Job

the book of Job is one that has greatly captured my attention. It is a book that speaks of a different kind of God, than the one we have seen in the previous books. He is a God that has no faith upon his peolpe, why would he bet with Satan if he trusted in our loyalty? He questions our devotion to him, and so decides to take the perfect and upright man, as he is mentioned to be in 2:3, and expose him to extreme suffering, to see if he would then curse God and hate him. But despite these escrutiating acts, that God smote Job with, he never spoke evil of God. The worst he ever did, was wish death upon himself, as it happens in 3:3 and chapter 5. But he offends God in no further way. It is God who is being unfair and cruel, for he tells Satan in 2:6, saying that he will smite Job with suffering, but not kill him, and in life, dying is not the worst that can happen, at least not in my opinion.

We also see Satan as manipulative and envious (2:4-5), for he knows no follower of his could ever dedicate his fidelity to him in the way that Job devotes himself to God. I believe Job is a metaphor for all those peolpe who lead a life of honesty, and fidelity towards God, and although there are also followers of Satan, I doubt them to be nearly as good and loyal as the ones that God has at his beck and call.