Job 40-42

It took me about 12 minutes to read this passage. To me, the last part of the book of Job conveys one of the great picture of grace in the Hebrew scriptures. It is one of the few times in all of scripture, prior to Jesus' ministry, where God and man directly converse. We may look at Job's earlier statements with concern regardsing his faith, but now at the end we read the humility in his heart. In 40:5 Job admits to his foolishness. Like the apostle Paul centuries later he understands that his actions were based on ignorance. Yet as soon as he receives more revelation about God he accepts the truth revealed, and adjusts his life accordingly. God ends his revelation with a short talk with Job's friends. Again he refers to Job as a friend of God, just as he did a few weeks earlier.
Stuart