God answers Job out of the whirlwind. There is no better word to explain what has taken place in Job's life than a whirlwind. Look at the events that have transpired in his life: all his children are dead; his home and business are lost; he lost his health, and his body is disfigured with open sores. It all happened in rapid-fire succession -- just like a whirlwind. Out of the whirlwind Job asks God, "Why?" He is so despondent that he wishes he was dead. "Let the day perish wherein I was born."

Job reveals to us how difficult and dangerous it can become trying to answer the questions regarding human suffering. But he is not alone. His three lifelong friends, Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, come to share with Job their feelings regarding his calamity. Like us, as they approached their forlorn…