2 God’s Answer to THE PROBLEM OF SUFFERING 2 CORINTHIANS 12:1–10 Human experience substantiates the observation of Eliphaz when he said to Job, “Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward” (Job 5:7). It is a natural law, that is reversed only under the most unusual circumstances, that sparks from a fire ascend. Eliphaz in seeking to console Job reminded him of that fact. Sorrow descended upon the human race because of the rebellion of Adam against God. Until Genesis 3, when Adam and Eve disobeyed