Why did god murder Job's children?

Question

I understand that it was all part of the "test" for Job, but what kind of monster murders children to test someone?

So, Job's children were Satan's fault?
They were no part of God's plan to test Job?
Weird.
Just about every biblical scholar disagrees with you guys.
Hey, thanks.

Oh....god didn't do it, Satan just did it for him?
Ok, thanks. That's much better.

Answer 1

Actually, Satan has a complete body count of 10 in the bible, most of which was job's children.

Now, god has a body count of a million or more...

(you could have picked any other deaths in the bible...)

Edit: Here's a source...At Dwindling In Unbelief: Who has killed more, Satan or God?

In a previous post, I counted the number of people that were killed by the God in the Bible. I came up with 2,038,334, which, of course, greatly underestimates God's total death toll, since it only includes those killings for which specific numbers are given. No attempt was made to include the victims of Noah's flood, Sodom and Gomorrah, or the many plagues, famines, fiery serpents, etc., with which the good book is filled. Still, 2 million is a respectable number even for world class killers.

But how does this compare with Satan? How many did he kill in the Bible?

Well I can only find ten, and even these he shares with God, since God allowed him to do it as a part of a bet. I'm talking about the seven sons and three daughters of Job.

He even created a handy summary table.

j-walkblog.com/index.php?/weblog/posts/bible_body_count -

Answer 2

Read the whole story again. It's a great lesson on understanding who God is, and what He does or doesn't do. Satan killed Job's kids, and God allowed it. Job's response was the issue. Would he turn his back on God, just because He didn't protect everything he had? Was leaving or blaming God an option when he didn't understand what was going on? Or was his love for God real? Life will throw many challenges at us. Job endured a tremendous test. To imply that God is a monster or a murderer shows where your heart lies.

Answer 3

I like how people try to explain it away as the work of satan, but god gave satan permission to do that. God has as much or more guilt in this. He is an accessory to murder. David was guilty of murder, and he just put some dude on the front lines without directly putting the knife in the dudes back, yet god isn't guilty here? What a total crock.

And did god restore his murdered family? or just replace them? It wasn't clear in the bible.

Also, to those people that claim god can't murder people because he knew they were going to heaven, do people that kill christians get away with it because they are going to heaven, so it really isn't murder? What an obnoxiously stupid argument.

Answer 4

God did not murder Job's children. Satan was permitted by God to test Job's faithfulness. It was Satan who brought about the destruction of Job's family and wealth. It was God who restored all this and more to Job - "The Lord inreased all that Job had two-fold" i.e. God doubled what Job had before this test of faith and Job lived for another 140 years.

Answer 5

interesting question. the author brought about the accepted character, God, first to call for that Abraham kill his baby, then had the character opposite the call for. possibly this became in basic terms a character progression gadget used to 'set up' the activity tale. yet the two accepted characters interior the activity tale are God and devil, with activity in straight forward terms being an tool. the toddlers of activity are so decrease than stepped forward there isn't any sympathy interior the readership for them, so as that they are able to be disposed of truthfully with the intention to extra the accepted tensions between God, devil, and activity.

Answer 6

Because the stories in the bible are just that... STORIES... who would follow a God that kids people's children just to prove a point.....

Same question about Abraham, what God would ask you to prove that you love him by taking your own son up on a mountain and sacrifice him?? Either way it's a sin, either you commit murder, or disobey god....

And of course Christians can never come up with good reasoning for any of this crap... b/c they are just stories!!

Answer 7

Actually, God didn't.
Satan did.
Due to a serious challenge, Job was left in Satan's hands and Satan decided to do that.
Now, if you knew something about the resurrection, you would not be so critical.
"For this purpose the Son of God was made manifest, namely, to break up the works of the Devil."
1 John 3:8

Answer 8

Ultimate Tough Love - The God Smackdown (would make a great reality tv show)

Maybe if the christians could see this stuff reinacted they'd finally get that he had the morals of a 3-year-old sociopath.

Answer 9

Actually, the monster you are referring to is Satan. He actually murdered Job's children. Satan asked permission to test Job and God gave him permission to do anything except take Job's life.

Satan wanted to prove that the only reason Job loved and worshiped God was because God showered him with good things. Satan hypothesized that if the good things ended so would the fondness for God.

As difficult as this situation is to understand, (I struggled with the book of Job especially after my father died) I think of it this way. Are we to accept only the good things from God and not the bad things that are allowed to happen to us? As with marriage, are we to accept only the joys of matrimony and then abandon that person when the hardships and trials of marriage appear?

Or, as a good friend of mine says: No one thanks God for the sheer miracle of an airplane landing safely, thousands of them do so everyday. But if even one crashes, we shake our fists toward heaven and ask where God was? He was in the same place as when the other 1000 planes landed safely.

I am a Christian, but I love the chance to talk about questions like these. They are completely legitimate, and God wants us to love us with our hearts, souls and minds. If we go through life blindly without actually analyzing and asking questions like these I think we are not following his commandments. If you have anymore questions feel free to email me, I am by no means brilliant but I have asked lots of questions myself about God over the years, maybe we have some of the same ones.

Answer 10

God didn't murder Job's children, Satan did.