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Must Satan Ask God’s Permission To Do Evil? (Endnotes)

1. An allegory can be difficult to spot in Scripture.  Galatians 4:24 states that Abraham’s two sons “are an allegory” (KJV).  Thus what seems to be literal and on the surface in the Old Testament, God reveals in the New Testament as something that actually involves a deeper truth.  So it is with Job.  God could not reveal the true nature and power of the Devil, but He could reveal some things about him.  We refer you to Bullinger’s Figures of Speech Used in the Bible (pages 748-750) for an excellent explanation of an allegory. Close

2. Yancey, Disappointment With God, pages 187, 188. Close