Job By Jan Lievens Essay

But as we all know Job’s picture perfect life was about to take a rocky turn. God put Job

The theme of the Book of Job is the perseverance of the human spirit. Job loses everything but he does not lose his faith in God. “Job refuses to curse God” (Book). Job has not done anything to deserve this, but it is a test from God and Satan to see if Job is actually as

As the book opens, “And that man was greater than all of the dwellers of the East.”(Job 1) This opening line is telling the audience that Job is viewed as unique compared to other servants. “And the man was blameless and upright and feared God and shunned evil.” (Job 1) Job is presented to the audience as God’s favorite servant, for Job is a man who is free of sin. He not only fears God but is also and because he is both, “blameless and upright”. “Skin for skin! A man will give all he has for his own life. Yet reach out and pray, your hand and strike his bone and his flesh. Will he not curse you to your face?”(Job 2).When Satan questions Job’s loyalty to the Almighty king, God takes this challenge with pride for he knows how faithful of a servant Job is to him. Satan believes Job is only obedient to him because he has no other reason not to be, but if God were to strike him with hardship, Job would turn against him and curse his name. “Here he is in your hands. Only preserve his life” (Job 2).Though God puts Job into Satan’s hands, he tells him not to kill him to prove his point. Satan strikes Job with a burning rash that spreads from head to toe, takes away all of his animals, kills all his children and yet, Job still does not curse God. Job refuses to let such words past his lips because he still believes in the good of God and says he shall not accept evil. God then sees Job true loyalty of him and restores

The star of the film is Pastor Becky Fischer, who explains the startling mission of her "Kids on Fire" camp: "I want young people to be as committed to laying down their lives for the Gospel as they are in Pakistan." At the camp, the children are asked: "How many of you want to be those who will give up your life for Jesus?" Little hands shoot up from every direction. They are told: "We have to break the power of the enemy over the government." At one point, Becky yells: "This means war! Are you a part of it or not?" More little hands.

To begin with, within these last few weeks the public has heard Kanye West make some extremely controversial statements, from him praising Donald Trump, to him saying in an interview with TMZ that “400 years of slavery was a choice”. Contrasting kanye’s recent action with Childish Gambino who has recently released a new song and video that can be interpreted as his views on what America truly is. Both men are held in high esteem in both the public eye and to black people living in America. The popular opinion is that Childish Gambino is now taking Kanye’s place in the music industry and being the voice for black people, however Kanye’s place in the industry is secured and can never be taken; not because he is a “genius” or makes “good music”

In the book of Job, Satan receives permission from God to inflict trouble against Job. Job lost many of his possessions including his livestock, children, and servants. Distressed, Job calls upon his friends to comfort him. Not having much sympathy, his friends

The Painting Job by Jan Lievens is based on a famous Christian fable depicting Job at the end of this story. In the painting, Job is a virtuous man whom God abandoned. A man who was once relatively prosperous in the world, with health and wealth, has had these things taken away from him and is seen sitting in misery as demons torment him. He sits beside a plumed hat and gold chain, symbolizing his former wealth. Jobs' wife stands behind these items, speaking to Jobs, saying, "do you still persist in your integrity?"

Interesting fact about this painting, it was influenced by the Bible and demonstrates the battle between good and evil. Involving heaven and hell verse the human race and religion.

The Moneylender and his Wife (also called The Money-Changer and His Wife) is a Flemish painting created in 1514 but Quentin Massys. It is Oil on Panel and is located at Musée du Louvre, Paris. This piece of artwork is Massys most famous painting and can be interpreted as a genre painting or a religious allegory. Seated behind the table, is the banker and wife in a tightly frame, focusing all the attention of them. The banker seems to be busy weighing pearls, pieces of gold, and some other jewels. Next to him is his wife who appears be to be distracted from reading her book and I think the book is a work of devotion because you can see an illustration of the Virgin and child.

Rembrandt van Rijn’s painting, Belshazzar’s Feast, is a very well-known painting that depicts a scene found in the Book of Daniel in the Old Testament of the Bible. This scene takes place in a dining room where the Babylonian King Belshazzar fellowshipped with his noblemen and lords in a great feast. People were gathered around the dining room table that was topped with food and drinks to feed the multitude. The people are dressed in in fancy clothing that resembles their expensive lifestyles and high social classes. During their feast, “the fingers of a man’s hand appeared and wrote” words that were obviously shocking to those in attendance, including King Belshazzar (NKJV, Daniel 5:5). The “posture of those in attendance is to seem as if a frightening message is being written on the wall that they are all afraid of. The eyes of the people are opened wide and a drink of one of the people is spilled as if they were in shock. The dark background highlights the glowing writing on the wall that everyone has their startled eyes fixed onto. Characteristics of this portrait capture the theme that one should not be materialistic or selfish.

Job, known as J.B., in Archibald MacLeish’s J.B. is first introduced to the reader as a successful businessman, who, like Job in the Book of Job, is upright, fears God, and shuns evil. However, unlike the careful, and at times paranoid, Job of the Book of Job, J.B. seems confident in God’s love and grace. In fact, J.B. preaches to his wife about his faith in God’s blessings, saying, “Never since I learned to tell my shadow from my shirt, not once, not for a watch-tick, have I doubted God was on my side, was good to me.” (J.B., p. 35, pp. 3) J.B.’s faith in God’s justice and grace is put to the test when his children are killed in increasingly tragic ways; unlike Job’s suffering in the Book of Job, J.B.’s suffering is drawn out. J.B. loses

The prologue of the book, set in prose style, is made up of chapters one and two with the introduction of Job and his family and how successful he is and that he is blessed by God wonderfully. It goes into Job's first test which Satan presents himself before the lord. God said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil" (Job 1:8). This is when Satan puts up the challenge for God saying, "Does Job fear God for nothing? Have you not put a hedge around him and his

The article is a biblical parable which depicts the story of a man, from the land of Uz, named Job. The article reveals that he lived in opulence and his flock was abundant, making him the richest man amongst the people of the East. According to the article, Job had seven sons and three daughters, who lived extra scavenge live with their father’s wealth. The article reveals that the unique thing about Job was his dedication to God; According to the author, he was so faithful to God that God gave the Satan the permission to test his faithfulness. As explained by the article, the Satan tested Job by taking away all his wealth, children and finally afflicting him with disease but he remained resolute in worshiping God. According to the scholars

People say to do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life. I love makeup and I love chemistry so being a cosmetic chemist would be an excellent match for me. A cosmetic chemist’s job is to analyze, create, and study chemical compounds to make cosmetics. In order to prepare for this career, I should go to college, start an entry level job, and work hard.

Job’s situation and God himself. Job did so; the friends did not, suggesting that, in