Use of the Old Testament to Explain Current Events

An unbelieving world is watching and we can be very confusing in speaking where God is silent. For example, Job is meant to be instructive with regard to how to grieve and handle sorrow, not on why the grief happened. It is clearly instructive on one and not the other. We must be faithful to explain the scriptures in light of the scriptures themselves, not interpreting with the goal of speaking into modern events, where God has clearly been silent. If not, we are no different than Job's friends applying cherry-picked verses to match unknown circumstances.