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An Overview Of The Book Of Job, Part 2

JOB'S GREAT UNDERSTANDING ABOUT GOD:
- He controls it ALL! - 12:1-25 ; 12:13-25 ; 23:13-14

JOB'S GREAT PLEA:
- For God to stop the pain! - 13:20-24
- For God to explain "Why?" - 13:20-24 ; 23:2-
- A mediator between him and God to argue Job's condition before God! - 9:32-35 ; 16:21
- I'm innocent! - 27:3-6

JOB'S GREAT QUESTION:
- Can the dead live again? - 14:14

JOB'S GREAT HOPE:
- To see God one day! - 19:25-27

JOB'S GREAT FRUSTRATION ABOUT LIFE:
- The wicked enjoy life and get away with things! - 12:6 ; 21:7-18 ; 21:30-33 ; 24:1-17

JOB'S GREAT PAST: (Chapter 29)
- God took care of me! - 2
- God guided me in what to do! - 3
- God's friendship was felt in my home! - 4
- God and his children surrounded him! - 5
- Financially productive and wealthy! - 6
- Enjoyed high respect and admiration from the community and its leaders! - 7
- Everyone spoke well of him! - 15
- Tremendously philanthropic! - 12 ; 36:18-20
- Assisted the poor and orphans! - 13
- Gave hope to the hopeless! - 13
- Helped widows! - 13
- Helped the blind and lame! - 15
- All who came for help received it! - 16
- Delivered those in debt! - 17
- Covered In Righteous Living! - 14
- Honesty! - 14
- Right Living Before God! - 14
- A turban of justice! - 14
- Wisdom poured from his lips and everyone loved it! - 21-23
- Encouraged the discouraged! - 24-25
- Wept and grieved for those in pain! - 30:25

JOB'S GREAT DEFENSE: (Chapter 31)
- Didn't commit adultery! - 1
- Haven't lied to anyone! - 5
- Haven't coveted anything! - 7
- Haven't had an affair with anyone! - 9
- Haven't been unfair to his employees! - 13
- Haven't refused help to the poor, needy, homeless, widows, or orphans! - 16-23
- Haven't put my trust in wealth! - 24
- Haven't bragged about my wealth! - 25
- Haven't sought revenge on my enemies or been happy about their misfortune! - 29-30
- Haven't cursed anyone! - 30
- Havent' ever turned anyone away from help, but opened my doors to everyone! - 31-32
- Haven't tried to hide my sin! - 33-34

JOB'S GREAT REGRET:
- Questioning God's wisdom and complaining about what God was doing to him! - 42:3-6
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An Overview Of The Book Of Job

As you read the next three chapters and the rest of Job, you'll begin to see the following:

JOB'S GREAT TRAGEDY:
- Loses his wealth and source of income in ONE DAY! - 1:13-22
- Loses most of his employees in ONE DAY! - 1:13-22
- Loses all of his children in THE SAME DAY! - 1:13-22
- Loses his health some time later! 2:6-8 ; 7:3-5
- Loses his wife (in a sense)! - 2:9-10 ; 19:17
- Loses his friends to false accusations and they assassin his character! - 6:26-30 ; 12:4-5
- Loses his reputation and respect within the community! - 17:6
- Loses the respect and love of his own family! - 19:13-20

JOB'S GREAT PAIN:
- Wishes he had NEVER lived! - 3:3-19
- Absolutely miserable! - 3:20 ; 6:2-3
- Is deeply bitter! - 3:20 ; 9:18 ; 17:1
- Wants to die! - 3:21
- Sees to future for himself! - 3:23 ; 6:11-13 ; 17:11
- A total loss of appetite! - 3:24
- Has NO peace! - 3:26
- Hates his life! - 7:16
- Reduced to skin and bones! - 16:8 ; 17:7
- Is utterly humiliated! - 30:11
- Is in deep depression! - 30:36

JOB'S GREAT COMPULSION:
- To express his anger! - 7:11 ; 10:1
- To complain to God! - 7:17-21 ; 10:1 ; 21:4
- To accuse God! - 10:13-17 ; 19:6 ; 30:16-23
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ARE WE LIVING IN THE "END TIMES"?

There's no question we are living in turbulent times! But, are these indicators that we may be living in the "last days" before the Lord comes again? I think so! Let me give you 3 simple reasons why I think our day in history is more promising concerning the 2nd coming of Christ than any other time in history:

1) The first is in Daniel 12:1-4. This is where the Lord explains to Daniel that he is to "seal up" the visions until the end times where there will be an obvious increase in speed and knowledge. During the last 100 years, inventions and technology has radically changed the world. No other century has seen the magnitude of the increase of speed and knowledge than this past century. Today, man can stroll outside of a spacecraft above the earth at a rate faster than a 22 caliber bullet!

2) The second clear sign would be the nationalizing of Israel in 1948. The Old Testament is replete with Scripture foretelling the end time events when there is a reorganizing again of the Jewish people.

3) The third indicator would be the global financial meltdown and the intensity of natural disasters we are experiencing today! Collectively, they both combine to create plausible explanations to the unprecedented catastrophic events that both Jesus and John spoke of in Matthew 24 and the book of Revelation respectively.

TODAY'S MOTIVATIONAL THOUGHT!