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Introduction to the Book of Job Job is the
book of the Bible known for raising the

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perplexing question of human suffering,
and in particular, the suffering of the

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righteous.

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If God is all-powerful and loving toward
all He has made, then why does He allow

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suffering?

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How can the justice of an Almighty God be
defended in the face of evil, especially

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the suffering of the innocent?

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Job is clearly a blameless man who suffers
gravely from losing his ten children,

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most of his servants, and all of his
numerous livestock.

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Then he is afflicted physically,
with painful sores all over his body.

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Nevertheless, he refuses to curse God.

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Job's three friends attempt to comfort
him, though they insist that he has surely

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sinned for such calamities to befall him.

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But Job repeatedly defends his integrity.

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And lastly, God speaks.

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The events of the Book of Job can be dated
quite early, certainly before 1000 B.C.

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Through this penetrating drama,
we observe that all suffering must be seen

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in light of the cosmic struggle of Satan
against God.

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Through it, we begin to understand what
Job discovered, that God is sovereign and

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perfectly just in all His ways,
even when we don't know or can't

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understand His purposes.