The God Who Works When We Don't See - JOB START
As I have had the privilege to walk through the Bible book by book these past 8 years on this blog I have been able to slow down long enough to ask "why is this book in this place"? And I believe there are great valuable truths even in the order of scripture as well as the Words of scripture. So let us ask, "Why does Job follow Esther?" If you consider that Israel at the end of Esther has just been barely saved from an ancient holocaust at the hand of Haman and that their deliverance was so unbelievable it required two letters for confirmation among the people you can see why Job follows this book. For Israel has been descending from their pinnacle since the end of 1 Kings and it seems Esther, which does not mention God at all would be the perfect precursor to Job - the book synonymous with suffering while God seems silent. Job 1:1–5 (ESV) There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned aw...