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roblems.Job was one of the most faithful and loyal servants to God in all of the land. Job habitually worshiped god and avoided evil in any way that he could. God was proud of him and of the way in which he lived. God then got into an argument with Satan about the only reason that he worships you so much is that he has everything. Take everything away and he will disown you to your face was Satan's argument. God then without hesitation put Job through some of the most painful and cruel treatment just to prove a point. He first had all of Job's livestock either stolen or killed. Then he brutally wiped out his seven sons and three daughters. That wasn't enough to prove his point; he then inflicted Job with severe boils all over his body. He made him suffer in numerous ways, God put Job through pain that no one could imagine. All for the simple fact that he could turn to Satan and say, "Told ya so!" Is that how God should act? Is it just for him to inflict such a cruel and undeserving punishment onto one of his most loyal servants, so he could out do Satan? He was abusing his power, acting as an unjust and unfair Lord.In the Book of Exodus, God reined down his fury onto the people of Egypt acting in a very sadistic way. The Lord wanted Moses to lead the Hebrews away from Egyptian control. Moses had to then convince the Egyptian Pharaoh to let the people go to worship God. But, the Lord said, "I will make him obstinate, however, so that he will not let the people go." (Exodus, 4; 21) So God then sent Egypt ten horrific plagues that wiped out almost everything in the land. Some examples were that he sent locusts to destroy all the crops, he gave all the livestock pestilence so they died, he gave man and beast festering boils. His tenth and final plague was the unkindest of the all. It was called death of the first born, "Every first-born in this land shall die, from the first-born of the Pharaoh on the throne to the first...

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