They watched as he paid the camel caretakers bonuses for their months of faithful service. They watched as he completed his daily activities, and as he sat at the evening meal. They watched as he knelt by the family altar to pray for his children. Every time Job spoke a word of kindness, they beamed with heavenly smiles. Every earnest prayer he prayed for his children brought a tender twinkle to their celestial faces.
Job refuse the flirtatious advances of a merchant woman.
Heavenly angels were not the only beings observing Job day in and day out. The same kind words that brought smiles to the lips of celestial beings disgusted Satan's angels. With every faithful act, every obedient deed rendered to God, those sinister faces grew darker, brows more furrowed, and fists clenched tighter. He didn't know it, but his life was the current subject of an ancient debate. This debate took place, not in a university classroom, or in the august confines of a national government auditorium.