lemmex

When you say changes, do you mean the Old Testament and New. Let me give you a change of concept. The story of Job. Christian view interpret the story is about a real man named Job. This man bears great suffering and the purpose of his suffering is to answer the question "Why do good people suffer and what is the cause." The moral here is if you remain faithfull you'll recieve heavenly reward. Interesting evil is assighed to Satan here. Now the traditional story was this. The story is about the nation of Israel and asks why Israel (Job) must suffer and live under oppression as a conquered people though they are faithful to God (Yahweh). The difference is the story's morale is for Israel alone, to be strong in faith, that in exemplifying great and unshakable faith they will in the end receive its reward amplified. It's not about heavenly reward as the Jews didn't believe that, but an earthly reward of a renewed Israel.

Job deals with the problem of good and evil and actually almost has Job asking why God failed to keep his promise. Notice here there is no indepent Satan, but is ha-Satan or servant of Yahweh. There is no adversariel relationship. Satan acted at the will of God. God himself is seen as the creator of everything and made both good and evil and even said so once in the Bible, but these verses have since been removed. Evil was directed by God and served as tests. The concept was entirely difference. Notice the response of God to Job's question. The whole idea is man is not permitted to know. The whole issue of our relationship was based solely on obidence to God. Notice here, man did not choose God, God choose man which is not the case with free will.