Would Satan’s charges prevail or would they be overcome by the considerations adduced in Joshua’s defense? But something beyond Joshua’s fate was at issue in this court. With subtle indirection Satan was affronting the majesty of the divine Judge, challenging him as to his divine claims and prerogatives. Satan’s tactics here are similar to those he resorted to in his opposition to God’s servant Job. As in Zechariah 3 the setting of the Book of Job is the heavenly council on a day when the court was
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