Satan is back in Heaven again. God holds Job up again and tells Satan he failed. Satan asks for round two. God agrees, with conditions. I’m wondering how much time has passed between the previous visit and this one. Has Job gotten his feet back underneath him from all his devastating losses? Has he adjusted […]
Satan takes on his mission to break Job and make him curse God. This is most probably the worst day ever in the life of Job. So, how does he react? This day starts like any other day in Job’s life. He gets up in the morning. Most likely offers morning prayers to the Lord […]
It’s a busy day in Heaven. Satan comes strolling in and starts a conversation with God. God holds up Job as the gold standard and Satan replies, “Really?” First of all, I don’t like the thought of Satan being allowed to even THINK about walking into Heaven, let alone the presence of God. But here […]
We have come to the story of a righteous man who will encounter some serious issues. Today we will meet Job. Job was a family man. He watched over his family with GREAT care. He had seven sons and three daughters. He was always on the lookout for trouble with them. He raised them all […]
We have reached the end of Ester’s story. It concludes with a wrap up of Mordecai’s rise in power under King Ahasuerus of Persia. The king’s acts are mentioned in this wrap up too but only the fact that he “imposed tax on the land and on the coastlands of the sea” (verse 1b). Not […]
