732642013-03-07T21:20:41.128-08:002013-03-07T21:20:41.128-08:00I think you are right. we should question everythi...I think you are right. we should question everything we don't understand. we gain knowledge this way. By not answering, Job may have learned not to ask questions to answers that may not be understood. Maybe I'm wrong? I find God is intimidating and I fear his abilities.Lorenzonoreply@blogger.com