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Job 38:1
1 Then the LORD [Yahovah] answered [`anah] Job ['Iyowb] out of the whirlwind [ca`ar], and said ['amar], KJV-Interlinear
1 Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said, NASB
While these men, and presumably others who were present, sat there in silence, all having fully expended their opinions, then a whirlwind, a tempest, started up, taking them all completely by surprise and certainly got their attention.
The storm, which arose, was not a destructive storm, but was a well-controlled storm, from which no one ran for cover.
They must have all sat there in awe and dumbfounded, even astonished, at its presence.
This storm was a unique storm in that its thunder and lightning or sounds that are typical to storms, did not occur. But out of the storm came the perfectly audible voice of God.
Now, throughout history, God the Father and God the Holy Spirit do not speak to man. The voice of God comes only from the second person of the Trinity, God the Son. It was He, the Son, who walked in the Garden with Adam and Eve. It was He who spoke to Noah. It was He who spoke out from the burning bush, and so forth. Jesus Christ is the only person through whom we may have contact with the Trinity. And it is this principle which separates Christianity from all other beliefs, religions, cults, philosophies and so forth.
God spoke to Job directly. It is Job that God has already given testimony as to his, Job's, righteous nature relative to everyone else who was present. No direct communication is given to anyone else. And thus, it is the voice, of God, which receives everyone's attention, and Job who is the target of Gods comments.
The whirlwind captures everyone's eyes and directs their attention to the voice.
Often times in life we need a whirlwind swirling right in front of our eyes, before we open up our eyes and begin paying attention to the real realities of life, rather than to the distractions of our daily lifestyle and pattern of life which we have chosen for ourselves, and in which we have become comfortable, and, as it were, fallen asleep in our spiritual life.
