Satan works through the elements also to garner his harvest of unprepared souls. He has studied the secrets of the laboratories of nature, and he uses all his power to control the elements as far as God allows. When he was suffered to afflict Job, how quickly flocks and herds, servants, houses, children, were swept away, one trouble succeeding another as in a moment. It is God that shields His creatures, and hedges them in from the power of the destroyer.... {FLB 328.4}

Satan arbejder igennem elementerne for at samle sin høst af uforberedte sjæle. Han har studeret hemmelighederne i naturens flid, og han bruger al sin kraft til at kontrollere elementerne, så vidt Gud tillader. Da han fik lov at plage Job, hvor hurtigt blev da hjorde og hyrder, tjenere, huse, børn ikke fejet bort, og den ene trængsel fulgte den anden, på et øjeblik. Det er Gud som beskytter sine skabninger, og hegner dem fra ind, fra ødelæggerens magt.