Satan's View Of Job

The role of Satan in Job 1 and 2 was that of God’s adversary (cite book pg. 313). He was allowed to appear before God and challenge his followers. God agreed to the challenge and allowed Satan to do whatever he wanted to Job except touch him. Satan was trying to prove that the only reason Job was such a faithful follower was because he was being protected by God. Job was a very wealthy man who had 7 children, and a large farm. Satan took all of that from Job and he still continued to worship God. Satan again was allowed to approach God and voice his opinion that Job was only continuing his faithfulness because no harm had come to him personally. So God allowed Satan to do anything except kill him. Satan did his best, but Job did not

     Job is a man very limited by God. As illustrated, he has only a negligible amount of agency to begin with. By the time God and Satan finish with him, he has virtually no control over his own life. The fragment of agency he does cling to is his ability to choose whether or not to curse God. No one, except himself, could prevent Job from cursing God. Yet, he refuses to curse God, even though He is responsible for his suffering.

Job 's trials were not just casual, so-called blows of fate, but had an immense and profound meaning. Job experienced severe tests in which every time he manifested brilliantly; firmly clinging to the Lord. He became to the realization that the world offers nothing but injustice and misery.

In stark contrast to God’s presence in Genesis, the character of God in Job strays from the ideal perfection of the divine. The concept of the ideal manifested in Genesis is embodied in God’s moral, reasonable, and rational behavior. In Job, on the other hand, rather than being reasonable, methodical, and creating life, God displays more human characteristics and plays the role of both creator and destroyer. The book of Job begins with God’s boastful bargain with Satan, which subsequently leads God to allow the total destruction of Job’s family and livelihood. Job is even attacked physically with “loathsome sores… from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head” (Job 2:7). In an uncharacteristically immoral decision, God gives Satan the power do

The book of Job from the Hebrew Bible is thought to be written by Job himself. The book is an example of faithfulness as Job loses everything important to him and through it all remains faithful to God. The books purpose is to illustrate God’s sovereignty and faithfulness during a time of great suffering. The writings of Job indicate that the true power of the devil is not what it appears to be and God is always in control. It solidifies that there is nothing that happens without God having a part in it including what the devil is given permission to do. In the book of Job, the description begins with the devil chastising Job while he is at the gates of heaven. Job was a family man having seven sons and three daughters. Job was also wealthy he owned an abundance of farmland and animals. He was a man of integrity, blameless, upright in character, and feared God. The devil tries to criticize Job indicating that he only serves God because God is protecting him. The devil wants to test Job and try to prove that Job only trusts God because nothing bad has ever happened to him. God gives the devil permission to test Job. He allows the devil to do anything but harm him. Job ends up losing his family, his riches, and his health. Throughout all of Job 's hardships, he proved to be blameless, upright, and God-fearing.

When examining Job, the reader finds that morality plays an intriguing part of the overall message. Job is a person who lives by example, and he stands for the ideal believer. Job is a man of integrity and honor. Norman Habel writes, “The 'blamelessness' and 'integrity' of Job is a governing theme introduced in the prologue and developed throughout the subsequent dialogue speeches of the book” (82). The reader finds that Job's integrity is being tested throughout his story, and the examples of how he lives should be copied by the readers. In this case, the readers should follow Job's devout faith and unfailing belief in the Lord. The Book of Job provides the moral guidance needed to make this a mythological story. The reader is guided through stages of Job's psychological life, but because of the

Why does God allow Satan to cause such tragedy in Job’s life, a man whom God has already acknowledged as “my servant Job, that there is none like on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil?”(1.8) From the beginning, it is known that Job is in no way deserving of his injustices, so a reason must be given. God gives Job an opportunity to prove that under any circumstances Job will still have faith. This simply a test for Job. The whole Book is a “double” journey for Job -- he shows God his faith and realizes the faith God has that Job will not stray from his path. Job knows deep down that God has not forsaken him.

The book of Job is the eighteenth book in the Bible and is a book about Faith, Pride and Loyalty. Job was a God-Fearing man who was faithful and loyal to God and His word, and God’s pride for Job caused him to boast about Job while having a conversation with Satan, then giving Satan permission to test just how faithful Job would be if he were to lose everything he had. Job was a wealthy man but Satan was going see how faithful Job really was to God. Satan caused Job to lose all of his material possessions, caused him to become sick and endured tremendous suffering all while his family and friends turned their backs on him, telling him that he brought on all of his suffering on himself

Job sits with his friends for a week, and then opens his mouth to curse the day he was born, and question why he of all people is subjected to suffer. Job?s friends respond, one by one, each proclaiming that Job must have done something wrong to deserve his fate. They ask him what grave sin he committed or what he is trying to hide from God. One friend even suggests that Job may be receiving less of a punishment than he may in fact have deserved. Job, however, maintains his innocence, cursing both himself and God for embittering him.

Satan was given the opportunity to wreak havoc on Job’s life by taking away his family, his home, his cattle, his health, etc. Although Job’s reaction to this loss was still extremely natural involving a long grieving process, his recognition of God’s control is obvious as he says, “ The Lord gave me what I had, and The Lord has taken it away. Praise the name of the Lord!” (Life Application Study Bible, Job. 1. 21b). God allowed Satan to do this in order to test Job’s faith and reveal where Job stands in terms of God’s control. After a long and very difficult conversation God brings Job to a place where he sees God’s power over everything as something that is good. Being tested and taught by God as a Heavenly Father demonstrates God’s love for the human race, as he desired for Job to grow in endurance and stand firm through every trial. Job’s life is eventually restored and he is blessed for this, whereas Satan is

The prologue of the book, set in prose style, is made up of chapters one and two with the introduction of Job and his family and how successful he is and that he is blessed by God wonderfully. It goes into Job's first test which Satan presents himself before the lord. God 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" (Job 1:8). This is when Satan puts up the challenge for God saying, "Does Job fear God for nothing? Have you not put a hedge around him and his

Job was the type of man that prayed and asked for forgiveness not only for himself, but also for all of his family that may have sinned throughout the day. "He feared God and shunned evil." (193) He was a very wealthy man and had everything he every wanted. Satan told

The view of fate the book of Job expresses, though similar in that it originates from God, differs in a few important ways. In Job, situations are predetermined to occur, but the personal choices of the people involved determine the outcome of the situation. The story of Job opens with Job's fate of suffering being planned. Satan presents himself in an audience before God. God makes example of Job, and Satan rebuffs, stating that Job's constancy is only because of God's preferential treatment. Satan tells God, "But put forth thy hand now and touch all he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face."(40). In response, power is given to Satan to torment Job as a test. Job's life and finally health are viciously mangled and destroyed by Satan. Though Job does not know the reasons behind his great suffering, we are told that "In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly."(41), and "In all this did not Job sin with his lips."(41). Self-pity creeps into Job's thoughts and words, but there is no disenchanted turn from God. Instead in Job the reader sees a turn to God for relief and

God is involved in the test, as is clearly indicated by the limits He places on Satan’s action. Thus, it is clear that God is ultimately in charge of the outcome. When things are going the way one may desire, it becomes relatively easy to remain faithful to God and continue to believe that a benevolent God is in charge. There is an implicit message conveyed through this narrative: However, when things take a sudden turn for the worse, it is during such difficult and perplexing times that one’s faith in God is needed most. The Satan, while testing Job, believed that Job would act disloyally to God, as he thought Job only served God because it was to his benefit. The whole point of the folk tradition is to indicate

I think it’s safe to say we have all heard the saying, “what goes around, comes around.” Most people believe in some form of retribution, most commonly karma, that there are punishments and rewards for our actions. Without this retributive theology, there is chaos in the world. Contrary to what most believe, God, as portrayed in the book of Job, does not have complete control over everything that happens. In the book, Job is a righteous, very fortunate man. After he faces great tragedy, he and his friends discuss why it might have happened to him. Job’s friends argue that he must have done something to deserve to suffer. Job argues that he has remained “blameless and upright.” He argues that God doesn’t work on account of the Pentateuchal Doctrine of Retribution. According to God, there are things that humans can not understand about the universe. There is chaos that not even he can control. There are many different theories on God and the message that the book of Job is sending. While God argues that chaos reigns, He is the main cause of the chaos because he doesn’t try to prevent it from happening.