Job is humbled and silenced by the greatness of God, yet does not renounce his former position. God tells Job that if he is going to question the way He does things, he had better have the wisdom and might to do better than He can. Since he is not God's equal, he had no right to speak in such a manner. Job now realizes that it was not a good idea to challenge God. The only legitimate option was to submit to Him and trust Him to do what is right. Now, Job is ready to withdraw his challenge and repents. God lets Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar know that he is very angry for having spoken falsely of Him. He is upset that they had filled Job's mind with false thoughts, making him resent God. The fact that they were all speaking as if they knew exactly what God was doing might have also upset him. Therefore, to rectify having spoken of God in this manner, they each must take a certain amount of sacrifices to Job, and Job would offer their sacrifices to God and pray for them. In the end, Job was made twice as prosperous as before. His wealth doubled, he had ten more children, and lived 140 more years of his life. The basic theme of this reading is to establish an understanding of the relationship between God and His people. God's wisdom and power are visible everywhere in creation. A willingness to look and accept what is obvious results in awe for the Creator. Even if we do not accept it, it still reveals His glory. Elevating yourself over God makes no sense for the fact that he is immeasurably more powerful and fully able to accomplish what He knows is most wise.

Job then goes into a long monologue. He says that he longs for the past and for the days in which he had an intimate companionship with God. Then, he was continuously blessed by Him. He was held in honor and respect above all other men because he helped the helpless, was righteous, just and opposed the wicked. Job expected prosperity and blessing all the days of his life. At one point, he was the most respected of all men and now he is mocked by all. All he has left is a few remaining days of pain. God has surrounded him in His attack so that he was left helpless. Job begs for mercy but God ruthlessly attacks him with the intent of totally destroying him. Surely it is unreasonable to destroy a person who is already beat and broken. He went to others when they were hurt, yet no one come to his aid. Though he begs for health, all he receives is misery and horror. Job then goes into an oath of innocence. He never looked lustfully at a woman, was never deceitful, never committed a sexual sin. He had never been unjust to his servants, never turned those away who were in need, never loved money or any other form of idolatry. He had never failed to demonstrate love and compassion. Job challenges God to prove him wrong. If ever he had committed any sin, then may he be utterly cursed to the highest degree. Now, God replies to this through a voice in a whirlwind. He asks who it is that speaks these words that lack knowledge. He tells Job to prepare himself to answer Him. He asks Job what he knows about the formations of the earth's foundations or how he formed and controls the oceans. He asks if he ever caused the morning to arrive or controlled the stars and clouds. Surely

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