The Testings of Job (Job 1-2)

The account begins in heaven with Satan seeking whom he may devour and he arrives at the person Job. God, having all foreknowledge and sovereignty, gives permission to Satan to sift Job. There is a stark contrast between Satan’s temporal nature and God’s eternal nature, Satan’s limited knowledge and God’s omniscience, Satan’s predictions and God’s foreknowledge, Satan’s limited power and God’s omnipotence.