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Jul 21Liked by James Bejon

Loved the article. I assume the reason in "Yet Satan’s accusations are not ultimately the reason why Job is afflicted, hence God does not mention them in his entire 124-verse speech to Job" will be answered in a future post??

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(Thanks!) Maybe. I think I made the same point in a previous post (https://jamesbejon.substack.com/p/job-the-righteous-sufferer). It was God who first drew Satan’s attention to Job (“Have you considered my servant Job?”), so God is in a sense the prime mover in what follows.

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