| If someone who lived a life of extraordinary righteousness lost ALL their children and wealth in one day, then, while I couldn't condone it, I think I could at least UNDERSTAND it if they turned away from God. Consider that this man likely lost more (at least in terms of this life) than even the worst of sinners...and he had been perhaps the best of men.The questions:1) Since God knew that He had permitted this tragedy due to, it seems, a sort of wager with the devil, would He have overlooked Job's reaction?2) Would God have overlooked it due to how Job had lived his life before then?3) Would God have overlooked Job's reaction due to the extremity of the situation--i.e., a situation where the range of normal responses has to be tossed out the window?4) Would God have sent Job to hell for turning his back on Him?Compare this, too, with how Moses, after all he had done for the Lord, all he had put up with from the murmuring Israelites, was not permitted to enter the Promised Land because of one moment of anger/disobedience.At the same time, some claim that Job lived well before Moses. Does the fact that the Law had not been given play any role at all? |