Job 23:1-17
In this chapter, Job spoke about what his faith in God really meant. God revealed to Job that he had entered into a state of grace with God. Similar to that which is taught in the book of Ephesians, Job realized that he had already spiritually arrived into the presence of God who had saved him and would sanctify him.
In Job 23:1-7, Job began again with his complaints about his suffering, but he soon realized that he had entered into a new relationship with God. God caused Job to understand that his spirit could enter into the very presence of God in heaven and personally talk with God whom Job also knew to be his Intercessor. God would never use His power against Job, but He would imbue Job with spiritual strength which meant that God would sanctify him; that is, He would cause Job to become an even better person and a perfect person when he got to heaven. God would also never judge Job to separate him from His presence because Job had entered into an eternal state of grace with God. God never rescinds any of His gifts. Romans 11:29.
In Job 23:8-9, Job realized that God is a Spirit whom one cannot perceive with the senses. God seemed to hide Himself, but He could be spiritually known.
In Job 23:10, Job understood that even though God knew all his ways, good and bad, God would not cease to purify Job until He had caused him to become as valuable to Him as pure gold was to Job. God would provide Job with tests that he might pass or fail, but over time, God would nevertheless never fail to sanctify him to a state of perfection. The entire Bible (KJB) contains stories of how God takes control of failed systems and people, works out all of its sin, and brings that system or person to perfection. God has applied this same goal to all of his systems soiled by sin which constitutes every system in His entire creations including all humans. Romans 8:14-25; Ecclesiastes 3:14.
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