How did Job's family die?

Answer 1

Proverbs 29:25 "The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe."

Despite knowing that God can always keep us safe from natural disasters and from evil, none of us as believers are beyond being tempted and deceived.

Job 1:18,19 …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…

The book of Job is the account of a believer who held on to a bad thought: that he could not protect his loved ones because they had strayed from God in their hearts.

Job 1:5 “... Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.”

Whenever we have a bad thought, it's always our choice to kick it out in favor of good thoughts or to harbor and incubate it until it becomes fear. No matter how daunting our situation seems, God's desire is that we put on His perfect love and thereby cast out all fear.

Psalm 34:4 “I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.”

Before having this fear, Job had God’s protection and felt safe.

Job 1:10 “Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.”

By succumbing to fear, Job allowed a break in God’s hedge by which Satan was able to bring evil upon him. God shows justice to all, even to the devil, His arch-enemy. Because the devil wants to convince people not to follow God, he utilizes every sense-knowledge deception possible, so that fear becomes prevalent in society. Rather than succumbing to fear, we can decide to trust in God and claim His protection from all the wiles of the devil.

I John 4:4 “Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.”

Answer 2

Job's family died as a result of a series of tragedies that included a great wind collapsing the house where his children were gathered, killing them all. This event was part of the trials and tribulations that Job faced in the biblical story.

Answer 3

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