Thursday, October 6, 2016

The Book of Job part 1 vs. The Old Testament

Hey guys, I have just read The Book of Job and it was a very interesting piece of literature. I highly recommend it. It really makes you think about why God did what he did to Job (pronounced jobe). The Book of Job is very similar but also very different than the stories of the Old Testament. The book of Job and the Old Testament are both very similar especially in the sense that in every story God punishes or causes trouble with the character whether it is Job, Abraham, Noah, Adam and Eve whoever it is, it happens. In the book of Job God tortures Job because Satan tells God that Job is only a good person because he was blessed with wealth and other good qualities. So God puts him to the test to see if he is really faithful to God. This is kind of like the story of Abraham and Isaac where God tells Abraham to sacrifice his son jus too see if Abraham still has faith in God and worships him.  Killing you son is harder than killing yourself, this is why it is so hard to do. Although The Book of Job is very similar to the stories of the Old Testament it is also different. For example, in most of the stories of the Old Testament God punishes or tortures someone or the people because they Aren't worshipping God anymore or he wants to find out if they still have faith and worship him. This makes you question is God all knowing? That's a question to think about. For example In The Book of Job God tortures Job to find out if he is actually a good person or is he a good person because he has wealth and good qualities. But in Noah's ark the flood story in the New Testament God make a flood to wipe out humanity because he doesn't believe they worship him anymore. The Book of Job was a great story and I highly recommend it.





















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