Job, a Christ | Patriarchs

Job, who himself is a role and a pattern who we can and do play out in our own lives, and a state which we can occupy, is also a reflection and a parallel pattern to that of the ultimate pattern of salvation who is the role of Jesus.

We see Job as a righteous, law-abiding character who still experiences great suffering, seemingly without justification.

And here we can see the origins of Christianity as it flower from and differentiates itself away from its foundation in Judaism.

It is not simply the external obedience to law that produces the circumstances of our lives.

Moses learns from God Himself that God’s name is “I Am.”

And it is the internal conversations that we have with and using “I Am” the determine the circumstances of life.

Job must learn that his efforts on the outside have no bearing when compared to the activity in his mind.

Through his suffering he learns that it is his “I Am” that can save him from his suffering.

And it is his “I Am” that was the cause of his suffering.

We’re given a glimpse into the secret caves, the walls upon which every man and woman is writing upon hoping that God does not see.

His faith is questioned by his external circumstances in his “I Am” to the unseen activity of his mind.

The carver of images, his “I Am” itself, is faithful to his righteousness despite his suffering.

And he is redeemed by his faith in “I Am.”

And the false belief he formerly had in his labor and compliance with external law is correctly redirected into faith in God Himself, his “I Am.”

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