The Role and Responsibility of Satan in Job 1-2, and The Central Concerns of Deuteronomy

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The Role and Responsibility of satan in Job 1-2
The essence of this storyline clearly depicts Job as a figure who was morally sound and an outstanding personality. The text sums Jobs character in the first verses as a person who feared God and shunned evil. He had a considerable amount of wealth and a good family. The Scripture mentions that when the Divine Council met in heaven, God showed pride in His servant Job, and his view was challenged by one called the adversary, also known in Hebrew as Satan. Satan, as mentioned in the book, appeared to be a member of the Divine Council and is not equated with the devil of the later Christianity and Judaism. The Satan mentioned in the section referred to the accuser and adversary as indicated in the official functions within the council.
As stated in the book of Job, the satanic figure mentioned is an official of the heavenly cynic whose role was to challenge the moral foundations of an individual's relationship with God. In this context, satan plays the devil's advocate who skeptically gives God the explanation of Jobs worthiness. He described Job as m...