The Book of Job is known for its wonderful ending. Job’s good name, his wealth, and his family are at long last restored to him. The suffering prophet has endured an intense and terrible period of suffering without cursing God, nor blaming God for his troubles. Satan has been proven wrong and his attack upon the righteous ways of God has utterly failed.

Although Job is a justified sinner, he stands as YHWH’s blameless and upright servant. Job is not the self-centered opportunist who obeyed God only so that he would prosper, as Satan falsely charged. Once everything Job had was taken away, Job still refused to curse God to his face, as Satan predicted. Having successfully graduated from the school of suffering and then personally instructed by YHWH in the nature of true wisdom, Job’s ordeal comes to an end. The Lord restores to Job all the things he has lost, and then some. God is faithful to his covenant promises, his ways are proven righteous and just, and in his word alone is true wisdom to be found.

When we come to the conclusion of the Book of Job, there is much to consider. In an act of grace and condescension, God spoke to Job from the midst of the storm. Job was sick and suffering from sores all over his body. Job was thinking he was about to die, and nearly crossed the line when he demanded that YHWH issue a written indictment against him. Yet, God did not come to Job in judgment, nor confront him with a list of his sins. In fact, God did not answer any of Job’s specific questions about why all of this had come to pass. Nor did God deal with Job as Job demanded.

After the Lord appeared to Job from the midst of the storm and spoke to him about the nature of true wisdom which could be seen in all that God had made, Job knows that everything will be okay. He is reassured. He knows that his Creator-Redeemer is not angry with him, although Job complained of being abandoned. Throughout the dialogue with his friends, Job even wondered out loud whether God was being just with him. But the appearance of God to Job in the storm is actually an act of grace and brings Job’s ordeal to a blessed end.

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