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Who is Satan in Job 1?

Answered by BibleQ . August 23, 2011 - 1:29 am

Despite popular belief, there is a scholarly consensus that ‘satan’ in the book of Job is not a personal name, and does not refer to the supernatural evil being known as ‘Satan’ or ‘the devil’. ‘The appearance of “Satan” in virtually all English translations of the book of Job befuddles me since it is very […]

Why didn’t God destroy the Canaanites himself, rather than ask Israel to do it?

Answered by BibleQ . May 9, 2010 - 9:40 pm

There’s no question that God could’ve destroyed the Canaanites directly. Some of the methods by which God destroyed people directly in the Bible: The ground swallowed them (Num 16:31-32) Plague (Exodus 32 : 35) Snakes (Num 21: 6) Kill directly (Num 8:17, Acts 5:5-10) But he chose not to do this to the Canaanites, in […]

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Who is Satan in Job 1?

Why didn’t God destroy the Canaanites himself, rather than ask Israel to do it?

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