Part 1: Comedy of Job What is a comedy? According to the Ancient Greeks, a comedy was fundamentally a play with a happy ending. This contrasts to a tragedy, where the story ends in disaster.Thanks for reading Tower of Adam! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.
I had not seen this as you posted it, I appreciate the compendium. Job is a fascinating book for study, and I have been putting off studying it, so thank you.
Regarding the bit about the buildings falling on people cursing them:
"He says that just as the Galileans whose blood mixed with the sacrificial blood were not cursed, people who die when a building falls on them are not cursed either.
But all those who do not choose Christ are cursed and will perish."
It called to mind a bit from revelation, 6:15-17
"15 And the kings of the earth, and the princes, and tribunes, and the rich, and the strong, and every bondman, and every freeman, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of mountains:
16 And they say to the mountains and the rocks: Fall upon us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth upon the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb:
17 For the great day of their wrath is come, and who shall be able to stand?"
I don't know if it is fair to call them the Damned, but anyway out of fear of the Lord and his wrath and judgement, it is as if they are cursing themselves by calling for the mountains to fall upon them so that they can avoid God. This makes sense (to me) because merely dying by a building does not mean you are cursed, but not choosing Christ is a curse; in Revelation both things are happening on a much larger scale.
Tangent FYI, In case you were unaware, Revelation 6:17 is the inspiration for a bone-chilling painting by John Martin called "The Great Day of His Wrath", which illustrates this phenomenon of the mountains falling upon them.
Your work is both amazing (that you have studied so much and take the time to share it) and very helpful to me. Thank you.
I had not seen this as you posted it, I appreciate the compendium. Job is a fascinating book for study, and I have been putting off studying it, so thank you.
Regarding the bit about the buildings falling on people cursing them:
"He says that just as the Galileans whose blood mixed with the sacrificial blood were not cursed, people who die when a building falls on them are not cursed either.
But all those who do not choose Christ are cursed and will perish."
It called to mind a bit from revelation, 6:15-17
"15 And the kings of the earth, and the princes, and tribunes, and the rich, and the strong, and every bondman, and every freeman, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of mountains:
16 And they say to the mountains and the rocks: Fall upon us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth upon the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb:
17 For the great day of their wrath is come, and who shall be able to stand?"
I don't know if it is fair to call them the Damned, but anyway out of fear of the Lord and his wrath and judgement, it is as if they are cursing themselves by calling for the mountains to fall upon them so that they can avoid God. This makes sense (to me) because merely dying by a building does not mean you are cursed, but not choosing Christ is a curse; in Revelation both things are happening on a much larger scale.
Tangent FYI, In case you were unaware, Revelation 6:17 is the inspiration for a bone-chilling painting by John Martin called "The Great Day of His Wrath", which illustrates this phenomenon of the mountains falling upon them.