If all are sinners, then how can Job be perfect? PROBLEM: God declared that Job was “blameless and upright, and one who feared God and shunned evil” (1:1). Yet the Bible insists that “there is none righteous, no, not one,” for “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:10; Roman... [ Continue Reading ]
Why does Job offer a burnt offering for his sons if they had blessed God? PROBLEM: According to Job 1:5, Job was such a pious man that he even offered burnt offerings for his sons just in case they had sinned and cursed God. However, the Hebrew word used here, and in 1:11 and 2:5, is not “cursed,”... [ Continue Reading ]
How can Satan come before God when he was dismissed from heaven? PROBLEM: Job 1:6 states that the sons of God came to present themselves to God, and “Satan also came among them.” However, this implies that Satan has access to the throne of God when elsewhere it is declared that he has been banished... [ Continue Reading ]
Does this verse teach reincarnation? PROBLEM: The Bible speaks against the belief in reincarnation (Hebrews 9:27). But here Job speaks of a person returning again after he dies. SOLUTION: Job is not speaking about the “return” of the soul to another body to live again, but of the return of the body... [ Continue Reading ]