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Is Job a metaphor, or did it all really happen?
Job is where we get leviathan
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Job+4...
Job 41:18
“His sneezes flash forth light, And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning."
Don't forget the fact that in it, God makes a BET WITH THE DEVIL that results in Job getting royally cornholed. God does this. God initiates this little exchange. God WANTS Job to suffer, and he gives permission to Satan for Satan to visit all sorts of ills on him.
No, forget that. Concentrate on the Leviathan, whose sneezes flash forth light.
That's a metaphor, right? There isn't a flesh-and-blood monster crawling around on the bottom of the ocean who makes a lightshow when he gets the sniffles, is there?
And, NO, He's NOT an Angler fish, the "Deep sea fangly fish." He has a "graceful frame" (Job 41:12) and he has a neck (Job 41:22) UNLIKE a deep sea fangly fish.
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- Big BillLv 76 years ago
Allegorical metaphor from an anthropocentric perspective.
Otherwise, God becomes a cruel, malicious, manipulative ego maniac who toys with humanity for fun and Satan become his favorite side kick....
It was originally composed during a time when the Hebrews where suffering from oppression, invasions and loss due to the same, telling them to keep their faith as YHWH would eventually right all the wrongs they had suffered.....
- Maurog IVLv 76 years ago
Actually, "The Leivathan" is the name of God's submarine.
It's made of metal and has flamethrowers and missile launchers and whatnot.
