Job 2.0
God and Lucifer battle again for a single soul
Del Staecker
- God
- and
- Lucifer
- are
- at
- it
- again!
- More
- than
- three
- millennia
- after
- their
- first
- contest,
- the
- creator
- of
- the
- Universe
- and
- his
- highest
- errant
- minion
- are
- struggling
- once
- again
- over
- the
- fate
- of
- a
- single
- soul.
- For
- this
- battle
- the
- center
- of
- their
- attention
- is
- not
- God’s
- most
- favored
- servant.
- Rather
- it
- is
- an
- everyday
- person.
- What
- could
- this
- rematch
- mean
- for
- human
- kind
- when
- a
- nobody
- is
- in
- Lucifer’s
- crosshairs?
- More
- importantly,
- what
- does
- it
- mean
- for
- you?JOB
- 2.0
- is
- an
- updated
- retelling
- of
- JOB,
- the
- oldest
- book
- in
- the
- Bible.
- It
- takes
- place
- in
- modern
- times,
- using
- every-day
- language
- and
- ordinary
- life
- situations.
- Lucifer
- challenges
- God
- to
- another
- test
- of
- one
- of
- God’s
- faithful.
- Lucifer
- chooses
- Jake
- (Jacob
- Osborne
- Brown,
- Junior,
- or
- JOB
- II),
- who
- loses
- everything
- in
- the
- course
- of
- the
- challenge.
- To
- rid
- himself
- of
- his
- old
- life
- and
- the
- values
- it
- reflected,
- Jake
- has
- a
- yard
- sale,
- during
- which
- his
- neighbors
- and
- friends
- stop
- by
- to
- provide
- their
- insights
- into
- why
- his
- life
- fell
- apart.
- Through
- seven
- conversations,
- and
- interjections
- from
- God
- and
- Lucifer,
- the
- characters
- share
- insights
- into
- the
- nature
- of
- God,
- the
- definition
- of
- evil,
- an
- explanation
- of
- sin,
- the
- role
- of
- choice
- in
- one’s
- life,
- the
- recognition
- of
- individual
- responsibility,
- the
- sovereignty
- of
- God,
- the
- importance
- of
- faith,
- the
- power
- of
- prayer,
- the
- comfort
- of
- faith,
- and
- the
- search
- for
- spiritual
- truth.In
- the
- last
- conversation,
- Jake
- has
- the
- opportunity
- to
- ask
- God
- all
- the
- questions
- he
- wants
- answered.
- God
- provides
- the
- understanding
- Jake
- seeks,
- explaining
- the
- relationship
- between
- God
- and
- humans,
- our
- purpose,
- the
- nature
- of
- love,
- the
- importance
- of
- repentance,
- and
- finally,
- (re)unification
- with
- Himself.JOB
- 2.0
- explains
- our
- relationship
- with
- God
- in
- a
- truly
- humorous
- manner
- yet
- is
- not
- preachy.
- Instead,
- it
- encourages
- self-examination
- and
- rigorous
- thought
- while
- being
- utterly
- entertaining.
- It
- is
- perfect
- for
- young
- adults
- as
- well
- as
- mature
- readers;
- it
- is
- appropriate
- for
- unchurched
- as
- well
- as
- churched
- populations;
- it
- is
- perfect
- for
- those
- seeking
- meaning
- in
- their
- lives
- as
- well
- as
- those
- who
- have
- defined
- their
- spiritual
- life.
- It
- is
- perfect
- for
- gift-giving
- anytime,
- but
- especially
- for
- coming-of-age
- and
- other
- life-stage
- moments,
- as
- well
- as
- during
- traditional
- gift-giving
- holidays.One
- reader
- described
- it
- as,
- “Funny,
- yet
- deep
- and
- serious.
- The
- relationship
- between
- God,
- Job
- and
- Lucifer
- are
- pure
- imagination
- and
- done
- so
- well.”
- Another
- reader
- said,
- “I
- love
- how
- it
- manages
- to
- offer
- fresh
- illumination
- with
- Lucifer
- challenging
- God
- and
- Logic
- in
- every
- conceivable
- way
- until
- we
- are
- left
- to
- get
- to
- the
- heart
- of
- IT
- ALL.
- This
- is
- great,
- and
- a
- pleasure
- to read!”
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