Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: ssimmons@unix.cie.rpi.edu (Stephen Simmons) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Job Message-ID: Date: 5 Jul 90 04:53:37 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: CIE, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY Lines: 14 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu About Job 1-2, our moderator writes >I'm by no means convinced that >God would actually make a bet with Satan, as portrayed in chap. 1-2. > >--clh] Why not? :) For God, it would not be gambling. It is as if someone were to come up to you and tell you that if he were given the opportunity to try to prevent the sun from rising, it would not rise. You would calmly say, go ahead, do what you can, and try to prevent its rise, but it will happen. In a similar way the Lord said, "Behold, all that he has is in your power..." Job 1:12. God knew what Job would do. -Steve Simmons