When God answers His suffering servant's complaint out of a whirlwind, He calls Creation to His defense. Thus, His wisdom as Creator should be enough to vindicate God when He enters into His courtroom with Job. But such argumentation is not simply to say, "I am all mighty and all wise. Who are you to question me?" That's nothing more than ad baculum. To win a defense as a cosmic bully is to lose the case. No, the defense carries implications for Job's future. God's wisdom can be trusted to bring about goodness and order for the whole world. If God's ineffable ways in creation is sufficient to answer Job's patient complaint, then God's purpose in Job's suffering is an exhibition of that same wisdom: God has ordained Job's sufferings to bring about a new creation.
Posted by Eric Pyle at September 30, 2006 4:06 PM
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