“For I know that my Redeemer lives, and that at the last he will stand upon the earth; and after my skin has been thus destroyed, then in my flesh I will see God.” – Job 19:25-26 The author of the book of Job does not agree with what was then the standard answer to the question of why people suffer. It was referred to as “the doctrine of retribution” because its explanation for suffering centered on God’s punishment for sin. The story is about a man named Job, a wealthy man......

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