The biblical book of Job, and its main character.
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When was Job alive?
The first chapter of Job describes a man who was favored by God (Job).
1 In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil. ...
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How can God be loving in light of his behavior with Job?
When reading the book of Job most people focus on Job's character. Wikipedia says that the thematic question of Job is -
"Why do the righteous suffer?"
But my question is about God's actions. ...
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How could God be around Satan?
One of the explanations when I was first coming to understand why Jesus' sacrifice was necessary was something along the lines of: Sin separates us from God. God can not be around sinners, so with ...
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How could Job be content with the second half of his life?
We all know that Job was ravaged by the Adversary in the first two chapters of Job, but in the end, he died content:
Thus the Lord blessed the latter years of Job’s life more than the former. He ...
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Why did God come down so hard on Job?
There is a video/workbook series on prayer by Phillip Yancey (which I highly recommend) (and based on one of his books) that talks about how we should pray openly about all things.
It even says that ...
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Do Catholics consider Job to be historical?
The Book of Job is taken by some Protestants to be an historical document, whereas others hold that its position in the Ketuvim (the Writings) never assumed that it was anything other than what we ...
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What happened to Job's family? [closed]
Why did God kill jobs family? What did they ever done wrong? What happened to them after God made a bet with the devil?
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What does Job mean in Job 27? [closed]
“As God lives, who has taken away my right, and the Almighty, who has made my soul
bitter; As long as my breath is in me, and the spirit of God in my nostrils, my lips will not
speak falsehood and ...
