It is also timely that in my OT lesson we studied the book of Job last week. Let me quote what the textbook has to say about relation between Job and Jesus:
- The early Christian community saw the connection between Job and Jesus, so it was a common practice to read the book of Job during Passion week.
- The New Testament brings us the a deeper understanding of God's dealings with suffering. In Jesus Christ he reveals his love towards his sinful creatures by sending his Son to die on the cross. Jesus Christ is the true innocent sufferer, the only one completely without sin. He voluntarily (as opposed to Job) submits himself to suffering for the benefit of sinful men and women... Jesus' death on the cross did not bring suffering to an end. Indeed, Christians are characterized by their sharing in the sufferings of the Lord. To say that Christians are removed from evil and pain of the present world on the basis of the conversion is a perversion of the gospel... Thus the book of Job retains its power for contemporary Christian. It can now, however, be properly read only in the light of the suffering of the totally innocent sufferer, Jesus Christ.
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