Job 40:6-42 - More humbling, then resotration

We now get God's second speech, with the same introduction as before. This time God answers Job's complaints about justice.

First He asks Job if he can cover himself with glory and splendour and if he is able to humble the proud. We are very limited in our ability to execute judgement.

Then God draws attention to Behemoth. Even the greatest creatures are under God's control, but we cannot control them. So what is the point of all this? It is simply that only God can execute judgement, and He knows exactly what He is doing. We are limited in knowledge, limited in understanding, limited in power. God is not. 

In all this God never gives Job an explanation of why all this happened. Instead, Job humbled himself before the Lord. For us, when we go through trials, we will question God, but the solution will come when we humble ourselves before Him.

Job responds by doing this. Now he has a much deeper knowledge of God (42:5).

Then God turns to the friends and rebukes them, and honours Job. This is so important. God honoured Job at the outset, He honoured him at the end. He did humble Job, but God always loved him. We can feel that God is against us, that He has forgotten us, but He has not.

Then at the end we see grace. Job prays for the forgiveness of his friends, and God will answer that prayer. Forgiveness is a powerful thing. 

Then God blessed Job, and see how the emphasis is put on the daughters. Realise how counter-cultural this was. Ignorant people sometimes say the Bible is misogynist. This is simply not true.