Job 38:1-41
In Job 38:1, God suddenly showed up in a whirlwind, probably a tornado. God spoke to Job out of the whirlwind. The Hebrew of this verse can also mean that God also spoke for Job; that is, in defense of Job.
In Job 38:2, God rebuked Job's four false comforters for not praying and relying on God's guidance for how to comfort Job.
In Job 38:3, God rebuked Job for his despair and doubt about God's revelation to him that He had given him a Redeemer who possessed almighty power to forever save Job and bring him home to be with Him forever. When Jesus walked the earth, He often displayed great impatience, and even some anger, whenever His followers demonstrated a lack of faith in His great powers to heal and save. God wanted Job to know that he had found an everlasting friend in Him who would never forsake him. In effect, God said to Job that he should stand on his feet and look God in the eye. Job should have had greater faith in God and confidence in himself that he had found an absolutely faithful Redeemer and friend. God also demanded that Job answer a long series of questions that God would put to him in order to bolster Job's faith and confidence in His newfound friend and Savior.
In Job 38:4-41, God fired a rapid series of questions at Job which He expected Job to be able to answer for himself. God knew that as Job provided himself with the obvious answers to these questions that his faith in the absolute, eternal, and almighty power of God would grow, and Job would finally find his rest in God. Matthew 11:28-30.
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