In this episode of the Bible Project podcast, Tim and I discuss the book of Job, the third

and final book in our Wisdom series.

This book is a piece of literature interacting with really significant existential questions

about God's justice and suffering and the problem of evil and what a bad thing is happening

to good people.

Many people turn to Job to learn about how to deal with suffering.

As it's a realistic portrayal of someone dealing with circumstances that just seem unfair.

It gives us a model for how to deal with hardship, but it provides no answers whatsoever about

why good people suffer.

But what it does explore is what kind of universe are we living in where good people do suffer.

And what does that say about how God runs the world?

What can we infer about God's character from the injustice and evil we see in the world

and what does God have to say about that?

So why do good people suffer?

Why is there evil in the world?

Why can't God make it so that everyone always gets what they deserve?

So he says the world is a dynamic place that can't be run according to a system.

It has to be run according to God's personal judgment sometimes, which he calls

Hohma or Wisdom.

The book of Job is really about the posture by which we should live as people who don't

have access to the totality of God's wisdom.

As we're describing this character, I mean, I feel like in a way we're talking about Jesus,

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