In the book of Job, Was god gambling when he let the devil acost Job so terribly?
2006-08-28 02:33:08 · 9 answers · asked by AbsintheLover 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Gambling is dependent on uncertainty. One cannot gamble on an event or situation where one knows the outcome. The gamble itself is an expression of hope for a probably outcome when there is no certainty possible. God, being omniscient, cannot be ignorant of any outcome or set of circumstances. Therefore, he would not express such hope in a probable outcome; he would know what was to happen. He would not gamble because He cannot. He must have had full knowledge to the entirety of Job's responses during his trials, otherwise He would not have allowed the trials to continue, and in the end prove His point: Faith in the face of adversity will be rewarded. Were God to gamble, this story wouldn't be nearly as meaningful or relevant to us humans. As it is, it is a testament to God's faithfulness to reward, and the potential for humans to obey Him and be rewarded.
2006-08-28 02:55:41 · answer #1 · answered by ninja_penguin_7 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's an up front gambling at the beginning of the book. To me it looks as a precursor to what existentialism promoted later on in hthe 20th century about the absurdity of life. But at the end, Job is not portrayed as a pawn in the fight between gods but as someone who stood firm on his human stance: he's not be charged with failing to sheepishly bend his will to unknown forces, as his friends asked him to do. God was pleased with Job's position.
2006-08-28 02:50:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it relatively is why biblical exegesis is a could desire to. The unknown author of the epic e book on discomfort and suffering did no longer incorporate the God playing bit or did he write a Hollywood ending - with job dwelling a rich existence to a ripe previous age. the initiating and end have been tacked on by scribes in later centuries. while reading job we merely look on the poem.
2016-12-11 16:38:47 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apparently God knew Job's heart, so he knew the eventual outcome. If one considers that a gamble; it probably was. If one considers that a 'sure thing' and not a gamble; maybe it is not.
2006-08-28 04:57:41 · answer #4 · answered by jefferyspringer57@sbcglobal.net 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is okay to gamble, even for God, so long as you are only gambling with other people's lives.
2006-08-28 02:39:39 · answer #5 · answered by TheDude 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not at all he knew Job!
Its like betting on a one horse race!
2006-08-28 04:46:38 · answer #6 · answered by Grandreal 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps.
Unless God had faith in Job...
2006-08-28 02:38:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
obviously...
2006-08-28 02:40:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2006-08-28 02:38:58 · answer #9 · answered by anitababy.brainwash 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋