Does the book of JOB reflect all of humanity, or just one prideful man-child in which God and Satan tested his will to live?
2007-03-01 06:31:19 · 18 answers · asked by romaniascott 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Im sure by your question you have read it already and studied it soo please tell Me does it refect all of humanity or just one man child?
2007-03-01 06:36:50 · answer #1 · answered by Pastor Biker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Job was not tested because he was prideful, he was tested in response to an accusation from Satan that God was unfairly protecting him.
No, Job does not reflect humanity per se. Rather, the book shows that trials and tribulations come from Satan when allowed. You do not have to be bad or evil to have calamity, The rain falls on both the just and the unjust. But if you think you can question God from your puny minds, best to read God's rebuke at the end. We are not qualified to judge Him.
2007-03-01 06:34:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Job was not a "prideful man-child in which God and Satan tested his will to live." He loved God dearly, and the Bible even says that Job was the most perfect human who ever lived on earth next to Christ. The reason he was tested was because of a "wager," so to speak, between God and Satan. Satan claimed that the only reason Job loved God was because God blessed him. Satan said that if God quit blessing him, Job would turn on God and curse him. So, God removed all of his blessings, allowed enemies of Job's steal or slaughter all of Job's animals and servants, and caused a strong wind to demolish a house in which Job's ten or so children were in, killing them all. Job, of course, still blessed and followed God, proving Satan wrong. God then blessed Job even more abundantly that he had before with many, many more animals, workers, and children.
2007-03-01 06:39:21 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think some Believers will apologize to Job Someday.
God trusted Job a whole lot,Job was never told why He went thru
this testing Trial,All Job wanted was a Mediator between He and God.Satan"s main argument People only serve God because God Blesses them.Same old argument today(.Not) Believers serve God When every thing is going Good and when it Looks like every thing is going wrong. Note the 4th Man that spoke with Job,Job didn"t answer back.This 4Th Man didn:t have to bring Sacrifice to Job, to intercede with God, as He did for the other 3Men,A Picture of Gentile Church,
2007-03-01 07:57:37 · answer #4 · answered by section hand 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
His test was about more then that. Satan believed that the only reason Job was faithful and trusted God was because of the material things he had been blessed with family, house, livestock etc.... God knew the heart of Job and what he put in him and he wanted Job to know that no matter what happens He is God and nothing is to hard for him. And when God is the center of your life and you believe he wil bring you out.
2007-03-01 06:41:05 · answer #5 · answered by Dee 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God allowed Satan to test Job because Satan though he could get Job to reject God, Job couldn't do it. All of his friends were trying to get him to repent, his wife turned on God and blamed God. He overcame when he praised God even though Satan had taken away everything he had. And then in reward for passing the test he was given everything back ten times fold. Yes, it does reflect on all humanity. When we don't see anything to praise God for, praise him anyway, and we will be blessed.
2007-03-01 06:37:29 · answer #6 · answered by t2ensie 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Job wasn't prideful at all. In fact the reason God defended him was because he was a very Godly man that Satan was making accusations against. I believe that this book is to illustrate to us what true faith, dedication, and perseverance looks like.
2007-03-01 06:42:58 · answer #7 · answered by ♥Humble Proclaimer♥ 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In a way, it's both. The account in the book of Job was specific to him. Look at the first few verses of the first chapter and there's too much specificity there for it to be otherwise. However, in that account Satan laid down a charge against Job ... that he served him out of selfness and that he would cease to serve him if God took away his protection ... that echos for us today. In asking God to allow him to strike Job's flesh directly he said "Skin in behalf of skin and everything a man has he will give in behalf of his soul." By saying everything that A man has rather than everything that Job has, or everything THIS man has, he was widening out the accusation and laying it at the feet of every one of us.
2007-03-01 06:38:03 · answer #8 · answered by Q&A Queen 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are principles taught in the Book of Job that apply towards all humanity. I believe the crux of the issue was whether Job would remain faithful to God, even when everything was against him and he couldn't understand why.
Remember his adversary, Satan, who was once a glorious angelic being called Lucifer had everything - yet was not content, but purposed in his heart to rebel against God Himself, and make his throne equal to the throne of God. (see Isaiah 14:12-15 and Ezekiel 28:11-19)
God was proving to His created beings that He was able to produce for Himself a people who would continue to trust Him and love Him, even when things weren't going their way.
"You have heard of the endurance of Job and have seen the outcome of the Lord's dealings, that the Lord is full of compassion and merciful." (James 5:11)
2007-03-01 06:51:29 · answer #9 · answered by wefmeister 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God allowed Satan to attack Job. Job ultimately acknowledged God's sovereignty and remained faithful in spite of all that happened to him. In the prologue, God rewarded Job's faithfulness.
2007-03-01 06:39:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
God and satan tested Job's faith in God, in the face of adversity. His wife urged him to "curse God and die," but he stayed fast in his faith. Job is not a metaphor for humanity, but an example.
2007-03-01 06:35:47 · answer #11 · answered by Oxhead 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋