JOB’S NEW BEGINNING

“Behold, I make all things new.” Rev 21:5

Job was now ready to arise to a new beginning. He had lost everything—his family, wealth, social standing, and everything else that he held dear, even his own self-worth and concept of righteousness. Having now been brought to see the truth about himself and about God, his heart was made tender and pliable, able to be reshaped by the Master’s hands. He had shown a truly repentant heart in accepting all that God had allowed in his life to transform him; and God was ready to release Job from his trial.

Psa 51:17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

Jer 18:1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
2 Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.
3 Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.
4 And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
5 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
6 O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.

Isa 12:1 And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.
2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
3 Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.

The first order of business that the Lord now begins to take care of in Job’s life is the restoration of his relationships. Job and his three friends had a great falling out over the meaning of Job’s suffering. Their arguments had not been according to the truth because they could not perceive the purpose of God in all that had happened. They, therefore, had unjustly accused and condemned Job for wickedness that he had not committed. The Lord was angry with them for falsly judging his servant, and was ready to deal with them in His wrath. It is a good lesson for us all, not to be too quick in passing judgment, especially against one of God’s own children. Most of the time, we, like Job’s friends, are ignorant of the whole situation; and we say and do things that are harsh, unloving, and ineffectual. God, nevertheless, in dealing with them, granted to them a way to appease His wrath—by having them offer a sacrifice for their sin and having Job pray for them. As we have already mentioned previously, neither Elihu nor Job’s wife received any such rebuke from the Lord, they being God’s instruments in speaking to Job.

Job 16:2 I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.

Job 42:7 And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.
8 Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.
9 So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded them: the LORD also accepted Job.
10 And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.

Rom 14:4 Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.

Jam 4:11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?

It is important to note that one of the marks of a renewed child of God is that of showing mercy to others. Pride causes us to be judgmental, condemning, and unforgiving. We feel that we have a special standing with God because of our own good works; or that God has somehow appointed us to be a judge of others, and sometimes even an executioner. When we are brought to see ourselves as we really are—worthless and vile—and how much we need the forgiveness and mercy of God ourselves, we also have a new attitude toward others. There had been a great division created between these four old friends. Their debate had been intense, and their words were sometimes cruel. Ordinary men, apart from the grace of God, might never have been reconciled. However, God was going to restore everything to Job, even his relationships. The wording of Scripture even indicates that Job’s deliverance was tied to his showing mercy toward Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar. Although this was not the case in Job’s suffering—unforgiveness, resentment, hatred, and bitterness towards others, are often the causes of many psychological and physiological diseases in themselves. These pent-up feelings often bring more suffering to the one that harbors them, than the one to whom they are directed. So Job prayed for his friends even though they were intolerable to him in his hour of need, and showed no real compassion or empathy toward him in his suffering.

Matt 7:1 Judge not, that ye be not judged.
2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

Eph 4:32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

Matt 6:14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Matt 18:23 Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants.
24 And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents.
25 But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
26 The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
27 Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt.
28 But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.
29 And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
30 And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.
31 So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done.
32 Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:
33 Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?
34 And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.
35 So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.

Job 42:10 And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.

Even though Job had lost everything, the Lord now restores to him double of all that he possessed before his trial. Many times during our trials we think that God is taking away everything we hold dear, and that which is important to our livelihood and happiness. While that may be true in some cases, as His purposes may be, He knows what things we have need of and He does not forsake His own. He uses these things that we hold dear to bring about our spiritual good; and if God takes them away, He replaces these things with something better, something that will endure. He takes away those things that are a hindrance to our serving Him, and the weights that keep us from running a good race. Most importantly, He empties our hearts of worldly trinkets and replaces them with Himself. Job received back all that he had lost and more; but the greatest treasure that he now possessed was a genuine relationship with God—whom he now saw as a real being in his life.

Job 42:12 So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.

Matt 6:31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Psa 37:25 I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

Heb 12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Phil 3:7 But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;

Now, lest we as believers look for God to bless us like He did Job, we must remember that Job was still a man after the flesh; and his blessings were in a great part, earthly. He was not born-again and made a new creature in Christ, where “old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” Old Testament saints had a different relationship with God than New Testament children of God; and His purposes toward them both are also different. His blessings to Israel concerned mostly the physical and material things of this life, while His blessings to the Church are in the spiritual realm. He may restore to His children those earthly things which He takes away, but we should not count on it, or look for Him to do so as He did for Job. Although the great hymn may say, “what He has done for others He will do for you,”[1] what God has done in time past for His people, is no guarantee He may treat us the same. What He has done for others he may do for you; but because He is the Sovereign Lord over each of us individually, we must not think that He is in any way obligated to treat us all the same. His promises to us are all the same, but He fulfills them to His saints in various ways.

2 Cor 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

Deut 28:1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.
3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.
6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
7 The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.
8 The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
9 The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways.
10 And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee.
11 And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
12 The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
13 And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:

Eph 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

John 18:36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.

More important than the material blessings, God restored Job’s family, friends, and even the children that had been taken from him. Those closest to Job had either been of no comfort or had forsaken him in his sufferings. In returning to Job’s side, they all brought gifts as a token of their lack of compassion and concern. It is a sad fact—that most fair weather friends will abandon us when we have nothing left to offer them, and when our own need is the greatest. It is truly amazing how bad life can be when the Lord permits trials in our lives; and again, how good it can be when He returns His blessings to us. In trials, even family and friends are no comfort, but they all seem aloft to our troubles. Even as the Lord, they seem to stand afar off. Just as Jesus was separated from His earthly family, disciples, and from His Heavenly Father while hanging upon the cross, so our trials also isolate us from everything and everyone that is of any comfort to us. Even those who would attempt to comfort us or help us, only seem to bring us more pain. On the other hand, in times of restoration, these relationships are once more the blessing that they were intended to be.

Job 42:11 Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.

Job 2:10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

Job 16:2 I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.

Job 16:20 My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.

Job 19:13 He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.
14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
15 They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.
16 I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.
17 My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children's sake of mine own body.
18 Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.
19 All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.

Matt 27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

Matt 27:55 And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him:
56 Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's children.

Psa 38:11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

Psa 10:1 Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

Psa 88:14 LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
17 They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
18 Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.

It is interesting to note that God restored to Job the same number of children that were taken away, and not double as in everything else. That might be—as others have taught—that his first children were never really lost to Job; but they were merely taken from Job’s presence, and placed in God’s safe keeping. We have no reason to believe that his children were not believers in God’s revealed plan of the substitutionary sacrificial offering of innocent animals, as well as Job. Job believed in, and practiced the blood sacrifice; and most assuredly would have taught his children to believe in it also. We may think that God takes things that are irreplaceable, such as a loved one; but none that are truly His are ever lost eternally; they are only “absent from the body and present with the Lord.” Though Job’s heart may have still ached for those children that died, I doubt that anyone ever enjoyed or treasured the new children that God gave to him; and his heart was greatly comforted by them. He even saw his children’s children to four generations in the one hundred and forty years that God allowed him to live after his trial.

Job 42:10 And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.

Job 1:1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
2 And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.

Job 42:13 He had also seven sons and three daughters.
14 And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Keren-happuch.
15 And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.
16 After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.
17 So Job died, being old and full of days.

2 Cor 5:8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

1 The 4:13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

The last thing we might mention in Job’s restoration concerns the verses about his three daughters. While little is known about the first three who died, significantly, we are given the names of the three born after his trials, and the unusual action of Job in giving them an inheritance. Job was a man of the east, where having sons is considered a much greater blessing than daughters—the male is much more esteemed in that society than the female. In the beginning of  Job’s account, he gave little concern even about the spiritual welfare of his first three daughters. However, now, after seeing the Lord and his own unworthiness, his male ego—along with his other vanities—was severely crushed. Job is now enabled to see the beauty and worth of his daughters as well. Even their names are an indication of the spiritual transformation in Job’s heart.

Job 42:13 He had also seven sons and three daughters.
14 And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Keren-happuch.
15 And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.

Job 1:4 And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
5 And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

His first daughter, Jemima, means daylight or little dove. This name indicated that the light of God’s revelation had shown into Job’s darkened heart, and the dove of sweet peace had come to rest upon his bosom. Before his suffering, he was unable to see his distain, his insensitivity, and his bigotry toward those he considered beneath him; but now, in his meekness, he saw all men, and women, as good as or better than himself. The light of God’s presence, the truth it reveals, and the love of the Holy Spirit in our hearts, leaves no place for race, gender, or ethnic discrimination to hide in a child of God.

2 Cor 4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

2 Pet 1:19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:

John 1:32 And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.

Phil 2:3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves

James 2:1 My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.
2 For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment;
3 And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:
4 Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?
5 Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
6 But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
7 Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?
8 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
9 But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.

Matt 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

John 4:9 Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.
10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.

The middle daughter was named Kezia, and means fragrance of the cassia tree. This fragrance was obtained from the bark of the tree, and was one of the principle spices of the Holy anointing oil used by the Priests. Its fragrance symbolizes the sweet odor of one from whom his flesh has been stripped away, and the fragrance of Christ can now be sensed. Job’s former odor was one of a pious, self-righteous, religious bigot who looked down upon others. Now that everything had been stripped from his life, those around him could now smell the sweet fragrance of God’s love, mercy, and grace emanating from him. Everyone gives off a scent to those around them, and we are not referring to body odor. Will we give forth the sweet smell of Christ in our lives, or the stench of the dead, decaying, and putrifying odor of the flesh?

Exo 30:22 Moreover the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
23 Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,
24 And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin:
25 And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil.

Psa 45:6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.
7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
8 All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.

2 Cor 2:14 Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
15 For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
16 To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?

Phil 4:18 But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.

Prov 27:9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

The last daughter was named Keren-happuch, and means child of beauty. Her name indicated that Job now saw the beauty in God and in all of God’s work and creation, even in his daughters. Heretofore, he had only seen the “beauty” of his own integrity and self-worth; but now he treasured the beauty of God’s presence in his life. Men cannot see the beauty of the Lord, or the beauty of other souls, until their own beauty has been destroyed. It was said of Job’s daughters that, “in all the land were no women found so fair.” Daughters, especially, need the loving attention of their fathers to be truly beautiful both inwardly and outwardly. Young girls are very self-conscious of their looks, and need to be esteemed in the right way to properly mature. When we learn to appreciate, honor, and respect those around us, we bring out their beauty—be it an inner quality, or even an outward attractiveness that becomes evident to everyone. When we are judgmental, critical, ill-tempered, or discriminatory toward others, we crush their spirit and drag them down into discouragement and despair. Christ came to raise up a people from sin and despair, and to “give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness.” For a child of God, who has experienced His grace, to go about casting down the “beauty” and “joy” and the spirit of “praise” in others, is a grievous sin indeed toward them and God.

Psa 27:4 One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple.

Psa 90:17 And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.

Isa 53:2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

Eze 28:17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.

Psa 39:11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.

Isa 61:3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.

Matt 18:6 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

Job’s new relationship with God, in which he was now brought into the light of God’s presence, and by that light now could see the beauty in others, had given him a different fragrance or attitude which was revealed in how he now treated his own daughters. He now saw them as co-equals with their brothers, and as such deserved the same treatment and blessings as them. In giving them an “inheritance among their brethren,” Job was doing something that was totally contrary to most ancient cultures, that of treating women as equals, and allowing them to own property. At best, women were considered second class citizens, mostly viewed as the property and slaves of men. At worst, female babies were often killed, being viewed as worthless to the male-dominated society. Job’s transformation would picture that of Jesus’ love toward the Church, the Bride of Christ. She would be esteemed by her Spouse as a treasure of great beauty, and to whom would be given an inheritance equal to His own.

Gal 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus

1 Pet 3:7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

Heb 2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
10 For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
11 For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,

Eph 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

Rom 8:16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

Eph 1:11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: