[UntoHim]

To say that God is "pretending" shows a very shallow understanding of the Word. God doesn't have to pretend. To pretend is pretense which is a form of lying which God cannot do (Romans 3:4, Titus 1:2, Hebrews 6:18)

Was God pretending when he told Adam and Eve "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?" God was simply stating a fact. When God asked them "Where are you?" Adam gave an incomplete version of what had actually taken place, Adam said "I heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself." God was merely completing the whole picture for the sake of all - Adam & Eve, Satan and probably the angles.

I see the same thing happening there in the opening chapter of Job. When God asked Satan "From where do you come", Satan gave an incomplete picture of the situation – Satan’s answer to God was “From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it." But we find out what Satan was doing (supposed to be doing) – he was to be “considering” the character and conduct of human beings on earth. In all his roaming about and walking around Satan no doubt observed Job and that “there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, fearing God and turning away from evil." Satan already knew this but God was merely pointing out this fact to him, as well as taking the opportunity to brag about Job’s character and conduct. This time there were observers as well – “Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them.” According to other passages we can presume “the sons of God” to be angels.