Does anybody else find it sad that god would ruin Jobs life to settle a wager with the devil? Does god really need to impress the devil?
2007-05-29 04:35:38 · 11 answers · asked by dougness86 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The funniest part of all this is God being all-knowing knew that Job wouldn't turn his faith. Lucifer knowing that God is all-knowing knew God wouldn't lose this wager. So both of them had to know that this was just an exercise in torture rather than a contest.
2007-05-29 05:08:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
God's not trying to impress the devil, he's trying to TEACH the devil. Job didn't need any teaching, so he was used as a tool. Also his family was used as tools. All the pain and suffering and death that happened was FOR the devil to become a better person. The devil is much more important to God than a handful of humans, no matter how loving the humans are.
2007-05-29 04:47:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God has no reason at all to impress the devil. It is in fact the other way around. Satan was trying to prove something to God and Satan used Job as an intrument to his little experiment. Satan was trying to prove to God that once men is inflicted with hardship, agony, sorrow, sickness, etc, they will curse God.
Job proved Satan wrong and brought praise to God. In the end, God blessed Job and gave back to him what was lost and many more. Job's life was not ruined. Job is an example for all of us today.
2007-05-29 12:13:16 · answer #3 · answered by Agape 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well God is a fare and Just God, even with the Devil. God love all his creation, remember Lucifer/Satan was God favorite creation at one time. Satan is here on earth for a reason, Do you often pick evil over good? or Good over Evil.
Without evil there is no good, and without good there is no evil
The book of Job, does live some confusion though even to me a christian.
Job test was to show us that we are going to have some very hard test and trail in our life, and if we do ENDURE till the end we will be rewarded for over coming the Devil.
I think anyway
2007-05-29 04:42:20 · answer #4 · answered by Sandy S 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You guys of little faith never read the end of anything - do you?
Job suffered for only a little while and his end was greater than his beginning.
Even the devil can't read the end of Revelation but God will show him in the end also.
2007-05-29 05:59:05 · answer #5 · answered by Jeancommunicates 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
are you aware that there are other people in Washington who influence public policy, in addition to the president? like, Congress? Your understanding of the economy is a little bit lacking.
2016-05-20 22:48:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
man sin against God that broke the link between man and God the only way back is Jesus and no God has no need to impress the evil one trust God
2007-05-29 04:45:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Apparently you haven't read Job. He was restored to an even greater life. Certainly not a ruin. He remains an example to the human race. Sounds great to me.
2007-05-29 04:40:31 · answer #8 · answered by Fish <>< 7 · 3⤊ 3⤋
yeah that seems messed up.
But God repaid him by putting his name in the awesome sitcom Arrested Development, he just changed it from Job to G.O.B. to coincide with the family name of George.
--well this answer isn't my best work. Win some, lose some.
2007-05-29 04:38:42 · answer #9 · answered by Southpaw 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
well...it was just allegory. All the characters in this tale were fictional, any resemblance to real people or real gods or demons is purely coincidental.
2007-05-29 04:39:12 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋