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Post by Senbecc on Jun 15, 2006 3:45:06 GMT -5
I was just wondering if anyone had thoughts on God's bet with Satan over Job: *** One day the angels came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them. 7 The LORD said to Satan, "Where have you come from?"
Satan answered the LORD, "From roaming through the earth and going back and forth in it."
8 Then the LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil."
9 "Does Job fear God for nothing?" Satan replied. 10 "Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has? You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land. 11 But stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face."
12 The LORD said to Satan, "Very well, then, everything he has is in your hands, but on the man himself do not lay a finger."
Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.***
For some reason it doesn't seem to fit into the picture in which most people frame God. Why did he ask Satan where he was? Was it merely rhetorical? But most of all, why would he make the bet in the first place? What were the terms?Isn't this the story where God or Satan, takes all this man's belongings, his family, livestock, and plagues him with sickness? Is there anymore to the story? |
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Post by Pel on Jun 15, 2006 15:01:00 GMT -5
yeah, he ends up lying in ashes covered with scabs, open sores, and worms. His family and friends beg him to curse God and die. The bulk of the book is a list of reasons Job should blame God, but Job refuses and gives reasons he should refrain from such. It ends in a conversation between Job and God himself. It's an interesting book when read with fresh eyes.
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Post by Senbecc on Jun 16, 2006 9:38:47 GMT -5
yeah, he ends up lying in ashes covered with scabs, open sores, and worms. His family and friends beg him to curse God and die. The bulk of the book is a list of reasons Job should blame God, but Job refuses and gives reasons he should refrain from such. It ends in a conversation between Job and God himself. It's an interesting book when read with fresh eyes. Perhaps more as symbolism than historic actions of God? |
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Post by stormcat on Jun 16, 2006 16:27:47 GMT -5
Maybe he wanted to know if he'd seen what a good servant he had in Job. How he blessed the righteous. He allowed Job to be tested, he's tested alot of people according to the Bible. He even tested Jesus, Lucifer could not have tested him without the Spirit of God knowing it. I believe there is a saying in the Bible, Behold the reward of wickedness. >^..^<
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Post by moonwind333 on Jun 17, 2006 2:45:31 GMT -5
I've always wondered ... does Satan often wander around in heaven and mingle with the other angels even though he was supposedly banned?
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Post by Senbecc on Jun 29, 2006 6:38:04 GMT -5
I've always wondered ... does Satan often wander around in heaven and mingle with the other angels even though he was supposedly banned? LoL, nope! He and a few friends made their own better heaven!   ;D |
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Post by stormcat on Jul 7, 2006 23:59:47 GMT -5
To coin a phrase, "Better to rule in Hell, then to serve in Heaven.">^..^<
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Post by Levi Pheonix on Jan 4, 2007 13:17:03 GMT -5
To coin a phrase, "Better to rule in Hell, then to serve in Heaven.">^..^< This is an amazing quote. And the Quote is from Milton (I believe) and it goes "Better to reign in Hell, then to serve in Heaven." You had it right mostly... |
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Post by KittyLane on Jan 4, 2007 15:25:08 GMT -5
lol as long as its mostly right.....
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