The discourse on Job taught John the true meaning of suffering and the divine nature of compassion. [1] Job's suffering led to his salvation through a vision of God, demonstrating that human suffering is not always punishment for sin. [2] Job's longing for a human God reflected his desire for a divine being who could understand and comfort those who suffer unjustly. [3]
The Jews struggled with the Egyptian concept of divine rewards for righteousness, leading to the protest in the drama of Job and the worldly wise reaction in Ecclesiastes due to the devastating pressure and coercion of secular history. [4] The Psalms found on stone in Babylon were from the descendants of Salem missionaries who penned Job, reflecting the Salem school teachings at Kish. [5]
The Book of Job, written over 300 years by Mesopotamian religious teachers, presents a variegated picture of Deity that preserves the idea of a real God from the neighborhood of Ur of Chaldea in the dark days of Palestine. [6]