Observations from Job 1-4

"What is Satan doing in the presence of God?" I've heard that asked many times. I think the confusion comes from regarding heaven as the eternal state of bliss for the dead, rather than as the "control room" of the universe. Our eternal state is in a renovated world with renovated bodies.

"The sons of God…" in this passage may give us a clue about the identity of the "sons of God who married the daughters of men in Genesis 6.

We can see why Satan is called the "accuser of the brethren" in Revelation 12.

The words of Eliphaz, Job's "friend", could be preached on Sunday morning and receive hearty "Amens," but it reflects Satan's attitude toward Job, rather than God's.

Job 2:12 And when they saw him from a distance, they did not recognize him. And they raised their voices and wept, and they tore their robes and sprinkled dust on their heads toward heaven. ¹³ And they sat with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his suffering was very great.

His friends were doing so well, until they opened their mouths. Sometimes the best thing we can say to a suffering friend is nothing.