2007-06-25 04:14:49 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I'm not sure, but the most interesting part of that story to me is the fact that Satan can waltz into heaven any time he wishes. He sits down and has the equivalent of a "friendly wager" with God. Notice neither side quarrels or no epic battle takes place. Just like two old friends betting over a football game.
2007-06-25 04:19:52 · answer #1 · answered by JimmyTheGrunt 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The following is a good "I am a christian view" to summarize this issue:
Well to go with the standard flow of the argument:
Job was tested. The point of this book is to define for believers where innocent suffering originates. Initial arguments in the book are directed toward...
well you must have done something repent for the crimes you did and all the torment will end. No crime hes not guilty
renounce god and everything will be ok well he doesn't do that either
well in the end of it all they just say as stated above in one of the responses:
gods a mystery and you cant ask the question. Overall very unsatisfactory and most people (who think) walk away troubled in their faith. The rest just say ya that's right who are you to question god? My response... Well I am the guy you killed your kid for...... I think a small explanation isn't so much to ask.
2007-06-25 13:27:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Job was a godly but pious Jew. Satan challenged God, by suggesting that if Job lost all of his wealth, he would curse God. This is where the scripture,"God giveth and God Taketh" comes from. Most people quote this verse, thinking God said it. Acutally, Job said this when his advisors told him to curse God, so that his days of misery could be shortened. Rather than give satan any glory, Job attributed all of his suffering to God. Ultimately, God restored Job with even more blessings than he had before.
2007-06-25 11:51:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God said okay when Satan made a wager if he put fake fossils in the ground, people would be fooled and start believing in that evil doctrine evolution.
But the church people were not fooled. Satan claimed he won the wager cause paleontologists, biologists, geologists, and others were fooled; but God said no he won cause the church people were not fooled.
Right now both are claiming they won, meanwhile Satan is still putting fake fossils in the ground; and the situation is getting out of control.
These fossils are turning up everywhere and if God doesn't put a stop to it the earth will get congested, and more scientists will be getting fooled.
This is no laughing matter; everybody who gets fooled by Satan's fossils goes to Hell when they die. Let us pray. Let us ask God to put a stop to the wager.
2007-06-25 11:20:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
From the Jewish POV:
Job is not to be taken literally. First off, Satan in Judaism is merely the heavenly prosecutor when you die, he has no power, is nothing but a servant of God and does EXACTLY as told.
The reality is that the book of Job is seen by many as the basis for a lot of Kaballistic and esoteric ideas- it is showing, allegorically, the travails of a pure soul, in a physical world, and the temptations on the pure soul to chase after physicallity, submit to its animal body and turn its back on holiness.
2007-06-25 11:27:05 · answer #5 · answered by allonyoav 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's not exactly the point of the story. The entire story of Job is intended to prove that the ways of the Lord are mysterious and incomprehensible, and thus might seem outwardly arbitrary to human logic. God's rhetorical question to Job in the 38th chapter sums this up perfectly: "Where were you when I created Heaven and Earth?" i.e. you can't possibly grasp what I'm trying to do, and even though it may not serve your particular interests, there is a plan behind it that allows the world to continue on its course.
2007-06-25 11:19:58 · answer #6 · answered by gallo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To be completely honest. I'm not sure. With Job though I believe He was testing Job more than He was 'proving' things to Satan.
2007-06-25 12:03:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jimmy the Grunt (your 3rd answer) is correct. Satan can waltz into heaven anytime he wants -- and as a matter of fact God and Satan play cards and drink lemonade. I can't quote you chapter and verse on that but I'm pretty sure.
And yes, it is not uncommon for them to make wagers. they both call humans idiots, and they make wagers on human behavior; and at least two of them are reported in the Bible.
2007-06-25 11:32:49 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There was no man named Job, who was supposed to be an Oriental. Its a teaching story with a point.
2007-06-25 11:24:35 · answer #9 · answered by Lukusmcain// 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You inspired me to ask once more about my washer.
Why can't god take bets that get me into church? You'd think that would be more appealing than smiting someone with sores and killing their kids.
2007-06-25 11:24:11 · answer #10 · answered by Laptop Jesus 3.9 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋