In the story of Job God brags about how faithful and righteous Job is to Satan. Satan says that Job is only faithful because he has an easy and prosperous life so it would be easy to believe in a merciful God. “You have blessed whatever he does, and his possessions have greatly increased.” Said Satan, “But just put out your hand now and take away all he has; he certainly will curse you to your face.’ Then [God] said to Satan, ‘See, everything that he has is in your power; only do not lay hands on Job himself.’ So Satan left the presence of [God] (Bible, 542).” God approves Satan’s idea of testing Job. Satan killed all of Job’s oxen, sheep, and camels. He destroyed his house as well. After Job did not curse God, Satan got permission to affect …show more content…
Referring to Job God said. “[T]here is no man like him on the earth, blameless and upright, who reveres God and avoids evil. (Bible, 542)” Satan then wanted to prove what God had told and even though God knew what Satan would do to prove his faithfulness he agrees just to prove his point. God had no reason to agree to this other than to prove himself right and for his own vanity. When Job finally starts to question God why he has done all of these horrible acts to him God just makes a list of all of the things he has done proving his power and wisdom rather than answering Job, “Does the hawk soar because of your wisdom, And stretch her wings to the south wind? Does the eagle mount up at your bidding, And build her nest on high?” as if to say that that he could never understand the ways of God. This shows that God thinks all humans are fundamentally not as smart as him and thinks that he shouldn’t even try to explain his actions to them though they are clearly understandable by humans because the writer of this text was able to. God does stop Job’s suffering but not for weeks and possibly
In general, humanity forgets the message from the book of Job and at moments curses God blaming him for all humanity 's disgraces. It is important to remember how God gave Satan approval to disturb Job by leaving him in his hands. Therefore, this provides evidence that God test 's humanity, but his hand is not involved in the process, as it is represented in (Job 1:12) “The Lord said to Satan, “Very well, then, everything he has is in your power, but on the man himself do not lay a finger.”
Cf. Job 1:21: “The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.” The Lord gave the main character
He expresses this belief by stating, "A mind not to be chang'd by Place or Time. The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n"(1. 253-255). Along with this belief he gains the idea that the mind has the power to transcend circumstances in to good or bad. Satan chooses to transcend circumstances of his place in to good, he explains that he does this because he is still motivated by ambition to rule as God rules.
So God had to step in, in Genesis 3:15 He prophesied that there will be a redemptive Seed that will crush the Devil's head and will be victorious. In Exodus 2:12 “So he looked this way and
This shows humans being regarded as paws and worthless in classical Greek tradition just as Job is. In job’s trial when God has given Satan way, he destroys Job’s life, during the first trial Satan only spares four messenger to report the
But it is important to note that the book of job presents us the best way of accounting and understanding the holocaust. His suffering is not mainly caused by his sinful nature but somewhat by his righteousness. The suffering ends in a happy note because job was compensated for being faithful to God by receiving double blessings. Though God did not give any answer to job’s questions he preserved his life but still his wife and family died even when it was not their fault. This shows that God has long term good plans even in the face of evil.
“He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing” (Job 26:7). When standing at a particular place at the North Pole during the spring, you cannot see any stars with your eyes. This is due to the rotation of Earth and its position relative to the Bootes Void in the sky. The Land of Uz, Job’s home, is four thousand miles away from the North Pole. Job would not have been able to see this occasion, the only way for him to have written this passage is through supernatural
Satan’s determination to continue fighting against “[God’s] utmost power” is futile, even “with [Satan’s] adverse power oppos 'd” because he is clearly outmatched (102-103). Milton does not question God’s dominance in terms of power, which serves to endear Satan to the British public. They can support the ideas Milton presents while still siding with God. Satan’s knowledge of his task’s futility makes his quest tragic, similar to Aeneas’s tragic death before the creation of
Eventually, the clay humans begin to quarrel and Satan crushes them with his fingers. This shocks the boys as Satan had told them that he was a perfect angel capable of doing no wrong: “It made us miserable, for we loved him, and had thought him so noble and so beautiful and gracious, and had honestly believed he was an angel; and to have him do this cruel thing - ah, it lowered him so, and we had had such pride in him.” (Twain, 27). Their perspective on divine beings was shifted by Satan’s decision
The book of Job is one of the most well known pieces of biblical literature, not only because it explores some of the most profound questions humans ask about their life, but also the answers it alludes to. The Book of Job is a framed narrative and presents its topic in a third person viewpoint. Because the reader can see dialogues that other character’s can’t see, the Book of Job could also be qualified as a dramatic irony. In the narrative, Job is a good and prosperous man who is praised by God for his devotion. This leads to Satan trying to challenge Job’s integrity by suggesting that “Job fears God [because] he[God] has put a hedge about him and his house and all that he has, on every side.
Also, if you trust in the Scripture then you know that God didn’t want to distance himself from the world it was Satan that wanted the world distant from God. Again a being like God interfered. Satan was the being that introduced evil to the world, and it was mankind who freely chose to disobey. One could argue that if it weren’t for Satan then evil as we know it would never have existed in our
Job was of the old Jewish religion, which preached that what you deserved would be delivered in this life and that if something bad happened to you, it was by your own fault. Therefore, when Job lost his riches and his family, the natural assumption was that he had done something to deserve it. However, since Job had been nothing but devote throughout his life, many people told him to abandon his God, as he was evidently not rewarding him for his faith. Despite all this, Job stood up for his beliefs and searched his heart and soul fervently to find out where he went wrong in the eyes of
Job’s moment of weakness does not automatically make him “not good”, he reverts back to his good natured self at the end when God finally confronts him and Job has a moment to reflect on what he said and realized that he “spoke with no wisdom of things beyond me I did not know” (Scheindlin, 155). Here we see Job retract and understand how he has strayed into being “not good” by challenging God and revert back to his natural disposition of being
Milton displays the standpoint of Satan and his intentions, rather than those of God, because the author intends to express that the Devil is the source of all evil. Milton includes that Satan lives to subvert God’s deeds of grace, as he resolves to “be the contrary to his high will” (161). In this explanation, Milton demonstrates that Satan also depends on God, for he is “in bondage” to the plans of the ultimate Strategist (Fish 535). Nonetheless, Milton shows that God allows evil to happen, because He gives humans—including the dark angels such as Satan—free will. Although Milton expresses God’s victory over darkness as an “undoubted triumph” to describe God’s power, the author also displays God’s devotion to his creation by expelling Satan and his followers from His presence yet still allowing them free will.
The experience of Job shows that a believer who has experienced a tragedy should not abandon God. Like Job, a person can crave an explanation of what is happening to him or her. Nevertheless, being unable to understand the reason for this, he/she should not "blaspheme" God. The Book of Job teaches that there is no sin in turning to God with questions "for what" and "why," as Job did: “Why did I not perish at birth, and die as I came from the womb? Why were there knees to receive me and breasts that I might be nursed?”.