http://rtbt.bostonvineyard.org/2008/08/30/job-101-916-22/ A Community of People Discussing the Bible Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:49:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://rtbt.bostonvineyard.org/2008/08/30/job-101-916-22/comment-page-1/#comment-42 brian Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:08:55 +0000 http://rtbt.bostonvineyard.org/?p=222#comment-42 From the daily guide: Job briefly returns to his theme from chapter seven: he's just a small human being, and he can't understand why God is paying so much attention to him. Then another thought occurs to him: God made him. If he is God's handiwork, why would God want to destroy him? This suffering that he has experienced just doesn't make sense to him, any way he looks at it. By the end of this speech, Job seems more tired than anything else. He begs God for a reprieve. He's suffered enough; can't God just give him a moment's peace before he dies? From the daily guide:
Job briefly returns to his theme from chapter seven: he’s just a small human being, and he can’t understand why God is paying so much attention to him. Then another thought occurs to him: God made him. If he is God’s handiwork, why would God want to destroy him? This suffering that he has experienced just doesn’t make sense to him, any way he looks at it.
By the end of this speech, Job seems more tired than anything else. He begs God for a reprieve. He’s suffered enough; can’t God just give him a moment’s peace before he dies?

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