Pointless arguements:
I see from the writings that I have been religated to "unworthy" by Brian. (I make this assumption since he has not responded to one post of mine in the last 300 or so).
Well it was fun while it lasted. Let's get on with the questioning:
1In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil.
-a really rightious guy
2He had seven sons and three daughters,
3and he owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen and five hundred donkeys, and had a large number of servants. He was the greatest man among all the people of the East.
4His sons used to take turns holding feasts in their homes, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.
-a really rightious wealthy guy
5When a period of feasting had run its course, Job would send and have them purified. Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of them, thinking, "Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts." This was Job's regular custom.
-who liked to party and then repent
6One day the angels came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them.
-can satan come and go to god as he pleases? did it take the angels to bring him? hmmm... just wondering.
7The 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."
-didn't god know where he came from? was this just a call to get satan to answer him... ie. make him answer?
8Then 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."
-the Lord praises Job... who while he shuns evil, the lord does not state he does NO evil... or is this what is meant?
9"Does Job fear God for nothing?" Satan replied.
-here's that tricky satan guy setting Job up...
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.
11But stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face."
-comon' you know all men are evil at heart, hurt him and he'll hurt you...
12The 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.
-he he he the fun begins...
Hey BV; what did Job chose to do when tortured? please don't tell me he had a choice to serve God and rebuke satan... satan was trying to make it easy for him even...
-maouse |
