Job and the Perplexity behind his Knowledge

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The biblical character chosen for an analysis in this paper is Job. Job can be found in the Book of Job. Job, in my opinion, is a guinea pig to Satan and God. What is admiring about Job is that throughout everything he is put through and the losses he endures, he never loses his faith in God and never curses God. He stays strong. Job admirably attempts to challenge God multiple times. Jobs faithfulness puzzles me, but I sympathize with him. His faithfulness seems so extreme that instead of questioning Job, you find yourself questioning God’s motives and actions.
In the Book of Job chapter 23, starting on page 863 in the Bible, the start of Job’s Seventh Reply can be found. Job is confidently determined to confront God. He questions God in an attempt to find him in is absence. Job challenges God, “I would set out my case before him, fill my mouth with arguments,” (Job 23:4). Job then questions whether or not God would respond to his arguments, “Would he contend against me with his great power?” (Job 23:6). God does not respond or answer to Job. This is after Job had already continuously sought out Gods guidance and help. He has stayed faithful and committed to God; he does not curse God, despite what he has been put through. Job expresses that God is the one who has made him terrified and has made his “heart faint” (Job 23:16). In this story, Job simply wants an answer from God to why he is being punished and God does not respond.
In The Book of Job chapter 27 Job professes his two oaths about his innocence. He accuses God of violating his rights, “As God lives, who takes away my right, the Almighty, who has made my life bitter,” (Job 27:2). Yet, he still refuses to curse God and believes as long as he still has “life breath...

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... very argumentative when it came to not receiving answers. Job pleaded for an explanation, but always stopped short of accusing God of injustice. Job was a wise and respectful man.
I personally respect Job. He had the guts to argue Gods motives and to demand answers. Job endured the most painful thing I think any human could ever go through; losing his wife and children. Yet, even when he did he still remained faithful to God. He sounds like a crazy character, but he is a character that provided a glimpse of what getting caught in temptation, a feud between Satan and God, can do to a human being. It shows just what evil can do. Job showed how far man is willing to go to remain pure and good, despite the temptation of evil and pain. Job is a character that storytellers want you to be perplexed by. He is the character that, despite his hurdles, not once cursed God.

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