Job 1, 2, & 3

I've heard it's become a popular new interpretation technique to see Job as entirely allegory, rather than history. Job wasn't a real person, his friends weren't real people, God didn't really speak to him, and - the big one - Satan doesn't really exist.

Yeah, I know. The intellectual and theological gymnastics you have to commit to get to that point blow my mind.

Obviously, we have actual people and actual regions named, so these are real people. And, unless one just simply doesn't want to accept the existence of evil, it's blatantly obvious that God and Satan are having a conversation, an actual conversation, because there's no difference in style or break in the writing between the portions of human interaction and supernatural interaction.

"Should we accept only good from God and not adversity?" That's what Job says when all his property is destroyed, his children are killed and he has lost his health. Should we accept only good from God and not adversity? Yahweh gives and Yahweh takes away. Praise the name of Yahweh.

That's the basis of my favorite worship song. If anyone's actually reading this, won't you join me and take a moment to praise His name?