REFLECTIONS ON THE BOOK OF JOB By John Telgren The book of Job
is typically oversimplified. I, like many others was familiar
with the prose sections of Job (the beginning and end), but very
unfamiliar with the lengthy dialogues throughout the center of
the book. Job is an interesting book, which offers more
questions than it does solutions. Job is also a daring book. It
dares to ask the hard questions, even if the questions
themselves seem to implicate God. I believe that this
characteristic is there by design. How should we understand the
book of Job? What is its purpose? How does it develop that
purpose? I want to spend a few moments of reflection on some of
these types of questions. In order to understand any book of the
Bible, we must first step back and get the big picture. Instead
of doing a "verse-by-verse commentary on the book of Job, I want
to look at some overall themes that run throughout the book of
Job. Justice/The Character of God in the book of Job The justice
and character of God is at the fo