God will deal with wickedness - Job 21-22

Job and his friend, Zophar, have one thing in common in this tit for tat debate: God will deal with the wicked. They seem to differ on God's timing for dealing with the wicked but they do agree that God is going to deal with those who reject Him. I am not certain, but I think Zophar is implying that God is dealing with the wicked immediately, of which Job is a primary example. I think Job's retort is that God does and will deal with the wicked but in His time. Job is implying, I think, that his immediate circumstances aren't necessarily a commentary on his spiritual life. Job is making the point that wickedness will be dealt with but he isn't the example of it. The one thing we can be assured of is that the wicked will suffer for their rejection of God. In today's modern theology we see a lot of preachers and theologians discredit God's punishment of wickedness. Their main argument seems to be, "who would be attracted to a God who punishes people for a sin they can't help." The part we need to see in this is that God's justice demands that He punish sin and His saving anyone is a marvelous display of His grace, which is the story of the Bible and the goal of our praise: to worship Him for His grace. Today people seem to doubt our sin, His justice and and the need for forgiving Grace. God will deal with the wicked: Even Job and his tormentors knew this and final agree on something. It is only "when" He will deal with them: Now or later. It may not always be now, but it will always be later.