Here's another interesting chapter that becomes a prayer from Job to God. And its really quite heartbreaking to read Job's agony. The words are amazing, and reveal quite a bit about man's relationship to God, in the sense of man's temporary jog through a generally meaningless life. God is described sort of as someone who has better things to do than worry about a man. Well, does he? Why would God, with the power to throw mountains into the sea, have any consciousness about man, powerless and meek...a non-issue in the grand scheme of things?
Verse 12 required some pause. What does it mean that till the heavens are no more, men will not awake or be roused from their sleep? Does this speak to some cataclysmic event at the end of time that will result in a resurrection? Seems to me. Also, man will not resurrect until this happens. How can Job say this? How does he know this?
Job, however, seems to speak of resurrection as an annoyance. As something not to be desired. I do like the idea of God counting Job's steps, but not holding his sin against him. How does that happen? How does that work?
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