Throughout the book of Job, Job’s main question has been “what have I done to deserve the calamities that have befallen me?” His final defense reads like an exposition of almost perfect righteousness. According to him (and we’ll assume he’s being honest) Job was not only a great guy but some kind of moral prodigy. Everything he did was good; he didn’t leave anything undone. So he could not fathom why God would make him endure this suffering when he (according to his thinking) did not deserve it.
I could not help but think of the perfect life as well as the suffering of Christ while reading this passage. Job describes what he believes to be a flawless record of righteousness, but even this record is trumped by the perfection and righteousness of Christ. Reading how good of a life Job lived increases my conception of how great and perfect the life that Christ lived on earth.
God eventually answers Job by a description of his sovereignty. But I wonder, what did Job in heaven think of the life and death of Christ? Job witnessed a man who lived a perfect life, above and beyond his own; but also, a man who experienced suffering above and beyond his own. If Job did not deserve his suffering, then how much more did Christ not deserve his?
Christ seems to be God’s ultimate answer to Job, and to all who experience injustice and suffering in the world..

Romans 3:23 – “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God”

James 1:2-4 “Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials f of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be i perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.”

Hebrews 12:3 “Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted.”