Wednesday, October 29, 2008

God and his "Favorite" Angel

When I read Job, I suddenly realized that the entire chapter is a big dispute between God and Satan. They quibble over power, Job was first chosen or blessed by God and Satan began to feel jealous. Satan is completely envious of Gods power and so wants some for himself, he "tries" to accomplish this by manipulating Job and making him miserable. Satan asks God to give him a chance to prove that Job is unfaithful and had no credibility. He sends Job four messages saying: livestock, servants, and ten children have all died due to marauding invaders or natural catastrophes. When Job hears this he tears up all his clothing, shaves his head, and wakes up early in the morning; praying to God. God is not impressed with Satan's attempt, but Satan asks for another chance, God agrees. Satan then afflicts terrible skin sores onto Job, this agrivates him and makes him unhappy. He then begins to compare his life with the darkness and the light. He wants to demoralize Job because he believes that God had too many followers already and is jealous of this.
This reminds me of the Saul and David story, God had first given the power to Saul. When God saw that he had made the mistake of giving the power to Saul instead of David as said to be divine and born to be a king. He takes the powers from Saul and bestows them upon David. This action causes much envy, jealousy, and hatred towards David that he begins to become prvoked by the idea of killing David.

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