Glory. That is the last word in the matter, both in the book of Job and in the New Testaments reflection on it. And that will be the last word in the bigger drama: not that man will demand and get his answers or his imagined rights, but that God will give, to those who endure to the end in this bitter war, ‘such good things as pass man’s understanding’ (Derek Kidner). And then, one day, against all odds from what we are experiencing and feeling now, God will be glorified and be able to pour the same into each one of His children. Because of the work He has done through the pain, we will join Him in glory.
