Job's Satan

Job 1:6: “Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them”.

Satan in Job is an angel who came among the angels in heaven and criticized Job, whom he had been watching whilst walking around in the earth seeing what trouble he could make. He then brings lots of problems upon Job to try and turn him away from God.

1.) “Satan” is only mentioned in the first two chapters of Job and nowhere in the book is he explicitly defined as an angel.

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Author: Duncan Heaster

Keywords: Satanology, Adversary, diabolos, Evil angel, Seducer, devil, Job's Satan, Job, Book of Job

Bible reference(s): Job 1:6-9, Job 1:12, Job 2:1-7

Source: “The Real Devil A Biblical Exploration.”

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