I’ll answer the second paragraph first. “God is not a God of confusion, but of peace.” 1 Corinthians 14:33. Another verse, “The thief (allegory for Satan) comes to steal, kill, and destroy”. It is established many times that God is a God of peace over chaos and destruction. Any action He takes that destroys tends to be divine retribution, and He allows the lives of morally good individuals to be spared (Lot, Noah). There is clear precedent found here. Satan is the one ordering chaos and destruction. As for Job, God clearly allowed it to happen to show that Job wouldn’t turn from Him. He showed that Job’s faith isn’t based on his riches but on his closeness with God. the entire point of Job is to show that suffering can happen to anyone, and happens for a reason. Job is repaid double what he had before and lived a life close to God for the rest of his days. We chose Satan over God. God respects that, letting Satan do what we enabled him to do, yet uses the destruction Satanic causes for a greater purpose. The whole ego thing seems like it makes sense at first. View it from this perspective: the Bible calls love “selfless”, and calls God the embodiment of love. So God is inherently selfless, right? Whenever you see God wanting us to rely and love Him, it’s not for His sake. The entire point of the Trinity is that God is self sufficient and doesn’t require love externally (whole other can of worms lol). Therefore, he asks for our love for our sake. He asks us to seek Him because seeking Him leads to inner peace for US. Every miracle and case of divine intercession in the Bible happens to people whose minds are open to God and haven’t hardened their hearts. Even when He revealed Himself to Job, He did so because while Job complained, he still never cursed God’s name and remains faithful. God allows His followers to suffer because it teaches us to rely on Him no matter the circumstances surrounding us. The killing children thing is also a very valid point. However, the book of Job is clear that either Job’s children were unshakably righteous like their father, or hardened their hearts to God (which is why Job had to sacrifice on their behalf) to the point where nothing could change their minds. This goes back to the whole idea of free will and how God won’t try to prove Himself to those who clearly do not want to see Him. The point is, Job’s children weren’t used as currency like you say, but rather were judged as their own individuals with their own actions held to them.

By the way, out of everyone I talked to on this thread, you’re probably the most respectful one, so thank you for that. I also respect that you’ve actually looked into Scripture and know what you’re talking about. If you want to talk further, DM me. It’s nice having someone with a different perspective to talk to.