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Now that we have exposed the early side of Job’s relationship with God... Let us look at the better side and the end of Job:

Job’s friends were unable to council him nor to console him.... 13:4 ,16:2

In all these human conversations, God was silent and Job did not directly seek His Voice.  Job thought he needed a Days-man, a go between like a Priest or as Christians, we have Jesus Who is our High Priest.... Yet before Job’s era, Jesus walked with Abraham and with Adam and with Enoch.... Later in Chapters 38 to 42 of Job, we read of God’s direct with Job.

  Mat 18 gives the same idea of The Lord being involved with reconciliation which leads to forgiveness.... Not accusation nor condemnation as Job encountered with his friends.

  Heb 12:14-15 says, “Pursue peace with all men, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord: looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled.” 

 In the NT,  we have an advocate and covering in Jesus’ blood, whereby we can come boldly to the throne of grace and find help in time of need Heb 4.  James 1:5 “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.”

Job had a remarkable insight about Judgment which he thought would happen only after death. Job’s problems were with the life he was experiencing.   Job 14:14  “I know that my Redeemer lives, And He shall stand at last on the earth; And after my skin is destroyed, this I know, That in my flesh I shall see God, Whom I shall see for myself, And my eyes shall behold, and not another. How my heart yearns within me!” 19:25–27  

Job had no ongoing relationship with God so he had no experience with The Eternal One. Job did not know God. Yet Job realized God was Eternal and HE would deal rightly with Job even after he died.... per Job 14.

Job was a righteous man but he did not walk with God as Enoch nor did Job have a spiritual relationship with God as Elihu talked about with Job. Though Elihu seems to express many of the same self-centered and accusing conversations, Job’s other 3 friends had. -- Then God showed up to resolve all questions, and HE starts by asking Job several difficult questions.

Job had searched but could not find God  23:3-4, 8-9, but finally in Ch 42, God directed Job to pray for his friends.  See also John 13:34-35, Eph 4:32, 1 Joh 2:8-10, 4:7, Mat 18.

 Judgment will come to all: (The sooner the better)

“ Hebrews 9:27 says, “It is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment.” (Different kinds of judgment are described in Acts 17:31; 1 Corinthians 3:11–17; and Revelation 20:11–15).”

The training of Sons requires discipline as per Heb 12. Rom 8 shows all things work together for His purposes that we might be sons.

Heb 2:10 Jesus suffered to become The Captain of our salvation.

Psa 119:67 before I was afflicted I went astray...

Zech 13:8-9 I will bring My People 1/3 to refine them....

Peter was tested to deny The Lord 3 times Luk 22:31-32

Job 23:10 I will come forth as gold....

1 Cor 3:11-15 our works will be tried in the fire the good will come through

Paul likewise cried to The Lord 3 times to remove The thorn in his flesh, butg The Lord stated, MY grace is sufficient and MY strength is made perfect on weakness....  2 Cor 12:8-9

Job asks where is God? Job 35:10 HE Who gives songs in the night....

Elisha’s servant cried out What shall we do? ... the syrian armies surrounded them. Elisha showed his servant God’s Angels of Fire round about on the hills  2 Kin 6:15-17

Peter was asleep in prison when an Angel came to set him free Act 12:6-8

Paul and Silas were in Prison and Beaten but they sang praises in the night.  Act 16:16-25

2 Cor 4:7-9 We are treasure in earthen vessels treated roughly

Psa 22 & 23 write of Jesus as He suffered as our sacrifice.

Heb 11 writes of those who lived in Faith yet were not understood in the world