Going by the book of Job, Do you think God and Satan are playing a game with some people's lives today

[peaceandmercy]

Could it be a case of not everybody but those who endure long suffering and tragedy?

Perhaps since the coming of Jesus Christ the ball game has changed in terms of how God and Satan communicate?

Anyway, thanks for reading, any contributions are welcomed.

 

[po18guy]

The Lord and the evil one watched, but Job retained free will throughout. He was especially meritorious, as there was not yet a solid hope of salvation or resurrection.

 

[SuperLuigi]

Could it be a case of not everybody but those who endure long suffering and tragedy?

Perhaps since the coming of Jesus Christ the ball game has changed in terms of how God and Satan communicate?

Anyway, thanks for reading, any contributions are welcomed.

God doesn’t play games.

That’s just an attempt by modern Western culture to draw false equivalencies that God and the devil are equal and opposite and each side has value or its own selfish interest and we just need to be above this petty rivalry.

It’s a false version of comfort that few seem to see and has taken the place of the devil trying to convince he people doesn’t exist. Instead, the portrayal is him as a legitimate choice with the poor man caught in-between.

If these people saw Hell, they’d run from this like Speedy Gonzales.

 

[USMC_Convert]

Most theologians believe the book of Job is pure poetry, a beautiful parable told to explain why bad things happen to good people. Is God up there walking and talking with Satan and doing such things, no way they exclaim!

For me I don’t see why one couldn’t read the book of Job literally, not that they are playing games at all but we know that Satan can’t do anything without God’s consent, and we know that any evil that happens will ultimately bring about and is allowed for good.

I think that one of satans greatest tricks is getting us to believe that such things like him working in this world are ridiculous fables.

I am reminded of the Pope (can’t remember his name) who in 1884 had a vision of Jesus, St Michael and Satan where Satan was begging for and given 100 years to attempt to destroy Christ’s Church. Incidentally that was the time and the Pope who came up with the St Michael prayer. Which whether it be about the book of Job or about this time I think is really appropriate and needed.

St Michael the Archangel, defend us in the day of battle, be thou our safeguard against the malice and snares of the devil. Rebuke him oh God, we humbly beseech You, and do thou oh prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God, cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.

 

[mikekle]

Most theologians believe the book of Job is pure poetry, a beautiful parable told to explain why bad things happen to good people. Is God up there walking and talking with Satan and doing such things, no way they exclaim!

For me I don’t see why one couldn’t read the book of Job literally, not that they are playing games at all but we know that Satan can’t do anything without God’s consent, and we know that any evil that happens will ultimately bring about and is allowed for good.

I think that one of satans greatest tricks is getting us to believe that such things like him working in this world are ridiculous fables.

I am reminded of the Pope (can’t remember his name) who in 1884 had a vision of Jesus, St Michael and Satan where Satan was begging for and given 100 years to attempt to destroy Christ’s Church. Incidentally that was the time and the Pope who came up with the St Michael prayer. Which whether it be about the book of Job or about this time I think is really appropriate and needed.

St Michael the Archangel, defend us in the day of battle, be thou our safeguard against the malice and snares of the devil. Rebuke him oh God, we humbly beseech You, and do thou oh prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God, cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.

God SPECIFICALLY cast satan and the other fallen angels down to earth, AMONG US, when he could have banished them to some place where they would not be able to interact or influence us in anyway.

To me, that seems a lot like a farmer trying to protect his chickens, but locking the fox inside the hen house??!

 

[Autumn_Smoke]

Could it be a case of not everybody but those who endure long suffering and tragedy?

Perhaps since the coming of Jesus Christ the ball game has changed in terms of how God and Satan communicate?

Anyway, thanks for reading, any contributions are welcomed.

In the Book of Job, Satan comes before God’s throne and they have a conversation about Job. God allows Job’s testing, knowing it will strengthen his faith.

In the Gospels, Jesus foretells Peter’s denial of himself: "And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith will not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”

If we compare the two, it might be a glimpse of how things work in heaven. Since the one incident with Job happened before Christ came, and the incident with Satan asking God for Peter happened after Christ came, things might not have changed since then. I don’t think we can really know for sure. But I would think that because of this, it shows that the whole book of Job shouldn’t be dismissed as being mere mythology or symbolism only.