Indoctrination & Mental Gymnastics

[dyresand]

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God's little bet with Satan at the expense of Job's family and servants.


God rewarded Job tenfold as is said, but his family was still gone.

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And where is the specified command to kill 10 people?

If you took the time to read and understand the bible, then you would know that all children of God must be tested, even Jesus himself was tested. The reason God allows these tests are for the purpose of building character.

The bible compares this to refining gold, in which all the impurities had to be beaten out.

1 Peter 1:7
That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

In the story of Job, you have the devil essentially complaining that he couldn't get to Job because of God's protection. All God did was pull back and let the devil do to Job what he was already doing to everyone else, except he didn't allow him to take Job's life.

But what of all those Christians that he did allow Satan to kill in the Roman coliseums? Or the ones persecuted under Roman Catholicism? If you've ever read foxes book of martyrs, you'd know they gave their lives gladly.

Revelation 2:10
Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

from Foxe's Book of Martyrs:

The account given us by an eminent primitive writer, Clemens Alexandrinus, ought not to be overlooked; that, as James was led to the place of martyrdom, his accuser was brought to repent of his conduct by the apostle's extraordinary courage and undauntedness, and fell down at his feet to request his pardon, professing himself a christian, and resolving that James should not receive the crown of martyrdom alone. Hence they were both beheaded at the same time. Thus did the first apostolic martyr cheerfully and resolutely receive that cup, which he had told our Saviour he was ready to drink.

Satan would love to destroy everyone on the planet except he's on a leash for the sake of the elect. once the elect are gone, then all hell will break loose, aka the "great tribulation".

Do you know Satan personally? I mean the bible is written so one sided it favors god. And lets be honest Lucifer was probably being the bigger man not showing up anymore or even talking shit about god. Yet god in the bible always talked so badly about him.