While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The fire of God fell from heaven. It burned and consumed the sheep and the servants, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “The fire of God has fallen from the sky, and has burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
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… This is Arabia, northern Arabia. The Sabians, a marauding band of nomads, raided them and took them away and indeed they have killed the servants with the edge of the sword and I alone have escaped to tell you. While he was speaking, another also came and said, the fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants and consumed them. And I alone have escaped to tell you. Stop there. This servant says to Job, it's the fire of what? God, right? Probably referring to a lightning strike that caused a wildfire that burned this up fire of god actually who sent the fire satan yes god gave go ahead challenge is on but don't touch his person so the second tragedy that happens is a lightning strike fire from heaven that the servant mistakenly calls, this is God's fault. You know, it always has bothered me a little bit when I read some of these insurance contracts and it talks about acts of God. …
… they also slew the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you. While he was still speaking, another also came and said, The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you. While he was still speaking, another also came and said, The Chaldeans formed three bands and made a raid on the camels and took them and slew the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you. While he was still speaking, another also came and said, your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house. And behold, a great wind came from across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house and it fell on the young people and they died. And I alone have escaped to tell you. Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell to the ground and worshiped. …
… And you're going to see what else happened. And when he was yet speaking, there came also another and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house. And behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men. And they are dead, and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. The entire house fell in upon Job's family. Now he just lost his finances. And then right on the back of it, back to back, heel to toe, he now loses not only his fortune, he loses his family. But the devil is not finished with him yet. He's going to also lose his fitness. He's going to lose his health. Go to chapter 2 and look, if you will, in verse 4. And Satan answered the Lord and said, skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life. But put forth thine hand now and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face. And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand, but save his life. And now Job is covered from the crown of his head to the soles of his feet with great huge ulcers and boils that rack his body with fever and pain, his body is consumed with infection. Infections that erupt with such putrefaction that Job goes out on the ash …
… THEM, AND THE SABEANS FELL UPON THEM AND TOOK THEM AWAY. YEA, THEY HAVE SLAYN THE SERVANTS WITH THE EDGE OF THE SWORD, AND I ONLY AM ESCAPED TO TELL THEE. AND WHILE HE WAS YET SPEAKING, THERE CAME ANOTHER ALSO, AND SAID, THE FIRE OF GOD HAS FALLEN FROM HEAVEN, AND HATH BURNED UP THE SHEEP AND THE SERVANTS, AND CONSUMED THEM, AND I ONLY AM ESCAPED TO TELL THEE. AND WHILE HE WAS YET SPEAKING, THERE CAME ANOTHER ALSO, AND SAID, THE CHAUDEANS MADE OUT THREE BANDS, AND FELL UPON THE CAMELS, AND HAVE CARRIED THEM AWAY, YEA, AND SLAY THE SERVANTS WITH THE EDGE OF THE SWORD, AND I ONLY AM ESCAPED TO TELL THEE." JUST LIKE THAT, JOB, WHO WAS ONE OF THE WEALTIEST MEN OF HIS DAY, LOST IT ALL. HIS POSSESSIONS ARE STRIPPED FROM HIM. JOB WENT TO BED A MILLIONAIRE, AND HE WOKE UP A PAUPER. JUST LIKE THAT. IT'S GONE. HIS WEALTH IS STRIPPED FROM HIM. NOT ONLY DID HE LOSE HIS WEALTH, HE LOST HIS FAMILY. LOOK IN VERSE 18, CHAPTER ONE, VERSE 18, AND WHILE HE WAS YET SPEAKING, THERE CAME ALSO ANOTHER AND SAID, THY SONS AND THY DAUGHTERS WERE EATING AND DRINKING WINE IN THEIR ELDEST BROTHER'S HOUSE. AND BEHOLD, THERE CAME A GREAT WIND FROM THE WILDERNESS, AND SMOTE THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE HOUSE, AND IT FELL UPON THE YOUNG MEN, AND THEY ARE DEAD, AND I ONLY AM ESCAPED ALONE TO TELL THEM. HIS FORTUNE IS WIPED OUT JUST LIKE THAT. AND NOT, NOW NOT ONLY HIS FORTUNE, BUT HIS FAMILY. ALL …