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poetry.<00:12:04.909><c> It's</c><00:12:05.129><c> all</c><00:12:05.350><c> poetry.</c><00:12:05.870><c> It's</c><00:12:05.970><c> 150</c><00:12:06.809><c> poems.</c><00:12:09.490><c> The</c><00:12:09.809><c> Book</c><00:12:10.029><c> of</c>

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the<00:17:03.919><c> sayings,</c><00:17:04.799><c> and</c><00:17:05.240><c> sometimes</c><00:17:05.799><c> the</c><00:17:06.099><c> first</c><00:17:06.400><c> line</c><00:17:07.039><c> is</c><00:17:07.839><c> a</c><00:17:08.039><c> clarification</c><00:17:08.700><c> of</c><00:17:09.000><c> the</c>

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second,<00:17:09.339><c> sometimes</c><00:17:09.819><c> they're</c>

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opposites.<00:17:11.519><c> So</c><00:17:11.519><c> there's</c><00:17:11.859><c> different</c><00:17:12.599><c> arrangements</c><00:17:13.359><c> of</c><00:17:14.079><c> how</c><00:17:14.299><c> I've</c><00:17:14.599><c> identified</c><00:17:15.019><c> a</c>

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number<00:17:15.440><c> of</c><00:17:15.799><c> different</c>

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types<00:17:16.960><c> of</c><00:17:17.279><c> arrangements</c><00:17:17.839><c> of</c><00:17:18.500><c> those</c><00:17:18.779><c> couplets,</c><00:17:19.200><c> but</c><00:17:19.279><c> they're</c>

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all<00:17:19.960><c> pretty</c><00:17:20.380><c> much</c><00:17:20.619><c> couplets.</c><00:17:20.859><c> Some</c><00:17:21.079><c> of</c><00:17:21.180><c> them</c>

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are<00:17:22.240><c> triplets,</c><00:17:23.359><c> and</c><00:17:23.359><c> then</c><00:17:23.660><c> towards</c><00:17:23.819><c> the</c><00:17:24.000><c> end,</c><00:17:24.119><c> there's</c><00:17:24.259><c> some</c>

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other<00:17:24.680><c> sayings</c><00:17:24.980><c> too.</c><00:17:25.200><c> But</c><00:17:25.319><c> we'll</c><00:17:25.440><c> just</c><00:17:25.619><c> say</c>

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it's<00:17:27.339><c> advice</c><00:17:27.720><c> given</c><00:17:28.039><c> as</c><00:17:28.359><c> couplets,</c><00:17:29.599><c> things</c><00:17:29.980><c> like</c><00:17:30.400><c> it's</c><00:17:30.920><c> better</c><00:17:31.180><c> to</c><00:17:31.799><c> have</c><00:17:32.180><c> a</c>

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morsel<00:17:32.940><c> in</c><00:17:33.160><c> a</c><00:17:33.359><c> quiet</c><00:17:33.619><c> house</c><00:17:34.019><c> than</c><00:17:34.220><c> a</c>

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feast<00:17:34.700><c> in</c><00:17:34.880><c> a</c><00:17:35.000><c> house</c><00:17:35.240><c> full</c><00:17:35.380><c> of</c><00:17:35.579><c> contention,</c><00:17:36.720><c> things</c><00:17:37.160><c> of</c><00:17:37.500><c> that</c>

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nature.<00:17:39.819><c> In</c><00:17:40.420><c> terms</c><00:17:40.819><c> of</c><00:17:41.220><c> having</c><00:17:41.480><c> any</c><00:17:41.920><c> dramatic</c>

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content,<00:17:44.840><c> no.</c><00:17:46.099><c> There's</c><00:17:46.259><c> no</c><00:17:46.460><c> actors,</c><00:17:47.059><c> there's</c><00:17:47.180><c> no</c><00:17:47.359><c> action,</c><00:17:47.859><c> there's</c><00:17:48.099><c> no</c>

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scenery.<00:17:48.839><c> It</c><00:17:48.960><c> would</c><00:17:49.200><c> be</c><00:17:49.440><c> an</c><00:17:49.740><c> entirely</c>

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boring<00:17:51.660><c> stage</c><00:17:52.220><c> production</c><00:17:52.779><c> to</c><00:17:53.420><c> watch</c><00:17:54.220><c> it.</c><00:17:54.339><c> Oh,</c><00:17:54.519><c> we're</c><00:17:54.680><c> going</c>

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to<00:17:54.799><c> go</c><00:17:54.920><c> to</c><00:17:55.420><c> a</c><00:17:55.640><c> theater</c><00:17:55.859><c> tonight</c><00:17:56.160><c> and</c><00:17:56.319><c> see</c><00:17:56.460><c> the</c>

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Providence.<00:17:57.240><c> That</c><00:17:57.579><c> probably</c><00:17:57.980><c> would</c><00:17:58.299><c> not</c><00:17:58.619><c> draw</c><00:17:58.900><c> a</c><00:17:59.059><c> lot</c><00:17:59.339><c> of</c><00:17:59.740><c> crowds.</c><00:18:00.680><c> In</c>

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fact,<00:18:00.799><c> even</c><00:18:01.039><c> just</c><00:18:01.359><c> reading</c><00:18:01.740><c> of</c><00:18:01.980><c> this</c>

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is<00:18:02.640><c> kind</c><00:18:02.759><c> of</c><00:18:02.920><c> difficult.</c><00:18:04.180><c> In</c><00:18:04.740><c> my</c><00:18:05.099><c> view,</c><00:18:05.539><c> it's</c><00:18:05.799><c> a</c><00:18:05.920><c> bit</c><00:18:06.019><c> impractical,</c><00:18:07.640><c> but</c><00:18:07.640><c> in</c>

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the<00:18:09.400><c> reading</c><00:18:09.720><c> guide,</c>

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it'd<00:18:10.940><c> make</c><00:18:11.039><c> a</c><00:18:11.180><c> whole</c><00:18:11.359><c> lot</c><00:18:11.599><c> more</c><00:18:11.940><c> sense</c><00:18:12.259><c> than</c><00:18:12.460><c> just</c><00:18:12.740><c> put</c><00:18:12.900><c> like</c>

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one<00:18:13.279><c> or</c><00:18:13.400><c> two</c><00:18:13.720><c> proverbs</c><00:18:14.039><c> every</c><00:18:14.420><c> day</c>

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and<00:18:15.680><c> spread</c><00:18:15.920><c> them</c><00:18:16.140><c> out</c><00:18:16.380><c> so</c><00:18:16.559><c> you</c><00:18:16.700><c> can</c><00:18:17.119><c> focus</c><00:18:17.599><c> on</c><00:18:17.859><c> them.</c><00:18:18.079><c> Reading</c>

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28<00:18:19.759><c> proverbs</c><00:18:20.299><c> a</c><00:18:20.539><c> day,</c><00:18:21.539><c> my</c><00:18:21.859><c> brain</c><00:18:22.099><c> doesn't</c><00:18:22.359><c> go</c>

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very<00:18:22.940><c> far.</c><00:18:24.339><c> So</c><00:18:24.440><c> that's</c><00:18:25.619><c> the</c><00:18:25.779><c> Proverbs.</c><00:18:27.420><c> Ecclesiastes,</c><00:18:28.119><c> on</c><00:18:28.519><c> the</c><00:18:28.700><c> other</c><00:18:28.940><c> hand,</c><00:18:30.000><c> is</c>

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a<00:18:32.599><c> monologue.</c><00:18:34.140><c> It's</c><00:18:34.359><c> one</c><00:18:34.759><c> person,</c>

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or<00:18:35.559><c> say</c><00:18:36.400><c> soliloquy</c><00:18:37.160><c> might</c><00:18:37.400><c> be</c><00:18:37.660><c> the</c><00:18:37.839><c> right</c><00:18:38.019><c> term,</c><00:18:38.460><c> too,</c><00:18:38.859><c> I'm</c><00:18:39.000><c> not</c><00:18:39.259><c> sure.</c><00:18:40.539><c> But</c><00:18:40.700><c> there's</c><00:18:40.960><c> a</c>

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person,<00:18:41.519><c> there's</c><00:18:41.839><c> an</c>

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actor.<00:18:43.599><c> There's</c><00:18:43.940><c> no</c><00:18:44.359><c> real</c><00:18:44.839><c> action</c><00:18:45.599><c> except</c><00:18:46.160><c> if</c><00:18:46.880><c> you</c><00:18:47.720><c> were</c><00:18:47.960><c> having</c><00:18:48.319><c> images</c><00:18:48.779><c> that</c>

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illustrate<00:18:49.539><c> his</c><00:18:49.759><c> various</c><00:18:50.299><c> thoughts</c>

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when<00:18:50.880><c> he</c><00:18:51.079><c> says</c><00:18:51.220><c> all</c><00:18:51.420><c> the</c><00:18:51.579><c> rivers</c><00:18:51.779><c> run</c><00:18:51.980><c> to</c><00:18:52.119><c> the</c><00:18:52.279><c> sea,</c><00:18:52.420><c> you</c><00:18:52.539><c> could</c>

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do<00:18:52.859><c> something</c><00:18:53.099><c> like</c><00:18:53.420><c> that.</c><00:18:53.680><c> But</c><00:18:53.819><c> there's</c><00:18:54.000><c> really</c>

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no<00:18:55.279><c> real</c><00:18:55.859><c> action,</c><00:18:56.259><c> and</c><00:18:56.420><c> it's</c><00:18:56.660><c> not</c><00:18:56.819><c> what</c><00:18:56.960><c> you</c><00:18:57.240><c> call,</c><00:18:57.480><c> again,</c><00:18:57.940><c> a</c>

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dynamic<00:18:59.240><c> stage</c><00:18:59.940><c> production.</c><00:19:00.819><c> It's</c><00:19:01.059><c> really</c><00:19:01.519><c> got</c><00:19:01.799><c> not</c><00:19:01.960><c> a</c>

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lot<00:19:02.460><c> to</c><00:19:02.680><c> it.</c><00:19:03.079><c> It's</c><00:19:03.759><c> just</c><00:19:03.900><c> one</c><00:19:04.440><c> guy</c><00:19:04.720><c> sitting</c><00:19:05.019><c> on</c><00:19:05.240><c> the</c><00:19:05.420><c> stage</c><00:19:05.700><c> and</c>

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thinking<00:19:06.519><c> about</c><00:19:07.160><c> what's</c><00:19:07.500><c> really</c><00:19:07.880><c> important</c><00:19:08.480><c> in</c><00:19:08.980><c> life.</c>

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Job<00:19:11.440><c> is</c><00:19:12.359><c> a</c><00:19:12.680><c> bona</c><00:19:12.960><c> fide</c><00:19:13.519><c> drama.</c><00:19:14.660><c> There's</c><00:19:14.940><c> no</c><00:19:15.200><c> question</c><00:19:15.559><c> about</c><00:19:15.880><c> that.</c><00:19:16.579><c> Not</c><00:19:16.799><c> only</c><00:19:17.099><c> is</c><00:19:17.440><c> it</c><00:19:17.640><c> clearly</c><00:19:18.180><c> a</c><00:19:18.839><c> drama,</c>

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it's<00:19:20.500><c> many</c><00:19:20.819><c> people</c><00:19:21.279><c> have</c><00:19:22.000><c> turned</c><00:19:24.079><c> it</c><00:19:24.279><c> into</c><00:19:24.539><c> a</c><00:19:24.700><c> drama,</c><00:19:24.900><c> either</c>

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in<00:19:25.460><c> paraphrase</c><00:19:26.059><c> or</c><00:19:26.380><c> not.</c><00:19:28.220><c> In</c><00:19:28.500><c> Ethel</c><00:19:28.779><c> Archer's</c>

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Job's<00:19:30.819><c> Quest,</c><00:19:31.339><c> she</c><00:19:31.359><c> has</c><00:19:31.559><c> a</c><00:19:31.660><c> little</c><00:19:31.900><c> section</c><00:19:32.119><c> at</c><00:19:32.380><c> the</c><00:19:32.559><c> back</c><00:19:33.200><c> where</c><00:19:33.980><c> it's,</c><00:19:34.660><c> say,</c><00:19:35.279><c> a</c>

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paraphrased<00:19:36.720><c> drama.</c><00:19:37.940><c> It</c>

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clearly<00:19:38.720><c> works</c><00:19:39.220><c> very</c><00:19:40.339><c> good</c><00:19:40.640><c> as</c><00:19:40.940><c> a</c><00:19:41.079><c> drama.</c><00:19:41.400><c> It's</c><00:19:41.680><c> intended</c><00:19:41.880><c> to</c>

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be,<00:19:42.779><c> I</c><00:19:43.960><c> think,</c><00:19:44.279><c> more</c><00:19:44.460><c> in</c><00:19:44.539><c> terms</c><00:19:44.839><c> of</c><00:19:45.140><c> opera</c><00:19:45.519><c> than</c><00:19:45.980><c> plays</c>

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myself.<00:19:49.240><c> So</c><00:19:49.240><c> who</c><00:19:50.259><c> would</c><00:19:50.460><c> Job</c><00:19:51.019><c> be?</c><00:19:51.799><c> No,</c><00:19:52.299><c> he's</c><00:19:52.519><c> not</c><00:19:52.759><c> a</c><00:19:53.140><c> row</c><00:19:53.359><c> tether.</c><00:19:53.660><c> I</c><00:19:53.859><c> don't</c><00:19:54.019><c> know</c><00:19:54.119><c> if</c>

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he's<00:19:54.420><c> a</c><00:19:54.579><c> baritone.</c>

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Things<00:19:56.000><c> like</c><00:19:56.579><c> that.</c><00:19:56.779><c> How</c><00:19:56.920><c> would</c><00:19:57.079><c> this</c><00:19:57.299><c> be</c><00:19:57.599><c> staged?</c><00:19:58.440><c> But</c><00:19:58.440><c> much</c>

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too,<00:19:59.059><c> and</c><00:19:59.240><c> especially</c><00:19:59.660><c> at</c><00:19:59.859><c> the</c><00:20:00.059><c> beginning</c><00:20:00.420><c> and</c>

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end<00:20:00.839><c> of</c><00:20:01.039><c> Job,</c><00:20:01.140><c> there's</c><00:20:01.480><c> a</c><00:20:01.599><c> lot</c><00:20:01.839><c> of</c><00:20:02.099><c> action</c><00:20:02.759><c> going</c><00:20:03.160><c> on.</c><00:20:04.240><c> There's</c>

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a<00:20:04.640><c> lot</c><00:20:04.640><c> of</c><00:20:04.819><c> people</c><00:20:05.039><c> involved,</c><00:20:06.140><c> and</c><00:20:06.140><c> it's</c><00:20:07.759><c> a</c><00:20:07.880><c> good</c>

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drama.<00:20:08.859><c> So</c><00:20:09.000><c> we</c><00:20:09.119><c> have</c><00:20:09.700><c> three,</c><00:20:11.059><c> in</c><00:20:11.420><c> the</c><00:20:11.619><c> wisdom</c><00:20:11.920><c> literature,</c><00:20:12.980><c> three</c><00:20:13.420><c> really</c><00:20:14.039><c> different</c><00:20:14.740><c> types</c><00:20:15.440><c> of</c>

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genre<00:20:16.200><c> of</c><00:20:16.960><c> just</c>

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pithy<00:20:18.119><c> sayings,</c><00:20:18.660><c> couplets,</c><00:20:19.660><c> one</c><00:20:19.859><c> person</c><00:20:20.279><c> thinking</c><00:20:20.700><c> extensively,</c><00:20:21.660><c> although</c>

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there<00:20:22.119><c> are</c><00:20:22.579><c> some</c><00:20:22.859><c> couplets</c>

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within<00:20:23.619><c> ecclesiastes,</c><00:20:24.700><c> too,</c><00:20:25.119><c> and</c><00:20:25.460><c> then</c><00:20:25.720><c> the</c><00:20:26.380><c> extensive</c><00:20:27.180><c> drama</c><00:20:27.900><c> in</c>

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the<00:20:28.339><c> speeches</c><00:20:28.759><c> of</c><00:20:30.160><c> Job.</c>

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I<00:20:45.740><c> use</c><00:20:45.920><c> frequently.</c><00:20:47.839><c> To</c><00:20:48.819><c> me,</c><00:20:49.059><c> it's</c><00:20:52.099><c> very</c>

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interesting.<00:20:52.839><c> It's</c><00:20:52.839><c> very</c><00:20:52.839><c> interesting</c><00:20:52.839><c> to</c><00:20:52.839><c> think</c><00:20:52.839><c> about</c><00:20:52.839><c> the</c>

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different<00:20:52.839><c> aspects</c><00:20:52.839><c> of</c><00:20:53.099><c> life,</c><00:20:53.900><c> which</c><00:20:54.000><c> is</c><00:20:54.279><c> to</c><00:20:54.539><c> imagine</c>

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what<00:20:55.599><c> would</c><00:20:55.799><c> this</c><00:20:56.019><c> be</c><00:20:56.220><c> like</c><00:20:56.519><c> if</c><00:20:56.779><c> something</c><00:20:57.160><c> were</c><00:20:57.400><c> different?</c>

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So<00:21:01.259><c> even</c><00:21:01.779><c> though</c><00:21:03.279><c> ecclesiastes</c><00:21:04.539><c> is</c>

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not<00:21:05.599><c> very</c><00:21:05.980><c> dramatic,</c><00:21:07.279><c> you're</c><00:21:07.519><c> thinking,</c><00:21:07.680><c> well,</c><00:21:07.940><c> what</c><00:21:08.140><c> would</c>

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it<00:21:08.440><c> be</c><00:21:08.640><c> like</c><00:21:08.880><c> if</c><00:21:09.059><c> you</c><00:21:09.420><c> did</c><00:21:09.799><c> stage</c><00:21:10.740><c> this?</c>

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So<00:21:15.779><c> you</c><00:21:16.279><c> have</c><00:21:17.119><c> the</c><00:21:18.440><c> cast</c><00:21:18.799><c> is</c><00:21:20.859><c> one,</c><00:21:22.700><c> and</c><00:21:23.880><c> I'm</c><00:21:24.220><c> thinking</c>

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that<00:21:27.140><c> title</c><00:21:27.420><c> is</c><00:21:27.700><c> probably</c><00:21:28.039><c> in</c><00:21:28.319><c> plural.</c><00:21:28.740><c> I</c><00:21:28.799><c> don't</c><00:21:29.019><c> know</c><00:21:29.619><c> much</c><00:21:29.960><c> Latin,</c><00:21:30.240><c> but</c><00:21:30.420><c> I</c>

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think<00:21:30.640><c> that's</c><00:21:30.920><c> a</c><00:21:31.059><c> plural</c><00:21:31.319><c> ending,</c>

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dramatis<00:21:32.180><c> persona.</c><00:21:32.619><c> It'll</c><00:21:32.779><c> be</c><00:21:32.900><c> dramatis</c><00:21:33.420><c> persona.</c><00:21:35.039><c> There's</c>

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one<00:21:35.519><c> guy,</c><00:21:35.920><c> Cahela,</c><00:21:36.339><c> sometimes</c><00:21:37.299><c> translates</c>

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the<00:21:38.299><c> preacher.</c><00:21:39.200><c> I</c><00:21:39.440><c> think</c><00:21:39.819><c> the</c><00:21:40.119><c> name</c><00:21:40.680><c> more</c><00:21:41.880><c> implies</c><00:21:42.400><c> the</c><00:21:43.019><c> person</c><00:21:43.460><c> who</c>

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calls<00:21:43.920><c> an</c><00:21:44.279><c> assembly.</c><00:21:46.279><c> The</c><00:21:46.539><c> place</c>

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was<00:21:48.160><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:21:48.720><c> and</c><00:21:48.920><c> we</c><00:21:49.079><c> know</c><00:21:49.279><c> the</c><00:21:49.519><c> time.</c><00:21:50.740><c> It's</c><00:21:50.940><c> probably</c><00:21:51.839><c> almost</c><00:21:52.079><c> certainly</c><00:21:52.539><c> written</c><00:21:53.079><c> in</c>

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the<00:21:53.480><c> latter</c><00:21:53.720><c> days</c><00:21:54.059><c> of</c>

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the<00:21:54.880><c> reign</c><00:21:55.000><c> of</c><00:21:55.200><c> Solomon,</c><00:21:55.519><c> something</c><00:21:55.940><c> in</c><00:21:56.240><c> the</c><00:21:56.319><c> vicinity</c><00:21:56.779><c> of</c>

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950<00:21:58.819><c> BC.</c>

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Now,<00:22:05.259><c> contrast</c><00:22:05.960><c> that</c><00:22:06.819><c> with</c><00:22:08.380><c> Job,</c><00:22:09.799><c> which</c><00:22:10.000><c> is,</c><00:22:10.400><c> say,</c><00:22:10.799><c> a</c><00:22:10.920><c> bona</c><00:22:11.220><c> fide</c><00:22:12.079><c> drama.</c><00:22:14.279><c> Look</c><00:22:14.519><c> at</c>

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the<00:22:14.859><c> cast</c><00:22:15.140><c> here.</c><00:22:16.400><c> Job,</c>

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a<00:22:18.740><c> wealthy</c><00:22:19.099><c> devout</c><00:22:19.500><c> man,</c><00:22:20.079><c> usually</c><00:22:20.279><c> in</c><00:22:22.000><c> the</c><00:22:22.339><c> frontispiece</c><00:22:23.119><c> of</c>

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a<00:22:23.759><c> play,</c><00:22:24.039><c> at</c><00:22:24.059><c> least</c><00:22:24.380><c> most</c><00:22:24.779><c> of</c><00:22:25.000><c> my</c>

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Shakespeare's<00:22:26.579><c> plays.</c><00:22:27.519><c> It</c><00:22:27.980><c> gives</c><00:22:28.119><c> a</c><00:22:28.380><c> brief,</c><00:22:29.000><c> not</c><00:22:29.240><c> just</c><00:22:29.440><c> the</c>

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person,<00:22:29.980><c> but</c><00:22:30.160><c> what</c><00:22:30.359><c> their</c><00:22:30.640><c> station</c><00:22:30.980><c> is,</c>

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what<00:22:31.400><c> their</c><00:22:31.660><c> role</c><00:22:31.839><c> is.</c><00:22:32.279><c> So</c><00:22:32.380><c> we</c><00:22:32.420><c> have</c><00:22:32.539><c> Job,</c><00:22:33.079><c> a</c><00:22:33.200><c> wealthy</c><00:22:33.500><c> devout</c>

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man.<00:22:35.480><c> I'm</c><00:22:35.880><c> going</c><00:22:35.960><c> to</c><00:22:36.059><c> put</c><00:22:36.140><c> him</c><00:22:36.299><c> as</c><00:22:36.460><c> a</c><00:22:36.640><c> baritone.</c>

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There's<00:22:39.240><c> a</c><00:22:39.599><c> kind</c><00:22:39.740><c> of</c><00:22:39.900><c> a</c><00:22:40.099><c> non</c><00:22:40.359><c>-person</c><00:22:40.720><c> called</c><00:22:41.160><c> Satan.</c><00:22:41.579><c> He</c><00:22:41.740><c> shows</c>

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up,<00:22:42.200><c> he</c><00:22:42.400><c> talks.</c><00:22:44.559><c> I'll</c><00:22:45.079><c> talk</c><00:22:45.279><c> a</c><00:22:45.380><c> bit</c><00:22:45.720><c> more</c>

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about<00:22:46.220><c> him</c><00:22:46.420><c> later</c><00:22:46.660><c> and</c><00:22:46.920><c> justify</c><00:22:47.460><c> why</c><00:22:47.880><c> I'm</c><00:22:48.359><c> saying</c><00:22:48.619><c> he</c><00:22:49.160><c> represents</c><00:22:49.880><c> the</c><00:22:50.339><c> spirit</c><00:22:50.839><c> of</c>

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envy<00:22:52.279><c> and</c><00:22:53.019><c> cynicism.</c>

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That's<00:22:55.220><c> what</c><00:22:55.480><c> Satan</c><00:22:55.740><c> is</c><00:22:56.059><c> all</c><00:22:56.279><c> about</c><00:22:56.539><c> here.</c><00:22:58.259><c> You</c><00:22:58.460><c> have</c><00:22:58.579><c> the</c><00:22:58.859><c> three</c><00:22:59.079><c> friends.</c><00:22:59.400><c> These</c><00:22:59.559><c> are</c>

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real<00:23:00.119><c> people</c>

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from<00:23:01.640><c> different</c><00:23:02.240><c> areas.</c><00:23:04.200><c> They</c><00:23:04.500><c> come.</c><00:23:06.960><c> A</c><00:23:07.660><c> fifth</c><00:23:08.339><c> major</c><00:23:09.180><c> figure</c>

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is<00:23:10.640><c> Elihu.</c><00:23:11.420><c> I</c><00:23:11.680><c> say</c><00:23:11.779><c> he</c><00:23:12.140><c> fronts</c><00:23:12.500><c> God.</c><00:23:12.920><c> He</c><00:23:13.099><c> is</c><00:23:13.339><c> the</c>

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front<00:23:13.700><c> man.</c><00:23:14.059><c> He</c><00:23:14.200><c> is</c><00:23:14.559><c> the</c><00:23:16.200><c> theological</c><00:23:17.039><c> voice</c><00:23:17.539><c> of</c><00:23:17.779><c> God.</c><00:23:18.279><c> When</c>

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God<00:23:18.799><c> speaks,</c><00:23:19.200><c> God</c><00:23:19.519><c> says</c><00:23:19.920><c> nothing</c><00:23:20.359><c> whatsoever</c>

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about<00:23:21.420><c> theology.</c><00:23:23.319><c> He</c><00:23:23.700><c> just</c><00:23:23.700><c> directly</c><00:23:24.839><c> says</c><00:23:25.180><c> who</c><00:23:25.380><c> he</c><00:23:25.559><c> is</c><00:23:25.799><c> by</c><00:23:26.059><c> virtue</c><00:23:26.339><c> of</c>

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the<00:23:26.599><c> fact</c><00:23:26.700><c> he's</c><00:23:26.980><c> a</c><00:23:27.140><c> creator.</c>

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But<00:23:28.180><c> Elihu</c><00:23:28.640><c> explains</c><00:23:29.279><c> many</c><00:23:29.799><c> of</c><00:23:30.039><c> the</c><00:23:30.059><c> things</c><00:23:30.220><c> that</c><00:23:30.559><c> seem</c><00:23:30.740><c> to</c><00:23:31.660><c> have</c><00:23:32.039><c> eluded</c><00:23:32.700><c> the</c><00:23:34.960><c> wisdom</c><00:23:36.180><c> of</c>

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Bill<00:23:37.180><c> Madd's</c><00:23:37.619><c> so</c><00:23:37.680><c> far</c><00:23:37.880><c> in</c><00:23:38.099><c> life</c><00:23:38.279><c> as</c><00:23:38.579><c> and</c><00:23:38.819><c> Job</c><00:23:39.059><c> himself.</c><00:23:41.640><c> Job's</c>

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wife<00:23:42.220><c> has</c><00:23:42.440><c> a</c><00:23:42.559><c> very</c><00:23:42.839><c> small</c><00:23:43.339><c> part.</c>

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She's<00:23:45.119><c> clearly</c><00:23:45.460><c> a</c><00:23:45.700><c> mezzo.</c><00:23:46.119><c> They're</c><00:23:46.319><c> used</c><00:23:46.519><c> to</c><00:23:46.779><c> small</c><00:23:46.960><c> parts.</c>

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The<00:23:49.279><c> four</c><00:23:49.460><c> messengers</c><00:23:49.960><c> likewise.</c>

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Messengers<00:23:53.059><c> show</c><00:23:53.299><c> up</c><00:23:53.539><c> a</c><00:23:53.579><c> lot</c><00:23:53.759><c> in</c><00:23:54.559><c> Shakespeare</c><00:23:55.000><c> and</c><00:23:55.200><c> in</c><00:23:55.460><c> operas.</c><00:23:56.319><c> They're</c><00:23:56.640><c> important</c><00:23:57.140><c> messages,</c><00:23:58.420><c> but</c><00:23:58.680><c> they</c>

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usually<00:23:59.500><c> don't</c><00:23:59.819><c> get</c><00:24:00.059><c> much,</c><00:24:01.440><c> many</c><00:24:01.740><c> lines.</c><00:24:02.480><c> They</c><00:24:02.700><c> say</c><00:24:02.940><c> their</c><00:24:03.200><c> thing</c><00:24:03.380><c> and</c><00:24:03.740><c> they're</c><00:24:04.119><c> done.</c><00:24:05.279><c> The</c><00:24:05.480><c> voice</c><00:24:05.799><c> of</c><00:24:06.079><c> God</c>

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in<00:24:06.740><c> the</c><00:24:06.980><c> last</c><00:24:07.440><c> few</c><00:24:07.740><c> chapters,</c><00:24:08.920><c> there's</c><00:24:09.319><c> no</c><00:24:09.599><c> person</c><00:24:10.000><c> attached,</c>

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but<00:24:10.819><c> this</c><00:24:11.880><c> is</c><00:24:12.279><c> a</c><00:24:12.559><c> real</c>

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basso<00:24:14.099><c> profundo.</c><00:24:16.279><c> Imagine</c><00:24:16.980><c> the</c><00:24:17.440><c> voice</c><00:24:17.880><c> of</c><00:24:18.180><c> the</c><00:24:18.400><c> commendatory</c>

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at<00:24:19.380><c> the</c><00:24:19.460><c> end</c><00:24:19.619><c> of</c><00:24:19.799><c> Don</c><00:24:19.980><c> Giovanni</c>

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if<00:24:20.599><c> you're</c><00:24:20.759><c> familiar</c><00:24:21.180><c> with</c><00:24:21.420><c> that.</c><00:24:21.799><c> This</c><00:24:22.000><c> massive</c><00:24:22.799><c> voice</c><00:24:23.519><c> just</c>

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speaking.<00:24:24.819><c> There's</c><00:24:24.960><c> no</c><00:24:25.220><c> representation</c>

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whatsoever<00:24:26.880><c> except</c><00:24:27.500><c> the</c><00:24:28.000><c> voice</c><00:24:28.299><c> and</c><00:24:28.619><c> the</c><00:24:29.200><c> storm</c><00:24:29.440><c> going</c><00:24:29.779><c> on</c><00:24:30.720><c> while</c><00:24:31.220><c> God</c><00:24:31.519><c> is</c><00:24:31.759><c> speaking.</c>

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And<00:24:33.480><c> then</c><00:24:33.720><c> depending</c><00:24:34.119><c> on</c><00:24:34.339><c> how</c><00:24:34.539><c> this</c><00:24:34.779><c> would</c><00:24:34.940><c> be</c><00:24:35.119><c> produced,</c><00:24:35.519><c> you</c>

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might<00:24:35.880><c> have</c><00:24:36.059><c> all</c><00:24:36.319><c> the</c><00:24:36.559><c> extras,</c>

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they<00:24:37.559><c> call</c><00:24:37.700><c> the</c><00:24:37.940><c> supermumeraries,</c><00:24:38.960><c> the</c><00:24:39.160><c> servants,</c><00:24:39.700><c> Job's</c><00:24:39.920><c> children,</c><00:24:40.339><c> sons</c><00:24:40.440><c> of</c><00:24:40.720><c> God,</c>

00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:48.680
other<00:24:43.240><c> people,</c><00:24:43.839><c> villagers,</c><00:24:44.640><c> etc.</c><00:24:46.400><c> The</c><00:24:46.660><c> place,</c><00:24:47.339><c> I</c><00:24:47.960><c> call</c><00:24:48.259><c> this</c>

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East<00:24:49.039><c> of</c><00:24:49.259><c> Eden.</c><00:24:49.420><c> I</c><00:24:49.680><c> don't</c><00:24:49.920><c> mean</c><00:24:50.079><c> that</c><00:24:50.500><c> geographically.</c>

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What<00:24:53.460><c> I</c><00:24:53.660><c> mean</c><00:24:53.799><c> by</c><00:24:54.059><c> it's</c><00:24:54.339><c> a</c><00:24:54.539><c> metaphorical,</c><00:24:55.200><c> this</c><00:24:55.500><c> is</c><00:24:55.759><c> not</c><00:24:55.900><c> at</c><00:24:56.119><c> all</c><00:24:56.319><c> in</c>

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Job.<00:24:56.799><c> This</c><00:24:56.960><c> is</c><00:24:57.160><c> just</c><00:24:57.839><c> my,</c>

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uh,<00:24:59.799><c> it's</c><00:25:00.460><c> my,</c><00:25:00.920><c> if</c><00:25:00.980><c> I'm</c><00:25:01.240><c> presenting</c><00:25:01.660><c> Job,</c><00:25:01.960><c> I'm</c><00:25:02.279><c> thinking</c><00:25:02.619><c> this</c>

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Job<00:25:04.599><c> is</c><00:25:04.819><c> about</c><00:25:05.299><c> what</c><00:25:05.700><c> happens</c><00:25:06.039><c> outside</c><00:25:06.460><c> the</c><00:25:06.700><c> garden,</c>

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okay?<00:25:07.920><c> This</c><00:25:08.240><c> is</c><00:25:08.400><c> where</c><00:25:08.519><c> bad</c><00:25:08.839><c> stuff</c><00:25:09.059><c> happens</c><00:25:09.819><c> and</c><00:25:10.720><c> Job</c><00:25:10.940><c> is</c><00:25:11.200><c> in</c>

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it.<00:25:11.500><c> So</c><00:25:11.960><c> metaphorically,</c><00:25:12.680><c> he's</c><00:25:13.000><c> in</c><00:25:13.119><c> this</c><00:25:13.380><c> place,</c>

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Adam<00:25:14.519><c> and</c><00:25:14.660><c> Eve</c><00:25:14.759><c> are</c><00:25:14.980><c> driven</c><00:25:15.200><c> out</c><00:25:15.460><c> to</c><00:25:15.660><c> the</c><00:25:15.839><c> east</c><00:25:16.160><c> and</c><00:25:16.539><c> that's</c><00:25:17.599><c> where,</c><00:25:18.819><c> say</c><00:25:20.200><c> figuratively,</c><00:25:21.420><c> what's</c><00:25:21.759><c> going</c><00:25:21.960><c> on</c>

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with<00:25:22.420><c> Job.</c>

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All<00:25:23.359><c> the</c><00:25:23.640><c> bad</c><00:25:23.960><c> things</c><00:25:24.839><c> that</c><00:25:25.720><c> were</c><00:25:26.779><c> just</c><00:25:27.720><c> vaguely</c><00:25:28.339><c> alluded</c><00:25:28.799><c> to</c>

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or<00:25:29.640><c> specifically</c><00:25:30.099><c> alluded</c><00:25:30.400><c> to</c><00:25:30.539><c> but</c><00:25:30.819><c> not</c>

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detailed<00:25:31.759><c> in</c><00:25:32.599><c> Genesis</c><00:25:33.039><c> about</c><00:25:33.359><c> the</c><00:25:33.559><c> thorns</c><00:25:33.740><c> and</c><00:25:33.960><c> thistles,</c><00:25:34.200><c> this</c><00:25:34.400><c> is</c>

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all<00:25:34.720><c> happening</c><00:25:35.079><c> to</c><00:25:35.720><c> Job.</c><00:25:35.880><c> So</c><00:25:36.119><c> that's</c><00:25:36.299><c> why</c><00:25:36.700><c> I</c><00:25:37.160><c> say</c>

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the<00:25:38.000><c> figure</c><00:25:38.200><c> I</c><00:25:38.500><c> see,</c><00:25:38.920><c> the</c><00:25:39.319><c> place,</c><00:25:40.640><c> is</c><00:25:41.140><c> East</c><00:25:41.400><c> of</c><00:25:41.559><c> Eden.</c><00:25:41.779><c> And</c><00:25:42.000><c> likewise,</c><00:25:42.640><c> the</c>

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time,<00:25:43.599><c> hazy</c><00:25:43.900><c> past,</c><00:25:44.839><c> but</c>

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again,<00:25:48.380><c> you</c><00:25:48.599><c> know,</c><00:25:48.720><c> people</c><00:25:48.859><c> spent</c><00:25:49.140><c> a</c><00:25:49.299><c> lot</c><00:25:49.440><c> of</c><00:25:49.559><c> time</c><00:25:49.660><c> trying</c><00:25:49.859><c> to</c>

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figure<00:25:50.299><c> out</c><00:25:50.759><c> exactly</c><00:25:51.359><c> where</c><00:25:52.039><c> Job</c><00:25:52.440><c> lived</c>

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in<00:25:53.599><c> real</c><00:25:54.119><c> geographical</c><00:25:54.740><c> time</c><00:25:55.119><c> and</c><00:25:55.339><c> place.</c><00:25:57.720><c> I</c><00:25:57.740><c> don't</c><00:25:57.980><c> really</c><00:25:58.279><c> have</c><00:25:58.500><c> much,</c><00:25:59.680><c> a</c>

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lot<00:25:59.819><c> of</c><00:26:00.000><c> good,</c>

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people<00:26:02.640><c> spent</c><00:26:02.880><c> a</c><00:26:03.059><c> lot</c><00:26:03.160><c> of</c><00:26:03.319><c> time.</c><00:26:03.519><c> To</c><00:26:03.740><c> me,</c><00:26:03.900><c> it's</c><00:26:04.079><c> more</c><00:26:04.400><c> important</c><00:26:04.740><c> to</c><00:26:05.539><c> take</c>

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Job<00:26:06.299><c> as</c><00:26:06.720><c> more</c><00:26:07.140><c> of</c><00:26:07.460><c> a</c><00:26:08.240><c> universal</c>

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message<00:26:09.519><c> that</c><00:26:10.019><c> just</c><00:26:10.400><c> means</c><00:26:10.559><c> it's</c><00:26:10.880><c> outside</c><00:26:11.140><c> the</c><00:26:11.359><c> garden</c><00:26:11.579><c> a</c><00:26:11.839><c> long</c><00:26:12.019><c> time</c><00:26:12.259><c> ago</c>

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because<00:26:13.519><c> everything</c><00:26:14.680><c> that's</c><00:26:15.000><c> happening</c>

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here<00:26:16.079><c> could,</c><00:26:17.500><c> is</c><00:26:17.839><c> a</c><00:26:18.480><c> commentary,</c><00:26:19.279><c> a</c><00:26:19.660><c> representation,</c><00:26:20.480><c> a</c><00:26:20.539><c> dramatization</c><00:26:21.759><c> of</c>

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the<00:26:23.779><c> world</c><00:26:24.380><c> inherited</c><00:26:24.900><c> by,</c><00:26:25.559><c> say,</c>

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Cain<00:26:25.779><c> and</c><00:26:25.980><c> Abel</c><00:26:26.180><c> and</c><00:26:26.420><c> their</c><00:26:26.619><c> descendants</c><00:26:27.099><c> and</c><00:26:27.380><c> even</c><00:26:27.559><c> after</c><00:26:27.839><c> the</c><00:26:28.119><c> flood.</c><00:26:29.220><c> That's</c><00:26:29.779><c> what's</c><00:26:31.480><c> going</c><00:26:31.680><c> on</c>

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here.<00:26:32.740><c> The</c><00:26:32.920><c> fact</c>

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that<00:26:36.000><c> Job</c><00:26:36.480><c> is</c><00:26:37.539><c> considered</c><00:26:38.039><c> a</c><00:26:38.319><c> drama</c><00:26:38.799><c> is,</c><00:26:41.299><c> well,</c><00:26:41.579><c> it's</c><00:26:41.759><c> not</c><00:26:41.839><c> just</c><00:26:42.119><c> a</c>

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drama,<00:26:42.660><c> it's</c><00:26:42.740><c> the</c><00:26:43.019><c> according</c><00:26:43.240><c> to</c><00:26:43.480><c> this</c><00:26:43.700><c> book,</c>

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written<00:26:44.400><c> in</c><00:26:44.579><c> 1891,</c><00:26:46.000><c> the</c><00:26:46.259><c> oldest</c><00:26:46.640><c> drama</c><00:26:46.859><c> in</c><00:26:47.019><c> the</c><00:26:47.160><c> world.</c><00:26:47.519><c> And</c><00:26:47.720><c> I'd</c><00:26:48.019><c> certainly</c><00:26:48.359><c> agree</c><00:26:49.119><c> with</c><00:26:49.380><c> that.</c><00:26:50.079><c> I</c>

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don't<00:26:50.319><c> know</c>

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this<00:26:50.619><c> book,</c><00:26:50.740><c> I</c><00:26:50.859><c> just</c><00:26:51.099><c> found</c><00:26:51.279><c> this</c><00:26:53.039><c> cover</c><00:26:53.339><c> here,</c><00:26:53.740><c> but</c><00:26:54.119><c> I</c><00:26:55.240><c> don't</c>

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know<00:26:55.440><c> what</c><00:26:55.519><c> he's</c><00:26:55.799><c> saying</c><00:26:55.859><c> about</c><00:26:56.140><c> it,</c><00:26:56.279><c> but</c><00:26:56.420><c> I</c><00:26:56.440><c> would</c>

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certainly<00:26:56.920><c> agree</c><00:26:57.380><c> that</c><00:26:57.859><c> this</c><00:26:58.140><c> is</c><00:26:58.519><c> the</c><00:26:59.500><c> oldest</c><00:27:00.259><c> drama</c><00:27:01.299><c> in</c><00:27:02.240><c> the</c>

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world.<00:27:05.519><c> So</c><00:27:05.720><c> we're</c><00:27:05.900><c> going</c><00:27:06.039><c> to</c><00:27:06.319><c> pursue,</c><00:27:07.680><c> say,</c><00:27:08.279><c> getting</c>

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more<00:27:09.039><c> specific</c><00:27:09.680><c> on</c><00:27:10.059><c> this</c><00:27:10.440><c> funnel.</c><00:27:10.859><c> I</c><00:27:10.880><c> said</c><00:27:10.980><c> we</c><00:27:11.180><c> talked</c><00:27:11.400><c> about</c>

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within<00:27:12.460><c> the</c><00:27:12.759><c> Hebrew</c><00:27:13.079><c> Bible,</c><00:27:13.579><c> there's</c><00:27:13.940><c> something</c>

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called<00:27:14.519><c> writings.</c><00:27:14.920><c> Within</c><00:27:15.180><c> the</c><00:27:15.440><c> writings,</c><00:27:15.900><c> there's</c><00:27:16.059><c> wisdom</c>

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literature.<00:27:17.000><c> Within</c><00:27:17.240><c> wisdom</c><00:27:17.640><c> literature,</c>

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there<00:27:19.079><c> are</c><00:27:19.279><c> these</c><00:27:19.619><c> many</c><00:27:19.880><c> different,</c><00:27:20.700><c> within</c><00:27:21.079><c> literature,</c><00:27:21.700><c> there's</c><00:27:21.819><c> many</c><00:27:22.000><c> different</c><00:27:23.099><c> genres</c><00:27:24.279><c> of</c><00:27:24.640><c> writing.</c>

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And<00:27:26.859><c> the</c><00:27:27.160><c> two</c><00:27:27.480><c> we're</c><00:27:28.160><c> going</c><00:27:28.259><c> to</c><00:27:28.440><c> look</c><00:27:28.619><c> at</c><00:27:29.279><c> are</c><00:27:30.259><c> Ecclesiastes</c>

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and<00:27:32.359><c> Job.</c><00:27:33.559><c> And</c><00:27:33.940><c> we're</c><00:27:34.099><c> going</c><00:27:34.259><c> to</c><00:27:34.480><c> learn,</c>

00:27:34.880 --> 00:27:40.319
at<00:27:35.039><c> least</c><00:27:35.220><c> this</c><00:27:35.480><c> is</c><00:27:36.200><c> a</c><00:27:36.359><c> lesson</c><00:27:36.559><c> I</c><00:27:36.859><c> get</c><00:27:37.059><c> out</c><00:27:37.359><c> of</c><00:27:37.480><c> this,</c><00:27:38.839><c> how</c><00:27:39.319><c> these</c><00:27:39.799><c> two</c>

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formats<00:27:41.259><c> enhance</c><00:27:42.859><c> a</c><00:27:43.460><c> core</c><00:27:43.720><c> or</c><00:27:44.200><c> one</c>

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of<00:27:44.559><c> the</c><00:27:44.720><c> messages</c><00:27:45.099><c> which</c><00:27:45.440><c> might</c><00:27:45.720><c> not</c><00:27:46.059><c> otherwise</c><00:27:46.420><c> be</c><00:27:46.779><c> apparent</c>

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within<00:27:47.960><c> the</c><00:27:48.599><c> stipulated</c><00:27:49.839><c> or</c><00:27:50.220><c> the</c><00:27:50.559><c> essential</c>

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content<00:27:51.559><c> of</c><00:27:51.920><c> the</c><00:27:53.259><c> teaching</c><00:27:53.559><c> itself.</c><00:27:54.599><c> And</c><00:27:54.980><c> to</c><00:27:55.140><c> do</c><00:27:55.259><c> this,</c><00:27:55.819><c> I'm</c><00:27:56.099><c> going</c><00:27:56.200><c> to</c><00:27:56.220><c> switch</c><00:27:56.519><c> roles</c><00:27:56.839><c> for</c><00:27:57.119><c> a</c>

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minute.<00:27:57.859><c> That</c><00:27:58.160><c> is,</c>

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we're<00:27:58.779><c> going</c><00:27:59.079><c> to</c><00:27:59.539><c> turn</c><00:28:01.839><c> Job</c><00:28:03.680><c> into</c><00:28:04.119><c> a</c><00:28:04.420><c> monologue</c><00:28:04.960><c> and</c><00:28:06.240><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:28:07.599><c> into</c><00:28:09.160><c> a</c>

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drama.<00:28:13.339><c> This</c><00:28:13.539><c> is</c><00:28:13.740><c> the</c><00:28:13.900><c> what</c><00:28:14.039><c> if.</c>

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So<00:28:15.759><c> let's</c><00:28:16.180><c> just</c><00:28:16.559><c> continue.</c><00:28:17.759><c> Supposing,</c><00:28:19.839><c> say</c><00:28:20.440><c> Job</c><00:28:21.019><c> was</c><00:28:21.779><c> indeed</c>

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written<00:28:23.059><c> as</c><00:28:23.380><c> a</c><00:28:23.779><c> monologue.</c>

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So<00:28:26.420><c> you</c><00:28:26.559><c> have</c><00:28:26.839><c> one</c><00:28:27.140><c> man,</c><00:28:27.819><c> so</c><00:28:27.980><c> we're</c><00:28:28.180><c> kind</c><00:28:28.259><c> of</c><00:28:28.420><c> taking</c><00:28:28.680><c> the</c><00:28:29.119><c> content</c><00:28:29.559><c> of</c>

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Job<00:28:30.119><c> but</c><00:28:30.700><c> putting</c><00:28:30.960><c> it</c><00:28:31.180><c> in</c><00:28:31.339><c> the</c><00:28:31.619><c> genre</c>

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of<00:28:32.940><c> Ecclesiastes.</c><00:28:33.880><c> It</c><00:28:33.880><c> turns</c><00:28:34.099><c> into</c><00:28:34.420><c> a</c><00:28:34.559><c> monologue.</c><00:28:35.119><c> So</c><00:28:35.180><c> it's</c>

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one<00:28:35.660><c> man</c><00:28:36.119><c> and</c><00:28:36.559><c> he's</c><00:28:36.900><c> pondering</c><00:28:37.519><c> his</c><00:28:37.920><c> inexplicable</c>

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change<00:28:39.059><c> of</c><00:28:39.279><c> fortune.</c><00:28:40.619><c> He</c><00:28:41.200><c> relates</c><00:28:41.640><c> how</c><00:28:41.980><c> I</c><00:28:42.240><c> had</c><00:28:42.460><c> everything</c><00:28:42.960><c> and</c><00:28:43.599><c> it</c>

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all<00:28:44.180><c> fell</c><00:28:44.460><c> apart</c><00:28:44.900><c> and</c><00:28:45.140><c> I</c><00:28:45.319><c> have</c><00:28:45.500><c> no</c><00:28:45.759><c> idea</c><00:28:46.059><c> why.</c>

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I<00:28:47.240><c> don't</c><00:28:47.319><c> know</c><00:28:47.440><c> why</c><00:28:47.660><c> God</c><00:28:47.880><c> is</c><00:28:48.119><c> doing</c><00:28:48.339><c> this.</c>

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I<00:28:51.720><c> haven't</c><00:28:52.200><c> sinned.</c><00:28:52.839><c> I'm</c><00:28:53.240><c> totally</c><00:28:53.539><c> perplexed</c><00:28:54.140><c> what's</c><00:28:54.460><c> going</c>

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on.<00:28:55.059><c> Is</c><00:28:55.119><c> it</c><00:28:55.339><c> this?</c><00:28:55.700><c> Is</c><00:28:55.779><c> it</c><00:28:55.980><c> that?</c><00:28:56.119><c> I</c><00:28:56.359><c> don't</c><00:28:56.599><c> know.</c>

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And<00:28:57.299><c> you</c><00:28:57.440><c> can</c><00:28:57.740><c> kind</c><00:28:58.279><c> of</c><00:28:58.539><c> imagine</c><00:28:59.299><c> getting</c><00:29:00.380><c> that</c><00:29:01.319><c> same</c><00:29:02.500><c> dialogue</c><00:29:03.700><c> or</c>

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tetralogue<00:29:05.779><c> that</c><00:29:06.059><c> happens</c><00:29:06.539><c> among</c><00:29:06.940><c> Job</c><00:29:07.220><c> and</c><00:29:07.319><c> the</c><00:29:07.579><c> three</c><00:29:07.859><c> friends</c><00:29:08.660><c> just</c>

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compressed<00:29:10.640><c> into</c><00:29:11.000><c> the</c><00:29:11.720><c> internal</c><00:29:12.180><c> voice</c>

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of<00:29:13.019><c> one</c><00:29:13.160><c> person</c><00:29:13.519><c> thinking</c><00:29:13.859><c> himself.</c><00:29:14.480><c> Like</c><00:29:14.819><c> what</c><00:29:15.039><c> in</c><00:29:15.259><c> the</c><00:29:15.440><c> world</c><00:29:15.680><c> is</c>

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going<00:29:17.160><c> on</c><00:29:17.500><c> here?</c><00:29:18.960><c> And</c><00:29:19.200><c> at</c><00:29:19.339><c> the</c><00:29:19.420><c> end</c><00:29:19.599><c> of</c><00:29:19.680><c> the</c>

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story,<00:29:19.859><c> God</c><00:29:20.119><c> reveals</c><00:29:20.940><c> where</c><00:29:23.039><c> Job</c><00:29:23.259><c> should</c><00:29:23.480><c> have</c><00:29:23.579><c> been</c><00:29:23.759><c> thinking</c><00:29:24.099><c> and</c><00:29:24.319><c> he</c>

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finds<00:29:24.880><c> out</c><00:29:25.160><c> that</c><00:29:25.319><c> all</c><00:29:25.440><c> these</c><00:29:25.700><c> questions</c>

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he's<00:29:26.339><c> been</c><00:29:26.579><c> asking</c><00:29:26.799><c> are</c><00:29:26.960><c> totally</c><00:29:27.299><c> the</c><00:29:27.599><c> wrong</c><00:29:27.779><c> questions</c><00:29:28.180><c> and</c>

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just<00:29:28.579><c> based</c><00:29:28.819><c> on</c><00:29:29.059><c> wrong</c><00:29:29.240><c> assumptions</c><00:29:29.720><c> about</c><00:29:30.359><c> how</c><00:29:31.160><c> God</c>

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works.<00:29:36.180><c> So</c><00:29:36.519><c> now</c><00:29:37.759><c> taken</c><00:29:39.240><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:29:40.680><c> presented</c><00:29:41.779><c> as</c><00:29:42.099><c> a</c><00:29:42.319><c> drama.</c><00:29:43.839><c> So</c><00:29:44.079><c> instead</c><00:29:44.420><c> of</c>

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this<00:29:44.960><c> one</c><00:29:45.200><c> man</c><00:29:45.519><c> Solomon</c><00:29:45.940><c> reflecting</c>

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on<00:29:47.119><c> life,</c><00:29:48.819><c> you</c><00:29:49.099><c> have</c><00:29:49.660><c> the</c><00:29:50.960><c> wealthy</c><00:29:51.299><c> powerful</c><00:29:51.839><c> ruler</c><00:29:52.240><c> and</c><00:29:52.599><c> he's</c>

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unhappy<00:29:54.000><c> but</c><00:29:55.279><c> he's</c><00:29:55.599><c> talking</c><00:29:55.900><c> about</c><00:29:56.279><c> this</c><00:29:56.599><c> with</c><00:29:56.980><c> his</c>

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three<00:29:57.839><c> court</c><00:29:58.119><c> advisors.</c><00:30:00.900><c> They're</c><00:30:01.420><c> ping</c><00:30:01.700><c>-pong</c><00:30:01.880><c> and</c><00:30:02.099><c> pong,</c><00:30:02.480><c> right?</c><00:30:04.480><c> And</c>

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they're<00:30:05.779><c> telling</c><00:30:06.160><c> him</c>

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but<00:30:09.279><c> you've</c><00:30:09.599><c> got</c><00:30:09.779><c> this</c><00:30:10.079><c> and</c><00:30:10.279><c> you've</c><00:30:10.519><c> got</c><00:30:10.660><c> this</c><00:30:10.900><c> and</c><00:30:11.099><c> you've</c>

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got<00:30:11.619><c> all</c><00:30:11.779><c> this</c><00:30:11.960><c> wealth.</c><00:30:12.259><c> You've</c><00:30:12.380><c> got</c><00:30:12.500><c> these</c>

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beautiful<00:30:13.079><c> gardens</c><00:30:13.460><c> and</c><00:30:14.079><c> everybody</c><00:30:14.619><c> and</c><00:30:14.900><c> he's</c><00:30:15.160><c> saying</c><00:30:15.299><c> yeah</c>

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but<00:30:15.779><c> every</c><00:30:16.160><c> time</c><00:30:16.440><c> they</c><00:30:17.019><c> say</c><00:30:17.259><c> anything</c><00:30:17.559><c> he</c><00:30:17.720><c> says</c><00:30:17.880><c> yeah</c>

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but.<00:30:19.119><c> He</c><00:30:19.259><c> says</c><00:30:19.480><c> yeah</c><00:30:19.839><c> but</c><00:30:19.980><c> yeah</c><00:30:20.160><c> I</c><00:30:20.200><c> have</c><00:30:20.380><c> a</c><00:30:20.500><c> lot</c><00:30:20.700><c> but</c><00:30:20.980><c> people</c><00:30:21.359><c> hate</c><00:30:21.579><c> me</c>

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because<00:30:22.099><c> I</c><00:30:22.460><c> bought</c><00:30:22.680><c> it</c><00:30:22.819><c> with</c><00:30:22.940><c> their</c><00:30:23.200><c> tax</c><00:30:23.500><c> dollars</c>

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and<00:30:25.019><c> I</c><00:30:25.359><c> have</c><00:30:25.559><c> power</c><00:30:26.140><c> but</c><00:30:27.619><c> it's</c><00:30:28.599><c> so</c><00:30:28.799><c> hard</c><00:30:28.960><c> to</c><00:30:29.200><c> live</c><00:30:29.339><c> with</c><00:30:29.599><c> power</c>

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and<00:30:30.180><c> besides</c><00:30:30.519><c> that</c><00:30:30.779><c> power</c><00:30:31.099><c> is</c><00:30:31.380><c> fleeting</c>

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and<00:30:32.240><c> every</c><00:30:32.519><c> time</c><00:30:32.700><c> they</c><00:30:32.940><c> try</c><00:30:33.140><c> to</c><00:30:33.400><c> say</c><00:30:33.740><c> something</c><00:30:34.420><c> positive</c><00:30:35.720><c> and</c>

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he<00:30:36.799><c> just</c><00:30:37.119><c> says</c><00:30:37.460><c> all</c><00:30:38.079><c> the</c><00:30:38.240><c> rivers</c><00:30:38.500><c> went</c><00:30:38.759><c> to</c><00:30:39.019><c> the</c><00:30:39.039><c> sea.</c>

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You<00:30:39.380><c> know</c><00:30:39.579><c> this</c><00:30:39.819><c> stuff</c><00:30:40.099><c> won't</c><00:30:40.480><c> last.</c><00:30:41.180><c> I've</c><00:30:41.700><c> got</c><00:30:41.819><c> all</c><00:30:41.940><c> this</c><00:30:42.119><c> kingdom</c><00:30:42.400><c> who</c>

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knows<00:30:43.140><c> what's</c><00:30:43.420><c> going</c><00:30:43.500><c> to</c><00:30:43.660><c> happen.</c><00:30:43.880><c> One</c><00:30:44.079><c> of</c>

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my<00:30:44.640><c> fullest</c><00:30:44.980><c> sons</c><00:30:45.279><c> is</c><00:30:45.500><c> going</c><00:30:45.640><c> to</c><00:30:45.740><c> win</c><00:30:45.740><c> the</c><00:30:45.900><c> whole</c><00:30:46.140><c> thing.</c><00:30:46.940><c> So</c>

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you<00:30:48.640><c> could</c><00:30:48.859><c> imagine</c><00:30:49.660><c> easily</c><00:30:50.640><c> that</c><00:30:52.279><c> could</c><00:30:52.779><c> have</c><00:30:53.140><c> been</c>

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to<00:30:53.720><c> a</c><00:30:54.019><c> point.</c><00:30:55.500><c> But</c><00:30:56.019><c> I</c><00:30:56.720><c> like</c><00:30:56.940><c> this</c><00:30:57.180><c> way</c><00:30:57.380><c> of</c><00:30:57.700><c> thinking</c><00:30:58.039><c> because</c>

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why<00:31:04.000><c> something</c><00:31:04.519><c> that</c><00:31:04.720><c> is</c><00:31:04.920><c> there</c><00:31:05.079><c> is</c><00:31:05.299><c> important</c><00:31:05.680><c> if</c><00:31:05.819><c> you</c><00:31:06.000><c> leave</c>

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something<00:31:06.519><c> out.</c><00:31:06.740><c> Like</c><00:31:06.980><c> if</c><00:31:07.099><c> you</c><00:31:07.220><c> leave</c><00:31:07.359><c> out</c><00:31:07.599><c> three</c>

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friends<00:31:08.200><c> in</c><00:31:08.460><c> Job's</c><00:31:08.799><c> life,</c><00:31:09.460><c> how</c><00:31:09.680><c> does</c><00:31:09.819><c> that</c><00:31:10.140><c> change</c><00:31:10.339><c> it?</c><00:31:10.500><c> Just</c>

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one<00:31:10.960><c> man</c><00:31:11.200><c> doing</c><00:31:11.440><c> the</c><00:31:11.680><c> soliloquy.</c><00:31:12.839><c> It</c><00:31:13.240><c> changes</c>

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something<00:31:14.779><c> and</c><00:31:15.380><c> that's</c><00:31:16.579><c> getting</c><00:31:16.799><c> now</c><00:31:17.200><c> really</c><00:31:17.519><c> to</c><00:31:17.740><c> the</c><00:31:17.980><c> point</c>

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where<00:31:20.599><c> I</c><00:31:20.980><c> want</c><00:31:21.220><c> to</c><00:31:21.359><c> get</c><00:31:21.519><c> to</c><00:31:21.660><c> now</c><00:31:21.920><c> to</c><00:31:22.319><c> the</c><00:31:22.480><c> main</c>

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of<00:31:22.859><c> this</c><00:31:24.339><c> discussion</c><00:31:27.880><c> or</c><00:31:28.140><c> just</c><00:31:28.819><c> thinking</c><00:31:29.359><c> about</c><00:31:29.819><c> genres</c><00:31:30.359><c> and</c>

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how<00:31:30.859><c> the</c><00:31:31.059><c> genre</c><00:31:31.339><c> relates</c><00:31:31.980><c> to</c><00:31:32.259><c> the</c><00:31:32.480><c> type</c><00:31:32.640><c> of</c><00:31:32.920><c> message</c>

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that<00:31:34.059><c> it's</c><00:31:35.220><c> related</c><00:31:35.640><c> to.</c><00:31:36.279><c> So</c><00:31:36.819><c> despite</c><00:31:37.480><c> that</c><00:31:37.759><c> thinking</c><00:31:38.079><c> what</c><00:31:39.079><c> we</c><00:31:39.299><c> do</c><00:31:39.480><c> have</c><00:31:39.720><c> is</c><00:31:40.119><c> that</c><00:31:40.500><c> Job</c><00:31:40.720><c> is</c><00:31:41.180><c> presented</c><00:31:41.519><c> as</c><00:31:41.740><c> a</c><00:31:41.960><c> drama</c>

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and<00:31:44.759><c> to</c><00:31:45.359><c> me</c><00:31:45.660><c> the</c><00:31:45.839><c> big</c><00:31:46.140><c> point</c><00:31:46.400><c> I</c><00:31:46.660><c> get</c><00:31:46.779><c> here</c><00:31:47.099><c> is</c><00:31:47.339><c> yes</c><00:31:47.579><c> you</c><00:31:47.740><c> could</c>

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take<00:31:48.299><c> some</c><00:31:48.619><c> of</c><00:31:48.759><c> the</c><00:31:49.019><c> points</c><00:31:49.299><c> of</c><00:31:49.940><c> Job</c><00:31:50.180><c> about</c><00:31:50.480><c> his</c>

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relationship<00:31:51.359><c> to</c><00:31:51.640><c> God</c><00:31:52.220><c> and</c><00:31:52.819><c> put</c><00:31:53.019><c> them</c><00:31:53.440><c> in</c><00:31:54.039><c> a</c><00:31:55.180><c> monologue</c><00:31:55.700><c> form</c>

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but<00:31:57.200><c> there's</c><00:31:57.480><c> more</c><00:31:57.759><c> to</c><00:31:58.079><c> that</c><00:31:58.720><c> and</c><00:31:59.599><c> that</c><00:31:59.839><c> is</c><00:32:00.180><c> that</c>

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suffering<00:32:01.180><c> is</c><00:32:02.180><c> presented</c><00:32:02.680><c> as</c><00:32:02.920><c> a</c><00:32:03.319><c> social</c><00:32:04.160><c> phenomenon</c><00:32:04.839><c> and</c><00:32:05.259><c> by</c>

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social<00:32:05.859><c> I</c><00:32:06.079><c> don't</c><00:32:06.279><c> mean</c><00:32:06.519><c> stuff</c><00:32:06.819><c> like</c><00:32:07.259><c> well</c><00:32:07.519><c> let's</c><00:32:07.640><c> get</c>

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together<00:32:08.160><c> and</c><00:32:08.440><c> suffer.</c><00:32:09.079><c> It's</c><00:32:09.759><c> not</c><00:32:10.079><c> that.</c><00:32:12.900><c> Suffering</c><00:32:13.579><c> is</c><00:32:13.799><c> not</c>

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just<00:32:14.420><c> something</c><00:32:14.720><c> happens</c><00:32:15.160><c> to</c><00:32:15.380><c> you.</c><00:32:15.519><c> You're</c><00:32:15.740><c> within</c>

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a<00:32:16.660><c> community</c><00:32:16.680><c> and</c><00:32:16.900><c> when</c><00:32:17.079><c> a</c><00:32:17.339><c> person</c><00:32:17.759><c> is</c><00:32:18.559><c> suffering</c><00:32:19.039><c> it</c><00:32:19.460><c> becomes</c>

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part<00:32:20.240><c> of</c><00:32:20.420><c> the</c><00:32:20.660><c> community</c><00:32:21.759><c> problem</c><00:32:22.619><c> to</c><00:32:22.900><c> deal</c>

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with<00:32:23.359><c> too</c><00:32:23.960><c> and</c><00:32:25.319><c> I</c><00:32:25.519><c> think</c><00:32:25.700><c> that</c><00:32:25.940><c> is</c><00:32:26.220><c> a</c><00:32:26.680><c> core</c><00:32:26.819><c> reason</c><00:32:27.240><c> we're</c><00:32:27.519><c> looking</c><00:32:27.839><c> at</c>

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why<00:32:29.359><c> Job</c><00:32:29.779><c> is</c><00:32:30.259><c> cast</c><00:32:30.759><c> in</c><00:32:31.160><c> the</c><00:32:31.440><c> genre</c><00:32:32.019><c> of</c><00:32:32.720><c> drama</c>

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because<00:32:33.900><c> you</c><00:32:34.319><c> need</c><00:32:34.579><c> to</c><00:32:34.980><c> have</c><00:32:35.460><c> the</c><00:32:35.940><c> social</c><00:32:36.400><c> context</c><00:32:37.099><c> for</c><00:32:37.559><c> what</c>

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Job<00:32:38.779><c> is</c><00:32:39.039><c> doing</c><00:32:39.160><c> in</c><00:32:39.480><c> addition</c><00:32:40.039><c> to</c><00:32:41.019><c> the</c><00:32:41.819><c> theological</c>

00:32:43.240 --> 00:32:50.859
issues<00:32:43.940><c> he's</c><00:32:45.400><c> struggling</c><00:32:46.299><c> with.</c><00:32:48.980><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:32:49.740><c> on</c><00:32:50.119><c> the</c><00:32:50.259><c> other</c><00:32:50.440><c> hand</c>

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works<00:32:51.319><c> fine</c><00:32:51.700><c> as</c><00:32:51.960><c> a</c><00:32:52.160><c> monologue.</c>

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Other<00:32:53.000><c> players</c><00:32:53.660><c> wouldn't</c><00:32:54.339><c> be</c><00:32:54.579><c> necessary</c><00:32:54.960><c> because</c><00:32:55.440><c> it</c><00:32:55.740><c> is</c><00:32:56.640><c> primarily</c><00:32:57.339><c> a</c>

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personal<00:32:59.000><c> reflection.</c><00:33:00.880><c> It</c><00:33:01.099><c> is</c><00:33:01.279><c> the</c>

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prophecy<00:33:01.980><c> kind</c><00:33:02.240><c> of</c><00:33:02.500><c> medium</c><00:33:02.740><c> through</c><00:33:02.980><c> what's</c><00:33:03.400><c> really</c><00:33:03.640><c> important</c><00:33:03.880><c> like</c><00:33:04.079><c> this</c><00:33:04.299><c> is</c>

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a<00:33:04.700><c> decision</c><00:33:04.980><c> someone</c><00:33:05.440><c> has</c>

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come<00:33:06.119><c> to</c><00:33:06.720><c> themselves.</c><00:33:09.900><c> What</c><00:33:10.180><c> is</c><00:33:10.480><c> really</c><00:33:10.720><c> important</c><00:33:11.099><c> to</c><00:33:11.259><c> the</c>

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very<00:33:11.720><c> end</c><00:33:11.900><c> of</c><00:33:12.140><c> Ecclesiastes?</c><00:33:12.759><c> Serve</c><00:33:13.019><c> God.</c>

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That's<00:33:13.859><c> what's</c><00:33:14.079><c> important.</c><00:33:15.220><c> Yes</c><00:33:15.460><c> we</c><00:33:15.599><c> talk</c><00:33:15.880><c> with</c><00:33:16.119><c> other</c><00:33:16.279><c> people.</c><00:33:16.640><c> We</c><00:33:16.779><c> do</c>

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have<00:33:17.200><c> a</c><00:33:17.460><c> community</c><00:33:17.720><c> of</c><00:33:18.019><c> faith</c>

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but<00:33:19.539><c> in</c><00:33:20.140><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:33:21.160><c> it's</c><00:33:21.859><c> perfectly</c><00:33:22.240><c> fine</c><00:33:22.660><c> to</c><00:33:23.000><c> limit</c><00:33:23.299><c> that</c>

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within<00:33:24.799><c> the</c><00:33:25.180><c> context</c><00:33:25.559><c> of</c><00:33:25.839><c> one</c><00:33:26.019><c> person's</c><00:33:26.599><c> mind</c><00:33:26.839><c> and</c>

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ruminating<00:33:27.579><c> here</c><00:33:27.880><c> and</c><00:33:27.960><c> ruminating</c><00:33:28.339><c> is</c><00:33:28.460><c> that's</c><00:33:28.900><c> really</c><00:33:29.160><c> what</c>

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all<00:33:29.700><c> of</c><00:33:29.799><c> us</c><00:33:29.960><c> have</c><00:33:30.220><c> to</c><00:33:30.700><c> come</c><00:33:31.039><c> to</c><00:33:31.240><c> regardless</c><00:33:31.720><c> of</c>

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social<00:33:32.460><c> situation</c><00:33:33.339><c> is</c><00:33:34.160><c> what</c><00:33:34.859><c> is</c><00:33:35.240><c> really</c><00:33:35.539><c> important.</c><00:33:35.759><c> I</c><00:33:35.940><c> need</c>

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to<00:33:36.440><c> think</c><00:33:36.619><c> about</c><00:33:37.000><c> this</c><00:33:37.519><c> and</c><00:33:37.839><c> come</c><00:33:38.039><c> to</c><00:33:38.259><c> my</c><00:33:38.680><c> personal.</c>

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I<00:33:39.299><c> can't</c><00:33:39.680><c> be</c><00:33:40.160><c> part</c><00:33:40.339><c> of</c><00:33:40.500><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:33:40.759><c> just</c><00:33:41.099><c> because</c><00:33:41.339><c> my</c><00:33:41.660><c> family</c><00:33:41.940><c> is.</c><00:33:42.180><c> I</c>

00:33:42.359 --> 00:33:46.569
have<00:33:42.619><c> to</c><00:33:42.859><c> think</c><00:33:43.200><c> myself</c><00:33:43.839><c> so</c><00:33:45.400><c> I</c><00:33:45.539><c> think</c><00:33:45.740><c> that's</c>

00:33:48.339 --> 00:33:53.880
a<00:33:49.000><c> firstly</c><00:33:49.599><c> kind</c><00:33:49.920><c> of</c><00:33:50.880><c> big</c><00:33:51.339><c> place</c><00:33:51.900><c> we</c><00:33:52.180><c> want</c><00:33:52.339><c> to</c><00:33:52.960><c> focus</c><00:33:53.480><c> in</c><00:33:53.680><c> this</c>

00:33:53.880 --> 00:33:56.240
lesson<00:33:54.220><c> is</c><00:33:54.680><c> the</c><00:33:55.019><c> difference</c><00:33:55.400><c> between</c>

00:33:57.400 --> 00:34:04.299
the<00:33:57.920><c> problem</c><00:33:58.440><c> of</c><00:33:58.920><c> Job.</c><00:34:00.980><c> Both</c><00:34:01.500><c> of</c><00:34:01.680><c> these</c><00:34:01.839><c> guys</c><00:34:02.000><c> are</c><00:34:02.240><c> rich</c><00:34:02.500><c> right?</c><00:34:04.079><c> They</c>

00:34:04.299 --> 00:34:06.740
are<00:34:04.619><c> both</c><00:34:04.920><c> very</c><00:34:05.420><c> well</c><00:34:05.700><c> off.</c><00:34:06.279><c> The</c><00:34:06.480><c> difference</c>

00:34:06.740 --> 00:34:09.840
is<00:34:06.920><c> Job</c><00:34:07.160><c> loses</c><00:34:07.559><c> all.</c><00:34:08.440><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:34:08.960><c> doesn't</c><00:34:09.239><c> lose</c><00:34:09.440><c> it</c><00:34:09.619><c> but</c><00:34:09.699><c> he</c>

00:34:09.840 --> 00:34:11.699
doesn't<00:34:10.079><c> care</c><00:34:10.300><c> if</c><00:34:10.460><c> he</c><00:34:10.599><c> did</c><00:34:10.739><c> because</c><00:34:11.139><c> it's</c><00:34:11.340><c> on</c><00:34:11.440><c> board</c>

00:34:11.699 --> 00:34:16.760
in<00:34:11.860><c> any</c><00:34:12.059><c> way</c><00:34:12.500><c> or</c><00:34:12.880><c> the</c><00:34:13.039><c> kohela</c><00:34:13.480><c> with</c><00:34:14.719><c> the</c><00:34:14.880><c> man.</c><00:34:15.960><c> There's</c><00:34:16.480><c> a</c><00:34:16.619><c> lot</c>

00:34:16.760 --> 00:34:18.980
of<00:34:17.179><c> parallel</c><00:34:17.440><c> here</c><00:34:17.820><c> to</c><00:34:18.079><c> show</c><00:34:18.320><c> about</c><00:34:18.500><c> these</c><00:34:18.719><c> two</c>

00:34:18.980 --> 00:34:22.179
aspects<00:34:19.440><c> of</c><00:34:19.800><c> human</c><00:34:20.000><c> life</c><00:34:20.280><c> but</c><00:34:20.460><c> one</c><00:34:20.679><c> of</c><00:34:20.800><c> them</c><00:34:20.960><c> is</c><00:34:21.159><c> say</c><00:34:21.320><c> is</c><00:34:21.579><c> the</c>

00:34:22.179 --> 00:34:25.099
internal<00:34:22.559><c> and</c><00:34:23.059><c> one</c><00:34:23.280><c> of</c><00:34:23.420><c> is</c><00:34:23.579><c> the</c><00:34:23.980><c> interpersonal.</c>

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:30.539
So<00:34:25.840><c> the</c><00:34:26.019><c> first</c><00:34:26.360><c> hint</c><00:34:26.619><c> we</c><00:34:26.900><c> get</c><00:34:27.559><c> within</c><00:34:28.420><c> Job,</c><00:34:29.539><c> the</c><00:34:29.719><c> first</c><00:34:29.940><c> clue</c>

00:34:30.539 --> 00:34:33.300
that<00:34:31.079><c> this</c><00:34:31.340><c> is</c><00:34:31.579><c> going</c><00:34:31.679><c> to</c><00:34:31.880><c> be</c><00:34:32.179><c> not</c><00:34:32.480><c> just</c><00:34:32.880><c> Job</c>

00:34:33.300 --> 00:34:39.599
wrestling<00:34:33.840><c> with</c><00:34:34.300><c> his</c><00:34:35.179><c> theology</c><00:34:35.719><c> but</c><00:34:36.400><c> with</c><00:34:37.360><c> other</c><00:34:37.840><c> people</c><00:34:38.659><c> is</c>

00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:44.099
right<00:34:39.940><c> in</c><00:34:40.219><c> the</c><00:34:40.340><c> very</c><00:34:41.260><c> beginning</c><00:34:42.079><c> we</c><00:34:42.579><c> introduce</c><00:34:43.219><c> to</c>

00:34:44.260 --> 00:34:50.360
the<00:34:44.619><c> family</c><00:34:45.059><c> of</c><00:34:45.280><c> Job</c><00:34:45.400><c> and</c><00:34:45.579><c> the</c><00:34:45.739><c> family</c><00:34:46.019><c> of</c><00:34:46.239><c> God</c><00:34:46.559><c> and</c><00:34:47.179><c> I</c><00:34:47.300><c> don't</c><00:34:47.480><c> know</c><00:34:47.760><c> exactly</c><00:34:49.119><c> how</c><00:34:49.760><c> that</c><00:34:49.920><c> I</c>

00:34:50.360 --> 00:34:51.239
put<00:34:50.559><c> these</c><00:34:50.780><c> together</c>

00:34:51.239 --> 00:34:54.840
because<00:34:51.719><c> they're</c><00:34:52.400><c> right</c><00:34:52.739><c> there</c><00:34:52.920><c> in</c><00:34:53.059><c> the</c><00:34:53.219><c> text.</c><00:34:53.860><c> Not</c><00:34:54.199><c> exactly</c>

00:34:54.840 --> 00:34:56.800
sure<00:34:55.239><c> where</c><00:34:55.679><c> to</c><00:34:55.860><c> go</c><00:34:56.039><c> with</c><00:34:56.239><c> this</c><00:34:56.420><c> but</c>

00:34:56.800 --> 00:35:01.519
maybe<00:34:57.360><c> somebody</c><00:34:57.619><c> can</c><00:34:57.880><c> figure</c><00:34:58.059><c> this</c><00:34:58.320><c> out</c><00:34:58.800><c> but</c><00:35:00.760><c> it</c><00:35:00.960><c> seems</c><00:35:01.119><c> too</c>

00:35:01.519 --> 00:35:06.559
parallel<00:35:02.000><c> to</c><00:35:02.579><c> avoid</c><00:35:03.119><c> or</c><00:35:03.659><c> to</c><00:35:04.199><c> just</c><00:35:04.679><c> gloss</c><00:35:04.860><c> over.</c><00:35:06.360><c> So</c>

00:35:06.559 --> 00:35:10.360
Job's<00:35:06.900><c> sons</c><00:35:07.000><c> and</c><00:35:07.239><c> daughters</c><00:35:07.559><c> beat</c><00:35:07.940><c> the</c><00:35:08.199><c> home</c><00:35:08.380><c> of</c><00:35:08.519><c> their</c><00:35:08.820><c> regular</c><00:35:09.460><c> parties.</c><00:35:10.099><c> They</c>

00:35:10.360 --> 00:35:11.280
beat<00:35:10.500><c> the</c><00:35:10.719><c> party</c><00:35:10.920><c> on</c><00:35:11.099><c> their</c>

00:35:11.280 --> 00:35:16.699
birthdays<00:35:11.719><c> and</c><00:35:12.980><c> they're</c><00:35:13.219><c> all</c><00:35:13.460><c> in</c><00:35:13.719><c> the</c><00:35:13.980><c> oldest</c><00:35:14.440><c> when</c><00:35:15.099><c> the</c><00:35:15.360><c> tragedy</c><00:35:15.619><c> happens</c><00:35:16.079><c> all</c>

00:35:16.699 --> 00:35:17.900
ten<00:35:16.980><c> of</c><00:35:17.099><c> them.</c>

00:35:19.219 --> 00:35:22.800
We<00:35:19.739><c> don't</c><00:35:20.239><c> know,</c><00:35:20.699><c> well</c><00:35:20.960><c> we</c><00:35:21.000><c> don't</c><00:35:21.340><c> learn</c><00:35:21.800><c> anything</c><00:35:22.260><c> about</c>

00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:25.039
them<00:35:23.079><c> except</c><00:35:23.400><c> they're</c><00:35:23.820><c> party</c><00:35:24.139><c> folk.</c>

00:35:26.719 --> 00:35:29.199
We<00:35:27.239><c> don't</c><00:35:27.440><c> know</c><00:35:27.539><c> if</c><00:35:27.659><c> they</c><00:35:27.860><c> work,</c><00:35:28.119><c> we</c><00:35:28.300><c> don't</c><00:35:28.480><c> know</c><00:35:28.579><c> if</c><00:35:28.679><c> they</c><00:35:28.840><c> live</c><00:35:29.000><c> off</c>

00:35:29.199 --> 00:35:31.219
the<00:35:29.440><c> family's</c><00:35:29.880><c> wealth.</c><00:35:30.400><c> We</c><00:35:30.679><c> don't</c><00:35:30.860><c> know</c><00:35:30.960><c> really</c>

00:35:31.219 --> 00:35:34.800
about<00:35:31.500><c> their</c><00:35:31.940><c> attitude</c><00:35:32.500><c> about</c><00:35:33.380><c> being</c><00:35:33.840><c> born</c><00:35:34.099><c> into</c><00:35:34.400><c> privilege.</c>

00:35:34.840 --> 00:35:36.219
We<00:35:34.980><c> don't</c><00:35:35.179><c> know</c><00:35:35.300><c> what</c><00:35:35.460><c> they</c><00:35:35.739><c> think</c><00:35:35.900><c> about</c>

00:35:36.219 --> 00:35:39.760
their<00:35:36.480><c> dad.</c><00:35:36.840><c> We</c><00:35:36.960><c> don't</c><00:35:37.159><c> know</c><00:35:37.900><c> what</c><00:35:38.920><c> they</c><00:35:39.179><c> think</c><00:35:39.300><c> about</c><00:35:39.559><c> God.</c>

00:35:39.800 --> 00:35:43.280
We<00:35:40.019><c> kind</c><00:35:40.320><c> of</c><00:35:40.480><c> get</c><00:35:40.659><c> the</c><00:35:40.860><c> impression</c><00:35:41.320><c> because</c><00:35:41.760><c> Job</c>

00:35:43.340 --> 00:35:46.860
said<00:35:43.820><c> his</c><00:35:44.219><c> attitude</c><00:35:44.699><c> towards</c><00:35:44.960><c> them</c><00:35:45.219><c> is</c><00:35:45.460><c> that</c><00:35:45.860><c> they</c><00:35:46.320><c> probably</c>

00:35:46.860 --> 00:35:50.940
are<00:35:47.239><c> not</c><00:35:48.099><c> a</c><00:35:48.420><c> pious</c><00:35:48.699><c> folk</c><00:35:49.000><c> like</c><00:35:49.579><c> he</c><00:35:49.900><c> is</c>

00:35:51.299 --> 00:35:55.199
and<00:35:52.059><c> their</c><00:35:52.340><c> attitude</c><00:35:52.760><c> is</c><00:35:52.960><c> hey</c><00:35:53.159><c> we</c><00:35:53.320><c> got</c><00:35:53.599><c> it</c><00:35:53.780><c> and</c><00:35:53.860><c> we're</c><00:35:54.099><c> good.</c>

00:35:56.019 --> 00:36:00.000
They<00:35:56.780><c> seem</c><00:35:57.579><c> to</c><00:35:58.019><c> be</c><00:35:58.639><c> in</c><00:35:59.119><c> the</c>

00:36:01.119 --> 00:36:06.480
secular<00:36:01.880><c> enjoy</c><00:36:02.420><c> life</c><00:36:03.500><c> kind</c><00:36:04.219><c> of</c><00:36:04.380><c> thing.</c><00:36:04.599><c> It's</c><00:36:04.679><c> not</c><00:36:04.840><c> at</c><00:36:05.519><c> all</c><00:36:05.719><c> explicit</c><00:36:06.280><c> and</c>

00:36:06.480 --> 00:36:08.960
it's<00:36:07.119><c> barely</c><00:36:07.460><c> implicit</c><00:36:07.960><c> but</c><00:36:08.179><c> that</c><00:36:08.440><c> if</c><00:36:08.820><c> you</c>

00:36:08.960 --> 00:36:12.360
to<00:36:09.239><c> make</c><00:36:09.420><c> a</c><00:36:10.139><c> guess</c><00:36:10.360><c> as</c><00:36:10.619><c> to</c><00:36:10.679><c> what's</c><00:36:10.960><c> going</c><00:36:11.159><c> on</c><00:36:11.380><c> with</c><00:36:11.599><c> them</c><00:36:11.679><c> that's</c><00:36:12.079><c> where</c>

00:36:12.360 --> 00:36:14.900
I<00:36:12.480><c> come</c><00:36:12.659><c> down.</c><00:36:13.619><c> So</c><00:36:13.860><c> right</c><00:36:14.039><c> after</c><00:36:14.380><c> we</c><00:36:14.619><c> have</c>

00:36:14.900 --> 00:36:19.280
that<00:36:15.460><c> we</c><00:36:16.480><c> have</c><00:36:16.739><c> this</c><00:36:17.380><c> section</c><00:36:17.920><c> about</c><00:36:18.199><c> the</c><00:36:18.420><c> sons</c><00:36:18.599><c> of</c><00:36:18.860><c> God.</c><00:36:19.119><c> They</c>

00:36:19.280 --> 00:36:22.679
meet<00:36:19.500><c> before</c><00:36:19.820><c> the</c><00:36:20.019><c> Lord</c><00:36:20.260><c> which</c><00:36:20.579><c> implies</c><00:36:21.159><c> an</c><00:36:22.320><c> altar,</c>

00:36:22.800 --> 00:36:26.860
a<00:36:22.960><c> holy</c><00:36:23.159><c> place</c><00:36:23.739><c> and</c><00:36:25.059><c> they</c><00:36:25.320><c> meet</c><00:36:25.460><c> not</c><00:36:25.719><c> to</c><00:36:25.900><c> have</c><00:36:26.039><c> a</c><00:36:26.260><c> party</c><00:36:26.460><c> but</c><00:36:26.659><c> to</c>

00:36:26.860 --> 00:36:28.320
worship<00:36:27.099><c> God.</c>

00:36:30.199 --> 00:36:32.440
But<00:36:30.460><c> despite</c><00:36:30.840><c> the</c><00:36:31.039><c> fact</c><00:36:31.219><c> that</c><00:36:31.420><c> religious</c><00:36:31.760><c> people,</c><00:36:32.119><c> remember</c>

00:36:32.440 --> 00:36:33.820
they're<00:36:32.719><c> religious</c><00:36:33.119><c> but</c><00:36:33.360><c> they're</c><00:36:33.579><c> all</c>

00:36:33.820 --> 00:36:40.539
inside<00:36:34.800><c> of</c><00:36:36.300><c> a</c><00:36:36.920><c> very</c><00:36:37.679><c> legalistic</c><00:36:38.539><c> concept</c><00:36:39.239><c> of</c><00:36:39.559><c> God</c><00:36:39.920><c> in</c><00:36:40.139><c> what</c><00:36:40.280><c> we</c>

00:36:40.539 --> 00:36:44.400
call<00:36:40.820><c> this</c><00:36:41.599><c> exact</c><00:36:42.519><c> retribution</c><00:36:43.340><c> idea.</c><00:36:43.760><c> If</c><00:36:43.960><c> you</c>

00:36:44.400 --> 00:36:51.099
do<00:36:44.619><c> good,</c><00:36:44.880><c> God</c><00:36:45.139><c> blesses</c><00:36:45.599><c> you.</c><00:36:45.739><c> If</c><00:36:45.860><c> you</c><00:36:46.000><c> do</c><00:36:46.199><c> good,</c><00:36:46.500><c> bad,</c><00:36:46.659><c> God</c><00:36:46.900><c> will</c><00:36:47.480><c> punish</c><00:36:47.800><c> you.</c><00:36:50.440><c> That's</c><00:36:51.099><c> a</c>

00:36:51.099 --> 00:36:52.139
part<00:36:51.619><c> of</c><00:36:51.820><c> their</c>

00:36:52.139 --> 00:36:56.179
religious<00:36:52.619><c> thing</c><00:36:52.900><c> but</c><00:36:53.280><c> that's</c><00:36:54.340><c> the</c><00:36:54.659><c> religion</c><00:36:55.260><c> in</c><00:36:55.659><c> which</c><00:36:55.860><c> they</c>

00:36:56.179 --> 00:37:00.500
are<00:36:57.079><c> living.</c><00:36:57.739><c> So</c><00:36:57.880><c> therefore</c><00:36:58.420><c> this</c><00:36:59.179><c> idea</c><00:36:59.599><c> of</c><00:37:00.079><c> Satan</c>

00:37:00.500 --> 00:37:06.900
coming<00:37:01.079><c> with</c><00:37:01.639><c> them</c><00:37:01.880><c> makes</c><00:37:02.199><c> sense</c><00:37:02.880><c> that</c><00:37:03.980><c> he's</c><00:37:04.699><c> not</c><00:37:05.039><c> one</c><00:37:05.460><c> of</c><00:37:05.679><c> them</c><00:37:06.039><c> since</c><00:37:06.480><c> he's</c><00:37:06.760><c> not</c>

00:37:06.900 --> 00:37:09.119
build<00:37:07.199><c> that,</c><00:37:07.480><c> he's</c><00:37:08.880><c> not</c>

00:37:09.119 --> 00:37:12.179
Eliezer,<00:37:09.699><c> he's</c><00:37:09.920><c> not</c><00:37:10.099><c> some</c><00:37:10.340><c> person</c><00:37:10.940><c> but</c><00:37:11.420><c> you</c><00:37:11.659><c> see</c><00:37:11.760><c> what</c><00:37:11.920><c> I</c><00:37:12.079><c> call</c>

00:37:12.179 --> 00:37:18.280
he's<00:37:12.519><c> the</c><00:37:12.760><c> spirit</c><00:37:13.380><c> of</c><00:37:14.159><c> cynicism</c><00:37:15.239><c> and</c><00:37:16.840><c> he</c><00:37:17.179><c> represents</c>

00:37:18.280 --> 00:37:24.380
the<00:37:19.079><c> fact</c><00:37:19.500><c> that</c><00:37:20.019><c> when</c><00:37:20.860><c> these</c><00:37:21.840><c> religious</c><00:37:22.360><c> people</c><00:37:22.780><c> get</c><00:37:23.079><c> together,</c><00:37:24.000><c> Job's</c>

00:37:24.380 --> 00:37:25.659
community,<00:37:25.019><c> Job's</c><00:37:25.400><c> family,</c>

00:37:25.659 --> 00:37:32.539
the<00:37:25.900><c> three</c><00:37:26.139><c> friends,</c><00:37:27.599><c> whoever</c><00:37:28.219><c> they</c><00:37:28.519><c> might</c><00:37:28.800><c> be,</c><00:37:31.079><c> they</c><00:37:31.460><c> have</c>

00:37:32.539 --> 00:37:38.460
an<00:37:33.920><c> attitude</c><00:37:34.320><c> towards</c><00:37:34.699><c> Job</c><00:37:36.699><c> which</c><00:37:37.659><c> is</c>

00:37:39.619 --> 00:37:44.559
Job<00:37:40.219><c> just</c><00:37:40.519><c> does</c><00:37:40.800><c> this,</c><00:37:42.019><c> he's</c><00:37:42.280><c> just</c><00:37:42.619><c> in</c><00:37:42.780><c> it</c><00:37:42.940><c> for</c><00:37:43.519><c> the</c><00:37:43.760><c> money.</c>

00:37:44.940 --> 00:37:46.880
That's<00:37:45.219><c> what</c><00:37:45.340><c> they</c><00:37:45.980><c> mean</c><00:37:46.239><c> when</c><00:37:46.400><c> they</c><00:37:46.599><c> say</c>

00:37:46.880 --> 00:37:50.559
does<00:37:47.420><c> Job</c><00:37:47.820><c> serve</c><00:37:48.260><c> God</c><00:37:48.539><c> for</c><00:37:48.800><c> naught?</c><00:37:49.360><c> Is</c><00:37:49.760><c> he</c><00:37:49.920><c> doing</c><00:37:50.119><c> this</c><00:37:50.320><c> just</c>

00:37:50.559 --> 00:37:52.380
because<00:37:50.739><c> he's</c><00:37:51.260><c> religious?</c><00:37:51.360><c> No,</c><00:37:51.559><c> he's</c><00:37:51.860><c> serving</c><00:37:52.059><c> God</c>

00:37:52.380 --> 00:37:56.340
just<00:37:52.699><c> because</c><00:37:52.960><c> as</c><00:37:53.179><c> long</c><00:37:53.380><c> as</c><00:37:53.500><c> he</c><00:37:53.579><c> serves</c><00:37:53.880><c> God,</c><00:37:55.519><c> God</c><00:37:55.840><c> takes</c><00:37:56.139><c> care</c>

00:37:56.340 --> 00:37:59.200
of<00:37:56.519><c> him.</c><00:37:57.519><c> So</c><00:37:57.739><c> they</c><00:37:57.980><c> question</c><00:37:58.320><c> Job's</c>

00:38:01.820 --> 00:38:07.360
integrity<00:38:02.420><c> or</c><00:38:02.920><c> his</c><00:38:03.900><c> purpose</c><00:38:04.420><c> and</c><00:38:05.559><c> that's</c><00:38:06.219><c> the</c><00:38:06.539><c> cynicism</c><00:38:07.019><c> and</c>

00:38:07.360 --> 00:38:12.460
the<00:38:07.579><c> envy</c><00:38:07.880><c> not</c><00:38:08.840><c> stated</c><00:38:09.360><c> but</c><00:38:09.659><c> I</c><00:38:09.960><c> think</c><00:38:10.159><c> it's</c><00:38:11.099><c> hard</c><00:38:11.659><c> to</c>

00:38:12.800 --> 00:38:16.579
leave<00:38:13.059><c> out</c><00:38:13.360><c> envy</c><00:38:13.559><c> if</c><00:38:13.780><c> you</c><00:38:13.900><c> have</c><00:38:14.059><c> cynicism.</c><00:38:15.760><c> Yeah</c><00:38:16.179><c> Job's</c><00:38:16.500><c> got</c>

00:38:16.579 --> 00:38:19.260
all<00:38:16.780><c> that</c><00:38:17.099><c> stuff</c><00:38:17.340><c> and</c><00:38:17.599><c> we</c><00:38:17.860><c> don't</c><00:38:18.260><c> but</c><00:38:18.539><c> he</c><00:38:18.820><c> just</c><00:38:19.119><c> does</c>

00:38:19.260 --> 00:38:24.579
it<00:38:19.559><c> for</c><00:38:19.639><c> the</c><00:38:19.739><c> wrong</c><00:38:19.880><c> reason.</c><00:38:20.599><c> So</c><00:38:20.599><c> that's</c><00:38:21.099><c> why</c><00:38:21.460><c> I</c><00:38:22.579><c> conceive</c><00:38:24.199><c> of</c>

00:38:24.579 --> 00:38:30.420
this<00:38:25.820><c> non</c><00:38:28.719><c>-person,</c><00:38:29.300><c> this</c><00:38:29.380><c> entity</c>

00:38:30.559 --> 00:38:34.559
I<00:38:30.860><c> think</c><00:38:31.179><c> in</c><00:38:31.559><c> Ethel's</c><00:38:31.980><c> books</c><00:38:32.139><c> you</c><00:38:32.380><c> call</c><00:38:32.500><c> him</c><00:38:32.639><c> the</c><00:38:32.920><c> shadowy</c><00:38:33.460><c> figure</c><00:38:33.699><c> whose</c><00:38:34.039><c> face</c><00:38:34.400><c> you</c>

00:38:34.559 --> 00:38:36.440
never<00:38:34.880><c> see.</c><00:38:35.440><c> Yeah</c><00:38:35.719><c> that's</c><00:38:36.260><c> how</c>

00:38:36.440 --> 00:38:39.539
it<00:38:36.460><c> makes</c><00:38:36.659><c> sense,</c><00:38:37.900><c> he's</c><00:38:37.980><c> just</c><00:38:37.980><c> something</c><00:38:38.500><c> in</c><00:38:38.739><c> the</c><00:38:38.880><c> cloak,</c><00:38:39.059><c> he's</c><00:38:39.340><c> not</c>

00:38:39.539 --> 00:38:42.099
intended<00:38:39.920><c> to</c><00:38:40.179><c> be</c><00:38:40.380><c> a</c><00:38:41.179><c> particular</c><00:38:41.699><c> person,</c>

00:38:42.099 --> 00:38:45.880
he's<00:38:42.400><c> intended</c><00:38:42.659><c> to</c><00:38:42.960><c> represent</c><00:38:43.519><c> a</c><00:38:44.119><c> mindset</c><00:38:44.900><c> that</c><00:38:45.199><c> goes</c><00:38:45.500><c> along</c>

00:38:45.880 --> 00:38:48.760
with<00:38:46.219><c> the</c><00:38:46.440><c> type</c><00:38:46.619><c> of</c><00:38:46.900><c> theology</c><00:38:47.340><c> that</c><00:38:47.619><c> they</c><00:38:47.860><c> had.</c>

00:38:49.960 --> 00:38:55.659
So<00:38:50.559><c> that's</c><00:38:50.820><c> why</c><00:38:51.119><c> Satan</c><00:38:52.019><c> comes.</c><00:38:52.980><c> So</c><00:38:53.199><c> we</c><00:38:53.360><c> have</c><00:38:53.659><c> say</c><00:38:54.099><c> right</c><00:38:54.380><c> in</c><00:38:54.519><c> the</c><00:38:54.579><c> very</c><00:38:54.840><c> first</c><00:38:55.059><c> chapter</c><00:38:55.400><c> of</c>

00:38:55.659 --> 00:38:56.920
Job<00:38:55.860><c> this</c><00:38:56.199><c> idea</c><00:38:56.619><c> of</c>

00:38:57.380 --> 00:39:02.420
it's<00:38:57.599><c> not</c><00:38:57.900><c> just</c><00:38:58.239><c> Job</c><00:38:59.059><c> trying</c><00:39:00.340><c> to</c><00:39:00.599><c> figure</c><00:39:00.760><c> out</c><00:39:01.019><c> God,</c><00:39:01.800><c> it's</c><00:39:02.159><c> Job</c>

00:39:02.420 --> 00:39:06.760
inside<00:39:02.840><c> of</c><00:39:03.019><c> his</c><00:39:04.400><c> family</c><00:39:04.940><c> that</c><00:39:05.380><c> seems</c><00:39:05.719><c> to</c><00:39:06.019><c> be</c><00:39:06.579><c> on</c>

00:39:06.760 --> 00:39:09.179
the<00:39:06.900><c> one</c><00:39:07.079><c> hand</c><00:39:07.239><c> secular</c><00:39:07.699><c> and</c><00:39:08.059><c> ignoring</c><00:39:08.360><c> on</c><00:39:08.599><c> the</c><00:39:08.739><c> other</c><00:39:08.940><c> hand</c>

00:39:09.179 --> 00:39:13.980
his<00:39:09.920><c> religious</c><00:39:10.760><c> family</c><00:39:11.900><c> which</c><00:39:12.679><c> is</c><00:39:13.280><c> pious</c><00:39:13.579><c> religious</c>

00:39:13.980 --> 00:39:17.480
but<00:39:14.260><c> they're</c><00:39:14.780><c> pious</c><00:39:15.099><c> religious</c><00:39:15.420><c> and</c><00:39:15.739><c> Job</c><00:39:15.880><c> is</c><00:39:16.099><c> included</c><00:39:16.460><c> in</c><00:39:16.579><c> here</c><00:39:16.760><c> too</c><00:39:17.119><c> in</c>

00:39:17.480 --> 00:39:18.880
this<00:39:18.019><c> very</c>

00:39:20.700 --> 00:39:26.840
say<00:39:21.380><c> kind</c><00:39:21.659><c> of</c><00:39:21.820><c> legalistic</c><00:39:22.440><c> and</c><00:39:23.059><c> tit</c><00:39:23.440><c> for</c><00:39:23.719><c> tat</c><00:39:24.360><c> world</c><00:39:25.460><c> of</c><00:39:26.260><c> what's</c><00:39:26.599><c> going</c>

00:39:26.840 --> 00:39:27.980
on<00:39:27.139><c> here.</c>

00:39:32.960 --> 00:39:37.820
So<00:39:32.960><c> knowing</c><00:39:34.199><c> now</c><00:39:34.980><c> or</c><00:39:35.619><c> to</c><00:39:36.059><c> come</c><00:39:36.219><c> to</c><00:39:36.360><c> this</c><00:39:36.579><c> point</c><00:39:36.760><c> where</c><00:39:37.300><c> say</c><00:39:37.599><c> Job</c>

00:39:37.820 --> 00:39:39.719
is<00:39:38.099><c> written</c><00:39:38.300><c> as</c><00:39:38.699><c> a</c><00:39:38.980><c> drama</c>

00:39:39.719 --> 00:39:44.360
because<00:39:40.739><c> what's</c><00:39:41.199><c> about</c><00:39:41.460><c> to</c><00:39:41.679><c> happen</c><00:39:41.920><c> to</c><00:39:42.280><c> Job</c><00:39:42.519><c> cannot</c><00:39:43.360><c> be</c>

00:39:45.639 --> 00:39:51.619
fully<00:39:46.639><c> expressed</c><00:39:47.539><c> if</c><00:39:48.059><c> it's</c><00:39:48.360><c> just</c><00:39:48.960><c> Job</c><00:39:49.380><c> and</c><00:39:49.820><c> God</c><00:39:50.159><c> by</c><00:39:50.619><c> himself.</c>

00:39:52.000 --> 00:39:54.960
Job's<00:39:53.000><c> calamities,</c><00:39:53.880><c> Job's</c><00:39:54.380><c> disasters,</c>

00:39:55.099 --> 00:40:01.000
Job's<00:39:55.699><c> suffering</c><00:39:56.219><c> has</c><00:39:57.440><c> to</c><00:39:57.739><c> be</c><00:39:58.059><c> in</c><00:39:58.360><c> a</c><00:39:59.059><c> social</c><00:39:59.599><c> context</c><00:40:00.400><c> so</c><00:40:00.639><c> the</c>

00:40:01.000 --> 00:40:05.960
friends<00:40:01.460><c> they</c><00:40:02.619><c> have</c><00:40:02.800><c> the</c><00:40:03.579><c> the</c><00:40:04.260><c> obvious</c><00:40:04.500><c> role</c><00:40:04.960><c> of</c>

00:40:07.139 --> 00:40:12.659
first<00:40:07.659><c> showing</c><00:40:08.179><c> up,</c><00:40:09.500><c> second</c><00:40:09.920><c> being</c><00:40:11.159><c> appalled</c><00:40:11.679><c> at</c><00:40:11.820><c> what</c><00:40:12.019><c> they're</c><00:40:12.260><c> seeing</c><00:40:12.480><c> and</c>

00:40:12.659 --> 00:40:14.019
being<00:40:12.880><c> unable</c><00:40:13.280><c> to</c><00:40:13.539><c> speak</c>

00:40:14.019 --> 00:40:20.000
for<00:40:14.719><c> a</c><00:40:14.920><c> week</c><00:40:15.179><c> and</c><00:40:15.360><c> then</c><00:40:15.599><c> when</c><00:40:15.679><c> they</c><00:40:15.920><c> finally</c><00:40:16.159><c> do</c><00:40:16.460><c> talk</c><00:40:16.920><c> they</c><00:40:18.099><c> don't</c><00:40:18.679><c> have</c><00:40:18.920><c> much</c><00:40:19.260><c> positive</c><00:40:19.739><c> to</c>

00:40:20.000 --> 00:40:20.740
say.<00:40:20.199><c> All</c><00:40:20.320><c> they</c><00:40:20.480><c> can</c>

00:40:21.059 --> 00:40:25.639
really<00:40:21.579><c> focus</c><00:40:21.960><c> on</c><00:40:22.219><c> is</c><00:40:22.480><c> we</c><00:40:22.820><c> know</c><00:40:23.800><c> why</c><00:40:24.539><c> this</c><00:40:24.880><c> has</c><00:40:25.099><c> happened</c><00:40:25.380><c> to</c>

00:40:25.639 --> 00:40:29.320
you<00:40:26.079><c> and</c><00:40:26.460><c> this</c><00:40:26.699><c> is</c><00:40:26.880><c> what</c><00:40:26.960><c> you</c><00:40:27.159><c> got</c><00:40:27.340><c> to</c><00:40:27.519><c> do</c><00:40:27.699><c> to</c><00:40:27.920><c> fix</c><00:40:28.099><c> it.</c>

00:40:30.200 --> 00:40:35.980
So<00:40:30.760><c> they</c><00:40:31.320><c> add</c><00:40:31.579><c> to</c><00:40:31.739><c> say</c><00:40:31.860><c> the</c><00:40:32.079><c> social</c><00:40:32.400><c> component</c><00:40:32.900><c> that</c><00:40:33.219><c> is</c><00:40:33.599><c> Job</c><00:40:33.840><c> is</c><00:40:34.059><c> not</c><00:40:34.320><c> suffering</c><00:40:34.760><c> just</c><00:40:35.719><c> a</c>

00:40:35.980 --> 00:40:37.060
man<00:40:36.280><c> with</c>

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terrible<00:40:38.200><c> health</c><00:40:38.760><c> problems</c><00:40:39.420><c> and</c><00:40:39.980><c> totally</c><00:40:40.280><c> lost.</c><00:40:40.820><c> I</c><00:40:40.820><c> mean</c><00:40:40.940><c> this</c><00:40:41.159><c> is</c>

00:40:41.679 --> 00:40:43.639
incalculable<00:40:42.539><c> losses</c><00:40:42.940><c> with</c><00:40:43.199><c> all</c><00:40:43.440><c> your</c>

00:40:43.639 --> 00:40:47.679
children,<00:40:44.420><c> all</c><00:40:44.519><c> your</c><00:40:44.719><c> wealth,</c><00:40:45.079><c> all</c><00:40:45.159><c> your</c><00:40:45.380><c> standing,</c><00:40:45.659><c> all</c><00:40:45.820><c> your</c><00:40:46.019><c> status</c><00:40:46.420><c> hanging</c><00:40:47.380><c> on</c>

00:40:47.679 --> 00:40:49.420
to<00:40:47.860><c> your</c><00:40:48.360><c> belief</c><00:40:48.599><c> in</c><00:40:48.880><c> God</c><00:40:49.119><c> by</c>

00:40:49.420 --> 00:40:53.380
just<00:40:49.719><c> the</c><00:40:50.019><c> thinnest</c><00:40:50.360><c> of</c><00:40:50.619><c> threads.</c><00:40:51.099><c> He</c><00:40:51.480><c> never</c><00:40:51.760><c> lets</c><00:40:51.980><c> go</c><00:40:52.320><c> of</c><00:40:52.480><c> that.</c><00:40:53.099><c> He</c>

00:40:53.380 --> 00:40:55.579
knows<00:40:53.800><c> I</c><00:40:54.320><c> don't</c><00:40:54.599><c> understand</c><00:40:55.119><c> anything</c>

00:40:55.579 --> 00:41:00.559
this<00:40:55.940><c> horrible</c><00:40:56.239><c> but</c><00:40:57.519><c> all</c><00:40:58.119><c> I</c><00:40:58.280><c> can</c><00:40:58.420><c> say</c><00:40:58.760><c> God</c><00:40:59.139><c> is</c><00:40:59.440><c> still</c><00:40:59.619><c> there</c><00:40:59.860><c> someplace.</c><00:41:00.500><c> He</c>

00:41:00.559 --> 00:41:01.940
never<00:41:00.820><c> lets</c><00:41:01.019><c> go</c><00:41:01.360><c> of</c><00:41:01.480><c> that</c>

00:41:01.940 --> 00:41:06.920
but<00:41:02.460><c> it's</c><00:41:02.760><c> done</c><00:41:03.039><c> with</c><00:41:03.739><c> among</c><00:41:04.480><c> other</c><00:41:05.579><c> people.</c>

00:41:08.519 --> 00:41:15.940
These<00:41:08.900><c> other</c><00:41:09.159><c> people</c><00:41:10.440><c> have</c><00:41:11.599><c> two</c><00:41:13.199><c> ways</c><00:41:14.119><c> kind</c><00:41:15.260><c> of</c><00:41:15.440><c> simplifying</c>

00:41:15.940 --> 00:41:17.860
here.<00:41:17.039><c> I'm</c><00:41:17.260><c> going</c><00:41:17.340><c> to</c><00:41:17.380><c> make</c><00:41:17.500><c> it</c><00:41:17.639><c> black</c>

00:41:17.860 --> 00:41:21.559
and<00:41:18.119><c> white.</c><00:41:18.340><c> Okay</c><00:41:18.519><c> they're</c><00:41:18.739><c> both</c><00:41:18.920><c> in</c><00:41:19.099><c> red.</c><00:41:20.300><c> They</c><00:41:20.900><c> can</c><00:41:21.139><c> react</c>

00:41:21.559 --> 00:41:24.960
to<00:41:22.860><c> Job's</c><00:41:23.300><c> suffering</c><00:41:23.619><c> and</c><00:41:24.260><c> these</c><00:41:24.460><c> two</c><00:41:24.699><c> words</c>

00:41:24.960 --> 00:41:28.920
I'm<00:41:25.300><c> going</c><00:41:25.559><c> to</c><00:41:25.840><c> use</c><00:41:26.260><c> are</c><00:41:26.800><c> attribution</c><00:41:27.539><c> and</c><00:41:27.860><c> description</c><00:41:28.360><c> and</c>

00:41:28.920 --> 00:41:33.480
what<00:41:29.079><c> I</c><00:41:29.280><c> mean</c><00:41:29.400><c> by</c><00:41:29.739><c> that</c><00:41:30.699><c> the</c><00:41:31.320><c> idea</c><00:41:31.679><c> of</c><00:41:32.000><c> attribution</c><00:41:32.619><c> is</c>

00:41:33.579 --> 00:41:39.139
to<00:41:34.300><c> attribute</c><00:41:34.820><c> a</c><00:41:35.360><c> cause</c><00:41:35.860><c> to</c><00:41:37.000><c> something.</c><00:41:38.000><c> In</c><00:41:38.019><c> other</c><00:41:38.239><c> words</c><00:41:38.519><c> Job</c>

00:41:39.139 --> 00:41:43.780
these<00:41:41.019><c> calamities</c><00:41:41.960><c> have</c><00:41:42.219><c> come</c><00:41:42.420><c> upon</c><00:41:42.739><c> you</c><00:41:43.000><c> because</c>

00:41:43.780 --> 00:41:47.199
you<00:41:44.159><c> have</c><00:41:44.400><c> sinned.</c><00:41:45.039><c> We're</c><00:41:45.300><c> attributing,</c><00:41:45.920><c> we're</c><00:41:46.159><c> making</c><00:41:46.699><c> an</c>

00:41:47.199 --> 00:41:49.679
explanation.<00:41:48.300><c> Attribution</c><00:41:48.579><c> is</c><00:41:48.800><c> like</c><00:41:49.000><c> making</c><00:41:49.320><c> an</c>

00:41:49.679 --> 00:41:57.079
explanation.<00:41:51.820><c> You</c><00:41:52.119><c> did</c><00:41:52.380><c> this</c><00:41:52.719><c> therefore</c><00:41:53.420><c> this</c><00:41:53.880><c> is</c><00:41:54.119><c> happening.</c><00:41:54.940><c> Description</c><00:41:55.460><c> just</c><00:41:55.800><c> means</c><00:41:56.300><c> okay</c>

00:41:57.079 --> 00:41:57.800
we<00:41:57.539><c> get</c>

00:41:57.800 --> 00:41:59.699
at<00:41:57.960><c> yourself</c><00:41:58.219><c> and</c><00:41:58.380><c> we</c><00:41:58.599><c> really</c><00:41:58.860><c> don't</c><00:41:59.039><c> know</c><00:41:59.099><c> what's</c><00:41:59.360><c> going</c><00:41:59.519><c> on</c>

00:41:59.699 --> 00:42:02.179
ourselves<00:42:00.280><c> but</c><00:42:00.920><c> this</c><00:42:01.179><c> is</c><00:42:01.380><c> you're</c><00:42:01.599><c> in</c><00:42:01.679><c> a</c><00:42:01.739><c> very</c><00:42:02.000><c> bad</c>

00:42:02.179 --> 00:42:07.000
place<00:42:02.539><c> and</c><00:42:02.739><c> you</c><00:42:02.860><c> need</c><00:42:02.980><c> some</c><00:42:03.539><c> help.</c><00:42:04.980><c> So</c><00:42:05.179><c> under</c><00:42:05.460><c> attribution</c>

00:42:07.000 --> 00:42:09.559
it's<00:42:07.659><c> Job</c><00:42:07.900><c> you</c><00:42:08.139><c> deserve</c><00:42:08.579><c> what</c><00:42:08.840><c> happened.</c><00:42:09.079><c> You're</c><00:42:09.260><c> just</c>

00:42:09.559 --> 00:42:15.679
getting<00:42:09.840><c> the</c><00:42:10.860><c> normal</c><00:42:11.360><c> proper</c><00:42:12.059><c> course</c><00:42:12.579><c> of</c><00:42:12.840><c> action</c><00:42:13.179><c> when</c><00:42:13.460><c> somebody</c><00:42:14.639><c> sins</c>

00:42:15.679 --> 00:42:17.400
greatly<00:42:16.079><c> against</c><00:42:16.460><c> God.</c><00:42:16.760><c> God</c><00:42:17.039><c> is</c><00:42:17.280><c> going</c>

00:42:17.400 --> 00:42:21.539
to<00:42:17.860><c> punish</c><00:42:17.860><c> them.</c><00:42:18.539><c> Therefore</c><00:42:19.079><c> you</c><00:42:19.559><c> deserve</c><00:42:20.119><c> what's</c><00:42:21.340><c> going</c>

00:42:21.539 --> 00:42:28.340
on.<00:42:23.159><c> Description</c><00:42:23.860><c> would</c><00:42:24.739><c> avoid</c><00:42:25.219><c> that.</c><00:42:26.760><c> It's</c><00:42:27.039><c> only</c><00:42:27.440><c> about</c>

00:42:31.719 --> 00:42:35.219
observing.<00:42:32.559><c> So</c><00:42:32.800><c> description</c><00:42:33.280><c> is</c><00:42:34.219><c> just</c><00:42:34.460><c> what</c><00:42:34.639><c> we</c><00:42:34.880><c> see.</c><00:42:35.079><c> We're</c>

00:42:35.219 --> 00:42:36.119
not<00:42:35.460><c> going</c><00:42:35.619><c> to</c><00:42:35.719><c> go</c>

00:42:36.480 --> 00:42:41.420
searching<00:42:37.260><c> for</c><00:42:38.619><c> causality.</c><00:42:39.320><c> We're</c><00:42:39.440><c> not</c><00:42:39.639><c> going</c><00:42:39.760><c> to</c><00:42:39.860><c> be</c><00:42:40.059><c> judgmental.</c><00:42:41.380><c> We're</c>

00:42:41.420 --> 00:42:44.719
just<00:42:41.659><c> a</c><00:42:41.940><c> Job</c><00:42:42.420><c> needs</c><00:42:43.019><c> help.</c><00:42:43.820><c> He</c><00:42:44.380><c> has</c>

00:42:44.719 --> 00:42:53.920
lost<00:42:45.039><c> everything</c><00:42:45.519><c> in</c><00:42:45.800><c> the</c><00:42:45.800><c> world</c><00:42:46.119><c> and</c><00:42:46.519><c> he</c><00:42:47.539><c> needs</c><00:42:48.559><c> help.</c><00:42:51.699><c> So</c><00:42:52.300><c> let's</c><00:42:52.639><c> look</c><00:42:52.960><c> at</c>

00:42:53.920 --> 00:42:56.000
this.<00:42:54.739><c> What</c><00:42:55.039><c> would</c><00:42:55.239><c> this</c><00:42:55.579><c> help</c><00:42:55.780><c> be?</c>

00:42:56.179 --> 00:42:59.599
What<00:42:56.260><c> would,</c><00:42:57.159><c> how</c><00:42:57.579><c> could</c><00:42:57.920><c> they</c><00:42:58.139><c> or</c><00:42:58.300><c> what</c><00:42:58.539><c> would</c><00:42:58.760><c> go</c><00:42:59.019><c> on</c><00:42:59.260><c> if</c>

00:42:59.599 --> 00:43:03.280
they<00:43:00.000><c> were</c><00:43:00.380><c> supportive</c><00:43:01.099><c> rather</c><00:43:01.619><c> than</c><00:43:02.000><c> condemning?</c>

00:43:03.320 --> 00:43:07.519
This<00:43:03.559><c> is</c><00:43:03.780><c> the</c><00:43:04.019><c> social</c><00:43:04.480><c> lesson</c><00:43:05.780><c> of</c><00:43:06.179><c> Job.</c><00:43:06.579><c> That's</c><00:43:07.039><c> the</c><00:43:07.199><c> lots</c><00:43:07.340><c> of</c>

00:43:07.519 --> 00:43:09.039
things<00:43:07.699><c> to</c><00:43:07.840><c> say</c><00:43:07.920><c> about</c><00:43:08.219><c> Job</c><00:43:08.440><c> but</c><00:43:08.599><c> I</c><00:43:08.719><c> just</c><00:43:08.840><c> really</c>

00:43:09.039 --> 00:43:16.300
want<00:43:09.239><c> to</c><00:43:09.320><c> focus</c><00:43:09.639><c> on</c><00:43:09.840><c> the</c><00:43:10.139><c> social</c><00:43:10.980><c> lesson</c><00:43:11.619><c> of</c><00:43:11.980><c> support</c><00:43:12.639><c> of</c><00:43:14.760><c> someone</c><00:43:15.360><c> in</c>

00:43:16.300 --> 00:43:18.219
desperate<00:43:16.800><c> situation.</c>

00:43:20.159 --> 00:43:22.659
This<00:43:20.340><c> attribution,</c><00:43:21.440><c> the</c><00:43:21.440><c> New</c><00:43:21.579><c> Testament</c><00:43:21.840><c> calls</c><00:43:22.199><c> it</c><00:43:22.420><c> being</c>

00:43:22.659 --> 00:43:27.159
judgmental.<00:43:24.840><c> It's</c><00:43:25.440><c> antithetical.</c><00:43:26.400><c> It's</c><00:43:26.800><c> the</c><00:43:26.920><c> opposite</c>

00:43:27.159 --> 00:43:30.300
of<00:43:27.480><c> support.</c><00:43:28.420><c> It's</c><00:43:28.739><c> like</c><00:43:28.920><c> saying</c><00:43:29.139><c> well</c><00:43:29.400><c> that</c><00:43:29.579><c> person</c><00:43:29.940><c> doesn't</c>

00:43:30.300 --> 00:43:33.480
deserve<00:43:30.619><c> my</c><00:43:30.920><c> help.</c><00:43:32.099><c> They</c><00:43:32.380><c> just</c><00:43:32.780><c> get</c><00:43:32.960><c> what</c><00:43:33.139><c> they</c>

00:43:33.480 --> 00:43:37.980
deserve<00:43:33.820><c> whether</c><00:43:34.159><c> it's</c><00:43:34.360><c> God</c><00:43:34.619><c> giving</c><00:43:34.860><c> to</c><00:43:35.079><c> him</c><00:43:35.300><c> or</c><00:43:35.460><c> it's</c><00:43:35.619><c> because</c><00:43:35.880><c> well</c><00:43:36.139><c> of</c><00:43:36.280><c> course</c><00:43:36.500><c> they</c><00:43:37.340><c> had</c><00:43:37.780><c> a</c>

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heart<00:43:38.139><c> attack</c>

00:43:38.440 --> 00:43:40.380
in<00:43:38.539><c> the</c><00:43:38.719><c> 43.</c><00:43:39.079><c> Look</c><00:43:39.280><c> how</c><00:43:39.400><c> they</c><00:43:39.579><c> took</c><00:43:39.719><c> care</c><00:43:39.880><c> of</c><00:43:39.960><c> their</c><00:43:40.139><c> health.</c>

00:43:40.820 --> 00:43:43.340
It's<00:43:40.920><c> their</c><00:43:41.000><c> own</c><00:43:41.179><c> fault</c><00:43:41.360><c> or</c><00:43:42.039><c> any</c><00:43:42.460><c> other</c><00:43:42.739><c> way</c><00:43:42.920><c> you</c><00:43:43.059><c> might</c>

00:43:43.340 --> 00:43:46.860
condemn<00:43:43.699><c> somebody.</c><00:43:44.159><c> You</c><00:43:44.239><c> know</c><00:43:44.360><c> the</c><00:43:44.599><c> person</c><00:43:45.019><c> always</c><00:43:45.539><c> is</c><00:43:45.840><c> spending.</c><00:43:46.480><c> They</c>

00:43:46.860 --> 00:43:48.840
never<00:43:47.199><c> took</c><00:43:47.420><c> care</c><00:43:47.579><c> of</c><00:43:47.679><c> their</c><00:43:47.960><c> finances</c>

00:43:48.980 --> 00:43:55.500
and<00:43:49.539><c> okay</c><00:43:50.000><c> I'm</c><00:43:50.659><c> not</c><00:43:50.880><c> helping</c><00:43:51.139><c> them.</c><00:43:53.219><c> They're,</c><00:43:54.199><c> this</c><00:43:54.619><c> is,</c><00:43:55.239><c> I'm</c>

00:43:55.500 --> 00:43:58.719
attributing<00:43:56.340><c> their</c><00:43:56.920><c> problem</c><00:43:57.519><c> to</c><00:43:57.920><c> either</c><00:43:58.260><c> something</c>

00:43:58.719 --> 00:44:01.539
God<00:43:59.039><c> caused</c><00:43:59.619><c> because</c><00:44:00.019><c> they</c><00:44:00.340><c> deserved</c><00:44:00.699><c> it.</c><00:44:00.900><c> They</c><00:44:01.119><c> earned</c><00:44:01.320><c> it</c>

00:44:01.539 --> 00:44:03.800
or<00:44:01.760><c> something</c><00:44:02.079><c> they</c><00:44:02.320><c> brought</c><00:44:02.500><c> upon</c><00:44:03.019><c> themselves.</c>

00:44:03.800 --> 00:44:11.059
That's<00:44:04.199><c> what</c><00:44:04.320><c> attribution,</c><00:44:08.480><c> description</c><00:44:09.480><c> say</c><00:44:10.159><c> avoids</c><00:44:10.820><c> all</c>

00:44:11.059 --> 00:44:13.599
that.<00:44:11.260><c> It</c><00:44:11.420><c> just</c><00:44:11.800><c> looks</c><00:44:12.239><c> at</c><00:44:12.559><c> what</c><00:44:12.800><c> is</c><00:44:13.039><c> right</c><00:44:13.239><c> in</c><00:44:13.460><c> front</c>

00:44:13.599 --> 00:44:17.199
of<00:44:13.760><c> you.</c><00:44:14.000><c> Job</c><00:44:14.420><c> needs</c><00:44:14.800><c> support</c><00:44:15.360><c> and</c><00:44:15.840><c> compassion.</c><00:44:16.639><c> So</c><00:44:16.800><c> the</c><00:44:16.980><c> two</c>

00:44:17.199 --> 00:44:22.380
questions<00:44:17.539><c> I</c><00:44:17.840><c> ask</c><00:44:18.079><c> is</c><00:44:18.840><c> what</c><00:44:19.440><c> is</c><00:44:20.059><c> the</c><00:44:20.940><c> theological</c>

00:44:23.520 --> 00:44:30.260
position<00:44:24.160><c> that</c><00:44:24.800><c> underlies</c><00:44:25.579><c> each</c><00:44:26.179><c> one?</c><00:44:28.440><c> As</c><00:44:29.079><c> I</c><00:44:29.260><c> said</c><00:44:29.360><c> at</c><00:44:29.559><c> the</c><00:44:29.719><c> beginning,</c><00:44:30.039><c> I</c>

00:44:30.260 --> 00:44:32.080
think<00:44:30.440><c> you</c><00:44:30.679><c> probably</c><00:44:30.840><c> can</c><00:44:31.059><c> figure</c><00:44:31.260><c> out</c>

00:44:32.800 --> 00:44:37.699
to<00:44:33.280><c> be</c><00:44:33.760><c> non</c><00:44:34.960><c>-supportive,</c><00:44:35.800><c> to</c><00:44:35.800><c> be</c><00:44:36.320><c> judgmental,</c><00:44:37.260><c> got</c><00:44:37.460><c> to</c><00:44:37.579><c> be</c>

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pretty<00:44:38.019><c> legalistic.</c>

00:44:39.639 --> 00:44:41.639
So<00:44:39.739><c> you're</c><00:44:39.960><c> getting</c><00:44:40.219><c> what</c><00:44:40.440><c> you</c><00:44:40.679><c> deserve.</c><00:44:41.059><c> You</c><00:44:41.059><c> did</c><00:44:41.219><c> this,</c><00:44:41.519><c> got</c>

00:44:41.639 --> 00:44:44.059
to<00:44:41.800><c> that,</c><00:44:42.159><c> it's</c><00:44:42.400><c> x</c><00:44:42.659><c> and</c><00:44:42.760><c> y,</c><00:44:42.980><c> you're</c><00:44:43.119><c> black</c><00:44:43.360><c> and</c><00:44:43.460><c> white.</c>

00:44:47.380 --> 00:44:51.139
Description<00:44:47.860><c> is</c><00:44:48.340><c> maybe</c><00:44:49.000><c> a</c><00:44:49.039><c> little</c><00:44:49.199><c> hard</c><00:44:49.340><c> to</c><00:44:49.519><c> figure</c><00:44:49.639><c> out.</c><00:44:50.599><c> What</c><00:44:50.900><c> is</c>

00:44:51.139 --> 00:44:53.219
the<00:44:51.360><c> theological</c><00:44:51.920><c> position</c><00:44:52.480><c> that</c>

00:44:53.500 --> 00:44:57.239
underlies<00:44:53.920><c> if</c><00:44:54.059><c> we</c><00:44:54.280><c> just</c><00:44:54.619><c> look</c><00:44:54.940><c> at</c><00:44:55.219><c> somebody</c><00:44:55.619><c> and</c><00:44:56.000><c> not</c><00:44:56.780><c> concern</c>

00:44:57.239 --> 00:45:00.860
ourselves<00:44:57.940><c> with</c><00:44:59.019><c> how</c><00:44:59.739><c> they</c><00:44:59.960><c> got</c><00:45:00.199><c> that</c><00:45:00.539><c> way</c>

00:45:00.860 --> 00:45:04.400
even<00:45:01.300><c> if</c><00:45:01.500><c> it's</c><00:45:01.659><c> their</c><00:45:01.920><c> own</c><00:45:02.159><c> fault.</c><00:45:03.019><c> Yes</c><00:45:03.300><c> they</c><00:45:03.460><c> might</c><00:45:03.679><c> need</c><00:45:03.920><c> help</c><00:45:04.199><c> in</c>

00:45:04.400 --> 00:45:07.019
other<00:45:04.599><c> areas</c><00:45:04.980><c> of</c><00:45:05.460><c> counseling</c><00:45:06.079><c> and</c><00:45:06.659><c> learning</c>

00:45:07.019 --> 00:45:10.800
how<00:45:07.179><c> to</c><00:45:07.280><c> do</c><00:45:07.420><c> things</c><00:45:07.659><c> better</c><00:45:07.940><c> but</c><00:45:08.559><c> their</c><00:45:08.860><c> immediate</c><00:45:09.199><c> situation,</c><00:45:09.920><c> you</c><00:45:10.219><c> need</c>

00:45:10.800 --> 00:45:12.460
help.<00:45:11.199><c> You</c><00:45:11.440><c> are</c><00:45:11.619><c> in</c><00:45:11.739><c> a</c><00:45:11.940><c> bad</c>

00:45:12.460 --> 00:45:15.840
way.<00:45:13.519><c> I</c><00:45:13.739><c> think</c><00:45:13.980><c> the</c><00:45:14.219><c> theological</c><00:45:14.679><c> position</c><00:45:15.159><c> there</c><00:45:15.480><c> would</c><00:45:15.639><c> be</c>

00:45:15.840 --> 00:45:18.639
more<00:45:16.099><c> in</c><00:45:16.239><c> the</c><00:45:16.400><c> order</c><00:45:16.599><c> of</c><00:45:17.179><c> a</c><00:45:17.400><c> global</c><00:45:17.719><c> understanding</c><00:45:18.400><c> of</c>

00:45:18.639 --> 00:45:21.980
who<00:45:18.840><c> we</c><00:45:19.059><c> are</c><00:45:19.199><c> as</c><00:45:19.440><c> human</c><00:45:19.639><c> beings.</c><00:45:20.619><c> No</c><00:45:20.719><c> we're</c><00:45:20.860><c> just</c><00:45:21.159><c> all,</c><00:45:21.559><c> we</c><00:45:21.820><c> all</c>

00:45:21.980 --> 00:45:24.860
got<00:45:22.179><c> problems.</c><00:45:23.360><c> We</c><00:45:23.619><c> all</c><00:45:23.780><c> do</c><00:45:24.000><c> stupid</c><00:45:24.280><c> things.</c>

00:45:24.860 --> 00:45:29.179
We're<00:45:25.579><c> all</c><00:45:25.619><c> going</c><00:45:25.760><c> to</c><00:45:25.820><c> end</c><00:45:25.980><c> up</c><00:45:26.559><c> in</c><00:45:26.780><c> a</c><00:45:27.019><c> bad</c><00:45:27.260><c> place</c><00:45:27.699><c> some</c><00:45:28.480><c> some</c><00:45:28.880><c> days.</c><00:45:28.980><c> A</c>

00:45:29.179 --> 00:45:31.820
different<00:45:29.380><c> theological</c><00:45:30.480><c> perspective.</c>

00:45:32.460 --> 00:45:35.260
So<00:45:32.599><c> what</c><00:45:32.840><c> prevented</c><00:45:33.320><c> Bill</c><00:45:33.679><c> Dadd</c><00:45:33.860><c> so</c><00:45:34.099><c> hard</c><00:45:34.320><c> to</c><00:45:34.519><c> life</c><00:45:34.780><c> has</c><00:45:34.960><c> from</c>

00:45:35.260 --> 00:45:36.719
extending<00:45:35.599><c> compassion</c><00:45:36.179><c> to</c><00:45:36.480><c> Job?</c>

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It<00:45:37.420><c> was</c><00:45:37.659><c> just</c><00:45:37.940><c> that</c><00:45:38.199><c> problem</c><00:45:38.539><c> is</c><00:45:38.820><c> there</c><00:45:39.139><c> underlying</c><00:45:39.519><c> theology.</c><00:45:40.900><c> Not</c><00:45:40.900><c> forgetting</c><00:45:41.760><c> the</c>

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fact<00:45:42.139><c> that</c><00:45:42.380><c> this</c><00:45:42.800><c> same</c>

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thing's<00:45:44.440><c> shared</c><00:45:44.579><c> by</c><00:45:44.900><c> Job</c><00:45:45.199><c> too</c><00:45:45.780><c> throughout</c><00:45:46.320><c> the</c><00:45:46.579><c> book.</c><00:45:46.719><c> He</c><00:45:46.840><c> just</c><00:45:47.079><c> had</c>

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wisdom<00:46:12.329><c> of</c><00:46:13.030><c> the</c><00:46:13.369><c> drama.</c><00:46:16.829><c> As</c><00:46:17.110><c> things</c><00:46:17.329><c> become</c><00:46:17.730><c> clear</c><00:46:18.130><c> here</c><00:46:19.510><c> Job's</c><00:46:20.230><c> calamities</c><00:46:20.769><c> were</c>

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him<00:46:27.789><c> things.</c><00:46:28.969><c> Exactly</c><00:46:29.489><c> the</c><00:46:29.750><c> opposite</c><00:46:30.090><c> of</c><00:46:30.349><c> punishment.</c><00:46:30.809><c> Four</c>

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going<00:46:40.909><c> with</c><00:46:41.070><c> this</c><00:46:41.250><c> to</c><00:46:41.449><c> learn</c><00:46:41.690><c> something</c><00:46:42.269><c> and</c><00:46:43.389><c> to</c><00:46:43.929><c> specifically</c><00:46:44.610><c> per</c><00:46:45.750><c> God's</c>

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appearance<00:46:46.829><c> at</c><00:46:47.110><c> the</c><00:46:47.230><c> end</c>

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when<00:46:47.510><c> he</c><00:46:47.670><c> shows</c><00:46:47.869><c> up</c><00:46:48.070><c> as</c><00:46:48.329><c> a</c><00:46:48.590><c> creator</c><00:46:49.050><c> is</c><00:46:50.889><c> a</c><00:46:51.409><c> what</c><00:46:51.750><c> you</c><00:46:51.949><c> need</c><00:46:52.090><c> to</c><00:46:52.309><c> learn</c><00:46:52.489><c> is</c><00:46:52.769><c> you're</c><00:46:53.230><c> you're</c><00:46:53.449><c> a</c>

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limited<00:46:54.010><c> created</c><00:46:54.469><c> entity</c>

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00:47:10.090 --> 00:47:16.869
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his<00:47:17.050><c> good</c><00:47:17.309><c> deeds</c><00:47:17.670><c> not</c><00:47:18.010><c> by</c><00:47:18.269><c> his</c>

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piety<00:47:19.010><c> not</c><00:47:19.630><c> by</c><00:47:19.889><c> his</c><00:47:20.130><c> prayers</c><00:47:20.389><c> for</c><00:47:20.630><c> his</c><00:47:20.789><c> children</c><00:47:21.110><c> not</c><00:47:21.449><c> by</c><00:47:21.530><c> he</c>

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couldn't<00:47:21.969><c> protect</c><00:47:22.250><c> himself</c><00:47:22.710><c> against</c><00:47:23.130><c> the</c>

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00:47:30.190 --> 00:47:33.070
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00:47:38.389 --> 00:47:42.929
the<00:47:39.010><c> intrapersonal.</c><00:47:41.590><c> The</c><00:47:41.989><c> interpersonal</c>

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have<00:47:53.389><c> a</c>

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God.<00:48:06.030><c> It's</c><00:48:06.670><c> the</c><00:48:06.929><c> idea</c><00:48:07.130><c> we</c><00:48:07.429><c> are</c><00:48:07.750><c> all</c><00:48:08.869><c> limited</c>

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and<00:48:10.489><c> in</c><00:48:10.590><c> need</c><00:48:10.769><c> of</c><00:48:10.909><c> help.</c><00:48:11.429><c> Compassionate</c><00:48:12.070><c> and</c><00:48:12.389><c> supportive</c><00:48:12.690><c> community</c><00:48:13.730><c> recognizes</c><00:48:14.909><c> that</c><00:48:15.170><c> we</c>

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are<00:48:15.469><c> all</c><00:48:15.670><c> limited</c><00:48:15.989><c> and</c>

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friends<00:48:31.630><c> in</c><00:48:32.250><c> accepting</c><00:48:32.630><c> their</c><00:48:32.869><c> offering</c><00:48:33.210><c> and</c><00:48:33.510><c> praying</c>

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his<00:48:39.369><c> compassion</c><00:48:39.989><c> to</c><00:48:40.230><c> his</c><00:48:40.489><c> friends.</c>

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So<00:48:42.929><c> Job</c><00:48:43.349><c> once</c><00:48:44.949><c> again</c><00:48:45.250><c> just</c><00:48:45.650><c> to</c><00:48:46.110><c> sum</c><00:48:46.210><c> it</c><00:48:46.329><c> all</c><00:48:46.489><c> up</c><00:48:47.269><c> the</c><00:48:48.070><c> drama</c><00:48:48.469><c> of</c>

00:48:48.730 --> 00:48:53.349
Job<00:48:48.969><c> highlights</c><00:48:49.869><c> the</c><00:48:51.030><c> interpersonal</c><00:48:51.929><c> aspect</c><00:48:52.570><c> of</c>

00:48:53.570 --> 00:48:59.809
misfortune.<00:48:55.030><c> In</c><00:48:55.150><c> contrast</c><00:48:55.590><c> to</c><00:48:55.849><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:48:56.610><c> which</c><00:48:57.070><c> is</c><00:48:57.630><c> an</c><00:48:57.849><c> intrapersonal</c><00:48:58.530><c> meditation</c><00:48:59.070><c> on</c><00:48:59.289><c> what</c><00:48:59.449><c> do</c><00:48:59.650><c> I</c>

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have<00:49:00.070><c> to</c><00:49:00.230><c> do</c>

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my<00:49:04.110><c> life.</c>

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the<00:49:10.969><c> aspect</c><00:49:11.429><c> of</c><00:49:11.690><c> somebody</c><00:49:12.030><c> deals</c><00:49:12.329><c> problems</c>

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community<00:49:17.050><c> with</c><00:49:18.269><c> the</c><00:49:18.730><c> of</c><00:49:18.849><c> that</c><00:49:19.070><c> person</c><00:49:19.369><c> in</c><00:49:19.530><c> our</c><00:49:19.789><c> case</c>

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problems.<00:49:29.530><c> So</c><00:49:29.809><c> the</c><00:49:30.010><c> wisdom</c><00:49:30.329><c> of</c><00:49:30.530><c> the</c><00:49:30.710><c> drama</c><00:49:31.230><c> Job</c><00:49:32.210><c> is</c><00:49:32.409><c> a</c><00:49:32.570><c> drama</c>

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misfortune.<00:49:45.090><c> That</c><00:49:45.969><c> is</c><00:49:46.210><c> the</c><00:49:46.349><c> end</c><00:49:46.469><c> of</c><00:49:46.630><c> the</c><00:49:46.750><c> class.</c>