What explanation does the Bible give for God allowing the Satan to kill members of Jobs family?
Maybe, rather than second guessing God on this ancient event, we can find the answer if we closely review the response that Job gave since it was his family that was lost. On a personal level, Job had a fine family,a wife, seven sons, and three daughters. (Job 1:1-3; 29:7-9, 12-16) One day, a messenger rushed in to report that some of Job’s valuable herds had been plundered by a raiding band. Soon another reported the loss of flocks of Job’s sheep. Then the Chaldeans took away his 3,000 camels, killing all but one of the attendants. Finally came the worst news. An unusual wind devastated the house of his firstborn and killed all his children, who were gathered there. Faced with such suffering, would Job blame God? Job 1:13-19. Note that at the end of Chapter 1 in the Book of Job it says: 22 “In all this Job did not sin or ascribe anything improper to God” Then Chapter two begins; 2 “Afterward it came to be the day when the sons of the [true] God entered to take their station before Jeh
