Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them. And the Lord said to Satan, “From where do you come?”
So Satan answered the Lord and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth on it.”
Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil?” So Satan answered the Lord and said, “Does Job fear God for nothing? Have You not made a hedge around him, around his household, and around all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land. But now, stretch out Your hand and touch all that he has, and he will surely ;curse ;You to Your face!”
And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your ;power; only do not lay a hand on his person.”
So Satan went out from the presence of The Lord.
Ok I have a few questions here.
Now Job is described as
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was;blameless and upright, and one who feared God and shunned evil.
1 So why would god let satan screw up this guys life?
2 Who are the sons of god who are presenting themselves?
3 What does satan mean by going to and from on the earth and walking back and forth on it?
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 15695099 You may need to read the book of Enoch: plenty of your answers are there. Don't believe people that said the Book of Enoch isn't inspired. It was purposely excluded by The Roman Church.
Now a summary: in those ancient times the "sons of gods" equals very high hierarchies of angels, some of them fall, like Satan. Satan/Lucifer was one of the "sons of god" that saw God face to face. That was a privilege only reserved to the "sons of god" and the primordial man/woman. The chastisement for Satan was precisely that: to never have rest, to being between the Earth and Heaven not having rest at all and of course to never ever see God's face again. Not meaning he can't talk with God or access his Throne.
So as Lucifer become Satan, part of his decision was to accuse the man, to punish him, to try to deceive him, and to try to convince the ancient people of new Gods. Remember Satan was not alone he had millions of millions of fallen angels like him. (my guess the are at least 2 billion)
But something happened when Jesus ascended:
There was no place for Satan on the Throne, not even for a visit. At the very moment Jesus ascended, Satan descended.
Revelations said the were cast to the Earth. So now they can harm the man only by their own methods not asking permission to God to "test" them.
Jesus was the perfect Son of God, the highest of all, because he accomplished the perfect will of God and give the man the chance for restoration.
Satan and his angels are here at Earth.
