Hagar's Suffering

This is significant because Hagar was also quite other than crying. Her silence indicated her being in the embrace of God, which Hagar could not understand nor realize. That embrace of God was showing its “effect” through the voice of angel. Genesis 21:17 mentions the angels saying to her “do not be afraid,” which indicates she knew God existed but was wondering if God had left her and Ismael to die? She might have felt rejected and hurt and such circumstances.
The article by Aquinas mentions the manifestation of God through effects. He sees finite effects as not in proportion to God’s infinity. In connection to this article, I am reminded of Jesus praying and asking God to take away the cup that has been prepared for him and when he looks to the heaven, an angel gives him strength. God is answering Jesus’ prayer and showing the effect of God’s infinite love/presence through that angel. Another factor that I see here is contemplation, meditation and silence. Just as Job was ready to accept his gloominess, Jesus also became ready to accept his suffering.
I’m curious to know how the prophecies could have been fulfilled if Jesus had not accepted drinking the cup? Does this imply that since “God is the causal effect of anything,” Jesus’ interceded for himself? Keeping in mind that Scripture states that Satan had entered Judas, does …show more content…
Ray’s words that “the world in which we live is the predicate of life.” The word suffering in the context of death can be different in two different biblical narratives. Christ’s death may suggest that God was quite cruel to let God’s son die on the cross, which can be explored with the death of Jesus. Could God not save Jesus from the death? On the other hand, Christ’s death was supposed to bring about redemption to the people of the world. At the same time, the death of Job’s children was not going to make any difference to any human, whatsoever, but him and