Job and Jesus – A Tract by the Rev. Dr. Joel Nederhood
“I am a worm, and no man. . . .”
Psalm 22:6
Job, look at Jesus Christ hanging on the cross.
When I invite Job to do this, I am really inviting you to look at Jesus, because I am thinking of Job not only as an individual who lived centuries ago, but I am thinking of him as the great representative sufferer. He stands for all of us, for you and for me. And when we hear him hurl his protestations heavenward we hear words that we have hurled toward heaven too – or we have been tempted to hurl them. Job stands for us in our suffering. His physical suffering was like ours. His mental. emotional torture was like ours. The questions he raised were like our questions. So I say, “Job, look at Jesus. Please look at Him. Job, when you do, you will see God’s answer to your suffering.” Continue reading ‘Job and Jesus – A Tract by the Rev. Dr. Joel Nederhood’