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Job 1
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 Meet Job
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There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man
was perfect and upright,
and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
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And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.
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His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels,
and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great
household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east. |
 Job and his family
(James Tissot, 1895-1900)
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And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent
and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
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And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job
sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered
burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be
that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually. |
 (1:6-7) "The sons of God came to present themselves before the
Lord, and Satan came also among them."
Why then does the New Testament claim that Jesus was God's only son?
How many sons does God have?
 God
makes a wager with Satan
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Now there was a day when the
sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan
came also among them.
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And the LORD said unto
Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From
going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
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(1:7)
"And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou?"
God asks where Satan has been lately (apparently God didn't know), and Satan answered
saying, "From walking to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down
on it." This verse inspired Mark Twain's
Letters
From the Earth.
Does God know everything?
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And the LORD said unto
Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like
him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and
escheweth evil?
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Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?
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Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all
that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his
substance is increased in the land. |
 God gives Satan permission to
test Job's virtue
(Unknown, 1372)
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But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will
curse thee to thy face.
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And the LORD said unto
Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put
not forth thine hand. So
Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD. |
(1:12) "Behold, all that he hath is in thy power."
God gives Satan power over all that Job possesses.
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And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and
drinking wine in their eldest brother's house: |
 God Kills Job's Children, Servants, Animals
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And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and
the asses feeding beside them:
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| 1:15 And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain
the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell
thee. |
(1:14-17)
"They have slain the servants with the edge of the sword."
To start off God and Satan's gruesome game, Job's slaves and animals
are burned to death or killed with swords.
(1:18-19)
"There came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house."
God (or Satan -- it's hard to tell them apart) sends a wind that kills Job's
sons and daughters.
 Job's sons and daughters overwhelmed by Satan
(William Blake, 1823-26)
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| 1:16 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of
God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants,
and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
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| 1:17 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The
Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried
them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I
only am escaped alone to tell thee.
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While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and
thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:
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And, behold, there came
a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house,
and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped
alone to tell thee.
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Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down
upon the ground, and worshipped,
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And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return
thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of
the LORD. |
(1:22)
"In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly."
God kills (or allows Satan to kill) Job's children, but Job doesn't "foolishly" blame
God. Since God was responsible, why would it be foolish to blame God?
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| 1:22 In all this Job sinned not,
nor charged God foolishly.
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