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Aug 2, 2022 at 6:06 comment added Austin +1 to really make this answer comprehensive we should include the fact that Job was able to see 4 generations of his kids. Which is more than double all around. Plus parents will tell you grandchildren can be a lot more fun than children.
May 31, 2016 at 22:14 comment added Bit Chaser @WoundedEgo "No one goes to heaven when they die". Strictly speaking, this is true. Christians generally believe they will be in God's care as soon as they die, and eventually will be in the final heavenly state. To say someone is "in heaven" right after death is a convenient shorthand, but admittedly slightly misleading. Most Christians seem to believe that "To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord", yet the Bible only implies that to be absent here and present there is a good thing. Job may have been thinking of his skin disease, yet talks of the far future.
May 15, 2016 at 14:26 comment added Joshua @Joseph I comment on this answer because I think it is just missing this piece, explicitly. I hope disciple will use it to improve. I don't like giving new answers when there is an accepted answer that is so close.
May 15, 2016 at 14:24 comment added Joseph @Joshua - your conclusion is precisely what I was implying by my conclusion! :)
May 15, 2016 at 14:18 comment added Joshua @Joseph technically, the number of his children were doubled. He had 7/3 before and afterward he had 14/6. It's just that he had 7/3 more than he had before. Humans are not purely physical fortunes. The money and animals had to be fully replaced and doubled, but the previous children did not cease to exist like the money and animals.
Sep 18, 2015 at 4:13 comment added user10231 No one "goes to heaven when they die". Not in the Jewish or Christian scriptures. And the worms/flesh thing is referring to the fact that Job had been suffering from Leish Maniasis (the Baghdad Boil) or some other worm infestation and that was why he scraped himself, etc. He was expecting the restoration of his skin.
May 17, 2014 at 15:43 vote accept Joseph
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May 13, 2014 at 22:19 comment added Joseph Did Job believe in an afterlife in Job 19:25-27? If his children survived in the afterlife, would not an additional ten children, in effect, be the doubling of his offspring (since the first ten children still "existed")?
May 12, 2014 at 1:57 comment added Joseph Can you look at Job 19:25-27 and develop the concept without referencing the Christian New Testament (that is, use the Old Testament only)?
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May 11, 2014 at 0:47 comment added Bit Chaser @Joseph Thanks, I missed the fact that twofold is explicitly there. I don't believe the "lost" children being in Heaven is mentioned in the text. I'll look for a reference stating belief in the children being in Heaven and fix my post. I definitely believe Job's fortunes were completely "doubled".
May 10, 2014 at 23:02 comment added Joseph You mention that his children were "in heaven." Can you provide any references from the Book of Job that indicate that Job believed in such hope?
May 10, 2014 at 23:01 comment added Joseph Thanks for your comments. Please see my revised posting, which now includes the reference to Job 42:10. Do you agree that the passage says the fortunes of Job were doubled? If so, why would animals be doubled (as if they were somehow more important), than children?
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May 8, 2014 at 20:45 history answered Bit Chaser CC BY-SA 3.0