Class 2 from this series was used in GCT Episode 284.<\/p>\n
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\nThis is the first in a series of
\nclasses by Brother Warren <\/p>\n
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\nPhillips titled Hostile
\nConsidered My Servant Joe, <\/p>\n
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\nBrother 1
\nMorning, Everyone find that the <\/p>\n
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\nBook of Job is a book that I
\nknow that we’re all reasonably <\/p>\n
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\nwell acquainted with to a
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\nI’m sure that we also look at
\nthe Book of Job as a rather <\/p>\n
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\ndifficult book to be understood.
\nPerhaps we’re quite familiar <\/p>\n
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\nwith the first two chapters, the
\nlast chapter, and perhaps a few <\/p>\n
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\nverses snuggled out in the
\nmiddle of the book that we make <\/p>\n
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\nuse of as proof verses when we
\nwant to discuss with those who <\/p>\n
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\ndo not see eye to eye with us on
\ndoctrinal subjects. <\/p>\n
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\nBut when it comes to examining
\nthe Book of Job as a whole, to <\/p>\n
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\nunderstand it as a whole, it is
\na rather difficult book for us <\/p>\n
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\nto grasp.
\nWe also find that perhaps <\/p>\n
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\nbecause of the way in which it’s
\nwritten, it may even seem to be <\/p>\n
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\nsomewhat on the boring side.
\nAnd therefore we might not take <\/p>\n
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\nquite the amount of time that we
\nought to to study it and try to <\/p>\n
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\ncomprehend it.
\nAnd to think that we’re taking <\/p>\n
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\nit up into the Bible school.
\nPerhaps we might think that, <\/p>\n
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\nwell, maybe this period will be
\na washout for the week. <\/p>\n
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\nI hope it won’t be.
\nWe’re going to try to make the <\/p>\n
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\nBook of Job interesting.
\nEven though the Book of Job may <\/p>\n
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\nbe somewhat difficult to
\nunderstand, we hope will make it<\/p>\n
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\nboth interesting and
\nunderstandable. <\/p>\n
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\nSo that as we go away from this
\nBible school this week, we will <\/p>\n
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\nhave felt that this hour that
\nwe’ve spent with the Book of Job<\/p>\n
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\neach day has been very, very
\nprofitable. <\/p>\n
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\nWe do find that we’re in very
\ngood company. <\/p>\n
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\nWhen we consider Job, we find
\nthat Job was put together with <\/p>\n
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\nsome very remarkable in
\nindividuals in the scriptures. <\/p>\n
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\nJob is spoken of in number of
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\nFor instance, in the book of
\nJames, chapter 5, verse 11, we <\/p>\n
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\nread you have heard of the
\npatience of Job and have seen <\/p>\n
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\nthe end of the Lord.
\nWhat a commendation this is for <\/p>\n
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\nJob.
\nJob is held up very highly not <\/p>\n
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\nonly within the book of Job but
\nelsewhere in the scriptures. <\/p>\n
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\nWhen we turn to the book of
\nEzekiel, the 14th chapter, we <\/p>\n
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\ncome across two very interesting
\nverses that say essentially the <\/p>\n
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\nsame thing about Job.
\nJob is put in company with two <\/p>\n
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\nother very righteous individuals
\nthat are held for us in the word<\/p>\n
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\nof God.
\nWe find that in the 14th 1st we <\/p>\n
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\nread these words though these
\nthree men, Noah, Daniel, and Job<\/p>\n
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\nwere in it, they should deliver
\nbut their own souls by their <\/p>\n
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\nrighteousness.
\nAnd the 20th verse of that same <\/p>\n
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\nchapter we read almost
\nessentially the same thing, <\/p>\n
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\nthough Noah, Daniel and Job were
\nin it, as I live, saith the Lord<\/p>\n
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\nGod, they shall deliver neither
\nson nor daughter. <\/p>\n
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\nThey shall but deliver their own
\nsouls by their righteousness. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd here we find that Job is
\nupheld as a very righteous <\/p>\n
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\nindividual and placed alongside
\nof Noah and Daniel. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd it’s interesting for us to
\nnote that in the case of Noah <\/p>\n
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\nand Daniel, these individuals
\nare held forth as righteous <\/p>\n
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\nthroughout the entire account of
\ntheir life, both before the <\/p>\n
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\naction, during the action, and
\nafter the action has been <\/p>\n
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\ncompleted.
\nAnd I know that there are a <\/p>\n
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\nvariety of opinions in regard to
\nnot only the Book of Job and its<\/p>\n
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\nmeaning, but also to the
\nrighteousness of Job, so that <\/p>\n
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\nsome would even challenge the
\nthought of whether or not Job <\/p>\n
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\nreally was righteous.
\nSome would go so far as to say <\/p>\n
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\nthat the complimentary
\nstatements, if we find in the <\/p>\n
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\nbook of Job about Job is merely
\nonly the opinion that he has of <\/p>\n
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\nsuffering for something that he
\nreally deserves. <\/p>\n
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\nI’d like you to reserve your
\njudgement until the end of the <\/p>\n
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\nclasses this week.
\nWe’re not going to take up <\/p>\n
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\neverything obviously in the
\nfirst period. <\/p>\n
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\nI’d like to follow the book of
\nJob this week in the way in <\/p>\n
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\nwhich it’s written.
\nI feel that the Almighty had a <\/p>\n
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\npurpose in arranging the book in
\nthe way in which he did. <\/p>\n
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\nInstead of just picking out
\nthemes and working our way <\/p>\n
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\nthrough Job, taking verses,
\nperhaps out of context, I’d like<\/p>\n
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\nto work through Job the way the
\nLord has outlined it, so that we<\/p>\n
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\nmight actually see the
\nprogression of thought as we <\/p>\n
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\nwork through the Book of Job and
\nbring out various lessons that <\/p>\n
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\nwill be helpful to us in
\nunderstanding the purpose of the<\/p>\n
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\nBook of Job.
\nNow there’s a very distinct <\/p>\n
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\npurpose in the writing of the
\nBook of Job as there is in many <\/p>\n
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\nother books of the Scriptures,
\nprobably all of them. <\/p>\n
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\nWe find that many books of the
\nscriptures have distinct themes,<\/p>\n
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\nand those themes are returned to
\nagain and again and again. <\/p>\n
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\nFor instance, the Book of
\nDaniel. <\/p>\n
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\nWe find the theme of the Book of
\nDaniel is that they might know <\/p>\n
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\nthat the Most High rule within
\nthe kingdoms of men and set up <\/p>\n
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\nwhomsoever he will to rule over
\nthem. <\/p>\n
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\nIt seems to be a theme.
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\nand again.
\nAnd when we look at the book of <\/p>\n
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\nDaniel in an overall purpose, we
\nfind that really does seem to be<\/p>\n
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\nthe theme of Daniel.
\nWhen we come to the Book of <\/p>\n
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\nEzekiel, we find there’s a
\ndistinct theme there. 70 times <\/p>\n
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\nin the Book of Ezekiel, a
\nstatement is made that they <\/p>\n
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\nshall know that I am Yahweh.
\nOf course the King James says <\/p>\n
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\nthey shall know that I am the
\nLord. <\/p>\n
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\nBut that’s the purpose of the
\nBook of Ezekiel. <\/p>\n
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\nThat the Jews might recognize
\nthat Yahweh is the only true and<\/p>\n
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\nliving God.
\nThat the people that were living<\/p>\n
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\nYahweh, the God of Israel, was
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\nAnd also in the future with the
\nremarkable prophecies that are <\/p>\n
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\nmade that are being fulfilled in
\nour day and yet on into the <\/p>\n
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\nfuture.
\nThe purpose is that the world as<\/p>\n
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\na whole, even now, might
\neventually recognize that Yahweh<\/p>\n
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\nis the only true and living God.
\nWhen we come to the Book of Job,<\/p>\n
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\nwe find that there is a distinct
\npurpose in the book of Job, and <\/p>\n
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\nwe have it for you in the post
\nthat’s right in front of me. <\/p>\n
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\nThe purpose of the book of Job
\nis the problem of evil in <\/p>\n
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\nrelation to the righteousness of
\nGod. <\/p>\n
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\nNow, if we were to say that the
\npurpose of the book of Job is to<\/p>\n
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\nexplain the problem of pain and
\nsuffering, we would be right to <\/p>\n
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\noversimplification. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s a little bit more than
\nthat. <\/p>\n
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\nThe question is, is it right or
\nright? <\/p>\n
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\nChess for a good and loving and
\nkind and beneficent God to <\/p>\n
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\npermit more than that to cause a
\nrighteous man such as Job to <\/p>\n
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\nsuffer.
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\nthat many people have been
\nconfronted with, that they’ll <\/p>\n
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\nturn around and look at Job and
\nsay, well, when it speaks about <\/p>\n
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\nhis righteousness, that’s only
\nhis opinion of himself, and he <\/p>\n
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\nall, and that’s why God caused <\/p>\n
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\nhim to suffer.
\nI’m not going to take up that <\/p>\n
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\nidea, although I’d like to
\ndiscuss that in just a couple of<\/p>\n
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\nmoments to a very limited
\ndegree. <\/p>\n
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\nOnce again asking that you wait
\nuntil the class has been <\/p>\n
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\ncompleted this week to form your
\nfinal opinions. <\/p>\n
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\nAlthough I’m sure you’ve all
\ncome with opinions to begin <\/p>\n
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\nwith, the actual purpose of the
\nBook of Job is righteousness, <\/p>\n
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\nand we’re going to find that
\nthat is going to be really the <\/p>\n
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\ncase.
\nAs we work our way through, we <\/p>\n
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\nfind that the Book of Job is
\ndivided into 5 distinct <\/p>\n
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\nsections.
\nWe also have a poster that <\/p>\n
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\noutlines that for us.
\nI also have a few sets of notes <\/p>\n
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\non the Book of Job.
\nBefore I left Meriden, I thought<\/p>\n
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\nI’d have notes enough for
\neverybody, but I find that by <\/p>\n
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\ngiving this talk in a number of
\nplaces, they’ve been greatly <\/p>\n
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\ndepleted and I ended up with
\nonly a handful. <\/p>\n
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\nI’ll drag them out later in the
\nweek and we’ll have to see what <\/p>\n
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\nwe can do for those that would
\nlike to have them. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’ll do the best we can with
\nthe number that we have with us.<\/p>\n
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\nYou notice the Book of Job is
\ndivided into 5 distinct <\/p>\n
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\ndivisions.
\nFirst of all we have the <\/p>\n
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\nprologue, then the debate
\nbetween Job and his three <\/p>\n
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\nfriends, which takes up 30
\nchapters almost. <\/p>\n
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\nWe have the speeches of Eli, who
\nthe young man, chapters 32 <\/p>\n
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\nthrough 37.
\nWe have the voice of the <\/p>\n
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\nAlmighty chapter 38 through 42
\nup to the 6th, 1st, and finally <\/p>\n
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\nthe epilogue at the end, the
\nlast 11 verses. <\/p>\n
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\nNow there’s something that I
\nthink we should mention in <\/p>\n
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\nregard to the book of Job.
\nIt is a somewhat difficult book <\/p>\n
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\nto understand for two particular
\nreasons. <\/p>\n
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\nFirst of all, we find that the
\nBook of Job is one of the five <\/p>\n
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\nbooks of wisdom in the
\nscriptures. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s not a book that we can sit
\ndown and read through like we <\/p>\n
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\nmight read, say, the Book of
\nEsther or Some of those are the <\/p>\n
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\nvery fascinating books where we
\ncan pick up a wealth of meaning <\/p>\n
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\nat one cursory reading.
\nThe Book of Job is one of the <\/p>\n
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\nbooks of wisdom.
\nTherefore, we have to sit down <\/p>\n
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\nand think a little bit about it
\nif we’re going to understand it.<\/p>\n
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\nIt’s a book that we can go back
\nto again and again throughout <\/p>\n
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\nour lives and be able to gain
\nsomething more each and every <\/p>\n
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\ntime that we go back to it.
\nIt’s not a book that is a very <\/p>\n
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\nsimple book, even though this
\nweek we’re going to do the best <\/p>\n
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\nwe can to digest it for you and
\nput it into simple language, <\/p>\n
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\nhoping that perhaps some
\nthoughts and ideas will be <\/p>\n
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\nforthcoming from you will help
\nme in the future to make it a <\/p>\n
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\nmore interesting and more
\nprofitable, and I hope a much <\/p>\n
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\nmore correct the outline of the
\nBook of Job. <\/p>\n
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\nWe also find there’s another
\nproblem with the Book of Job. <\/p>\n
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\nI don’t really mean a problem,
\nbut a problem for our <\/p>\n
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\nunderstanding of the Book of
\nJob. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s written mostly in poetry,
\nas some other books of the <\/p>\n
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\nscriptures are written in
\npoetry. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd here we have a twofold
\nproblem. <\/p>\n
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\nFirst of all, understanding
\npoetry itself, with its flowery <\/p>\n
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\npicture language with its poetic
\nlicense, is not always the <\/p>\n
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\neasiest thing to do.
\nWe have enough difficulty <\/p>\n
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\nconsidering poetry that’s
\nwritten in the English language <\/p>\n
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\nthat we’re all very familiar
\nwith. <\/p>\n
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\nBut when we come to a book such
\nas Joel, which was written in <\/p>\n
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\npoetry in the Hebrew language
\nand then translated from that <\/p>\n
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\nlanguage into the English, we
\nfind that there’s an added <\/p>\n
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\ndifficulty.
\nFirst of all, have the <\/p>\n
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\ntranslators captured the picture
\nthat was really intended in the <\/p>\n
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\noriginal writing in Hebrew?
\nIt’s very difficult and we come <\/p>\n
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\nagainst problems.
\nAnd of course we lose the rhyme <\/p>\n
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\nand the rhythm by translating
\npoetry from one language to <\/p>\n
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\nanother.
\nNot the whole of the book of Job<\/p>\n
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\nis written in poetry form.
\nWe do find that the first two <\/p>\n
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\nchapters, the epilogue, is
\nwritten as prose. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’ve read one of those chapters
\nthis morning, and we find that <\/p>\n
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\nit’s quite readily understood,
\nat least to a degree, and I hope<\/p>\n
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\nwe get reasonably far through
\nthat this morning. <\/p>\n
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\nThen we come to one other
\nsection in the book of Job, <\/p>\n
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\nwhich is written as prose, and
\nthat’s the epilogue, the last 11<\/p>\n
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\nverses.
\nThat’s not too difficult to <\/p>\n
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\nunderstand, although we’ll
\ncertainly have a number of <\/p>\n
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\nthings to say about that.
\nAnd I hope that we’ll be able to<\/p>\n
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\nbring out some very, very
\nbeautiful and to me, inspiring <\/p>\n
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\nthoughts from that epilogue.
\nBut the center section with the <\/p>\n
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\nexception of just a.
\nVery few verses. <\/p>\n
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\nAre all written in poetry, and
\nthat is difficult to understand,<\/p>\n
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\ndifficult, especially when it’s
\ntranslated from one language to <\/p>\n
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\nanother.
\nSo what we’re going to do is <\/p>\n
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\ntake up the various sections as
\nthey come up in the book of Job <\/p>\n
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\nto try to get the construction
\nthat the Almighty intended us to<\/p>\n
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\nhave and to work through it
\ntogether to get the thoughts and<\/p>\n
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\nthe lessons that are there for
\nus. <\/p>\n
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\nI think they’ll be very
\nprofitable and I’m going to try <\/p>\n
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\nto do my best to make it
\ninteresting as we go. <\/p>\n
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\nI do think we’d like to have
\njust two or three more minutes <\/p>\n
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\nof introduction for the book of
\njob. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat about the setting, the
\ntime, the date, the location, <\/p>\n
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\nfirst of all, the time in which
\nthe action actually took place? <\/p>\n
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\nI think this would be very
\nhelpful for us. <\/p>\n
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\nTo be able to.
\nDrop it into a historical time <\/p>\n
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\nperiod so that we might better
\nunderstand what took place. <\/p>\n
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\nProbably it took place sometime
\nbetween the end of the life of <\/p>\n
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\nJoseph and the beginning of the
\nlife of Moses. <\/p>\n
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\nWe find that there are a number
\nof individuals mentioned in Job.<\/p>\n
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\nWe could tediously go through
\nreferences that seem to make <\/p>\n
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\nreference to this and other
\nparts of the scriptures. <\/p>\n
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\nFirst of all, we find that Job
\nwas in the land of Oz. <\/p>\n
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\nOz is the first born of Nahor,
\none of another nephew of <\/p>\n
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\nAbraham, one of Abraham’s
\nbrother. <\/p>\n
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\nWe.
\nAlso have Oz. <\/p>\n
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\nAs the son of Abram, who was
\nfrom Shem back in the 10th <\/p>\n
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\nchapter of Genesis, I have all
\nof these references if you’d <\/p>\n
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\nlike.
\nI’m not going to spend a long <\/p>\n
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\nlot of time on this.
\nIt seems as though he also may <\/p>\n
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\nhave been a possibility of being
\na descendant of Seer Oz has <\/p>\n
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\nmentioned a number of times in
\nthe scriptures. <\/p>\n
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\nThe question is, is it all
\nreferring to one particular <\/p>\n
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\nindividual, or are there a
\nnumber of individuals named us? <\/p>\n
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\nWe have Elihu, who was a buzzite
\nor a buzzite, depending how you <\/p>\n
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\nwish to pronounce it.
\nBuzz was one of Abraham’s other <\/p>\n
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\nnephews, and we seem to have
\nthis action taking place <\/p>\n
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\nsometime after Abraham Aliphas
\ncame from Timon, a name which is<\/p>\n
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\nconnected with Esau or Edom,
\nwhich of course we also know as <\/p>\n
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\none of the descendants of
\nAbraham. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd here we have quite a list of
\nreferences that seemed to <\/p>\n
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\nindicate that this individual
\ndid exist at that time and was <\/p>\n
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\nindeed a descendant that we
\ncould play. <\/p>\n
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\nSometime after the life of
\nAbraham, we move down to Bill, <\/p>\n
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\nBill, Dad, one of the other
\ncharacters within the book of <\/p>\n
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\nJob.
\nWe find that he was a Shoehite <\/p>\n
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\nand sure, from whom he probably
\ndescended, was the youngest son <\/p>\n
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\nof Abraham by Ketura, who you
\nremember, Abraham married after <\/p>\n
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\nSarah had died.
\nWe find that there are a number <\/p>\n
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\nof references in regard to that.
\nAlso so far was a Namathite and <\/p>\n
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\nthere’s not too much that’s
\nconclusive about sofar, although<\/p>\n
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\nit’s possible that he may have
\nbeen related to someone by the <\/p>\n
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\nname of either Zepho or Zephy,
\nwhich was a grandson of Esau. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is not conclusive, but it
\nis interesting that in the <\/p>\n
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\nSartorjan translation both of
\nthese names are translated sofar<\/p>\n
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\nthey may have a connection, they
\nmay not, we can’t be actually <\/p>\n
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\nsure.
\nHowever, it does seem that this <\/p>\n
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\naction took place sometime after
\nthe time of Abraham and when we <\/p>\n
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\ncome to Eliphaz he claims to be
\nmore aged than Job. <\/p>\n
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\nWe have a quotation which reads.
\nThus amongst us is 1, both Gray <\/p>\n
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\nheaded and very aged, one older
\nin Dazed and thy father. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd when we look at the Hebrew,
\nwe find that the term Gray <\/p>\n
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\nheaded and aged are in the
\nsingular, which would seem to <\/p>\n
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\ngive an indication that what
\nhe’s actually doing is referring<\/p>\n
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\nto himself, although in a rather
\npolite and proper way. <\/p>\n
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\nSo he suggested that he may have
\nbeen contemporary or slightly <\/p>\n
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\nolder than Job’s father, or
\nperhaps about the age of Job’s <\/p>\n
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\ngrandfather.
\nNow, with all of these things in<\/p>\n
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\nconsideration, we could safely
\nsay that Job lived sometime <\/p>\n
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\nafter the death of Joseph.
\nOr very close, he may have been <\/p>\n
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\nborn just before the death of
\nJoseph. <\/p>\n
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\nThere’s a possibility, and
\nbefore the time that Moses was <\/p>\n
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\nborn, it’s possible that he
\nmight have even spent that <\/p>\n
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\nentire time.
\nThe total age of Job is not <\/p>\n
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\nabsolutely certain.
\nI’ll make a suggestion in regard<\/p>\n
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\nto that later on.
\nAlso, the date of the book when <\/p>\n
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\nit was written should be
\nconsidered. <\/p>\n
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\nWe find that it was after the
\nmemorial name Yahweh had been <\/p>\n
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\ngiven, and therefore most likely
\nit was given after the Exodus <\/p>\n
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\nfrom Egypt.
\nThere’s a possibility there. <\/p>\n
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\nIt certainly seems that though
\nit was written sometime after <\/p>\n
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\nthe book of Genesis and probably
\nbefore the book of Exodus was <\/p>\n
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\nwritten, we also have the
\nlocation of the action that took<\/p>\n
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\nplace.
\nAnd by examining the various <\/p>\n
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\nlands that are considered, we
\nwould have to put it somewhere <\/p>\n
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\non the east of Jordan, which
\nwould suggest down in the area <\/p>\n
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\nof Edom.
\nIt seemed to be in an area where<\/p>\n
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\nboth the Chaldeans and the
\nArabians could have be, could <\/p>\n
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\nhave come upon the wealth of Job
\nand fallen upon it. <\/p>\n
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\nBy the readings that we found in
\nthis morning’s readings, it <\/p>\n
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\nwould therefore have to be
\nsomewhere on the east of the <\/p>\n
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\nJordan River, perhaps in the
\nancient area of Edom. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat we would know now is the
\ncountry of Jordan. <\/p>\n
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\nWe also find that the location
\nof his three three friends seem <\/p>\n
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\nto indicate a connection with
\nthat particular part of the <\/p>\n
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\nworld, all combined to suggest
\nthat it may have been somewhere <\/p>\n
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\non the fringes of the Arabian
\nDesert. <\/p>\n
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\nThere’s one other thing we
\nshould think of before we jump <\/p>\n
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\ninto that first chapter of Job,
\nand that’s the authorship of the<\/p>\n
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\nBook of Job.
\nThe suggestion has been made <\/p>\n
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\nthat it was probably Moses.
\nAlthough when we go to the <\/p>\n
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\ncritics we find that they
\nwouldn’t quite agree with this <\/p>\n
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\nidea.
\nAnd perhaps it’s because some of<\/p>\n
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\ntheir thinking seems to be very
\nmuch involved with the idea of <\/p>\n
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\nevolution, that man himself as
\ninvolved, has evolved and so <\/p>\n
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\n00:17:35,360 –> 00:17:40,400
\nhasn’t his knowledge and his
\nliterate literary capability. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd they look at the book of Job
\nand they say, now this is a very<\/p>\n
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\ncomplicated book.
\nAnd therefore it must have been <\/p>\n
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\nwritten very late and not very
\nearly, because man would not <\/p>\n
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\nhave had the ability to write
\nthe book of Job at a very early <\/p>\n
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\ndate, such as many would ascribe
\nthe writing of Job that is back <\/p>\n
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\naround the time of Moses.
\nAnd so they would suggest that <\/p>\n
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\nthe book of Job was written
\nconsiderably later in history, a<\/p>\n
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\nnumber of 100 years.
\nBut when we stopped to think <\/p>\n
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\nthat the word of God has been
\ninspired by God, would it be a <\/p>\n
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\ndifficult thing for the Almighty
\nto inspire the writing of a very<\/p>\n
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\ncomplicated book at any time in
\nhistory? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd of course it would not.
\nAnd there are many suggestions <\/p>\n
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\nin the book of Job in relation
\nto the other books of the <\/p>\n
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\nScriptures that would bring us
\nto the thought that it probably <\/p>\n
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\nwas written after the book of
\nGenesis was written but before <\/p>\n
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\nthe Book of Exodus was written.
\nAnd so we have a number of <\/p>\n
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\nreasons for suggesting that Job
\naction took place after the life<\/p>\n
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\nof Joseph, but before the life
\nof Moses, that the setting was <\/p>\n
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\nindeed in that corner of the
\nworld, close to the Arabian <\/p>\n
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\ndesert, and the chances are
\npretty good that Moses was the <\/p>\n
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\nauthor.
\nThis is the traditional view, <\/p>\n
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\nalthough it’s not absolutely
\nconclusive. <\/p>\n
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\nBut there is a rather
\ninteresting thing in regard to <\/p>\n
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\nthe writing of Job.
\nWe’ve already mentioned that <\/p>\n
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\nmost of the book of Job was
\nwritten in portrait, and we <\/p>\n
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\ncannot compare a poetic book
\nwith books that were written in <\/p>\n
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\npole the prose, except for the
\nsection that was written in <\/p>\n
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\nprose.
\nAnd in those first two chapters <\/p>\n
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\nof Job.
\nIn the last 11 verses we find <\/p>\n
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\nthat there are many phrases that
\nare peculiar to the other <\/p>\n
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\nwritings of Moses and not made
\nuse of and many other the books <\/p>\n
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\nof the scriptures.
\nThere are many of them. <\/p>\n
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\n00:19:30,680 –> 00:19:33,920
\nI have a list of a few.
\nWe could certainly enhance that <\/p>\n
339
\n00:19:33,920 –> 00:19:37,200
\nlist by quite a bit.
\nI will not take the time to <\/p>\n
340
\n00:19:37,200 –> 00:19:41,760
\noutline them all for you, but
\nthe indication is that it may <\/p>\n
341
\n00:19:41,760 –> 00:19:44,880
\nvery well have been Moses who
\nwould have written the Book of <\/p>\n
342
\n00:19:44,880 –> 00:19:46,840
\nJob.
\nThe possibility is there. <\/p>\n
343
\n00:19:47,040 –> 00:19:48,920
\nI don’t wish to be dogmatic
\nabout it. <\/p>\n
344
\n00:19:49,960 –> 00:19:53,280
\nI would like now to jump into
\nthe Book of Job and to see what <\/p>\n
345
\n00:19:53,280 –> 00:19:54,720
\nwe can do with the time
\nallotted. <\/p>\n
346
\n00:19:55,560 –> 00:19:59,280
\nWherever we end up with time
\nthis morning, we’ll merely pick <\/p>\n
347
\n00:19:59,280 –> 00:20:01,560
\nup with it as time goes on
\nthrough the week. <\/p>\n
348
\n00:20:01,920 –> 00:20:05,480
\nOn every other occasion when
\nI’ve had to give classes on the <\/p>\n
349
\n00:20:05,480 –> 00:20:08,360
\nBook of Job, I’ve been assigned
\ndifferent periods of time, <\/p>\n
350
\n00:20:08,360 –> 00:20:10,520
\nanywhere from one class to 1\/2 a
\ndozen. <\/p>\n
351
\n00:20:11,120 –> 00:20:13,520
\nAnd therefore, it’s very
\ndifficult to break it up and say<\/p>\n
352
\n00:20:13,520 –> 00:20:15,440
\nthis day will go exactly this
\nfar. <\/p>\n
353
\n00:20:15,560 –> 00:20:18,200
\nWe’ll go as far as we can.
\nWe’ll try to keep one eye on the<\/p>\n
354
\n00:20:18,200 –> 00:20:21,480
\nclock, try to end on time, and
\nthen pick it up tomorrow where <\/p>\n
355
\n00:20:21,480 –> 00:20:24,280
\nwe leave off today.
\nAnd so we start with the book of<\/p>\n
356
\n00:20:24,280 –> 00:20:26,720
\nJob, and I wonder if we could
\nopen to that first chapter that <\/p>\n
357
\n00:20:26,720 –> 00:20:30,480
\nwe’ve had read for us and take a
\nlittle bit of a look at it <\/p>\n
358
\n00:20:31,960 –> 00:20:33,680
\nthere.
\nWe start out in the first verse <\/p>\n
359
\n00:20:33,680 –> 00:20:36,560
\nby reading that there was a man
\nin the name of Oz whose name was<\/p>\n
360
\n00:20:36,560 –> 00:20:40,960
\nJob, and that man was perfect
\nand upright, one that feared God<\/p>\n
361
\n00:20:40,960 –> 00:20:43,880
\nand his true evil.
\nAnd I think we all realize that <\/p>\n
362
\n00:20:43,880 –> 00:20:47,880
\nif we could ever be spoken of by
\nthe inspired word of God in such<\/p>\n
363
\n00:20:47,880 –> 00:20:51,880
\ncomplimentary ways, we would be
\nvery, very happy indeed. <\/p>\n
364
\n00:20:52,560 –> 00:20:56,920
\nAnd yet, not everyone feels that
\nJob really was, as described <\/p>\n
365
\n00:20:56,920 –> 00:21:02,240
\nhere in that first verse, as one
\nwho was perfect and upright, a <\/p>\n
366
\n00:21:02,240 –> 00:21:04,240
\nman that feared God and his true
\nevil. <\/p>\n
367
\n00:21:04,440 –> 00:21:07,440
\nSome would even go so far as to
\nsay that’s the opinion that Job <\/p>\n
368
\n00:21:07,440 –> 00:21:11,160
\nhad of himself, but it’s not
\nreally what Job was. <\/p>\n
369
\n00:21:11,640 –> 00:21:15,680
\nIf this was the case, I think
\nwe’d have quite a few problems. <\/p>\n
370
\n00:21:16,120 –> 00:21:17,720
\nI’d like to review a few of
\nthose. <\/p>\n
371
\n00:21:17,720 –> 00:21:20,760
\nI’ve heard that many think that
\nactually Job was somewhat of a <\/p>\n
372
\n00:21:20,760 –> 00:21:24,000
\nscoundrel and the suffering that
\nhe underwent was what he really <\/p>\n
373
\n00:21:24,000 –> 00:21:27,080
\ndeserved after all, for the
\npurpose of bringing him to a <\/p>\n
374
\n00:21:27,080 –> 00:21:29,840
\nposition of righteousness which
\neventually, perhaps, he may be <\/p>\n
375
\n00:21:29,840 –> 00:21:32,720
\nobtained.
\nIf indeed we’re going to take <\/p>\n
376
\n00:21:32,720 –> 00:21:35,720
\nthis position, what we’re going
\nto have to say is the Bible <\/p>\n
377
\n00:21:35,720 –> 00:21:37,280
\ndoesn’t really mean what it
\nsays. <\/p>\n
378
\n00:21:38,200 –> 00:21:41,160
\nAnd if this is the case, we’re
\ngoing to have to look at many <\/p>\n
379
\n00:21:41,160 –> 00:21:43,880
\npassages in the Bible that we
\nuse as proof verses for the <\/p>\n
380
\n00:21:43,880 –> 00:21:46,400
\ndoctrines that we most assuredly
\nbelieve and say. <\/p>\n
381
\n00:21:46,520 –> 00:21:47,880
\nWell, they don’t.
\nReally mean what they say. <\/p>\n
382
\n00:21:47,880 –> 00:21:51,040
\nThey mean exactly the opposite.
\nAnd this is exactly what many of<\/p>\n
383
\n00:21:51,040 –> 00:21:55,320
\nthose who our opponents do when
\nit comes to very basic points of<\/p>\n
384
\n00:21:55,320 –> 00:21:57,760
\ndoctrine.
\nWhen it says there’s one God, <\/p>\n
385
\n00:21:57,760 –> 00:21:59,440
\nthey’ll say, well, it really
\nmeans it’s three. <\/p>\n
386
\n00:22:00,200 –> 00:22:03,320
\nAnd we have all kinds of
\nproblems such as that When it <\/p>\n
387
\n00:22:03,320 –> 00:22:05,560
\nsays the wages of sin is death,
\nthey’ll say, oh, that means the <\/p>\n
388
\n00:22:05,560 –> 00:22:07,640
\nbody died.
\nBut still, a person’s actually <\/p>\n
389
\n00:22:07,640 –> 00:22:09,400
\nimmortal because their soul
\nlives on forever. <\/p>\n
390
\n00:22:09,680 –> 00:22:11,720
\nAnd we have all kinds of
\nproblems such as that. <\/p>\n
391
\n00:22:11,880 –> 00:22:14,720
\nIf we’re going to say that the
\nBible doesn’t really mean what <\/p>\n
392
\n00:22:14,720 –> 00:22:18,760
\nit says, we’re going to have a
\ngreat deal of difficulty here. <\/p>\n
393
\n00:22:18,760 –> 00:22:22,800
\nWe find that Job is upheld by
\nthe inspired word of God here in<\/p>\n
394
\n00:22:22,800 –> 00:22:26,400
\nthe book of Job and also in
\nother books of the Scriptures as<\/p>\n
395
\n00:22:26,400 –> 00:22:28,720
\nbeing a man who was indeed
\nrighteous. <\/p>\n
396
\n00:22:29,320 –> 00:22:32,320
\nWe already mentioned how that he
\nwas put together with Noor and <\/p>\n
397
\n00:22:32,320 –> 00:22:36,320
\nDaniel, individuals who were
\nrighteous before the action, <\/p>\n
398
\n00:22:36,560 –> 00:22:38,960
\nduring the action, and after the
\naction. <\/p>\n
399
\n00:22:39,160 –> 00:22:42,960
\nWhen we look at Job, if indeed
\nhe can be compared with them, it<\/p>\n
400
\n00:22:42,960 –> 00:22:45,840
\nwould not be unreasonable for us
\nto assume that he indeed was <\/p>\n
401
\n00:22:45,840 –> 00:22:49,440
\nrighteous before the action,
\nduring the action, and after the<\/p>\n
402
\n00:22:49,440 –> 00:22:52,080
\naction.
\nThat doesn’t mean that Job <\/p>\n
403
\n00:22:52,080 –> 00:22:55,520
\ncouldn’t learn anything by what
\ntook place, and later on in the <\/p>\n
404
\n00:22:55,520 –> 00:22:58,960
\nweek we’re going to consider a
\nproblem that Job had. <\/p>\n
405
\n00:22:59,320 –> 00:23:03,560
\nBut this is not going to
\nconflict with the mechanical <\/p>\n
406
\n00:23:03,560 –> 00:23:08,520
\nrighteousness that Job had, that
\nhe was indeed perfect and <\/p>\n
407
\n00:23:08,520 –> 00:23:12,520
\nupright in his actions, that he
\nwas indeed a man who feared God <\/p>\n
408
\n00:23:12,520 –> 00:23:14,880
\nand his true evil.
\nAnd by that I don’t mean that he<\/p>\n
409
\n00:23:14,880 –> 00:23:17,560
\nnever made a mistake.
\nWe know that only the Lord Jesus<\/p>\n
410
\n00:23:17,560 –> 00:23:21,080
\nChrist lived an absolutely
\nperfect life, but nevertheless <\/p>\n
411
\n00:23:21,080 –> 00:23:25,680
\nHe made righteousness a way of
\nlife and he is upheld and <\/p>\n
412
\n00:23:25,680 –> 00:23:28,320
\ncommended for it by the Lord
\nHimself. <\/p>\n
413
\n00:23:28,960 –> 00:23:31,600
\nNot only here in the first
\nverse, but also in the <\/p>\n
414
\n00:23:31,600 –> 00:23:35,200
\ndiscussion he has with the enemy
\nthat comes on the scene a few <\/p>\n
415
\n00:23:35,200 –> 00:23:40,440
\nverses down in the book of Job.
\nSo here we have him upheld. <\/p>\n
416
\n00:23:40,760 –> 00:23:42,720
\nThere are a number of other
\nreasons that could be <\/p>\n
417
\n00:23:42,720 –> 00:23:45,480
\nconsidered.
\nTo outline them now or later is <\/p>\n
418
\n00:23:45,480 –> 00:23:49,920
\na question we do find a little
\nbit later. <\/p>\n
419
\n00:23:49,920 –> 00:23:51,880
\nWe’re going to be considering
\nthe doctrine of exact <\/p>\n
420
\n00:23:51,880 –> 00:23:55,720
\nretribution, if indeed the
\nscripture doesn’t mean what it <\/p>\n
421
\n00:23:55,720 –> 00:23:58,720
\nsays.
\nWe wouldn’t have any argument <\/p>\n
422
\n00:23:58,720 –> 00:24:02,480
\nfor exact retribution or against
\nexact retribution, which is <\/p>\n
423
\n00:24:02,480 –> 00:24:05,920
\nactually what the case is.
\nTherefore we come to the <\/p>\n
424
\n00:24:05,920 –> 00:24:08,600
\nconclusion that we would find
\nthat the Almighty was wrong when<\/p>\n
425
\n00:24:08,600 –> 00:24:11,080
\nhe condemned Job’s three friends
\nat the end of the book in that <\/p>\n
426
\n00:24:11,080 –> 00:24:14,520
\nvery last chapter, and said Thou
\nhast not spoken that which is <\/p>\n
427
\n00:24:14,520 –> 00:24:16,880
\nright concerning me as my
\nservant. <\/p>\n
428
\n00:24:16,880 –> 00:24:21,760
\nJob has a very interesting
\ncommendation for the things that<\/p>\n
429
\n00:24:21,760 –> 00:24:25,800
\nJob had to say in his debates
\nwith his three friends. <\/p>\n
430
\n00:24:26,800 –> 00:24:29,640
\nAnd perhaps the most important
\nthing, a subject that we’ll get <\/p>\n
431
\n00:24:29,640 –> 00:24:31,960
\nto a little bit later in the
\nweek. <\/p>\n
432
\n00:24:31,960 –> 00:24:37,640
\nNot too much.
\nAnd that is the the fact that <\/p>\n
433
\n00:24:37,640 –> 00:24:42,280
\nthe innocent can indeed suffer
\nfor the benefit of the guilty, a<\/p>\n
434
\n00:24:42,280 –> 00:24:45,120
\npoint which we’re going to have
\nto hammer home a number of times<\/p>\n
435
\n00:24:45,120 –> 00:24:47,680
\nthis week.
\nAnd even though this is slightly<\/p>\n
436
\n00:24:47,680 –> 00:24:50,720
\nout of line from where it’s
\npresented in the Book of Job, I <\/p>\n
437
\n00:24:50,720 –> 00:24:52,920
\nthink we have to keep in the
\nback of our mind that the <\/p>\n
438
\n00:24:52,920 –> 00:24:57,320
\nAlmighty in His wisdom.
\nI saw to it that the Book of Job<\/p>\n
439
\n00:24:57,320 –> 00:25:01,480
\nwas inspired to be written very,
\nvery early in history, very <\/p>\n
440
\n00:25:01,480 –> 00:25:03,920
\nearly in the list of the Canon
\nof books of the Scriptures. <\/p>\n
441
\n00:25:03,920 –> 00:25:08,200
\nAnd I think there’s a reason for
\nif we did not realize this basic<\/p>\n
442
\n00:25:08,200 –> 00:25:12,880
\nprinciple that the innocent can
\nsuffer for the benefit of the <\/p>\n
443
\n00:25:12,880 –> 00:25:17,000
\nguilty, when we would come to
\nview the suffering of the Lord <\/p>\n
444
\n00:25:17,040 –> 00:25:20,680
\nJesus Christ, it’d be
\nunintelligible to us. <\/p>\n
445
\n00:25:21,280 –> 00:25:25,120
\nWe have to realize that an
\nindividual can indeed suffer for<\/p>\n
446
\n00:25:25,120 –> 00:25:29,760
\nthe benefits of others, and that
\nwas placed very early in the <\/p>\n
447
\n00:25:29,760 –> 00:25:33,480
\ninspired writings of the Holy
\nWrit, even back here in the book<\/p>\n
448
\n00:25:33,480 –> 00:25:36,000
\nof Job.
\nThere are a number of reasons <\/p>\n
449
\n00:25:36,000 –> 00:25:39,080
\nfor us to accept the fact that
\nJob was a mechanically righteous<\/p>\n
450
\n00:25:39,080 –> 00:25:41,440
\nindividual.
\nHis attitude toward his <\/p>\n
451
\n00:25:41,440 –> 00:25:44,520
\nrighteousness is something that
\nwe’re going to consider later in<\/p>\n
452
\n00:25:44,520 –> 00:25:48,960
\nthe week, and also, I hope, the
\nattitude we may have toward our <\/p>\n
453
\n00:25:48,960 –> 00:25:51,440
\nrighteousness, if indeed we have
\nany. <\/p>\n
454
\n00:25:53,320 –> 00:25:57,040
\nWe also find that a very
\ninteresting thing took place. <\/p>\n
455
\n00:25:57,520 –> 00:26:01,240
\nWe have a list next of what
\nhappened in regard to his <\/p>\n
456
\n00:26:01,240 –> 00:26:05,720
\nchildren, how that his sons came
\ntogether to offer sacrifices, <\/p>\n
457
\n00:26:05,720 –> 00:26:10,120
\nverse two, and they were born
\nunto him, seven sons and three <\/p>\n
458
\n00:26:10,120 –> 00:26:13,040
\ndaughters.
\nWe also have a list of his <\/p>\n
459
\n00:26:13,040 –> 00:26:16,040
\nsubstance.
\nWe have it outlined here and I’d<\/p>\n
460
\n00:26:16,040 –> 00:26:20,680
\nlike to turn up one more poster
\nand we won’t go beyond this <\/p>\n
461
\n00:26:20,680 –> 00:26:25,800
\nparticular poster this morning.
\nWe have in this poster of course<\/p>\n
462
\n00:26:25,800 –> 00:26:31,080
\na comparison of the wealth of
\nJob both before the action and <\/p>\n
463
\n00:26:31,080 –> 00:26:34,160
\nthen after the action was over
\nand God had current turn the <\/p>\n
464
\n00:26:34,160 –> 00:26:37,880
\ncaptivity of Job and we notice,
\nI don’t know if you can all see <\/p>\n
465
\n00:26:37,880 –> 00:26:39,720
\nthat perhaps it’s a little bit
\nlow down. <\/p>\n
466
\n00:26:40,760 –> 00:26:43,720
\nYou have the same thing written
\ndown for you in the third verse <\/p>\n
467
\n00:26:43,720 –> 00:26:47,080
\nof this book.
\nHow that his substance also was <\/p>\n
468
\n00:26:47,080 –> 00:26:55,080
\n7000 sheep, 3000 camels, 500
\nyokovacs, oxen, 500 Shias is in <\/p>\n
469
\n00:26:55,080 –> 00:26:58,480
\na very great household, so that
\nthis man was the greatest of all<\/p>\n
470
\n00:26:58,480 –> 00:27:00,600
\nof the East.
\nAnd you notice how that that’s <\/p>\n
471
\n00:27:00,600 –> 00:27:04,520
\nwritten in one column on the
\nright side of the page or left <\/p>\n
472
\n00:27:04,520 –> 00:27:06,640
\nside of the page, Excuse me,
\nyour left is my right. <\/p>\n
473
\n00:27:07,520 –> 00:27:10,880
\nAnd on the other column we have
\nwhat he received after the <\/p>\n
474
\n00:27:10,880 –> 00:27:14,560
\naction was over, how that the
\nLord had given him twice as much<\/p>\n
475
\n00:27:14,560 –> 00:27:17,920
\nas he had had before.
\nYou also notice a rather <\/p>\n
476
\n00:27:17,920 –> 00:27:19,800
\ninteresting thing, and we’re
\ngoing to bring this up on <\/p>\n
477
\n00:27:19,800 –> 00:27:23,880
\nSaturday now that he had seven
\nsons and three daughters to <\/p>\n
478
\n00:27:23,880 –> 00:27:27,720
\nbegin with, and how he also has
\nseven sons and three daughters <\/p>\n
479
\n00:27:27,720 –> 00:27:30,560
\nto end with.
\nWe do wish to discuss that on <\/p>\n
480
\n00:27:30,560 –> 00:27:33,840
\nSaturday, and I think to me at
\nleast, it’s one of the most <\/p>\n
481
\n00:27:33,840 –> 00:27:37,360
\nbeautiful things in the whole of
\nthe book of Job, but let’s set <\/p>\n
482
\n00:27:37,360 –> 00:27:41,840
\nthat aside for a while.
\nWe also have the age that Job <\/p>\n
483
\n00:27:41,840 –> 00:27:45,920
\nlived after the action took
\nplace, but we’re not told how <\/p>\n
484
\n00:27:45,920 –> 00:27:48,760
\nold Job was when the action took
\nplace. <\/p>\n
485
\n00:27:49,560 –> 00:27:52,600
\nI’m going to make a suggestion
\nas to how old I think he was, <\/p>\n
486
\n00:27:53,080 –> 00:27:55,640
\nand I’ll give you the reason for
\nthat on Saturday. <\/p>\n
487
\n00:27:56,000 –> 00:27:59,040
\nAlthough I don’t mind telling
\nyou now how old I think Job was <\/p>\n
488
\n00:27:59,480 –> 00:28:02,200
\nwhen the action took place.
\nI think he was 70 years of age, <\/p>\n
489
\n00:28:03,240 –> 00:28:05,920
\nbut I’d like to leave the
\nreasons for that when we get to <\/p>\n
490
\n00:28:05,920 –> 00:28:09,120
\nthe 42nd chapter and find that
\nthe Lord had turned the <\/p>\n
491
\n00:28:09,120 –> 00:28:12,040
\ncaptivity of Job.
\nSo let’s leave that. <\/p>\n
492
\n00:28:12,040 –> 00:28:14,760
\nWe do find that he had seven
\nsons and three daughters to <\/p>\n
493
\n00:28:14,760 –> 00:28:19,320
\nbegin with.
\nSome had made a suggestion that <\/p>\n
494
\n00:28:19,320 –> 00:28:22,880
\nthese seven sons and three
\ndaughters did not actually die, <\/p>\n
495
\n00:28:23,360 –> 00:28:27,320
\nthat there was merely a report
\nthat they had died and they had <\/p>\n
496
\n00:28:27,320 –> 00:28:29,160
\nbeen hidden away somewhere
\nbecause they said it wouldn’t be<\/p>\n
497
\n00:28:29,160 –> 00:28:33,800
\nvery nice of the Almighty to
\nkill 10 of Job’s children, if <\/p>\n
498
\n00:28:33,800 –> 00:28:35,520
\nindeed they were righteous.
\nAnd others have made the <\/p>\n
499
\n00:28:35,520 –> 00:28:38,520
\nsuggestion of saying, well, you
\nknow, the children of Job were <\/p>\n
500
\n00:28:38,880 –> 00:28:41,920
\nnot such very good individuals
\nand that’s why the Lord did <\/p>\n
501
\n00:28:41,920 –> 00:28:45,040
\npermit them to be killed,
\nbecause they really didn’t <\/p>\n
502
\n00:28:45,040 –> 00:28:47,560
\ndeserve to live.
\nI’m going to take another <\/p>\n
503
\n00:28:47,560 –> 00:28:51,360
\nposition and say that I feel
\nthat these seven sons and three <\/p>\n
504
\n00:28:51,360 –> 00:28:55,080
\ndaughters were righteous
\nchildren and that they actually <\/p>\n
505
\n00:28:55,080 –> 00:28:58,320
\ndid die.
\nAnd there are another seven sons<\/p>\n
506
\n00:28:58,320 –> 00:29:02,240
\nand three daughters that were
\nborn unto Job after the action <\/p>\n
507
\n00:29:02,240 –> 00:29:06,120
\nhad taken place.
\nIf you wish to do a little <\/p>\n
508
\n00:29:06,320 –> 00:29:10,160
\nresearch, I’d recommend that you
\ntake a look at the Septuagint <\/p>\n
509
\n00:29:10,160 –> 00:29:13,960
\ntranslation, For there we find
\nthat at the beginning of the <\/p>\n
510
\n00:29:13,960 –> 00:29:18,480
\nBook of Job, this man had seven
\nsons and three daughters. <\/p>\n
511
\n00:29:18,600 –> 00:29:20,720
\nThey were already there.
\nThey were in existence. <\/p>\n
512
\n00:29:21,400 –> 00:29:24,400
\nAt the end of the Book of Job,
\nafter the captivity of Job is <\/p>\n
513
\n00:29:24,400 –> 00:29:27,640
\nturned by the Lord, we find that
\nthey were born unto him. <\/p>\n
514
\n00:29:27,800 –> 00:29:32,920
\nSeven sons and three daughters.
\nAnother seven sons, another <\/p>\n
515
\n00:29:32,920 –> 00:29:35,440
\nthree daughters.
\nAnd we’re going to have quite a <\/p>\n
516
\n00:29:35,440 –> 00:29:38,320
\nbit to say about that when we
\ncome to Saturday. <\/p>\n
517
\n00:29:39,640 –> 00:29:44,480
\nBut would it be unrighteous of
\nthe Lord for those 10 if they <\/p>\n
518
\n00:29:44,480 –> 00:29:47,080
\nwere righteous children to be
\nput to death? <\/p>\n
519
\n00:29:48,600 –> 00:29:51,320
\nYou know, death is a temporary
\nthing for those who are <\/p>\n
520
\n00:29:51,320 –> 00:29:55,440
\nrighteous, isn’t it, For them to
\nsleep in the dust of the grave, <\/p>\n
521
\n00:29:55,440 –> 00:29:58,200
\nand the very next thing that
\nthey would consciously realize <\/p>\n
522
\n00:29:58,200 –> 00:30:01,440
\nwould be to be alive at the feet
\nof the Lord Jesus? <\/p>\n
523
\n00:30:02,320 –> 00:30:04,040
\nWould it really be all that
\ncruel? <\/p>\n
524
\n00:30:04,600 –> 00:30:06,600
\nDid you ever stop to think of
\nthat for yourself? <\/p>\n
525
\n00:30:07,680 –> 00:30:10,960
\nFor those who are in the Lord
\nJesus Christ to fall asleep in <\/p>\n
526
\n00:30:10,960 –> 00:30:15,880
\ndeath and rest in the grave?
\nIs it really all that bad when <\/p>\n
527
\n00:30:15,880 –> 00:30:17,880
\nyou think that the next thing
\nthat we would know? <\/p>\n
528
\n00:30:18,560 –> 00:30:20,840
\nWould be that we would be
\nstanding before the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n
529
\n00:30:20,840 –> 00:30:23,520
\nChrist.
\nSo what happened in regard to <\/p>\n
530
\n00:30:23,520 –> 00:30:25,880
\nJob’s seven sons and three
\ndaughters, we find that they <\/p>\n
531
\n00:30:25,880 –> 00:30:30,240
\nmade a feast starting at their
\nthe elder son’s house, working <\/p>\n
532
\n00:30:30,240 –> 00:30:32,080
\ndown through the seven.
\nNow that would take a week, <\/p>\n
533
\n00:30:32,080 –> 00:30:34,320
\nwouldn’t it?
\nAnd on each day they would. <\/p>\n
534
\n00:30:34,320 –> 00:30:37,560
\nAssemble at one of the sons
\nhomes and the three daughters <\/p>\n
535
\n00:30:37,560 –> 00:30:40,120
\nwere invited as well.
\nSome have. <\/p>\n
536
\n00:30:40,120 –> 00:30:42,520
\nSuggested that it certainly
\nwasn’t a very good assembly. <\/p>\n
537
\n00:30:42,520 –> 00:30:47,440
\nIt was, well, somewhat of a wild
\nparty, if we may put it in <\/p>\n
538
\n00:30:47,720 –> 00:30:51,160
\npolite phrase.
\nBut others have suggested that <\/p>\n
539
\n00:30:51,160 –> 00:30:55,240
\nit was indeed a very holy union,
\nwhere that they were there <\/p>\n
540
\n00:30:55,240 –> 00:30:58,640
\ntogether to feast and to give
\nThanksgiving to the Lord. <\/p>\n
541
\n00:30:59,120 –> 00:31:00,560
\nFor the wonderful.
\nLife that he had. <\/p>\n
542
\n00:31:00,560 –> 00:31:03,440
\nGiven them and the glorious
\npromise of a future life to <\/p>\n
543
\n00:31:03,440 –> 00:31:07,800
\ncome, this is a position that
\nI’d like to take myself at this <\/p>\n
544
\n00:31:07,800 –> 00:31:11,960
\npoint and also note that on the
\n1st. <\/p>\n
545
\n00:31:11,960 –> 00:31:15,000
\nDay of the week, which would
\nalso be if it was a repeated <\/p>\n
546
\n00:31:15,000 –> 00:31:17,240
\nthing.
\nWhether every week they had <\/p>\n
547
\n00:31:17,240 –> 00:31:21,080
\nrounds such as this going from
\none son to another and it would <\/p>\n
548
\n00:31:21,080 –> 00:31:23,560
\nbe continual feasting.
\nOr perhaps it may have taken <\/p>\n
549
\n00:31:23,560 –> 00:31:25,640
\nplace only periodically through
\nthe year. <\/p>\n
550
\n00:31:25,640 –> 00:31:28,280
\nWe don’t know.
\nBut on the first day of the week<\/p>\n
551
\n00:31:28,280 –> 00:31:32,160
\nJob offered sacrifices.
\nAnd it’s because of the way that<\/p>\n
552
\n00:31:32,160 –> 00:31:34,960
\nit’s worded in the scriptures
\nthat I would like to suggest <\/p>\n
553
\n00:31:35,320 –> 00:31:38,560
\nthat his sons and daughters were
\nindeed righteous individuals. <\/p>\n
554
\n00:31:39,240 –> 00:31:44,040
\nWe noticed that Job offered
\nsacrifices because he said <\/p>\n
555
\n00:31:44,040 –> 00:31:48,880
\nperhaps they’ve sinned against
\nGod in their heart. <\/p>\n
556
\n00:31:49,840 –> 00:31:53,360
\nIf indeed their sins had been
\nobviously external. <\/p>\n
557
\n00:31:53,880 –> 00:31:57,720
\nIf they had been committed in
\nany terrible sins, it would have<\/p>\n
558
\n00:31:57,720 –> 00:32:00,360
\nbeen obvious, and that would be
\nthe reason that Job would be <\/p>\n
559
\n00:32:00,360 –> 00:32:02,720
\noffering sacrifices.
\nBut he wasn’t offering <\/p>\n
560
\n00:32:02,720 –> 00:32:05,640
\nsacrifices for any particular
\nsin that they had sinned <\/p>\n
561
\n00:32:05,640 –> 00:32:08,800
\noutwardly.
\nBut he was so interested in the <\/p>\n
562
\n00:32:08,800 –> 00:32:12,960
\nwell-being of his offspring that
\nhe said it just might be that <\/p>\n
563
\n00:32:12,960 –> 00:32:17,440
\ntheir hearts might not quite be
\nright with God, and he was even <\/p>\n
564
\n00:32:17,440 –> 00:32:20,880
\ninterested in their internal
\nattitude toward the Creator. <\/p>\n
565
\n00:32:21,720 –> 00:32:25,400
\nMy suggestion is therefore that
\nthey really were righteous, at <\/p>\n
566
\n00:32:25,400 –> 00:32:28,800
\nleast outwardly, and Job was
\nhoping that their righteousness <\/p>\n
567
\n00:32:29,040 –> 00:32:30,920
\nwould be inward as well as
\noutward. <\/p>\n
568
\n00:32:31,800 –> 00:32:34,840
\nThe suggestion is there, and
\nit’s left up for your <\/p>\n
569
\n00:32:34,840 –> 00:32:38,400
\nconsideration.
\nAnd so we do find that. <\/p>\n
570
\n00:32:38,400 –> 00:32:42,000
\nThen there was a meeting between
\nthe sons of God who came before <\/p>\n
571
\n00:32:42,000 –> 00:32:45,000
\nthe Lord.
\nAll, and I know that our friends<\/p>\n
572
\n00:32:45,000 –> 00:32:47,520
\nand many of the churches around
\nabout us have got all sorts of <\/p>\n
573
\n00:32:47,960 –> 00:32:50,840
\ngreat and wonderful ideas about
\nthis particular passage. <\/p>\n
574
\n00:32:51,240 –> 00:32:54,960
\nPerhaps the most popular is that
\nhere is a meeting of the angels <\/p>\n
575
\n00:32:54,960 –> 00:32:58,600
\nof God up in heaven.
\nAnd amongst that meeting of the <\/p>\n
576
\n00:32:58,600 –> 00:33:02,880
\nangels of God, along comes a bad
\nfellow that’s called Satan, who <\/p>\n
577
\n00:33:02,880 –> 00:33:06,480
\nhad been a rebellious Angel and
\nhad spent his time walking to <\/p>\n
578
\n00:33:06,480 –> 00:33:08,960
\nand fro on the earth trying to
\nget people to turn against God. <\/p>\n
579
\n00:33:09,800 –> 00:33:13,640
\nAnd here God challenges them and
\nsays, have you considered my <\/p>\n
580
\n00:33:13,640 –> 00:33:15,360
\nservant Job?
\nThat there’s none like him in <\/p>\n
581
\n00:33:15,360 –> 00:33:17,560
\nall the earth?
\nOne who is perfect and upright. <\/p>\n
582
\n00:33:17,560 –> 00:33:21,440
\nOne who fears God and his true
\nevil, almost as though he’s <\/p>\n
583
\n00:33:21,440 –> 00:33:25,720
\ngloating to this fallen Angel.
\nAnd the fallen Angel said, well,<\/p>\n
584
\n00:33:25,720 –> 00:33:27,720
\nyou know the only reason.
\nHe’s a righteous man, as he <\/p>\n
585
\n00:33:27,720 –> 00:33:29,680
\nrecognizes as a good business
\ndeal. <\/p>\n
586
\n00:33:29,840 –> 00:33:32,600
\nYou’ve paid him to be righteous.
\nYou’ve given him everything that<\/p>\n
587
\n00:33:32,600 –> 00:33:36,840
\nhe has, you’ve given him a fine
\nwife and 10 children, and you’ve<\/p>\n
588
\n00:33:36,840 –> 00:33:39,240
\ngiven him a lots of wealth and
\ngood health. <\/p>\n
589
\n00:33:39,440 –> 00:33:42,360
\nWhy shouldn’t he be righteous?
\nYou’ll pay him to be righteous, <\/p>\n
590
\n00:33:42,880 –> 00:33:45,240
\nand he recognizes a good
\nbusiness deal, is willing to <\/p>\n
591
\n00:33:45,240 –> 00:33:48,680
\naccept the pay and pay you back
\nby being a servant of yours. <\/p>\n
592
\n00:33:50,920 –> 00:33:55,480
\nIs it possible that this meeting
\ntook place up in heaven by the <\/p>\n
593
\n00:33:55,480 –> 00:33:57,720
\nangels of God?
\nYou know, there is one passage <\/p>\n
594
\n00:33:57,720 –> 00:34:01,120
\nin the Scriptures where the sons
\nof God are spoken of, and it <\/p>\n
595
\n00:34:01,160 –> 00:34:03,800
\nobviously is angels.
\nAnd we’ll have to admit that <\/p>\n
596
\n00:34:03,800 –> 00:34:06,000
\nthat passage is in the book of
\nJob. <\/p>\n
597
\n00:34:06,000 –> 00:34:08,760
\nIt’s over there in the 38th
\nchapter that we’ll get to a few <\/p>\n
598
\n00:34:08,760 –> 00:34:12,400
\ndays from now, and there it
\nspeaks about the creation and <\/p>\n
599
\n00:34:12,400 –> 00:34:14,880
\nhow at the creation.
\nAll the sons of God rejoiced. <\/p>\n
600
\n00:34:15,920 –> 00:34:18,080
\nObviously that has to be the
\nangels of heaven. <\/p>\n
601
\n00:34:18,360 –> 00:34:20,560
\nBecause human beings weren’t
\naround beginning. <\/p>\n
602
\n00:34:22,000 –> 00:34:24,560
\nNot until the 6th day when man
\nwas indeed created. <\/p>\n
603
\n00:34:24,800 –> 00:34:27,679
\nTherefore the sons of God in
\nthat particular reference must <\/p>\n
604
\n00:34:27,679 –> 00:34:30,239
\nbe the angels.
\nAnd Sir, surely the angels of <\/p>\n
605
\n00:34:30,239 –> 00:34:33,000
\nheaven are the sons of God.
\nBut there are many passages <\/p>\n
606
\n00:34:33,000 –> 00:34:36,159
\nthroughout the Scriptures where
\nsons of God are referred to, in <\/p>\n
607
\n00:34:36,159 –> 00:34:40,280
\nfact the bulk of them, where it
\nobviously is human beings, we <\/p>\n
608
\n00:34:40,280 –> 00:34:43,800
\nread in the Scriptures.
\nNow are we the sons of God? <\/p>\n
609
\n00:34:44,080 –> 00:34:48,840
\nAnd we could bring up literally,
\nprobably 20 passages which speak<\/p>\n
610
\n00:34:48,840 –> 00:34:54,120
\nof us human beings as being the
\nsons and daughters of God. <\/p>\n
611
\n00:34:54,360 –> 00:34:56,639
\nIt’s there again and again
\nthrough the Scriptures. <\/p>\n
612
\n00:34:56,760 –> 00:34:59,800
\nAnd unless we’re given very good
\nreason to believe that when it <\/p>\n
613
\n00:34:59,800 –> 00:35:04,960
\nspeaks of the sons of God it is
\nGod’s heavenly angels, we would <\/p>\n
614
\n00:35:04,960 –> 00:35:09,320
\nbe in much, much better
\nperspective to expect that it <\/p>\n
615
\n00:35:09,320 –> 00:35:12,200
\nwould be human beings, because
\nthe Bible has to do with God’s <\/p>\n
616
\n00:35:12,200 –> 00:35:16,800
\nrelationship with man.
\nWe have another problem, <\/p>\n
617
\n00:35:16,800 –> 00:35:20,200
\nhowever, and we’re immediate.
\nIt’s immediately pointed out <\/p>\n
618
\n00:35:20,200 –> 00:35:21,800
\nthat these.
\nSons of God. <\/p>\n
619
\n00:35:22,160 –> 00:35:26,120
\nCame before the Lord.
\nAnd that Lord the Lord dwelleth <\/p>\n
620
\n00:35:26,120 –> 00:35:29,000
\nin a man, that God dwells in a
\nlight that no man can approach <\/p>\n
621
\n00:35:29,000 –> 00:35:32,560
\nunto, that he dwells in heaven.
\nAnd therefore the coming before <\/p>\n
622
\n00:35:32,560 –> 00:35:34,320
\nthe Lord must indeed have been
\nup in heaven. <\/p>\n
623
\n00:35:34,520 –> 00:35:37,040
\nAnd since we don’t have access
\nto heaven, it must have been <\/p>\n
624
\n00:35:37,040 –> 00:35:41,400
\nGod’s heavenly angels.
\nAnd so the argument goes, Is <\/p>\n
625
\n00:35:41,400 –> 00:35:45,440
\nthat the case?
\nDo we not find in the scriptures<\/p>\n
626
\n00:35:46,040 –> 00:35:48,840
\nthat very often men?
\nWere to come. <\/p>\n
627
\n00:35:48,840 –> 00:35:51,640
\nBefore the Lord.
\nIn fact, there are two other <\/p>\n
628
\n00:35:51,640 –> 00:35:54,760
\nplaces in the scriptures.
\nIt uses this exact phraseology <\/p>\n
629
\n00:35:55,040 –> 00:35:59,080
\nto present themselves before the
\nLord, and in both cases it has <\/p>\n
630
\n00:35:59,080 –> 00:36:01,600
\nto do with the men of Israel
\npresenting themselves before the<\/p>\n
631
\n00:36:01,600 –> 00:36:05,160
\nTabernacle of the congregation.
\nWe do find that in the <\/p>\n
632
\n00:36:05,160 –> 00:36:08,640
\nwilderness, when the Tabernacle
\nof the congregation was there, <\/p>\n
633
\n00:36:08,640 –> 00:36:12,080
\nall Israel on a number of a
\nnumber of times presented <\/p>\n
634
\n00:36:12,080 –> 00:36:15,680
\nthemselves before the Lord.
\nWe also find that under the <\/p>\n
635
\n00:36:15,680 –> 00:36:19,800
\nMosaic Law, after they had
\nsettled in the land, and 1st <\/p>\n
636
\n00:36:19,800 –> 00:36:22,280
\nwhen the House of the Lord was
\nat Shiloh, and later after the <\/p>\n
637
\n00:36:22,280 –> 00:36:26,200
\nTemple had been built by
\nSolomon, that all of the males <\/p>\n
638
\n00:36:26,200 –> 00:36:30,440
\nof Israel were to present
\nthemselves 3 * a year before the<\/p>\n
639
\n00:36:30,440 –> 00:36:33,000
\nLord.
\nAnd that didn’t mean that every <\/p>\n
640
\n00:36:33,000 –> 00:36:37,200
\nman in Israel went to heaven 3 *
\na year didn’t have anything to <\/p>\n
641
\n00:36:37,200 –> 00:36:39,800
\ndo with that.
\nThe presenting of themselves <\/p>\n
642
\n00:36:39,800 –> 00:36:42,240
\nbefore the Lord was right here
\non the earth. <\/p>\n
643
\n00:36:44,240 –> 00:36:48,000
\nDid you ever stop to think we
\npresent ourselves before the <\/p>\n
644
\n00:36:48,000 –> 00:36:51,840
\nLord often, don’t we?
\nCertainly every Sunday when we <\/p>\n
645
\n00:36:51,840 –> 00:36:54,000
\ncome together to break bread and
\ndrink wine? <\/p>\n
646
\n00:36:54,400 –> 00:36:57,520
\nAnd I hope we present ourselves
\nbefore the Lord on many other <\/p>\n
647
\n00:36:57,520 –> 00:37:00,000
\noccasions as well.
\nNot only when we get together <\/p>\n
648
\n00:37:00,000 –> 00:37:02,240
\nwith those of light, precious
\nfaith for various meetings <\/p>\n
649
\n00:37:02,240 –> 00:37:07,000
\nthroughout the week, but also
\nwhenever we draw before the Lord<\/p>\n
650
\n00:37:07,000 –> 00:37:11,520
\nin prayer, we’re presenting
\nourselves before the Lord And <\/p>\n
651
\n00:37:11,520 –> 00:37:14,480
\nthe idea of saying that in order
\nfor the sons of God to present <\/p>\n
652
\n00:37:14,480 –> 00:37:17,000
\nthemselves before the Lord, it
\nmust have been a heavenly <\/p>\n
653
\n00:37:17,000 –> 00:37:19,480
\nmeeting.
\nSomething off this planet <\/p>\n
654
\n00:37:20,240 –> 00:37:23,320
\ncertainly doesn’t stand up to
\nvery close scrutinization. <\/p>\n
655
\n00:37:24,040 –> 00:37:28,360
\nInstead we find that it most
\nlikely has to do with an earthly<\/p>\n
656
\n00:37:28,360 –> 00:37:33,120
\nmeeting where that those within
\nthe Ecclesia, within the <\/p>\n
657
\n00:37:33,120 –> 00:37:36,520
\ncommunity of believers had come
\nbefore the Lord and amongst them<\/p>\n
658
\n00:37:36,840 –> 00:37:41,880
\ncame an enemy, someone who was
\nnot quite right with God. <\/p>\n
659
\n00:37:42,040 –> 00:37:46,520
\nOne who was a self-made man, one
\nwho saw no real reason for being<\/p>\n
660
\n00:37:46,520 –> 00:37:49,960
\nof service to God.
\nAnd the Lord directs his <\/p>\n
661
\n00:37:49,960 –> 00:37:55,080
\nattention to a very righteous
\nindividual, even Job, and said, <\/p>\n
662
\n00:37:55,080 –> 00:37:59,440
\nhast thou considered my servant
\nJob one that fears God and his <\/p>\n
663
\n00:37:59,440 –> 00:38:02,360
\nchoose evil, that there’s no one
\nlike him in all the earth. <\/p>\n
664
\n00:38:02,560 –> 00:38:07,440
\nAnd the suggestion is that,
\nlook, Satan or enemy, which is <\/p>\n
665
\n00:38:07,440 –> 00:38:09,880
\nactually what the word means,
\nand that’s all it means. <\/p>\n
666
\n00:38:10,160 –> 00:38:13,880
\nWhy don’t you take Job’s life as
\nan example for yourself? <\/p>\n
667
\n00:38:14,040 –> 00:38:16,800
\nWhy don’t you try to emulate the
\nway in which he lives? <\/p>\n
668
\n00:38:17,120 –> 00:38:20,920
\nHe’s living in the right way and
\nthis enemy doesn’t see any real <\/p>\n
669
\n00:38:20,920 –> 00:38:23,400
\nreason for it and says, you
\nknow, it’s only a business deal <\/p>\n
670
\n00:38:23,400 –> 00:38:25,240
\nthat you’ve got going between
\nyourself and Job. <\/p>\n
671
\n00:38:25,800 –> 00:38:27,840
\nYou’ve given Job everything that
\nhe has. <\/p>\n
672
\n00:38:28,040 –> 00:38:29,640
\nYou’ve given him a wonderful
\nlife. <\/p>\n
673
\n00:38:29,800 –> 00:38:32,840
\nYou’ve given him a wonderful
\nwife, 10 wonderful children. <\/p>\n
674
\n00:38:32,960 –> 00:38:35,400
\nYou’ve given him wealth that
\nnobody else on the earth has. <\/p>\n
675
\n00:38:35,720 –> 00:38:38,400
\nHe’s the richest in the East.
\nYou’ve given him good health. <\/p>\n
676
\n00:38:38,840 –> 00:38:44,400
\nWhy shouldn’t he return that
\nbusiness deal by giving you his <\/p>\n
677
\n00:38:44,400 –> 00:38:48,240
\nrighteousness?
\nSo all you’re really doing, God <\/p>\n
678
\n00:38:48,800 –> 00:38:53,360
\nis buying Job’s righteousness,
\nand all He’s doing is selling it<\/p>\n
679
\n00:38:53,360 –> 00:38:56,920
\nto you.
\nIn fact, this was a real enemy, <\/p>\n
680
\n00:38:56,920 –> 00:38:59,480
\nwasn’t it?
\nIt was an enemy not only of Job,<\/p>\n
681
\n00:38:59,520 –> 00:39:04,400
\nbut also of God as well, because
\nhe was accused of seeing both of<\/p>\n
682
\n00:39:04,400 –> 00:39:08,680
\nthis unsavory practice, That
\nthis righteousness that Job was <\/p>\n
683
\n00:39:08,680 –> 00:39:12,720
\nexhibiting was only a business
\ndeal between himself and God. <\/p>\n
684
\n00:39:12,920 –> 00:39:16,120
\nAnd therefore this enemy
\nsuggests that if God was to <\/p>\n
685
\n00:39:16,120 –> 00:39:21,400
\nremove all of Job’s wealth, that
\nJob would curse him to his face.<\/p>\n
686
\n00:39:21,400 –> 00:39:23,600
\nAnd then God gives him a very
\nremarkable power. <\/p>\n
687
\n00:39:23,720 –> 00:39:27,200
\nHe says go ahead, take it away
\nfrom him, but don’t you touch <\/p>\n
688
\n00:39:27,200 –> 00:39:30,320
\nhis body.
\nAnd then we find that there are <\/p>\n
689
\n00:39:30,320 –> 00:39:34,280
\nfour quick hammer blows that
\nfall upon Job to test his <\/p>\n
690
\n00:39:34,280 –> 00:39:38,600
\nintegrity, to see if he was
\nreally serving God because he <\/p>\n
691
\n00:39:38,600 –> 00:39:41,480
\nwanted to serve him for
\nrighteousness sake or just <\/p>\n
692
\n00:39:41,480 –> 00:39:44,760
\nbecause it’s a business deal.
\nAnd consequently we find that <\/p>\n
693
\n00:39:44,760 –> 00:39:46,320
\nthese things.
\nFall. <\/p>\n
694
\n00:39:46,320 –> 00:39:49,480
\nUpon him in quick hammer blows.
\nFirst of all, we find that the <\/p>\n
695
\n00:39:49,480 –> 00:39:53,440
\nSabians come and take away his
\ncamel and asses, and only one <\/p>\n
696
\n00:39:53,440 –> 00:39:55,320
\nservant remains to come and tell
\nJob. <\/p>\n
697
\n00:39:55,840 –> 00:40:00,280
\nAnd isn’t it interesting that
\nthis most likely takes place on <\/p>\n
698
\n00:40:00,280 –> 00:40:03,840
\nthe first day of the week, the
\nvery day that Job has offered <\/p>\n
699
\n00:40:03,840 –> 00:40:07,200
\nsacrifices to God?
\nWe find this later on because <\/p>\n
700
\n00:40:07,200 –> 00:40:10,720
\nwhen it’s his, it’s when his
\nchildren are eating and drinking<\/p>\n
701
\n00:40:10,720 –> 00:40:13,520
\nin the elder brother’s house.
\nIt was probably that first day <\/p>\n
702
\n00:40:13,520 –> 00:40:15,480
\nof the week.
\nAnd job had already. <\/p>\n
703
\n00:40:15,480 –> 00:40:18,880
\nOffered his sacrifices.
\nAnd by these things taking place<\/p>\n
704
\n00:40:18,880 –> 00:40:22,440
\nand being smitten as he was, it
\nwould seem in Job’s mind as if <\/p>\n
705
\n00:40:22,440 –> 00:40:25,280
\nGod had turned against him, that
\nGod had removed all the <\/p>\n
706
\n00:40:25,280 –> 00:40:29,120
\nblessings that he had heretofore
\ngiven it, and therefore his <\/p>\n
707
\n00:40:29,120 –> 00:40:31,880
\nsacrifice had not been accepted
\nby Almighty God. <\/p>\n
708
\n00:40:32,040 –> 00:40:35,960
\nFirst the Sabians take away his
\noxen and asses, and the <\/p>\n
709
\n00:40:35,960 –> 00:40:38,000
\nMessenger hasn’t even completed
\nhis message. <\/p>\n
710
\n00:40:38,120 –> 00:40:40,920
\nWhen another Messenger comes on
\nthe scene and says that his <\/p>\n
711
\n00:40:40,920 –> 00:40:44,600
\nsheep were destroyed by fire and
\nthat Messenger hasn’t finished <\/p>\n
712
\n00:40:44,600 –> 00:40:48,120
\ntalking before, 1\/3 Messenger
\ncomes on the scene and says the <\/p>\n
713
\n00:40:48,120 –> 00:40:52,520
\nChaldeans took away your camels.
\nAnd then the 4th messenger with <\/p>\n
714
\n00:40:52,520 –> 00:40:56,120
\nthe saddest message of all comes
\non the scene and says there was <\/p>\n
715
\n00:40:56,120 –> 00:41:00,400
\na great wind which killed your
\nten children as they were dining<\/p>\n
716
\n00:41:00,400 –> 00:41:01,760
\nin the elder brother’s house.
\nHe said. <\/p>\n
717
\n00:41:01,760 –> 00:41:05,640
\nAnd I alone am escaped to tell
\nthee if there is any time in <\/p>\n
718
\n00:41:05,640 –> 00:41:09,680
\nJob’s light where his emotions
\nwould have been brought to a <\/p>\n
719
\n00:41:09,680 –> 00:41:13,960
\nvery low condition, and when, if
\nat any time, he would curse God,<\/p>\n
720
\n00:41:13,960 –> 00:41:18,160
\nit would have been that we know
\nhow we feel when we’re pretty <\/p>\n
721
\n00:41:18,160 –> 00:41:21,280
\ndown in the dumps.
\nEmotionally, we find that that’s<\/p>\n
722
\n00:41:21,280 –> 00:41:25,120
\nwhen that we don’t react in
\nnearly as righteous A manner as <\/p>\n
723
\n00:41:25,120 –> 00:41:29,720
\nwe would when we feel highly
\nspiritual by being uplifted by <\/p>\n
724
\n00:41:29,720 –> 00:41:31,440
\nperhaps a Bible school such as
\nthis. <\/p>\n
725
\n00:41:32,120 –> 00:41:33,840
\nYou know it’s.
\nIt’s a lot easier to remain <\/p>\n
726
\n00:41:33,840 –> 00:41:36,760
\nrighteous at a time like this
\nthan it is when we’re out in the<\/p>\n
727
\n00:41:36,760 –> 00:41:39,560
\nworld and everything seems to be
\ngoing wrong here. <\/p>\n
728
\n00:41:39,560 –> 00:41:41,440
\nEverything had gone wrong in
\nJob’s life. <\/p>\n
729
\n00:41:41,520 –> 00:41:45,000
\nEven his sacrifice, it seems,
\nhad been rejected by God. <\/p>\n
730
\n00:41:45,600 –> 00:41:49,080
\nBut now we find that he had lost
\nall that he had in the way of <\/p>\n
731
\n00:41:49,080 –> 00:41:53,680
\nwealth, everything that we find
\nin that list, including the ten <\/p>\n
732
\n00:41:53,680 –> 00:41:56,600
\nchildren.
\nAnd yet we find that Job <\/p>\n
733
\n00:41:56,600 –> 00:42:00,760
\nmaintained his integrity.
\nHe amazes us in the way in which<\/p>\n
734
\n00:42:00,760 –> 00:42:03,840
\nhe received this very
\nunfortunate news. <\/p>\n
735
\n00:42:04,200 –> 00:42:08,360
\nHe falls down before God, and he
\nworships, and he says, the Lord <\/p>\n
736
\n00:42:08,360 –> 00:42:12,560
\ngiveth, the Lord taketh away.
\nBlessed be the name of the Lord,<\/p>\n
737
\n00:42:14,040 –> 00:42:18,200
\nand I’ve often wondered myself,
\nand I wonder if you have, how we<\/p>\n
738
\n00:42:18,200 –> 00:42:20,440
\nwould react under similar
\ncircumstances. <\/p>\n
739
\n00:42:20,840 –> 00:42:24,360
\nWhy would we have just a little
\nproblem, just one thing happened<\/p>\n
740
\n00:42:24,360 –> 00:42:26,480
\nat a time?
\nAnd isn’t it interesting that <\/p>\n
741
\n00:42:26,480 –> 00:42:29,720
\nvery often when the problems
\ncome in life, they do come one <\/p>\n
742
\n00:42:29,720 –> 00:42:31,520
\nat a time?
\nIf they mounted up upon us, it’d<\/p>\n
743
\n00:42:31,520 –> 00:42:32,920
\nbe pretty hard for us to stand
\nit. <\/p>\n
744
\n00:42:33,560 –> 00:42:36,360
\nBut even when they come one at a
\ntime, very often we look at it <\/p>\n
745
\n00:42:36,360 –> 00:42:38,440
\nand say, why could God let this
\nhappen to me? <\/p>\n
746
\n00:42:39,800 –> 00:42:43,880
\nHow often do we say the Lord
\ngive it and the Lord taketh away<\/p>\n
747
\n00:42:44,680 –> 00:42:47,840
\nand really say and mean it?
\nBlessed be the name of the Lord,<\/p>\n
748
\n00:42:49,440 –> 00:42:53,760
\nbut we find that job did.
\nHe maintained his integrity? <\/p>\n
749
\n00:42:55,160 –> 00:42:57,840
\nHe maintained his integrity.
\nWhat a beautiful thing. <\/p>\n
750
\n00:42:58,680 –> 00:43:01,760
\nI wish we could go on, but I do
\nknow by the time that we’ve gone<\/p>\n
751
\n00:43:01,760 –> 00:43:04,520
\nabout two minutes overtime, I
\nwas hoping to get through the <\/p>\n
752
\n00:43:04,520 –> 00:43:06,960
\n2nd chapter.
\nBut let’s take a look at that <\/p>\n
753
\n00:43:06,960 –> 00:43:10,000
\ntomorrow morning with perhaps a
\none or two-minute review of this<\/p>\n
754
\n00:43:10,000 –> 00:43:10,720
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