In Job, God and Satan have conversations.
Does that seem likely given the christian myth that satan has been in rebellion against god since before Adam and Eve?
Satan is defferential to god, asking for permission and accepting the limitations god sets upon his actions.
Does that seem likely given the christian myth that satan has been in rebellion against god since before Adam and Eve?
At the end of Job, when Job complains to god about the way he has been treated, god doesn't turn around and blame satan, but instead takes the blame and challenges Job to justify the grounds for any complaint against god.
Job makes clear that the evil in the world is from god, controlled by god, and works on behalf of god to tempt those who believe in god to curse him for the evil they experience in life.
So why all this nonsense about fallen angels and rebellion against god?
2007-08-23 01:06:23 · 5 answers · asked by Orion 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Read it again without the rose-coloured glasses.
2007-08-23 01:20:10 · update #1
The book of Job is a fictional story. It is book to explain suffering on trial.
2007-08-23 02:56:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Didn't God allow Job to go through this ordeal in order to prove to satan that Job would be faithful to Him no matter what?..He..God was silent and didn't help Job in order to prove satan wrong..God was there the entire time, and the angels were watching too. This is a continuing thing between God and satan..right now God is silent..while satan tempts and tryes to get God's people to turn their backs on God..He is still watching and will step in..just as he did with Job at some point..and those will be blessed just as Job was.
2007-08-23 01:54:12 · answer #2 · answered by angel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anyone who reads the book of Job would clearly see that Satan does NOT work for God. With respect, where do you get that from?
Satan comes into a gathering of angels and basically tells God that the only reason Job worshipped him is because of the "hedge you have built around him" ... in other words the protection he afford Job. Satan is in no way deferential to God (please read Psalm 27:11 that refers to Satan as the one who is taunting God). Satan's acceptance of the limitations God placed on his testing of Job in no way means he was deferential to God. He was facing reality. God is almighty. What choice did he have?
and God does not "take the blame" for Satan's actions. Job puts himself in a position, initially, where he thinks he knows better than God. Rather than justifying anything, God is merely reminding Job of His power and of Job's proper place. He also gets some much needed reminders from a friend.
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Soleil: God was not proving himself in the least. He was allowing JOB to prove HIMSELF and answer Satan's challenge. The issue was about Job's love for God, not the other way around.
2007-08-23 01:24:03 · answer #3 · answered by Q&A Queen 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps you need to read Job again a little more closely. I have read Job and it doesn't suggest to me that satan works for God.
2007-08-23 01:14:35 · answer #4 · answered by mandbturner3699 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The better question is: why would Joe Hovah feel the need to PROVE himself to Satan by accepting his wager?
2007-08-23 01:20:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋