37. open the rooms where the winds are locked up and make them blow for me; show me the picture of a sound. If you can do these things, I will answer your questions about the sufferings of the people of Israel.”
38. I answered, “Lord and master, no one can do these things, except God, who is not confined to this world.
39. How can I give you any kind of answer? What do I know?”
40. He continued, “You could not do even one of the things that I asked you to do. How can you expect to understand God's judgements or why God has promised his love to his people?”
41. Then I said, “But, Lord God, your concern is with the people who will be alive at the end of the world. What will happen to those who live before that time? What about us? What about those who came before us, and those who will live after us?”
42. He answered me, “The final judgement can be compared to a circle, and just as a circle has no beginning or end, so those who come early will not be too early, and those who come late will not be too late.”