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BOOK OF JOB (part of the biblical text). Post a comment: Don't do a book report: rather, mention doubts, perplexities or other questions about the meaning of this biblical tale -- and if you want, give you interpretation on how it relates to
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ReplyDeleteJob has been cursed with the tragedy of his ten children's death and change of life. Along with Paul in Christ in Concrete, who faced the tragedy of his fathers death and life changes as well. They both mourn their loved ones with their family and friends. Although, they are both faced with hardships they continue to turn to God for help and prayers.
ReplyDeleteWhy is it that God lets devious people prosper while and innocent people suffer?
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ReplyDeleteIn the Book of Job, Job is portrayed as a wealthy man of upright character who loves God. Yet God allows Satan to destroy his flocks, his possessions, his children and his health. Job refuses to give up on God, even though he does not understand why this is happening to him. We, too, must trust God when we do not understand the difficulties we face. God alone knew the purpose behind Job's suffering and yet never explained it to Job. In spite of this Job never gave up on God even in the midst of suffering .He never placed his hope in his experience, his wisdom, his friends, or his wealth. Job focused on God. By not taking his eyes on God, Job was then rewarded tenfold. Paul from Christ in Concrete, also faced tragedy when he lost his father while also living through the hardships of being an immigrant. But through it all, Paul, like Job, never stopped believing in his faith and focused on God.
ReplyDeleteIn my investigation of the Book of Job one of the theme I found was " Why do the righteous suffer?". That similar theme is shown in Christ in Concrete. Geremio and his family from what I read seemed like a good family, in the greatest sense of the word. They went to church, prayed at nights, basically they were good Christians. Geremio's death was the start of their suffereing, they had to sell their house and basically live of nothing and basically suffer. These good righteous people had to suffer.
ReplyDeleteReading on the Book of Job, I came across one of Job's key verses. it reads:
ReplyDeleteJob 1:21, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will depart. The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away; may the name of the LORD be praised."
From this and other key verses, I realized the importance that the Lord holds in the meaning of this book. Job lost a lot throughout his life, and therefore claims that god has taken from him but at the same time, has given him a lot. The Book of Job and Christ in Concrete have that same theme in common. They are both suffering and aren't really sure why. They can blame god for all the negative aspects of their lives but they must never forget to praise him. They stress the importance of keeping faith in god regardless of the struggles they may be facing.
While reading the story of job, it reminded me of Geremio. Geremio also had a bifg family and was a good guy. But In crist in concrete Geremio died and in Job's case his kids died. A question that came was why was Job's freinds critisizing Job. I know he was going through a hard time but why did they say stuff about him?
ReplyDeleteWhen reading the Book of Job I came across the idea of good people suffering to be a recurring theme. In relation to Christ, it relates in the fact that Geremio and his family suffered as did Job. Job always trusted God throughout all the troubles, as did Geremio and his family. They share the common bond or struggling as good people, but keeping as much faith in God as possible throughout it all and did not look to blame him for all their misfortunes. With God, anything is possible and with him on our side we can make it through anything. We may not know what our future is but we know who holds it.
ReplyDeleteReading the Book of Job I realized this is a story of a man who is being pushed to the edge, suffering after suffering. Even after being kicked when he was down and lost it all he kept his faith. This story is very similar to Paul from Christ in Concrete; everything keeps going wrong, he's trying so hard to help out his family and tragedies keep coming one after another, yet they all stick together.
ReplyDeleteJob is a wealthy man living. He is always careful to avoid doing evil. Satan appears before God in heaven. God boasts to Satan about Job’s goodness, but Satan argues that Job is only good because God has blessed him abundantly. Satan challenges God that Job will turn and curse God. God allows Satan to torment Job to test him. After all the tests Job has been put through, he refuses to give up on God. The dominant theme of Job is the difficulty of understanding why an all-powerful God allows good people to suffer. Paul, from "Christ in Concrete," is determined to help his family, even after all of the hardships he's been through.
ReplyDeleteWhen reading the Book of Job, I realized that the more suffering one has, the greater their faith becomes. Paul and Job are similar because their suffering is immense and very sudden. They are the victims of God's test; losing life, and happiness. They choose to pray to God rather than accuse him for their pain. Both must cope for their losses but they do not lose sight of hope. For Job's faith, he is given double what he lost by God. Could this foreshadow Paul's future? Will Paul's dedication to God and his family prove to answer his problems?
ReplyDeleteBoth Job and Paul suffered in their lives and both of them were religious, they always pray and ask god for help and they never lost faith. I think as humans we only ask for god's help when we are in trouble( or probably that's just me) I wonder if their life was good would they still be close to god and pray?
ReplyDeleteI know the story from it being taught to me as a child. I think it connects to Christ in Concrete because Geremio’s family is suffering after his death. Job always did God’s will when he was being blessed. When Job was tested through many tragedies he was still faithful to God. In Christ in concrete the families are suffering and still they are praising God. Annunziata especially believes through her constant praying in this time of turmoil that somehow God will bless her again.
ReplyDeleteOne description of the story I found says that when Job's friends see him suffering, they think that he must be guilty of doing something terrible since in their eyes, God is always just. However, Job knows that he is innocent and draws the conclusion that God must, in fact, be unjust. This made me think of the family's situation in Christ in Concrete. A lot of the time when people are losing hope in their lives, they either seek comfort in their belief of a higher power or completely denounce their previous beliefs as a result of their suffering. In the scene in the church, Paul took a moment to pray for his father and ask God to help him and his family.
ReplyDeleteWhile reading the chapter the Book of Job, I realized that as things become tougher for the characters, for example Paul and Job their faith becomes much stronger. As Paul and Job go through a period of time of suffering and heartache, when some people tend to lose faith because they question God and wonder why he would do something like this to them, Paul and Job's faith only becomes stronger and they look to God for guidance and comfort.
ReplyDeleteJob feels that he should have never been born because life is full of darkness and misery. The reason Job is feeling this way was because of the sins he committed. His wife tells him to curse God and accept the struggle and the circumstances but Job refuses. In my opinion, Paul and Job are very similar because they both have faith in God even if the feel life might be unfair.
ReplyDeleteThe two books have much in common, although both job, and Paul have lost so much they retain their faith. Which proves to be invaluable. I bleieve the book of Job is more about how we should never lose hope in God or life even if terrible things happen, and this directly relates to Christ in Concrete through Paul.
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