The Old Testament

The Old Testament is a history of the bible. The text shows God as personal and omnipotent towards the world and his followers. God tests and also teaches his followers of their obedience and commitment of faith towards him. God's test teaches different lessons in life about what is right and wrong. Those that commit sins will rely on God to keep order. Those that does evil and disobey God will be punish as a consequence. Although the stories teaches morals and ethics in life, there are several stories in The Old Testament that I genuinely have doubts of. Two of those stories are Abraham and Job. Both stories are contradicting each other because Abraham does not questioned God's action at all while Job uses reasons to question God's action.
Abraham is contradicting with Job because he does not questioned God's action at all. When God tests Abraham's faith towards him, Abraham obeys by sacrificing his son Isaac. I strongly disagree with this test for faith because it involves murdering life. Yet, Abraham seems to be indifferent because he trusts God's words. There is a difference between faith and reason. He should question God as to why he should sacrifice his own son to prove his faith. Why doesn't God ask Abraham to sacrifice himself instead of his son? Isn't God playing with Abraham's mind when God knows that Abraham is loyal to HIM? In this case, Abraham should not put God first because it is uncharacteristic to murder one's son. It is extremely irrational to do such action.
Unlike the story of Abraham, the story of Job has a different kind of test towards his faith for God. He is tested by Satan when Satan takes his possession, family, and wealth from him. Satan also makes Job sick. I have always believe that Satan exist in the world to create harmony among good and evil. Yet, Job does not cursed God or say bad things about God. Instead he questions if God is really good or bad. I agree with Job's questioning because he is a good man. Why should a good man be put on such dreadful tests. Isn't the first test of killing his servants and children good enough to test for his faith? Why should a good person such as Job suffers so much? His children, wife, animals, and possessions are all taking away from him. Why would God allow such things to happen?