Job 35-37
/“I will ascribe justice to my Maker” (36:3). Elihu believed in God’s creative power and justice, yet he imagined God as indifferent to His creation. While some might believe in a great Power who is unaffected by our actions (36:5), the Bible shows us a divine Father who grieves over sin and bears the cost of our salvation. And rather than a simple “karma” worldview in which good people are always successful (36:9), the Bible shows us righteous people who suffer, including God’s own Son.
The Bible testifies that the God “beyond our understanding” (36:26) revealed His character through Israel’s story and, clearly and finally, in the Son (Hebrews 1:1). We can know His justice and experience His abundant mercy.