It is easy to dismiss stories in the Bible as simply stories, fiction rather than fact but there is a clue at the start of Job that suggests this actually happened. The fact that it mentions that Job was from Uz puts some real world context into the story. It would be slightly misleading to say this if in fact it was made up unless Uz has other significance but other than the fact it might mean, "not here" or "close by" it is hard to infer that.
Why am I saying this? Because if this is real, it gives actual insight into what happens in the spiritual world where angels and demons converse and discuss but ultimately where God is overall Sovereign! That is to say that when we suffer evil things, God knows what He's doing - we don't always believe that.
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