Job 42

Job Restored

As quickly as Job's trials start, they even more quickly and tersely end.  In just a few short verses, his trials are all over. His family and friends are fully restored unto him.  Job's wealth is double what it was before his ordeal began, and he is given seven more sons and three more daughters, doubling the number of children - for he will reunite with his first children during the resurrection.

In reiteration of my analysis of Job in the first chapter, Job's life has three distinct periods: 1. Before the ash heap; 2. On the ash heap; 3. After the ash heap. The majority of the book is in period two, the time of his suffering and ordeal.  Even though Job had to repent of his self-righteousness he manifested when discussing his plight with his friends, he was still found not guilty by God as it relates to his suffering.

The Lord's testimony about Job never changed through all three periods of his life. Job 1:1 and 1:7, Job 2:10, and Job 42:10 and 42:12 all show that the Lord was pleased with Job and his testimony.  He considered Job a faithful and true servant and required Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar to repent and have Job pray for them to be restored. God proved to Job's friends that Job suffering was not a penalty, but a purifying and remedial act for God's pleasure to prove to Satan that the Lord has people who will serve Him and irrespective of their circumstances.

May God bless you and bless the reading of His Word.