Job Chp. 38-End

Then the Lord answered Job, out of the whirlwind, and said,
2 Who is this that darketh counsel by words without knowledge?
3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answered thou me.
4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

We have talked so much about God—or Gods, when in Greek myths. It confused me, when we saw at the beginning of Genesis, that there were two different Gods.

Then I doubt who is this God, that takes place in Job. Yes, he is definitely different because (as I mentioned in my other Job entry) he lets himself be manipulated, in some way, by Satan. I guess the Gods of Genesis wouldn’t have done that, because, at least, one of them realizes the wickedness of men, and therefore bringing in the flood.

Knowing of this ‘wickedness’, why is it that this God lets a ‘wicked human’ take such an important decision as torturing someone?

Then again, in the citation above, this God himself is talking about he being the creator of Genesis.

Similar to the Greek Myths, the God within Job takes a little bit of ‘human character’ within these last pages. It happens after Job has said it all, about wanting to die, after he speaks to his friends, when God wants Job to forgive him. We could say, taking into consideration the amount of space that God’s words take in this piece of the Bible, that he is being somehow intense and annoying on Job. He doesn’t want to admit that he was somehow cruel on Job, and though perhaps, some things that Job ‘cursed’ about were valid, God whatsoever doesn’t want to admit he was unfair; that for a second, he made a mistake, like a human. He is almighty and powerful after all; he was the creator, and therefore has the right to be stubborn and decide what he did or didn’t—even if it is kind of a lie.

So God’s attitudes and actions within this part of Job, show us how God can make mistakes as well, and how—similar to humans—he doesn’t want to admit it, is ashamed.