The Contrast in The Nature of God and His role in The Book of Job and The Story of Gilgamesh

The Nature of God and

His Role in Book of Job and The Story of Gilgamesh

Who is God and what is the role of God in the destiny of Man no man has ever understood but the Book of Job has put God , an ultimate supreme being on trial . The book has tried to answer the questions why God bestows suffering on a man who is righteous , and the reasons behind evilness in the world . On the same hand , The Story of Gilgamesh traces the journey of human beings for whom death

is inevitable and how Gods play their role and take them toward their ultimate death . The following essay will take the readers into the world and attributes of God as developed in the Book of Job and The Story of Gilgamesh . Readers will understand how the Book of Job and the Story of Gilgamesh describe the role of God in controlling the destiny of man

The Book of Job begins with a discussion between the Lord and the Satan Satan naturally has hatred for Job because his nature is good and he is God 's favorite . Job has an unfound faith in God and on his steadfastness and principles and on the other hand God also has full faith in Job but at the behest of Satan , God decides to put him on test . He s Satan to inflict maximum sufferings on him . Satan destroys him of all his possessions . At the onset , it appears that the book is more about the Job and his questions and unflinching faith on God and his trial but ultimately it is the God who is on trial . From the earthly people and the Job 's sufferings develop the feeling that God is entirely malevolent sufferer and insensitive . The question thus comes to mind is why God showers sufferings and misery on the human beings who have utmost faith in him ? But in the divine council of God , it is the God and other divine beings that are putting Job and human beings on trial in general . While The Story of Gilgamesh is the God 's role in controlling the destiny of man , which God himself cannot prevent . What has to happen will happen and the God also could not prevent it from happening . Human beings are mortals and all mortals have to die whatever efforts they make , they cannot escape death . Gilgamesh was half-human and half divine and as a part of the mortal human being , he was supposed to die . He took upon a long journey with numerous hardships on the way to find out the way to escape death and he even found the medicine by eating of which could prevent him from death , still he could not eat anything as he was destined to be mortal and could not attain the gift of immortality . In this sense , God is described in the Gilgamesh as an all-powerful and supreme . All actions of God are conducted to make the...