Week 32 Job
The intro to Job’s story says: one day the angels came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan the Accuser came with them.
Which really made me wonder.
It looks like what happened was that the Lord was somewhere (exact location unknown) and his angels came to meet with him. And Satan showed up too.
I don’t know much about Satan but I know he’s considered to be The Big Enemy. So I wonder why he was there in a gathering of angels. I wonder how he got in.
Anyway the Lord asked him: where have you come from?
And Satan replied: I have been going back and forth across the earth, watching everything that’s going on.
I wonder what to make of the Lord talking with Satan. Wonder why Satan was surveilling the world. Wonder if that was something he does.
There’s a lucky cross-reference in my bible from Job 1 to a verse in the NT: watch out for attacks from the Devil, your great enemy. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for some victim to devour.
Peter implies that Satan’s checking-out-the-earth function isn’t like a vacationer admiring the Grand Canyon. He says that Satan is: a) an enemy; b) just like a wild lion; c) in hunting mode; and d) looking for victims to kill.
What Peter says helps. But the story in Job still leaves me wondering.
Note: quote from Job 1:6, 7 and 1 Peter 5:8 (NLT)