This six-week series, True & Better, examines the theological idea that Jesus is true, better, and greater than specific figures and events in the Old Testament. Through looking at the comparisons between Jesus and Moses, David, Job, Melchizedek, and the tabernacle, we can understand the importance of such figures and how Jesus fulfills and is greater than those truths of the Old Testament.
One of the greatest struggles living our lives is the suffering that fills our world. Everyone can relate to suffering—through everything from skinned knees to heartbreak to the separation of death, all people experience pain in life. One person we think of when it comes to suffering is the Biblical figure Job. Why did Job experience so much suffering? The book of Job never gives us an answer. What is does show us is a man who chooses to honor and praise God despite his circumstances. We might not think of Jesus when we think of Job, but Job is not meant to give us a specific reason for suffering. Instead, Job points us to the person who suffered perfectly on our behalf.