First Lesson Sermons For Sundays After Pentecost (Last Third)
God answers Job out of the whirlwind. There is no better word to explain what has taken place in Job's life than a whirlwind. Look at the events that have transpired in his life: all his children are dead; his home and business are lost; he lost his health, and his body is disfigured with open sores. It all happened in rapid-fire succession -- just like a whirlwind. Out of the whirlwind Job asks God, "Why?" He is so despondent that he wishes he was dead. "Let the day perish wherein I was born."