Can someone explain to me a how an exiled being strolls into heavnen and makes a bet with god? Why Job of all people, why not David or a major character in Christian history this story is Job's only claim to fame....Is there a get out of the Abyss free card?
2006-12-19 16:56:59 · 9 answers · asked by Gaara 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I'm talking about the story of Job, it happened after
Satan was cast out of heaven
2006-12-19 17:01:27 · update #1
[Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them] job:1:6
2006-12-19 17:06:42 · update #2
I don't understand your question. Once you've passed away and haven't made the decision to accept Christ you can't get out. You're just there. It's only here while you're alive that you're free to make the decision to trust Christ as your Saviour or go the other way.
2006-12-19 17:00:20 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Job 1:6
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them
'sons of God' is interpreted as the priests or prophets of God. 'to present themselves before the Lord' is interpreted to mean as in a temple setting, a place of worship, to offer up offerings.
Satan cannot enter Heaven. But he can and does roam the earth. So really, what we have here is God visiting his people on earth and Satan comes to bargain.
This isn't without precedence. God came to Eden to visit Adam and Satan was there.
There is no inconsistency here.
And who said that Satan was in the Abyss? It says in Revelation that he was cast out of heaven down to the earth.
He will roam the earth until judgment day and then be sent into the Abyss.
2006-12-20 01:09:37 · answer #2 · answered by Mr O 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God came to him while he was alive on earth... Why Job? He was a far greater man than David...David commited adultery, murder cover ups..where Job was tested by God and found worthy - That is quite a claim to fame. My favourite sentence is in that conversation... God: Where were you when I hung the earth on nothing? The Bible was considered a false book because the earth was thought to be flat...and now we live and learn...I am sure we will learn more about that book yet...
2006-12-20 01:05:32 · answer #3 · answered by Pilgrim 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Before Jesus was crucified and showed to the entire universe that Satan was a liar, he was allowed to represent earth in the heavenly meetings. He isn't trapped in the center of the earth, running hell. That is a misconception. After Jesus died, Satan was proved wrong in his claim that God was unfair and no one could live according to His rules.
2006-12-20 01:21:37 · answer #4 · answered by The GMC 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
huh? are you speaking of Job in the book of Job? what bet?
Oh you mean Satan had a deal with God?
I admire Job very much.
2006-12-20 01:02:11 · answer #5 · answered by winkcat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The book of Job is poetry, or perhaps better described as literature. I can see it performed by a group of people but it may have been to be recited by one. It is beautifully written and very thought-provoking, but I don’t think it is meant to be taken as actual events.
2006-12-20 01:08:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you sure he actually entered heaven? God can hear all right? Can't satan just start talking from anywhere?
2006-12-20 01:02:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That’s a good point. Maybe god they were communicating via email.
2006-12-20 01:01:35 · answer #8 · answered by A 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What are you talking about?
2006-12-20 01:01:39 · answer #9 · answered by lookn2cjc 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋