In Job 3, did Job sin in cursing the day he was born?
Job did not transgress what God revealed in the law. However, this attitude was not good for him, or us, because God says that we are fearfully and wonderfully made in Psalm 139:14. Q: In Job 3:16-22, what did Job think about the afterlife? A: This passage shows that Job had an eternal perspective and believed in an afterlife. The dead have rest (Job 3:13; 17-19) in that their bodies no longer toil. However restful Job and the righteous might be, the wicked still suffer after death. The verse that shows most clearly Jobs view is Job 19:26-27. Of course, concepts like the Millennium, the Messiahs second coming, the church age, etc. were not revealed to believers in Jobs time. Q: In Job 3:16-22, what does this teach us about the afterlife? A: First of all, this passage merely relates what Job thought, without endorsing everything Job said as true. All that Job said here was true, except that: a) verse 22 relates only to the godly, and while verses 17-19 are true for everyone (in death he
