Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Job
Possible prompts:
1. Describe the relationship between Satan and God.
2. Why does God agree to let Satan harm Job?
3. In chapter 3, verses 1-26, how does Job respond to his sufferings?
4. What is the gist (main idea) of God's response to Job in chapters 38-41?
5. Some scholars think that chapter 43 may have been added on later. Can you see why they might think so?
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2. Why does God agree to let Satan harm Job?
ReplyDeleteI think that God agreed to let Satan harm Job because he wanted to know if he would stay loyal and good to Him. He wanted to see that Job will stay faithful and seek for help and if he was strong enough to endure. I think that God wanted to prove Satan wrong that Job would not or try not to curse to Him
4) I think that the gist of God's response to Job in chapters 38-41, is mainly, God wants to state everything that he has done, and that only he can do, making him great. I think God is explaining how great he is because he can do these things, and i think he asks Job if he can do these things, already knowing the answer, to make it known to Job that he, God, is the greatest. I can interpret that, in the chapters we skipped, Job is possibly going through deep pain, misery, and he possibly thinks that he has a terrible life. Why? In answer, i can interpret that because while God is talking about all of the great things he can do, he also says some verses about others suffering, possibly trying to bring it across to Job that he isn't the only one suffering, and that he is possibly not even suffering the most. This concludes my belief on the gist of God's response to Job.
ReplyDelete3. Job responds to his sufferings by praising God, and saying that he has to take the good with the bad, and that the Lord gives, and the lord takes away. Later he curses his birth, still not cursing God. He talks about how he wishes he had been still born, or that his birth had never occurred.
ReplyDeleteAnother thing I was thinking about when I read the part at the end when God gives Job double what he had before (except still 7 sons and 3 daughters), it says nothing of Job feeling sad that his late sons and daughters are dead. His new children not only replace his old ones, but are better. If I were to lose all of my children, although I would love any more children I have, I would still be devastated at the previous loss, regardless of what my new children were like.
2) In the story of Job, God allows Satan to harm Job. God does this to show Satan that Job is loyal and of strong faith in the Lord. Through all the trials and tribulations he is put through, Job continues to pray and worship to God saying that God blessed him and gave him things, and can also take things away, as well. This depicts just how much faith and trust Job has in God.
ReplyDelete5. Yes, i would see why some scholars might think that chapter 43 may have been added on later. At the end of chapter 42, it ends with a sort of cliche, saying basically that everything turned out okay and then he died at an old age, but "full of days." I think that chapter 42 had the perfect ending, but there is another chapter, and why would chapter 42 end that way if they were going to add a chapter after that? Though Job lost his children, his sheep, camels, house, oxen, and donkeys, God replenished him with what he had lost and made the perfect ending, because what he got from God was even better than it was at the beginning of the story. That is a classic way to end a story, so i do believe that chapter 43 was added on later.
ReplyDelete2. Why does God agree to let Satan harm Job?
ReplyDeleteOn this, I agree with both Monica and Emily and I don't know which side to choose. I'm not 100% sure if God decided to harm Job to show Satan how loyal he is or to test how loyal he is. Anyways, I'd say I go more towards god is trying to show Satan how loyal Job is, because he's keep on agreeing to harm Job over and over when Satan suggests new things. In my point of view, I think he's trying to prove Satan wrong.
2) I think God agreed to let the Satan harm Job because he knew that Job is truly faithful person in God. God just wanted to prove it again in front of Satan. And also what I think is God wanted to see how Job worships him and praises him. God wanted to show the Satan how he is so powerful and how the people in earth respects to him. These are my reasons why God decided to let the Satan harm Job.
ReplyDeleteTo my surprise after reading this God and Satan's relationship seem nonchalant. He asks Satan questions like he is an average guy. Which amazes me because Satan is pure evil but God is so against it!
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