Warren Phillips – Hast Thou Considered My Servant Job – Class 6 – The Epilogue – The Lord Turned the Captivity of Job

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This is the 1981 Texas
Christopher and Bible School.

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This being the 6th and last
session with our brother Warren

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Phillips speaking on the subject
I saw considered my servant Joe.

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This morning’s session is
entitled The Epilogue.

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The Lord turned the Captivity
Captivity of Job.

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Good morning everyone.
I’ve been stringing you along

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all week for this session,
haven’t I?

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I hope you won’t be too
disappointed, but I know there

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are a number of individuals that
are here today that have not

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been here earlier in the week.
And also, I’d like to refresh

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your memory by a brief review,
just so that we will be ready to

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consider the epilogue with as
many pertinent points fresh in

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our mind as we possibly can.
I realize that our time is

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limited and I’m going to have to
move along reasonably rapidly.

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We start out considering a very
unique book, a book that

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probably is the second oldest
book in our Bibles.

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And we recognize that the book
of Job has a purpose as many of

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the others, probably all of the
other book of the Bible, have a

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particular theme.
So does the book of Job.

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The purpose of Job is the
problem of suffering in relation

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to the righteousness of God.
In other words, is it right?

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Is it proper that God should
permit, yet even cause, a

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righteous man to suffer?
And this is his problem that we

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have to struggle with throughout
the 42 chapters of the book of

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Job.
And so we start out by reading

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about a man who is extremely
remarkable, one who is spoken of

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in very complimentary terms by
our Heavenly Father in saying

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that he’s a man that feareth
God, who’s perfect and upright

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one that feareth God and his
chueth.

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Evil that there’s none.
Like him in all the earth.

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What a commendation for a man.
We also learned that he was

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extremely rich, that he had a
very fine family, a fine wife,

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ten children, seven sons and
three daughters, and that he was

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very highly esteemed in the
community.

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He was looked upon as a very
wise man, as a sage, and we find

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that there’s an enemy in the
community that looks upon Job

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and doesn’t really think that
he’s as righteous as has been

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made out for him to be.
Instead, when there’s a weekly

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ecclesial meeting, we find that
this enemy comes before the Lord

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and having been asked by the
Lord if he is considered his

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servant Job that there is none
like him in all the earth, the

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perfect and upright one that
fears God and his truth is evil.

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He suggests that the only reason
that God is a righteous

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individual is because God’s pain
to be righteous, that Job.

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If indeed he had all of his
wealth and his family removed

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from him, and perhaps even his
health, he would curse God to

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his face.
And so in the first chapter, we

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find that the Lord permits this
enemy to remove Job’s wealth and

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his children from him.
And even though this is done

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with four sudden quick hammer
blows, we find that Job

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maintains his integrity.
He says the Lord giveth and the

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Lord taketh away.
Blessed be the name of the Lord.

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But then at the next weekly
meeting, we find that this enemy

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is also present, and once again
he’s asked by the Lord if he has

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considered his servant Job, that
there’s nun like him in all the

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earth and he then accuses Job of
even being worse than he thought

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he was.
In the first chapter he feels

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that Job wasn’t really
interested in his wealth,

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although I’m sure he liked it.
He wasn’t really interested in

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the well-being of his children,
but his main interest lay in

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himself and consequently he says
Skin for skin.

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How will a man give for his
life?

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And therefore we find that he is
accusing Job of being more

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wicked than ever, not interested
in anyone else except himself

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and his own physical well-being.
And therefore the enemy

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suggests.
To the Lord.

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That if he was to remove his
health, that Job then would show

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his true colors, that Job would
curse God to his face.

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And consequently we find that
permission is given that Job’s

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health may be removed with one
stipulation, and that is that

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his life is not taken in the
process.

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And consequently we find that
this enemy, given the power by

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the Lord, smites Job from the
crown of his head to the tipper

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to the sole of his foot.
With boils we recognize as a

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very miserable disease.
We realized that Job was in

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agony for a long period of time,
not just days, at least weeks,

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perhaps even months, during
which time his flesh was

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actually decaying before him.
He felt that surely he was going

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to die, and in the meantime he
was in tremendous agony.

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We find that he sits without the
city.

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He scrapes himself with the
potsherd and then along comes

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his wife, and his wife makes a
suggestion that’s a little bit

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startling to us.
She suggests that.

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Job curse God and die.
For they had a rather strange

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idea that if indeed they could
get God angry enough with them

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that God would smite them dead.
And it wasn’t that she was a

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wicked woman, Job says.
Be not as the silly woman.

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She wasn’t a silly woman as yet.
She’d been a righteous woman up

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to that time.
But we find that because she now

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looked upon Job, and would much
rather see Job dead and at rest,

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then alive and suffering as he
was, that she was willing to

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make this suggestion.
It wasn’t really that she wanted

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to be unrighteous, and therefore
he very gently rebukes her and

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suggests that she be not.
As the silly women.

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Not to talk like they talk.
Not to talk like women that are

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not interested in God or his
great plan of salvation.

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But she ran maintain the high
standard of spiritual integrity

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that she had up to that time.
And then we find that Job’s

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three friends come on the scene,
Eliphaz, Bildad and Zopharq.

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And how did they come from a far
country?

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And how did they?
As they come close to Job, they

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take sand and they throw it up
over their head to signify that

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whatever had befallen Job befell
them, and even though they

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themselves would not be
suffering as Job was

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nevertheless.
They could share in the problem

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that he had to the greatest
degree possible, and they did.

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They sat down beside him and we
find that they sat there for a

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whole week and they didn’t say
anything.

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And yet they’re considered Job’s
comforters.

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And we recognized how sometimes
there isn’t anything we really

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can say when a loved one is sick
and dying, but at least we can

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be with them.
And they were there for a week,

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even though it was under very
obnoxious circumstances.

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Job not only was very, very
difficult to look upon under

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those circumstances, but there
was also a very repulsive

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stench.
And there they sat with Job,

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willing to share with him as
much as they possibly could

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until finally, after a week
passes, Job.

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Curses.
His day job is the one that

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speaks up, giving them the
opportunity to speak up

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afterwards as well.
He curses the night in which he

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was conceived, feeling that if
he hadn’t been conceived, he

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never would.
Have lived and never would.

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Have come to the position of
suffering that he’s in.

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He then curses the the day in
which he was born, figuring it

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would be better if he was still
born, because then he would not

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have lived and would not have
come to the position where he’s

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suffering as he is.
And if that couldn’t be the

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case, if only he could have died
in infancy, he wouldn’t have

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grown to maturity to come to
this condition.

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And if that couldn’t be the
case, why couldn’t he die now?

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Why couldn’t he die while he’s
suffering instead of prolonging

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the agony feeling that death was
inevitable anyway?

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Why couldn’t he die immediately
and not have to go on suffering

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for another period of time until
death finally came?

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And this opened the door for
Job’s three friends to be able

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to speak up.
So Alifast Build that and Zofar.

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Each.
Speak in their turn, with Job

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answering them for three cycles
of talk, barring the very.

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Last speech and we find that
they bring up a very interesting

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argument.
They believe in what’s referred

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to as the doctrine of exact
retribution, which is based on

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syllogism, which we have
outlined.

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While you’re here on the poster,
before you, they believe that

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all suffering was the result of
sin, and indirectly this is the

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case.
We find that because of sin, we

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are mortal.
We do suffer.

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But they felt that there was
such a thing as an exact

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retribution, that if indeed a
person committed a small sin

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now, they’d be punished a little
bit right now.

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If they committed a big sin,
they’d be punished a lot right

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now.
And then they looked upon Job

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and they said Job is a great
sufferer.

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And they could only come to 1
conclusion in their way of

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reasoning, they said.
Therefore Job must indeed be a

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great Sinner.
We find a syllogism is 3

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propositions, 2 premises
followed by a conclusion, and

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they had come to a conclusion
that is not quite correct, but

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they believe that it was.
So looking upon Job, they said,

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boy, he must have done something
pretty bad and ought to be

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suffering like that.
It’s a very unfortunate thing.

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We’ll come back to this in just
a few moments, but they make

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speeches, each trying to
encourage Job to confess.

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His sin to repent of his sin to
seek God’s forgiveness of his

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sin.
And they say God will heal you.

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And consequently we listen to 28
chapters of debate where Job

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finally puts them to silence.
First of all, he points out that

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he hasn’t committed any sin, and
if indeed they feel He has, it’s

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up to them to.
Name that sin.

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So first they accuse him of sin,
Finally they accuse him of maybe

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committing sins that he didn’t
know about, and eventually they.

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Accuse him of committing sins of
omission, saying that well,

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maybe it wasn’t anything he did
that was wrong, but something.

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That he could have done that was
right that he omitted.

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In all of these things we find
that Job categorically refuses.

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He says his isn’t so.
And then we find we come to the

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place where Job begins to
observe that there are many

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people in the world who are
obviously more wicked than

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others.
That seem to get along far

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better.
While there are many that are

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obviously more righteous than
they that seemed to have,

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problem after problem after
problem in this life, Job had to

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abandon the idea of exact
retribution, at least exact

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retribution, for that immediate
moment.

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And then he goes into two long
monologues at the end of his

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speeches, trying to develop his
theme.

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But still, Job has a problem.
During his period of suffering,

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he feels that God hasn’t quite
dealt with him the way that he

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ought to.
He feels that God has been

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unjust to him, and consequently
he accuses God of taking away

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his judgment.
In other words, God hasn’t

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treated him quite right that
because he’s been such a

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righteous man, because he’s done
so many good things in his life.

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That God really should reward
him a little bit more than he’s

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doing at this particular time.
That God shouldn’t permit him to

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come to this position of agony,
and therefore he makes a

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request.
His first request is that he

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might have it out with God that
he might be able to talk face to

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face with God because he feels
that if he does, he’s going to

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be able to prove to the Almighty
that he’s right and God is

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wrong.
But God doesn’t speak to him,

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and therefore he begins to wish
that he could have a dazement.

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A go between someone who would
be an arbitrator or a mediator

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between him and God, feeling
that surely if there was such an

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arbitrator immediately that
Desmond would recognize that Job

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was right and God was wrong, and
immediately would take Job’s

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side against God.
And therefore Job would be

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vindicated of any apparent sin
that he, some may think he

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could, would have committed.
We find that after Job becomes

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silent, an interesting
individual by the name of Eli

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who comes on the scene and this
young man is that very Daisman

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that he’s been asking for.
However, Job receives a bit of a

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surprise.
This Daisman is displeased with

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both Job.
And his three friends.

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It says that he his anger was
kindled against Job because he

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justified himself and not God.
His anger was kindled against

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Job’s three friends because they
found no answer.

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Job had put them to silence.
They found no answer, and yet

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they still condemned Job.
We find ourselves in that

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condition many times, but we may
not be able to answer someone in

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a discussion or debate, and yet
we think, well, we couldn’t

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possibly be wrong, and therefore
it must be the other guy.

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And so they found no answer, and
yet they still condemn Joe.

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And then we find that he goes
into a series of speeches

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pointing out.
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Job is the one that’s mistaken
and not the Almighty that God

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has really treated him properly.
Instead of taking Job’s side

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against God, instead of
representing Job to God, he

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represents God to Job and says I
will describe righteousness.

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Unto my maker I will yet speak
for God, and he bring gives us

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four very interesting speeches,
in which he brings up a variety

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of points which we’ve found in
the last few days to be

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extremely interesting, and I
hope, instructive for us all in

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our own life.
And here he brings things are

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basically another reason for
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Already we have the fact that we
are human, subject to good and

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evil, one of the reasons we
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We find that it could possibly
be, on some occasions, A

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punishment, but not exact
retribution in the way that

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Job’s three friends got.
But we also find that with the

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speeches of Eliah, it’s pointed
out that God can make use of

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suffering for a purpose.
He can make use of it for the

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purpose of chastisement, to
bring people to God, to improve

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people more than to prove them
so that they will indeed be

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drawn closer to God.
And we find that this may very

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well be the case with us how
often it is when everything is

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going just fine in our lives.
Even though we may be

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religiously inclined, we may
attend the memorial service in a

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very regular manner.
We may attend other meetings

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throughout the week, such as
Sunday School, Bible class and a

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variety of other meetings.
Meetings but.

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When we find we have problems
that we can’t cope with,

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particularly when it may be
personal, physical suffering,

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Boy do we sit up and take notice
that we turn to God far more

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fervently than we ever have in
the past and seek His help and

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guidance and blessing.
Here we find this young man,

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Eli, who points out to Job that
suffering can be for the purpose

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of improving a person.
For a very important reason.

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That it’s far better that God
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now in this life instead of just
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not have an opportunity to be in
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The purpose for suffering can be
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it’s described many times in the
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of Elihu.
In other words, save them from

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eternal death, from going into
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That’s the reason, and what a
wise thing this is.

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And then we find that the end of
Elihu’s speeches, he introduces

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the Almighty by liking the
Almighty to a tremendous

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thunderstorm which depicts many
of the attributes of God that we

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drew our attention to two days
ago.

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And then we find that out of
this whirlwind, which was not

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really a thunderstorm after all,
we find that the Almighty speaks

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to Job.
He calls forth to Job.

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And then, after he has made
certain speeches, he gives Job

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the opportunity to answer.
What he actually does is make

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two very remarkable speeches,
the first divided into two.

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Parts and the 2nd.
Likewise divided into two parts

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to help me turn it
in the first speech of the

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Almighty.
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just takes up inanimate nature,
where the Almighty puts Job in

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the position of realizing that
he’s not quite as important as

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he thought he was.
He’s not quite as powerful.

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A wise the Almighty asked him,
He says, Where were you when I

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laid the foundations of the
earth?

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Were you around at that time,
Job?

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And the second thing he brings
up, he says, what about the

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light and the darkness?
Do you have any idea where the

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light goes when the darkness
comes, or where the darkness

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goes when the light comes?
Do you have any idea of its

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extent?
Do you realize how vast this

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world is that I have created?
Could you have done that?

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Could you arrange things any
better than they are?

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And then he goes on with that
and says take a.

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Look at the ocean job.
Realize how great I am, Why I

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can measure the ocean in the
hollow of my hand.

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I have decreed just what the
bounds of the ocean should be

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and where it’s proud way should
be stayed while I treat the

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ocean just like you would treat
a little baby and put another

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crib or a.
Playpen and say that’s as far as

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you’re going to be able to go.
That’s the way I can treat the

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ocean and my majesty and glory
and might.

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Can you do that job?
Why do?

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You even have any.
Idea how deep the ocean is, let

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alone its extent.
And then Job, What about the

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weather?
Do you have any idea of where I

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keep the storehouses of snow?
Do you know where the hail comes

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from?
Do you have any idea how to make

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the clouds over your own head,
Let waterfall upon you in rain?

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And then he draws Job’s
attention to something even far

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more vast.
He draws his attention to the

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universe.
And he said, look, Job, I

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haven’t only.
Created the Earth.

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I created the universe as well.
Would you be able to order and?

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Establish the constellations as
I have.

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Such as Orion and the Pleiades.
Would you be able to create

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those tremendous stars such as
Mazaroth and Arcturus?

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Would you be able to do that?
Why?

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Job?
You are so small and

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insignificant, you can’t even
make the rainfall out of the

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clouds over your head.
How could you possibly take care

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of the whole Earth or the whole?
Universe.

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And when the Lord had finished
saying that, I have no doubt but

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what Job began to realize how
small and insignificant He was.

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And then we find that the
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He moves on to animate nature,
bringing up a number of lessons

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to Job.
He draws Job’s attention to a

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number of living creatures,
starting out with a lioness

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seeking her prey, which
immediately brings us to the

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position.
Of how would Job handle the

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problem of suffering?
Would he be more just and see

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that this cruel lion didn’t fall
upon this delicate, gentle, shy,

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innocent fawn?
What would he do?

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And then he parades a variety of
creatures past Job, many of

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which have similarities, and yet
they react so differently, one

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from another.
And yet God made them all.

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How come?
What would Job do?

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To handle such a beautiful
balance in nature, would he

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alter it in any way?
And the Almighty ends up

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virtually with the same thought
that he had To begin with

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considering the eagle and how
that God had given her eyes to

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be able to see prey miles away,
and how that she would swoop

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down upon it and scoop it up and
bring it back to her young.

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That would then suck up blood.
And once again we’re confronted

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with the problem of suffering.
What would Job do about a

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condition such as this?
Would he be able to change

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things?
Could he?

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Possibly make things better.
Could he do better than?

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God has done.
And then it seems as though the

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Almighty sits back and let’s Job
think about it a little while.

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And then he says, now, Job, you
wanted me to call and you wanted

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to answer.
All right, what’s your answer?

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What have you learned from what
I’ve had to say?

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And Job doesn’t really tell us
what he’s learned, but instead

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he tells us that he’s sorry he
even spoke up in the first

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place.
We learned that he loathes

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himself when he repents, that he
even challenges God.

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And we were confronted with the
question of what did he learn

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from this?
And we suggested that perhaps he

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should see in this variety of
creatures, all mankind.

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And even though men may look
very much like other men, they

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react very differently.
Within the human race, we’ve got

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individuals.
That react in a variety of ways.

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And he should also have seen
amongst these creatures a

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reflection of all mankind, where
there are indeed some clean and

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some unclean.
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before the time of the Flood,
the.

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Animal Kingdom was divided into
clean and unclean creatures and

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Job should have seen here in
this problem of suffering how

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that there is a principle built
into the into nature where that

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the.
Innocent often will suffer for

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the benefit of the guilty, such
as this gentle, innocent kind

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fawn would suffer and die for
this cruel vicious lioness that

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she might be able to take food
back to her Cubs and they would

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be able to eat and to live by
it.

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And the same way with the Eagle,
bringing back food for her

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Eaglets that they might be able
to suck up blood.

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And Job would be able to look
upon himself as a gentle, kind

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individual, a righteous
individual who was suffering for

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the benefit of someone else
without actually being bluntly

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told that he was suffering that.
This.

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Enemy might eventually be
brought to God, and then we find

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the Almighty moves on to his
next speech.

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He isn’t through with Job.
He’s got a lot more to teach

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him,
and so he suggests to Job first

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of all that if he’d really like
to play God, he had to abandon

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his own righteousness and adopt
the righteousness of God.

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That He would have to come up
into heaven, taking upon himself

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the characteristics of God, and
look down upon earth, look upon

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mankind through the eyes of God,
that he might really see mankind

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for what it is.
And when He did, He would

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recognize that he had two
problems.

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That he had to cope with.
He would have to abase the proud

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and destroy the sinners.
And he likens pride and sin.

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Then unto 2 huge terrible
aquatic monsters which we have

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depicted for you here and that
are spoken of in the scriptures

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as Behemoth, which we’ve
depicted as a hippopotamus and

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leviathan that we’ve depicted as
a crocodile.

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And he pointed out Job’s
impossible position of being

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able to deal with them, pointing
out that all Job has is a little

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hook and a line.
And here he stands on the side

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of the shore of the water,
trying to control this huge

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hippopotamus with just a little
line, and at the same time

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trying to put to death this
crocodile representing sin.

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A very awkward arrangement for
anybody, indeed.

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In fact, Job would very quickly
have to recognize that he

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couldn’t do it of himself.
It could only be done by the

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help of Almighty God.
And in the process of doing it,

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there will probably be some
wounding that would take place.

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And of course we have this
individual.

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Clad with the armor that’s
revealed to us in the 6th

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chapter of Ephesians, and we
have the significant.

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Wound in the heel.
Job was suffering, of course,

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for a wound.
That was to help someone else

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overcome that problem of sin,
that problem of lack of

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righteousness.
And here we find with these

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creatures a very beautiful
picture of how difficult it is,

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First of all, to reach the heart
of a proud man through this

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tremendously thick skin and
strong bones and sinews.

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To finally get to his heart.
Very difficult to get to a heart

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to a proud man.
The only way it can be reached

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is by subtlety.
It’s pretty hard to reach the

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heart of a proud man by a head
on attack.

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It just doesn’t seem to work.
And then this other creature, he

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points out in in a variety of
statements about it how that

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there is no way that we could
bring sin into servitude to

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ourselves.
In fact, it’s going to work the

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other way around.
We couldn’t take sin and make it

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our pet any more than we would
bring a crocodile home and give

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it to our little babies to play
with us.

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A pet.
Why?

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The only thing that sin is going
to do to us is kill us.

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Sin has got to be destroyed.
You can never bring it into

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subjection.
And it pointed out how that’s

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sin is the king of all of those
of pride, all the children of

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pride.
And then the Almighty sits back,

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no doubt again and let’s Job
think about it.

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And Job is realized the very
awkward position that he’s in.

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And we find in the beginning of
this 42nd chapter how Job says

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in verse two, I uttered that I
understood not things too

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wonderful for me, which I knew
not.

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And therefore he finally comes
to the conclusion in verse 6.

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Wherefore I abhor myself and
repent in dust and ashes.

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Job had given up the fight
before he’d even begun it when

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it came to his debate with the
Almighty.

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And I suppose sometimes we don’t
give up nearly as easily, do we?

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We seem to take an awful long
time before we’re willing to

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00:25:25,920 –> 00:25:29,640
give in to the statements of the
Almighty and to recognize the

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00:25:29,640 –> 00:25:31,720
position that we have before him
that.

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We are indeed but dust and
ashes.

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And that we have to accept His
word and give in to him

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completely if we expect to
receive that glorious blessing

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00:25:40,480 –> 00:25:43,400
to come.
And here we find that Job has

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come to the position of
repentance.

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He realized that he had said
unfortunate things.

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Now let’s remember when the
story started out.

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00:25:52,000 –> 00:25:55,200
Job was perfect and upright, a
man that feared God and his true

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evil.
And I really.

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Believe that he was.
He’s spoken of in very

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complimentary terms throughout
the scriptures in a variety of

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places.
I don’t think he was a wicked

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00:26:03,600 –> 00:26:07,760
individual, but he did have a
problem and he could benefit by

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00:26:07,760 –> 00:26:10,760
his suffering as well as others,
but could benefit by it.

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00:26:11,120 –> 00:26:15,960
He could realize that.
He shouldn’t be proud of his own

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00:26:15,960 –> 00:26:18,880
righteousness, that he had
nothing to be proud of, no

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matter how good of life he may
have lived.

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And the Scripture tells us as
much, doesn’t it?

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It tells us that no matter what
we do.

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For the Lord.
We’re still unprofitable

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00:26:28,880 –> 00:26:31,000
servants.
It’s only our reasonable

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00:26:31,000 –> 00:26:33,000
service.
There isn’t anything that we can

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do to really give God anything.
The wages of sin is death, if we

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00:26:36,640 –> 00:26:37,920
expect to be paid for what
we’ve.

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Done.
The wages is going to be death,

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and we all deserve it.
And therefore the gift of God is

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00:26:44,760 –> 00:26:46,760
eternal life.
It’s not something we can earn.

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00:26:47,400 –> 00:26:51,040
Job had no right to claim that
God owed him something better

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00:26:51,040 –> 00:26:53,920
than he was getting.
He had to recognize that

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anything that God gives is a
gift and not something that we

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00:26:57,720 –> 00:26:59,680
deserve, and we have to
recognize that too.

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And unless we approach God with
that attitude of a humble and a

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contrite spirit, we cannot be
possibly be pleasing in His

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sight.
And consequently we find that

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00:27:09,640 –> 00:27:12,360
the Lord hasn’t said it all yet.
He.

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00:27:12,360 –> 00:27:14,000
Still has a little.
Speaking to Do.

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But on.
This occasion, now that Job has

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repented, he turns his attention
to Job’s three friends.

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And consequently, in verse 7, as
we’ve already read, we’ll look

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at it again.
And it was so that after the

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Lord had spoken these words unto
Job, the Lord said unto Eliphast

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the Teemanite, My wrath is a
candle against thee and against

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00:27:35,120 –> 00:27:39,040
thy two friends.
For ye have not spoken that

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00:27:39,040 –> 00:27:43,440
which is right concerning me as
my servant Jobath.

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00:27:43,880 –> 00:27:47,240
What a statement.
And we’re a bit puzzled about

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00:27:47,240 –> 00:27:50,440
it.
You’ve not spoken that which is

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00:27:50,440 –> 00:27:52,320
right concerning me as my
servant, Jobath.

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How come?
Well, you know, there’s an awful

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lot of things that they said in
the debate that were right, but

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00:27:59,200 –> 00:28:02,560
there were some things they said
that were not right, and we have

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00:28:02,560 –> 00:28:06,440
it recorded for us here in this
doctrine of exact retribution.

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They had found no answer.
And yet they had still condemned

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00:28:11,120 –> 00:28:13,920
Job.
They were not right.

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00:28:13,920 –> 00:28:17,520
And what they said about exact
retribution, Job was right.

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00:28:18,160 –> 00:28:20,320
And for that matter, there was a
few things that Job hadn’t said

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00:28:20,320 –> 00:28:23,640
that was right in charging God
foolishly, but that situation

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00:28:23,640 –> 00:28:26,680
had already been taken care of
in the speeches of the Almighty,

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00:28:26,880 –> 00:28:28,840
and in Job’s admission and
repentance.

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00:28:29,360 –> 00:28:33,080
But here we find that he accuses
them of not speaking that which

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is right about God.
Verse 8 Therefore take unto you

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00:28:37,800 –> 00:28:41,960
now 7 bullocks and seven Rams,
and go to my servant Job and.

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00:28:41,960 –> 00:28:45,400
Offer up for yourselves a burnt
offering, and my servant Job

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shall pray for you, for him will
I accept.

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00:28:49,800 –> 00:28:53,880
Lest I deal with you after your
folly, in that you have not

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00:28:53,880 –> 00:28:58,000
spoken that of me, that which is
right like my servant Joe.

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00:28:59,120 –> 00:29:00,480
Now we have an interesting
thing.

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00:29:01,040 –> 00:29:04,320
What did the Lord mean when he
said that I’ll deal with you

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00:29:04,400 –> 00:29:08,160
after your folly?
Well, what did Job’s three

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00:29:08,160 –> 00:29:11,240
friends claim?
They felt there was such a thing

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00:29:11,240 –> 00:29:14,240
as exact retribution.
They felt that if a person

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00:29:14,240 –> 00:29:16,720
sinned a little bit, they should
be punished a little bit right

520
00:29:16,720 –> 00:29:18,320
now.
Or if they send a lot, they

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00:29:18,320 –> 00:29:19,800
should be punished a lot right
now.

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00:29:19,920 –> 00:29:22,560
And what have they done?
They had not spoken that which

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00:29:22,560 –> 00:29:25,200
was right against God.
They had made accusations

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00:29:25,200 –> 00:29:28,680
against God that were not true.
What then should God do?

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00:29:29,120 –> 00:29:31,320
Should God treat them the way
they said that they should be

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00:29:31,320 –> 00:29:33,400
treated?
Should he punish him in

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00:29:33,400 –> 00:29:35,480
proportion to what they had done
right away?

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00:29:36,560 –> 00:29:39,600
Shall I deal with you according
to your falling?

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00:29:41,480 –> 00:29:45,120
What he’s suggesting to them is
that unless they repent, he’s

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00:29:45,120 –> 00:29:48,120
going to do just exactly what
they thought he ought to do.

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He ought to punish them in
proportion to that which they

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00:29:50,920 –> 00:29:53,560
had done wrong.
And so he said, unless they

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00:29:53,560 –> 00:29:56,680
repent, unless they offer a
burnt offering and go to Job and

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00:29:56,680 –> 00:30:00,720
ask for him to pray, Father God
would deal with them according

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00:30:00,720 –> 00:30:03,520
to their folly.
He would bring upon them

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00:30:03,680 –> 00:30:06,520
immediately exact retribution,
if that’s really what they

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00:30:06,520 –> 00:30:09,560
wanted.
And so here we find that.

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00:30:10,360 –> 00:30:14,200
They did exactly as was
requested, verse 9.

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00:30:14,200 –> 00:30:16,880
So Eliphas the Temanite and
Bildad the shoe height.

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00:30:16,880 –> 00:30:20,520
And so far the Namethite went
and did according as the Lord

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00:30:20,520 –> 00:30:24,440
commanded them.
And the Lord also accepted Job,

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00:30:24,720 –> 00:30:28,320
and the Lord turned the
captivity of Job when he prayed

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00:30:28,320 –> 00:30:31,960
for his three friends.
Did you notice that the first

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00:30:31,960 –> 00:30:35,640
thing Job did while he’s still
in the position of agony that we

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00:30:35,640 –> 00:30:38,920
saw him on the first child?
We find it was then that he

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00:30:38,920 –> 00:30:43,040
prayed for his three friends
while he was still in that

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00:30:43,040 –> 00:30:47,560
position of agony, and I don’t
think we can possibly help but

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00:30:47,560 –> 00:30:51,600
see the remarkable parallel
between Job, the righteous

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00:30:51,600 –> 00:30:56,680
suffering servant of Yahweh, and
the Lord Jesus Christ, God’s

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00:30:56,680 –> 00:31:00,520
righteous suffering servant.
Remembering that even while

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00:31:00,600 –> 00:31:04,880
Jesus was being in the process
of being crucified, he turned to

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00:31:04,880 –> 00:31:08,320
his Heavenly Father and said
Father forgive them.

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00:31:09,240 –> 00:31:10,640
Well, they know not what they
do.

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00:31:11,600 –> 00:31:15,760
And here, while Job was still in
the process of suffering, he

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00:31:15,760 –> 00:31:19,720
prayed for his three friends,
Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar.

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00:31:20,240 –> 00:31:23,960
And it was not until after he
had prayed for his three friends

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that the Lord turned the
captivity of Job.

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00:31:27,320 –> 00:31:31,200
A very beautiful thing.
And in turning that captivity of

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00:31:31,200 –> 00:31:35,880
Job, just what does it entail,
we find that it entails a number

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of things.
In that tenth verse we read also

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the Lord gave to Job twice as
much as He had before.

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Very interesting statement,
twice as much as He had before,

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00:31:49,400 –> 00:31:51,720
and we also have that depicted
as well.

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00:31:53,160 –> 00:31:57,280
We have a list on the left hand
side of the chart of what Job

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00:31:57,280 –> 00:32:01,040
started out with, and we have a
list on the right hand side of

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00:32:01,040 –> 00:32:03,240
the chart of what Job ended up
with.

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00:32:03,800 –> 00:32:08,120
And we noticed how that Job does
indeed gain twice as much as he

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had before.
And we read about that verse 12.

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We’ll have to skip a little bit.
We will come back.

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00:32:15,040 –> 00:32:17,160
We learned that so.
The Lord blessed the latter.

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00:32:17,160 –> 00:32:18,760
End of Job.
More than the beginning.

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00:32:19,640 –> 00:32:23,400
For he had 14,000 sheep at the
beginning he had only. 7.

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And he had 6000 camels.
At the beginning, he had only

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00:32:28,200 –> 00:32:33,160
three. 1000 Yoga box and 1000
year Siri asses, of which he had

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00:32:33,160 –> 00:32:36,800
only 500 each at the beginning.
The Lord has indeed turned the

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00:32:36,800 –> 00:32:39,440
captivity of Job.
He has given him a double

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00:32:39,440 –> 00:32:41,040
portion.
Which of course, we.

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00:32:41,040 –> 00:32:44,080
Recognize is the right of the
first born.

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00:32:44,680 –> 00:32:48,440
God gave to Job really the right
of the first born, giving him a

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00:32:48,440 –> 00:32:50,480
double portion of what he had
before.

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00:32:50,760 –> 00:32:53,600
A very beautiful thought.
Now, I said back at the

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00:32:53,600 –> 00:32:55,520
beginning of the week that I was
going to make us some

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00:32:55,520 –> 00:32:59,480
suggestions when we get on to
the end of the book of Job, and

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00:32:59,480 –> 00:33:03,120
I’d certainly like to make them.
First of all, I said I was going

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00:33:03,120 –> 00:33:07,640
to suggest as to how old I
thought Job was and you notice

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00:33:07,640 –> 00:33:10,480
on the chat before you that
we’ve put down.

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00:33:10,480 –> 00:33:14,000
How long Job lived after the
event took place.

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00:33:14,200 –> 00:33:18,520
We find that for us in the 16th
verse after this.

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00:33:18,520 –> 00:33:23,320
In other words, after Job had
gone through his suffering, Job

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00:33:23,320 –> 00:33:26,320
lived in 100 and. 40 years.
And he saw his sons and his sons

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00:33:26,320 –> 00:33:31,280
sons, even 4 generations.
So Job being full of being old

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00:33:31,280 –> 00:33:35,360
and full of days, died.
Here we have Job living 140

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00:33:35,360 –> 00:33:38,080
years after the event takes
place.

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00:33:39,080 –> 00:33:42,680
It doesn’t tell us how old Job
was to begin with and we have to

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00:33:42,680 –> 00:33:47,440
begin to guess.
However, if indeed God gave Job

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00:33:47,480 –> 00:33:50,600
a double portion, twice as much
of everything else.

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00:33:50,600 –> 00:33:54,160
That he had.
After the action, is it not

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00:33:54,160 –> 00:33:57,920
possible that he gave him a
double portion of years after

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00:33:57,920 –> 00:34:00,440
the action as well?
And that’s why at the beginning

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00:34:00,440 –> 00:34:02,640
of the week, I suggested that it
just might.

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00:34:02,640 –> 00:34:06,160
Be that Job was 70 years of age
when this took place.

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00:34:06,360 –> 00:34:09,960
And you know it’s not that far
fetched when you stop to think

603
00:34:09,960 –> 00:34:14,120
that job had ten children and
these ten children were already

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00:34:14,120 –> 00:34:17,000
grown up.
Even if we take the minimum

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00:34:17,000 –> 00:34:20,000
years that could possibly have
elapsed and say Job got married

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00:34:20,000 –> 00:34:22,800
at 20 years of age.
Which may be a little bit

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00:34:22,800 –> 00:34:25,520
unlikely at that time, but even
if we say that.

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00:34:26,080 –> 00:34:29,159
And say that they had children
one every year for 10 years,

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00:34:29,800 –> 00:34:31,960
that would mean the last child
would have been born when he was

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00:34:31,960 –> 00:34:34,480
30.
And even if that child was just

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00:34:34,480 –> 00:34:37,480
barely grown up and say only 20
years of age, job then would

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00:34:37,480 –> 00:34:39,239
have had to have been at least
50.

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00:34:40,000 –> 00:34:42,600
And so we find that it’s not
unreasonable to say that he very

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00:34:42,600 –> 00:34:46,320
well may have been 70 years of
age when the action took place

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00:34:46,679 –> 00:34:50,880
and, if this is the case, living
140 years afterwards.

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00:34:51,320 –> 00:34:54,719
Would give him a double portion
of years along with the double

617
00:34:54,719 –> 00:34:56,280
portion of wealth that he had as
well.

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00:34:56,960 –> 00:34:58,520
It would be.
Appropriate, wouldn’t it?

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00:34:58,920 –> 00:35:01,960
And I’m not going to be dogmatic
about it, but I’m just going to

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00:35:01,960 –> 00:35:03,720
suggest it for your
consideration.

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Perhaps you’ll find it
interesting, as I also have.

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00:35:07,560 –> 00:35:10,120
But I don’t think that that’s
the most beautiful and most

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00:35:10,120 –> 00:35:13,200
remarkable thing of all.
For we find that there’s another

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00:35:13,200 –> 00:35:16,080
thing that’s mentioned in the
scriptures, and that lets us

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00:35:16,080 –> 00:35:18,920
ponder a little bit.
And we find that in the 13th

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00:35:18,920 –> 00:35:24,560
verse of this very remarkable
epilogue, he had also seven sons

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00:35:25,000 –> 00:35:28,480
and three daughters.
Oh, we’ve got a problem, haven’t

628
00:35:28,480 –> 00:35:30,960
we?
Seven sons and three.

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00:35:30,960 –> 00:35:33,720
Daughters, do you remember when
he started out the story of the

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00:35:33,720 –> 00:35:34,440
book?
Of Job.

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00:35:35,280 –> 00:35:39,800
Job had seven sons and three
daughters and some have gone or

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00:35:39,800 –> 00:35:42,080
Even so far as to say, well, you
know, they didn’t really die.

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00:35:42,080 –> 00:35:44,920
It was just a a story that was
brought to Job and it really

634
00:35:44,920 –> 00:35:46,880
wasn’t.
So they were just hidden

635
00:35:46,880 –> 00:35:49,840
somewhere to see how Job would
react when he received the news.

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00:35:51,120 –> 00:35:54,240
I can’t quite accept that, first
of all because the Bible says

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00:35:54,240 –> 00:35:57,640
so, and I’ll bring up a reason
for why.

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00:35:57,640 –> 00:35:59,360
I feel that there’s absolute
proof of it.

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00:35:59,360 –> 00:36:02,640
But another reason.
Could any of you possibly

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00:36:02,640 –> 00:36:06,280
imagine that you might have 10
children that were killed all at

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00:36:06,280 –> 00:36:09,880
once, and you wouldn’t even be
interested enough to go to their

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00:36:09,880 –> 00:36:13,400
funeral, and you could be fooled
into thinking they were dead

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00:36:13,400 –> 00:36:16,000
when they weren’t?
I doubt it.

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00:36:16,760 –> 00:36:18,800
I doubt it very, very, very
much.

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00:36:19,360 –> 00:36:21,480
And I doubt that that would have
been the case in the case of

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00:36:21,480 –> 00:36:24,280
Job.
But more than that, if we’ll

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00:36:24,280 –> 00:36:27,680
examine the Septuagint
translation, and perhaps some

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00:36:27,680 –> 00:36:30,040
others as well, perhaps my
research hasn’t been as complete

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00:36:30,040 –> 00:36:33,480
as it ought to be.
We find a very interesting

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00:36:33,480 –> 00:36:36,280
wording there.
When we start out the action of

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00:36:36,280 –> 00:36:40,320
the Book of Job, it says that
Job had they were in existence.

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00:36:40,480 –> 00:36:42,920
He had seven sons and three
daughters, They were already

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00:36:42,920 –> 00:36:45,480
there.
But when we come to the 16th

654
00:36:45,480 –> 00:36:49,560
verse of the 40, excuse me, the
13th verse or the 42nd chapter

655
00:36:49,560 –> 00:36:52,040
of Job, we read something
entirely different.

656
00:36:52,160 –> 00:36:56,920
It says, And they were born unto
Job, seven sons and three

657
00:36:56,920 –> 00:36:59,600
daughters.
And this brings us to the most

658
00:36:59,600 –> 00:37:02,760
remarkable, beautiful pieces
that I can think of in the.

659
00:37:02,760 –> 00:37:05,520
Scriptures except a course for
the resurrection of the Lord

660
00:37:05,520 –> 00:37:09,840
Jesus Christ.
Here we find the an assurance of

661
00:37:09,840 –> 00:37:13,280
the resurrection of the.
Dead Job was to receive a double

662
00:37:13,280 –> 00:37:14,800
portion of everything and he
did.

663
00:37:14,800 –> 00:37:17,360
As far as the animals were
concerned, they weren’t going to

664
00:37:17,360 –> 00:37:20,640
be in the Kingdom of God.
That was material things as far

665
00:37:20,640 –> 00:37:23,600
as Job was concerned, and
therefore he received the double

666
00:37:23,600 –> 00:37:26,360
portion right then.
And I already suggested he

667
00:37:26,360 –> 00:37:29,320
received a double portion of
years as well in this mortal

668
00:37:29,320 –> 00:37:31,880
life.
But when it comes to the ten

669
00:37:31,880 –> 00:37:34,400
children.
He’s going to have a double

670
00:37:34,400 –> 00:37:37,560
portion of that as well.
He has seven sons and three

671
00:37:37,560 –> 00:37:39,320
daughters to begin with that
died.

672
00:37:39,920 –> 00:37:43,640
He now receives another seven
sons and three daughters, all of

673
00:37:43,640 –> 00:37:45,520
which I would suggest are
righteous.

674
00:37:45,880 –> 00:37:48,880
And in the Kingdom of God, he’s
going to end up with 20 children

675
00:37:48,880 –> 00:37:51,720
and not just 10.
He’s going to have a double

676
00:37:51,720 –> 00:37:53,080
portion of.
Children in the Kingdom.

677
00:37:53,080 –> 00:37:55,360
Of God an assurance of the
resurrection.

678
00:37:55,560 –> 00:37:59,680
What a beautiful thought this is
that Job not only received a

679
00:37:59,680 –> 00:38:03,320
double portion of material goods
and even years in which he might

680
00:38:03,320 –> 00:38:06,000
live his mortal life out, but
that he would have a double

681
00:38:06,000 –> 00:38:09,440
portion of children as well.
The 10 who died, the 10 who was

682
00:38:09,440 –> 00:38:11,600
now born unto him in the Kingdom
of God.

683
00:38:11,840 –> 00:38:14,840
There would indeed be 20, and
what a wonderful thing.

684
00:38:15,680 –> 00:38:19,360
And I can’t help but say it now
that I know that every parent in

685
00:38:19,360 –> 00:38:23,480
this room hopes that all of
their children will indeed be

686
00:38:23,480 –> 00:38:26,720
faithful and will be able to
live with them in the Kingdom of

687
00:38:26,720 –> 00:38:30,160
God and receive that wonderful
gift of immortality.

688
00:38:30,760 –> 00:38:34,360
I know it’s the desire of every
parent and think what a

689
00:38:34,360 –> 00:38:37,800
wonderful blessing it was for
Job to be able to look forward

690
00:38:37,800 –> 00:38:40,040
to that glorious blessing.
When the whole.

691
00:38:40,160 –> 00:38:43,960
Family would be reunited in the
Kingdom of God.

692
00:38:44,160 –> 00:38:49,520
What a beautiful thing.
But now I’m considering one

693
00:38:49,520 –> 00:38:53,040
other rather interesting thing.
Back in that 11th verse, you

694
00:38:53,040 –> 00:38:54,960
notice I skipped over that one
pretty quick, didn’t I?

695
00:38:54,960 –> 00:38:57,880
I didn’t go into it very much
because I’m trying to string you

696
00:38:57,880 –> 00:39:01,000
along on this all week long.
I told you I was going to have a

697
00:39:01,000 –> 00:39:03,320
little something to say about
Satan when we got to the end of

698
00:39:03,320 –> 00:39:06,680
the book.
And I’d like to you notice back

699
00:39:06,680 –> 00:39:09,520
at the beginning of the book we
have this Satan referred to this

700
00:39:09,520 –> 00:39:13,800
enemy who claimed that Job was
only entering into a financial

701
00:39:13,800 –> 00:39:17,200
arrangement with God and saw no
reason whatsoever why he should

702
00:39:17,200 –> 00:39:20,560
emulate the life of Job, why he
should be righteous as Job was

703
00:39:20,560 –> 00:39:23,280
righteous feeling that Job
really wasn’t righteous after

704
00:39:23,280 –> 00:39:25,120
all.
He was only selling his

705
00:39:25,120 –> 00:39:28,080
righteousness to God and nothing
more, and that his intents were

706
00:39:28,080 –> 00:39:32,040
not pure and righteous.
After all, we find Satan

707
00:39:32,040 –> 00:39:35,520
mentioned in the first chapter.
We find him mentioned again in

708
00:39:35,520 –> 00:39:39,280
the second chapter.
And then we have 40 chapters in

709
00:39:39,280 –> 00:39:42,680
the book of Job to explain to
Job why he was, why he was

710
00:39:42,680 –> 00:39:44,920
suffering.
And there’s no indication

711
00:39:44,920 –> 00:39:47,960
throughout that whole period of
whatever happened to this Satan.

712
00:39:48,080 –> 00:39:49,400
He isn’t mentioned again in the
whole of.

713
00:39:49,400 –> 00:39:52,720
The Book of Job and.
In regard to the popular idea of

714
00:39:52,720 –> 00:39:55,120
Satan, we’d have a tremendous.
Problem, wouldn’t we?

715
00:39:55,600 –> 00:39:58,600
Because here we have 40 chapters
to explain to Job why he was

716
00:39:58,600 –> 00:40:01,920
suffering and we find that when
Job’s wife comes along, she

717
00:40:01,920 –> 00:40:05,640
doesn’t say anything.
About a fallen Angel Devil being

718
00:40:05,640 –> 00:40:07,520
the one who was bringing this
problem upon Job.

719
00:40:07,600 –> 00:40:13,120
And when we come to Job’s three
friends, Eliphaz, Bildad and

720
00:40:13,120 –> 00:40:15,960
Zophar, not one of them.
Bring up the suggestion that it

721
00:40:15,960 –> 00:40:18,160
might have been a fallen Angel
devil who were bringing these

722
00:40:18,160 –> 00:40:20,840
things upon Job.
And then when we come to the

723
00:40:20,840 –> 00:40:23,680
speeches of Elihu that have
further to bring light upon

724
00:40:23,680 –> 00:40:27,200
Job’s suffering, we find that
Elihu says absolutely nothing.

725
00:40:27,640 –> 00:40:32,040
Against this arch fiend of
Popular Christianity Today, and

726
00:40:32,040 –> 00:40:35,480
finally, when we come to the
voice of the Almighty, he is

727
00:40:35,480 –> 00:40:39,600
equally silent about a
tyrannical Angel that had caused

728
00:40:39,600 –> 00:40:42,080
the suffering of Job.
How come?

729
00:40:42,680 –> 00:40:48,000
Why is it that in 40 chapters,
if indeed popular Christianity

730
00:40:48,000 –> 00:40:51,520
is correct today, there’s no
mention of this devil bringing

731
00:40:51,520 –> 00:40:54,280
upon the problems of Job?
Instead, we find other things

732
00:40:54,280 –> 00:40:57,120
entirely, don’t we?
We find in the second chapter.

733
00:40:57,120 –> 00:41:00,040
That the Lord says, Why hast
thou moved me to destroy him

734
00:41:00,040 –> 00:41:02,240
without a ’cause it was actually
God?

735
00:41:02,240 –> 00:41:04,800
That was bringing these things
upon job in the.

736
00:41:04,800 –> 00:41:07,880
Words of Job himself.
In the debate, we find that he

737
00:41:07,880 –> 00:41:10,640
says that it’s the Lord that has
done these things to him.

738
00:41:11,160 –> 00:41:15,800
And when we come to this very
interesting epilogue, we find

739
00:41:15,800 –> 00:41:19,040
also a statement that it was the
law that had brought these

740
00:41:19,040 –> 00:41:22,600
things upon Job.
Let’s read this 11th verse

741
00:41:22,600 –> 00:41:25,720
together.
Then there came unto him all of

742
00:41:25,720 –> 00:41:30,600
his brethren, and all of his
sisters, and all of those that

743
00:41:30,600 –> 00:41:33,840
had been his acquaintance before
time, and did eat bread with him

744
00:41:33,840 –> 00:41:36,400
in his house.
And they bemourned him, and

745
00:41:36,400 –> 00:41:39,760
comforted him over all the evil
that the Lord had brought

746
00:41:39,760 –> 00:41:43,400
brought upon him.
Every man also gave him a piece

747
00:41:43,400 –> 00:41:44,880
of money, and every man an
earring of.

748
00:41:44,880 –> 00:41:48,120
Gold Now, we’ve got a couple
interesting things in that

749
00:41:48,160 –> 00:41:50,600
verse.
First of all, the words jump out

750
00:41:50,600 –> 00:41:51,960
from that.
First, that says that they

751
00:41:51,960 –> 00:41:55,680
bemoaned all the evil that the
Lord had brought upon him.

752
00:41:56,280 –> 00:41:59,520
So we have at the beginning of
the action a statement by the

753
00:41:59,520 –> 00:42:01,120
Lord that he was the one that
was doing it.

754
00:42:01,440 –> 00:42:03,600
We have the statement right in
the middle of the book by the

755
00:42:03,600 –> 00:42:06,280
words of Job himself that he
recognized God had done it.

756
00:42:06,720 –> 00:42:09,040
And then at the end of the book
we find that everybody is

757
00:42:09,040 –> 00:42:12,200
acknowledging that the Lord had
brought this evil upon him.

758
00:42:12,520 –> 00:42:16,040
It wasn’t really a fallen Angel
devil that had done it.

759
00:42:16,600 –> 00:42:19,840
It was the law that had done it.
But what about that Satan what?

760
00:42:19,840 –> 00:42:23,800
About the enemy that had made
such accusations against Job and

761
00:42:23,800 –> 00:42:26,000
we might also say against God as
well.

762
00:42:26,760 –> 00:42:29,080
Well, it’s only a suggestion
that I can make.

763
00:42:29,760 –> 00:42:32,800
I have suggested at the
beginning of the book that the

764
00:42:32,800 –> 00:42:36,600
reason for the suffering coming
upon Job was to coach.

765
00:42:36,600 –> 00:42:40,680
This sinful individual to a
better way of life, to a way of

766
00:42:40,680 –> 00:42:43,480
righteousness.
And now when we look at the end

767
00:42:43,480 –> 00:42:46,240
of the book of Job, did you
notice the verses that the verse

768
00:42:46,240 –> 00:42:47,840
that we just read and what it
said?

769
00:42:48,120 –> 00:42:52,720
And then there came unto him all
of his brethren, and all of his

770
00:42:52,720 –> 00:42:55,640
sisters, and all they did have
been out of acquaintance with

771
00:42:55,640 –> 00:42:58,320
him.
Now that would seem to me as

772
00:42:58,320 –> 00:43:02,160
though it would probably
indicate those that knew Job and

773
00:43:02,160 –> 00:43:05,960
certainly this enemy that had
made such accusations against.

774
00:43:05,960 –> 00:43:09,200
Job would have been numbered
amongst his acquaintance.

775
00:43:10,320 –> 00:43:14,240
My suggestion, then, is that
this enemy was converted.

776
00:43:15,320 –> 00:43:17,360
What if he was?
Why didn’t the book say that?

777
00:43:17,560 –> 00:43:21,240
And Satan came among them also.
And there’s a good reason for

778
00:43:21,240 –> 00:43:23,320
it.
You know, there was a time when

779
00:43:23,320 –> 00:43:26,520
we were all.
Alone and without God in the

780
00:43:26,520 –> 00:43:31,120
world, we were enemies of the
Lord, but once we accepted God’s

781
00:43:31,120 –> 00:43:33,840
plan of salvation.
And went down into the waters of

782
00:43:33,840 –> 00:43:36,880
baptism, calling upon the name
of the Lord for the remission of

783
00:43:36,880 –> 00:43:39,240
our sins.
No longer we treated as

784
00:43:39,240 –> 00:43:43,040
strangers and foreigners, but
now we’re children of God.

785
00:43:43,600 –> 00:43:47,600
And likewise, if indeed my
deductions are correct.

786
00:43:47,960 –> 00:43:51,240
And this individual was part of
Job’s acquaintance that came and

787
00:43:51,240 –> 00:43:53,960
bemoaned all the evil that the
Lord had brought upon him.

788
00:43:54,080 –> 00:43:56,760
And they repented and they
brought a piece of money.

789
00:43:57,240 –> 00:44:00,080
Which indeed happens to turn out
to be the redemption money

790
00:44:00,280 –> 00:44:03,040
Slater incorporated into the
Mosaic Law.

791
00:44:03,520 –> 00:44:07,560
If indeed this is correct, we
would then find that he’s no

792
00:44:07,560 –> 00:44:11,000
longer an enemy.
He’s no longer a Satan, he.

793
00:44:11,000 –> 00:44:13,880
Shouldn’t be referred to as an
enemy any longer, any more than

794
00:44:13,880 –> 00:44:15,800
we should once we’ve.
Come into the household of

795
00:44:15,800 –> 00:44:19,040
faith.
He then would indeed be a

796
00:44:19,040 –> 00:44:23,360
faithful son of the Almighty.
In fact, the very purpose of the

797
00:44:23,360 –> 00:44:26,160
book of Joel would have been
accomplished to coach this

798
00:44:26,160 –> 00:44:29,560
individual from his sinful ways
and to let him realize that a

799
00:44:29,560 –> 00:44:31,760
person could be righteous for
righteousness sake.

800
00:44:32,280 –> 00:44:34,360
It may very well have made a
better man out of this

801
00:44:34,360 –> 00:44:37,640
individual, and therefore we
shouldn’t go on calling him an

802
00:44:37,640 –> 00:44:41,760
enemy.
Instead he begins becomes a son

803
00:44:41,760 –> 00:44:44,480
of God.
A very beautiful part, isn’t it?

804
00:44:45,040 –> 00:44:47,840
And again I would commend it to
your consideration.

805
00:44:47,840 –> 00:44:52,320
I may very well be mistaken, but
it’s an interesting thought, and

806
00:44:52,320 –> 00:44:54,520
I hope to perhaps later we might
hear from you and see what you

807
00:44:54,520 –> 00:44:58,480
think of such an idea.
But now we have another thought

808
00:44:58,480 –> 00:45:00,240
that we might bring up before
closing.

809
00:45:00,600 –> 00:45:02,600
Our time has just about
evaporated.

810
00:45:03,400 –> 00:45:06,680
We noticed in the 13th, 1st how
that job had been blessed by

811
00:45:06,680 –> 00:45:11,400
having born unto him seven sons
and three daughters.

812
00:45:12,040 –> 00:45:14,440
And the sons aren’t spoken of
very much, but we do.

813
00:45:14,440 –> 00:45:16,480
Find that the daughters are now
talked about.

814
00:45:17,040 –> 00:45:21,000
Back in the first chapter we
found the sons were talked about

815
00:45:21,000 –> 00:45:24,000
mostly, even though it’s said
that the daughters were there

816
00:45:24,000 –> 00:45:26,680
and they did go and feast in
their brethren’s homes.

817
00:45:27,200 –> 00:45:31,160
There’s no indication in the
first chapter that they had any

818
00:45:31,160 –> 00:45:35,360
inheritance whatsoever.
Maybe they did, but it isn’t

819
00:45:35,360 –> 00:45:38,600
recorded for us.
When we come to the 14th verse,

820
00:45:38,600 –> 00:45:40,680
we read something interesting
about the daughters.

821
00:45:40,880 –> 00:45:44,040
First of all, their name.
In fact, the sons aren’t named

822
00:45:44,040 –> 00:45:45,760
either in the first chapter or
the 2nd.

823
00:45:45,760 –> 00:45:48,320
Batch of seven sons.
They’re not named at all, but

824
00:45:48,320 –> 00:45:51,040
the daughters are named and all
those names are significant.

825
00:45:51,360 –> 00:45:53,920
Verse 14.
And he called the name of the

826
00:45:53,920 –> 00:46:00,080
first Jemima and the name of the
second Keziah, and the name of

827
00:46:00,080 –> 00:46:03,360
the third Karen Hopek.
And in all the land, there were

828
00:46:03,360 –> 00:46:06,280
no women so.
Fair as the daughters of Job and

829
00:46:06,280 –> 00:46:08,360
their father gave.
Them inheritance among their

830
00:46:08,360 –> 00:46:11,680
brethren.
An interesting thing, no record

831
00:46:11,680 –> 00:46:14,120
of the daughters, the first
three daughters having

832
00:46:14,120 –> 00:46:16,360
inheritance among their brethren
back in the first chapter.

833
00:46:16,960 –> 00:46:21,640
But here in the 42nd chapter, in
the epilogue, we do find that

834
00:46:21,640 –> 00:46:26,040
there is a record of these girls
having an inheritance among

835
00:46:26,040 –> 00:46:29,160
their brethren.
A very beautiful thought in the

836
00:46:29,160 –> 00:46:30,760
resurrection of the dead, of
course.

837
00:46:31,120 –> 00:46:35,440
The bride of Christ, which no
doubt these three girls may

838
00:46:35,440 –> 00:46:39,120
represent in type, will indeed
receive a blessing and

839
00:46:39,120 –> 00:46:41,240
inheritance among their
brethren.

840
00:46:42,080 –> 00:46:46,160
We as Gentiles who have been
grafted in to the natural olive

841
00:46:46,160 –> 00:46:49,800
tree of Israel, will indeed
receive inheritance among the

842
00:46:49,800 –> 00:46:53,040
natural sons of Abraham.
It’s a very beautiful thought,

843
00:46:53,440 –> 00:46:56,320
and it may very well be that
this is what’s being depicted.

844
00:46:56,640 –> 00:47:01,800
And we find that each of these
girls have a distinct name with

845
00:47:01,800 –> 00:47:06,200
a meaning.
Jemiah or Jemima means a dove,

846
00:47:06,920 –> 00:47:10,760
and it may be representative of
the Ecclesia in its innocence

847
00:47:10,760 –> 00:47:15,440
and its virtue and sacrifice,
which of course we recognize the

848
00:47:15,440 –> 00:47:17,600
dove was also used as a
sacrifice.

849
00:47:18,160 –> 00:47:20,160
Kasiah.
Has a definite meaning.

850
00:47:20,520 –> 00:47:25,400
It means a sweet spice, the
spice of the cassia, and it was

851
00:47:25,400 –> 00:47:29,680
used with the anointing oil, and
it also pointed forward to the

852
00:47:29,680 –> 00:47:32,280
union of Christ and his
ecclesia.

853
00:47:32,760 –> 00:47:35,280
And is very beautifully depicted
in the Song of Solomon.

854
00:47:35,880 –> 00:47:38,760
I’m going to hand out notes very
shortly and you’ll find the

855
00:47:38,760 –> 00:47:40,680
references are here.
I don’t have time to turn them

856
00:47:40,680 –> 00:47:43,600
all up.
I realize that Karen Hapock has

857
00:47:43,600 –> 00:47:48,920
a very definite meaning as well.
It means horn of eye paint and

858
00:47:48,920 –> 00:47:51,840
perhaps the sisters might be
extremely interested in this.

859
00:47:52,360 –> 00:47:54,920
And what I’m not saying here is
it’s a recommendation.

860
00:47:54,920 –> 00:47:57,720
You need a follower against the
use of cosmetics.

861
00:47:58,440 –> 00:48:00,680
But you notice the statement
that it says that there were no

862
00:48:00,680 –> 00:48:03,600
women found so fair as the
daughters of Job.

863
00:48:04,120 –> 00:48:05,680
They were very, very beautiful
women.

864
00:48:05,680 –> 00:48:09,440
And I suspect that this
particular girl, Karen Hapock,

865
00:48:09,640 –> 00:48:13,040
was extremely beautiful.
In fact, I think that what it’s

866
00:48:13,040 –> 00:48:17,920
telling us in that her name
means Horn of I Paint is that

867
00:48:17,920 –> 00:48:23,040
she was more beautiful without
cosmetics than most women are.

868
00:48:23,040 –> 00:48:26,800
With the help of cosmetics.
There were no women found so

869
00:48:26,800 –> 00:48:29,840
fair.
As the daughters of Job, I think

870
00:48:29,840 –> 00:48:33,800
it’s a very beautiful thought.
Now, before we close, I’ve got a

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couple of minutes.
There’s a couple other things

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that I would like to mention.
We’ve already recognized that

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Job was typical of Yahweh’s
suffering servant.

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He would therefore be typical of
the bridegroom, which of course

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is what Christ is referred to
and the Church is referred to as

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His bride.
If this be the case, we would

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look at Job’s daughters and say.
How are they?

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Representative of the Ecclesia.
And I think there may be two

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ways that we may find them
typical of the Ecclesia.

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We find that they could be
typical in innocence, in

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fragrance, and in beauty.
Which are the meaning of these

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three names and of?
Course that is.

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Typical of Christ’s Church,
Christ’s bride is Ecclesia.

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And by the same token, they may
also represent 3 distinct

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dispensations, The patriarchal
that that existed before the

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giving of the Law of Moses, and
then of course the Mosaic.

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And finally the Christian era of
which we’re apart.

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And so here we find that these
three daughters of Job may be

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very, very typical of the
Ecclesia of the Lord Jesus

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Christ.
I think perhaps we’ve realized

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in our studies this week that we
have not by any means exhausted

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and perhaps hardly even
scratched the surface of the

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Book of Job.
But I think perhaps we realize

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that it’s not such an obscure
and difficult book after all.

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I hope that’s the case.
And I hope that what these

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lessons have done is not only
enhanced our appreciation for

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this very beautiful Book of Job,
but I hope it’s instilled within

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us a desire to do a little bit
further study and to do a little

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bit more than just scratch the
surface.

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But to try to grasp the very
beautiful things that the Lord

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has inspired to be written and
recorded and preserved for us

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here in this wonderful Book of
Job.

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That indeed our lives may be
better prepared for the time

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when we also shall stand before
the Son of Man.