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5 pages in length. Say the word Satan, and most people immediately think of a devilish character who inflicts torturous pain and misery on his victims. But the Satan known in the Book of Job was not such a malevolent being; in fact, it was with the permission of God that he imposed harm upon Job, a faithful servant to God. The writer defines Satan's place within the Book of Job and briefly describes his actions with respect to Taoism. Bibliography included.
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not to believe in God and Jesus, leading them captive at his will and tormenting them with pains, harassment and temptations, but with Gods express permission for their own good"
(Africa News Service PG). However, Satans distinction in the Book of Job is not that of Gods opponent, but instead as his
accessory, "searching out peoples sins and accusing them before God" (Africa News Service PG). Satan came upon Earth many thousands of years ago as one of the Sons of
God; it is while here that he mixed with the daughters of man (Genesis 6.1.-12). It is clear that while God and Satan are adversaries, they maintained a good,
respective relationship. We learn that the words Satan and devil are not interchangeable after all. Actually, the Hebrew definition of Satan
is angelic adversary -- a race of angels, in fact, that ultimately became a fallen race. Such fallen Satanic angels included Lucifer, Tyrus, Belial and Beelzebub, with Satan himself
representing the Angelic Adversary (satan.phtml PG). While it is not widely known, the word Satan only appears in the Book of Job two
times: once in the Psalms and once in the Chronicles (satan.phtml PG). Even so, there were born myriad stories of Satans activities that supposedly came from the Book of
Job. It can only be surmised that "misleading traditions" (satan.phtml PG) were the instigators, for Satan was merely an immortal fallen angel who did not possess the same
strengths as God. Indeed, God had a lesson to teach, and his student was Job. Satan was enlisted to aid in the
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