What does Ellen White write about...
Adventistische Schriften über: "Job's thoughts on life from an Adventist perspective"
Answer
From an Adventist perspective, Job’s thoughts on life reflect the reality of deepest human distress, yet are carried by an unwavering faith in God’s righteousness and future redemption. Although Job, in times of darkest trial, despaired of his existence and was misunderstood by his fellow men, he held fast to the certainty that his Redeemer lives and that suffering is not necessarily the result of personal guilt. Through his patient endurance and trust, his faith was refined like gold and God’s character defended.
Trust in purification and the living Redeemer
»“Yet He knows my way; if He tests me, I will emerge like gold.” “Behold, He may well kill me, I have no hope; yet I will defend my ways before Him.” “For I know that my Redeemer lives, and He will stand at the end over the dust; and after this my skin is broken, I will see God without my flesh; whom I will see for myself, and my eyes will behold Him, and no stranger.” According to his faith this happened to Job. “If He tests me,” he said, “I will emerge like gold.” So it happened. Through his patient endurance he defended his own character and thereby the character of the One whose representative he was.«
Unshakable hope in the face of death
»The patriarch Job cried in the night of his affliction with unshakable confidence: “I know that my Redeemer lives, and that He will stand on the earth on the last day; ... in my flesh I will see God, whom I will see myself, and my eyes will behold Him, and no other.”«
Deep distress and trial in the believer’s life
»On the day of Job’s affliction and darkness he uttered these words: “May the day I was born pass away.” Those who are not accustomed to feeling to the deepest depths, who have not stood like a wagon under burdens of sheaves, and whose share in the matter and work of God was never so closely woven with their entire being that it was dearer to them than life itself, cannot comprehend such feelings.«
Suffering as a test and not as a measure of guilt
»It is entirely natural for people to think that great afflictions are a sure indication of great crimes and massive sins; yet people often err when they judge character in this way. We do not live in the time of retributive judgment. Good and evil are mixed, and misfortune strikes all. ... Job was severely afflicted, and his friends tried to get him to acknowledge that his suffering was the result of sin, and to bring him under condemnation. They portrayed his case as that of a great sinner; yet the Lord rebuked them for their judgment of His faithful servant.«
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