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Who is Job in the Bible? Why did he suffer so much?

Job suffered for one reason alone:  his self-righteousness.  He trusted in his works and his obedience as why bad things should not happen to him. His needless suffering mirrors the plight of many churchgoers and religious individuals today who endure some form of hardship or another due to self-righteousness aka trying to be good or godly (be like God) by human effort (the arm of flesh) at keeping the law (letter) which kills and is the knowledge of good and evil. Reminds one of a pair in Eden…. The entirety of the Old Testament, including the Book of Job, points to Jesus Christ and Him crucified. The law which many presume to be able to obey is the knowledge of good and evil and the letter kills, just like the tree of the same name. See the forbidden fruit as a type of the law which many churchgoers are trying to use to make themselves godly (be like God) in Romans 7:8-12 (MSG)- " The law code started out as an excellent piece of work. What happened, though, was that sin found a
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What is the meaning of Proverbs 11:22-- “As a ring of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman who is without discretion.”

“As a ring of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman who is without discretion.”  Proverbs 11:22. Christ teaches us to read the Scriptures (Old Testament) through the lens of Grace (Christ Himself) and His finished work of our salvation -  What's the difference between the Old Testament and the New Testament?   Proverbs 11:22 is all about Jesus Christ and our utter need for His salvation from sin and death. Many preachers make the mistake of likening the woman to the pig- as if the fair woman is one who just loves to roll in the mud of sins such as promiscuity and exposing her privates; or as if she can do anything at all to save herself from her situation. Not so. God's word likens the fair woman to the gold ring. When you see a literal gold ring in the literal snout of a pig, what do you do? Do you shake your head at the ring in disgust, wonder why it would put itself there and give it moral lectures? Never! If you could, you would rescue the gold ring in order to put it
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