How do you explain the Book of Job to a child?

Here are 6 things to teach kids about the book of Job.

1. God’s ways are not our ways.
2. God has authority over Satan.
3. Job was faithful to God, even when he didn’t understand God.
4. We can ask God our questions.
5. God may not answer in the way we expect.
6. God restores.

What was the story about Job in the Bible?

This legend concerns Job, a prosperous man of outstanding piety. Satan acts as an agent provocateur to test whether or not Job’s piety is rooted merely in his prosperity. But faced with the appalling loss of his possessions, his children, and finally his own health, Job still refuses to curse God.

What does the story of Job teach?

God is omnipotent , merciful and just, therefore evil and suffering must be part of God’s plan for humanity. In times of suffering, Jews may turn to the Book of Job where God allows Satan to test Job. Satan suggests that Job would not worship God if God did not protect him.

How do you explain the Book of Job?

The book of Job questions suffering and God’s justice. God’s response is surprising, pointing to his control over chaos and ultimate goodness. The book of Job questions suffering and God’s justice. God’s response is surprising, pointing to his control over chaos and ultimate goodness.

What does God say to Job at the end of the story?

At the end of the Book of Job, God speaks. Whether there was a booming echo, we can’t be sure, but it sure shuts Job up. In some ways, Job is basically saying “I had to see it to believe it.” But he can’t have really seen it, since God is unknowable.

What can you learn from the Book of Job?

That God won’t hear you when you complain. That to “move forward,” to have God answer you, you must greet everything with a smile. Job puts paid to that monstrous dismissal of intense suffering. His words, like torrents of pain that send you running away from him, put paid to the idea that complaining has no use.

What is the main point of the Book of Job?

The main point of the book of Job is that Jehovah God never tests us in bad ways, but He does sometimes allow bad things to happen for a reason. During such trials we have the opportunity to confirm our faith in the God we claim to worship, or we can do what Satan wants us to do – turn away from our Creator.

What is the main point of the book of Job?

How does the Job story end?

The story ends with Job receiving his wealth back several fold, having another 10 children and living for another 140 years. Job’s wife appears briefly in the Book but she is an interesting character which we shall return to later in the series.