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Jesus spoke to the antagonistic Pharisees in John 8:
NIV Habakkuk 1:
Why did God look at Satan and talk to him?
At the time of Job, Satan had the official adversarial role of testing people's loyalty toward God. That was his job. That's why God interacted with him face to face, even though Satan had evil designs in his heart. BTW, Satan failed to get Job to curse God and die. Job passed the test.
Why did God tolerate that?
Not only was God testing people; he was testing Satan and his gang of bad angels as well. God had a trump card to play, i.e., Jesus Christ. When Jesus showed up, he kicked them out of heaven. Now, instead of Satan accusing us like the scene in Job, we have Christ defending us at the right hand of God.
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The devil (or the satan or the tempter) is a bad character from the beginning of Adam and Eve. God used him to test people. Job 1:
Satan had evil in mind and not just simply testing Job. He wanted Job to curse God and die.
NIV Habakkuk 1:
but yet, the LORD saw and spoke to Satan in Job 1.
These Habakkuk questions are exactly my questions.
Why did God look at Satan and talk to him?
At the time of Job, Satan had the official adversarial role of testing people's loyalty toward God. That was his job. That's why God interacted with him face to face, even though Satan had evil designs in his heart. BTW, Satan failed to get Job to curse God and die. Job passed the test.
Why did God tolerate that?
Not only was God testing people; he was testing Satan and his gang of bad angels as well. God had a trump card to play, i.e., Jesus Christ. When Jesus showed up, he kicked them out of heaven. Now, instead of Satan accusing us like the scene in Job, we have Christ defending us at the right hand of God.
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