Why ? God wants to deal with such a good man For what purpose.

為什麼？神要對付這麼好的人，為了什麼目的？

Job 1:8 「And Jehovah said to Satan,  Have you considered  My servant Job?  For there is none like him on the  earth, a perfect  and upright man,  who  fears God  and turns away from evil.」

約伯記一8「耶和華問撒但說，你曾用心察看我的僕人約伯沒有？地上沒有人像他完全且正直，敬畏神，遠離惡事。」

God’s intention with Job was that  a good man would become a God-man.

神在約伯身上的目的，乃是要使好人成爲神人。

In all God’s dealings with Job,  God’s intention was to reduce Job to nothing,  so  that  he  could  be emptied for  some further  seeking after  God and could realize that what he was short of in his human life was God Himself.

神在約伯身上一切的對付，目的是要將約伯削減至一無所有，好進一步尋求神，並能領悟，他人生中所缺少的乃是神自己。

In God’s appearing to Job,  His intention was to show  Job that  he  was nothing  and  that  God  is unlimited, unsearchable, and untraceable.

神向約伯顯現，目的是要給他看見他一無所是，而神是無限、追測不盡、無法追蹤的。

Job 42:5-6「I had heard of You  by the  hearing of the  ear, but  now my eye  has seen You; therefore I abhor myself, and I repent in dust and ashes.」

約伯記四二5~6「我從前風聞有你，現在親眼看見你。因此我厭惡自己，在塵土和爐灰中懊悔。」

God’s intention was not to have a Job in the line of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil but a Job in the line of the tree of life .

神的目的不是要得着一個在善惡知識樹線上的約伯，乃是要得着一個在生命樹線上的約伯 。

Eventually,  God’s intention  was to make Job a  man  of God.

至終，神的目的是要使約伯成爲屬神的人。

Many  Christians  think  that  fallen  man  needs  help  so  that  he  can  be made whole. However, in His economy God’s intention is not to make fallen man whole.  Rather, God’s intention is to tear us down and rebuild us  with  Himself  as  our  life  and  our  nature  that  we  may  be  persons who are absolutely one with Him.and that God desires to mingle Himself with man to be one entity.

許多基督徒以爲，今天墮落的人需要得幫助，好使他們健全。然而，神在祂經綸裏的心意，不是要使墮落的人成爲健全，乃是要把我們拆毀，然後用祂自己重建我們，以祂自己作我們的生命和性情，好叫我們這人完完全全與祂成爲一。並且神渴望將祂自己與人調和，成爲一個實體。（Michelle chiu）