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affliction<00:13:42.240><c> and</c><00:13:43.519><c> great</c><00:13:43.820><c> provocation.</c>

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To<00:13:47.419><c> keep</c><00:13:47.779><c> our</c><00:13:48.059><c> eyes</c><00:13:48.519><c> fixed</c><00:13:49.419><c> on</c><00:13:50.320><c> Yahweh</c><00:13:50.639><c> himself,</c><00:13:51.539><c> that</c><00:13:51.580><c> he</c><00:13:51.860><c> knows</c><00:13:52.299><c> what</c><00:13:52.500><c> he's</c><00:13:52.700><c> doing.</c><00:13:54.600><c> To</c>

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have<00:13:55.019><c> implicit</c><00:13:55.519><c> faith</c><00:13:55.940><c> in</c><00:13:56.120><c> his</c><00:13:56.379><c> love,</c><00:13:57.360><c> mercy</c><00:13:57.919><c> and</c><00:13:58.480><c> justice</c><00:13:59.240><c> despite</c><00:14:00.240><c> all</c><00:14:00.779><c> appearances</c><00:14:01.259><c> to</c>

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the<00:14:01.720><c> contrary.</c>

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Quiet,<00:14:04.909><c> patient</c><00:14:05.549><c> endurance</c><00:14:06.710><c> honors</c><00:14:07.990><c> him</c><00:14:08.330><c> greatly.</c>

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And<00:14:12.090><c> when</c><00:14:12.289><c> we</c><00:14:12.710><c> chafe</c><00:14:13.110><c> under</c><00:14:13.490><c> our</c><00:14:14.029><c> discipline,</c><00:14:14.629><c> our</c><00:14:14.830><c> suffering,</c><00:14:16.350><c> we</c><00:14:16.590><c> rebel</c>

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people,<00:14:22.950><c> we</c><00:14:23.490><c> dishonor</c><00:14:23.870><c> God.</c>

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In<00:14:25.269><c> effect,</c><00:14:25.690><c> we're</c><00:14:25.809><c> saying</c><00:14:26.090><c> to</c><00:14:26.330><c> him,</c><00:14:27.230><c> you're</c><00:14:27.309><c> not</c><00:14:27.549><c> being</c><00:14:27.750><c> fair</c>

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with<00:14:28.230><c> me,</c><00:14:29.210><c> you</c><00:14:29.570><c> don't</c><00:14:29.830><c> know</c><00:14:29.970><c> my</c><00:14:30.210><c> circumstances,</c><00:14:31.570><c> you</c><00:14:31.710><c> don't</c><00:14:31.889><c> know</c><00:14:32.029><c> what</c><00:14:32.230><c> I</c>

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need,<00:14:33.509><c> you</c><00:14:33.730><c> haven't</c><00:14:33.889><c> taken</c><00:14:34.190><c> account</c><00:14:34.470><c> of</c><00:14:34.549><c> what</c><00:14:34.710><c> I've</c><00:14:35.009><c> done.</c>

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It<00:14:39.450><c> is</c><00:14:40.169><c> proof</c><00:14:40.610><c> when</c><00:14:40.889><c> we</c><00:14:41.190><c> accept</c><00:14:41.669><c> quietly</c><00:14:42.250><c> his</c><00:14:42.549><c> discipline</c><00:14:43.029><c> within</c><00:14:43.309><c> our</c>

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lives<00:14:44.269><c> that</c><00:14:45.049><c> we</c><00:14:45.330><c> trust</c><00:14:45.730><c> his</c><00:14:46.070><c> method</c><00:14:46.429><c> of</c><00:14:46.690><c> preparing</c><00:14:47.190><c> us</c><00:14:48.289><c> to</c><00:14:48.669><c> be</c>

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useful<00:14:49.309><c> servants</c><00:14:49.730><c> now</c><00:14:50.669><c> and</c><00:14:51.490><c> in</c><00:14:51.590><c> his</c><00:14:51.809><c> kingdom.</c>

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It's<00:14:53.690><c> not</c><00:14:53.929><c> easy</c><00:14:54.330><c> to</c><00:14:54.549><c> get</c><00:14:54.690><c> any</c><00:14:54.990><c> one</c><00:14:55.149><c> of</c><00:14:55.169><c> us</c><00:14:55.669><c> ready</c><00:14:56.149><c> for</c><00:14:56.450><c> the</c><00:14:56.610><c> kingdom.</c><00:14:58.590><c> The</c>

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flesh<00:14:59.129><c> is</c><00:14:59.529><c> so</c><00:14:59.909><c> tough</c><00:15:00.190><c> and</c><00:15:00.529><c> so</c><00:15:00.769><c> bent</c><00:15:00.950><c> toward</c><00:15:01.269><c> evil.</c>

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Above<00:15:03.730><c> all,</c><00:15:04.210><c> we</c><00:15:04.230><c> must</c><00:15:04.549><c> unhesitatingly</c><00:15:05.570><c> accept</c><00:15:05.889><c> the</c><00:15:06.070><c> ways</c><00:15:06.350><c> of</c>

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God<00:15:06.929><c> because</c><00:15:07.490><c> he</c><00:15:07.750><c> is</c><00:15:08.169><c> God.</c><00:15:09.710><c> Because</c><00:15:09.970><c> he</c><00:15:10.090><c> has</c><00:15:10.370><c> made</c><00:15:10.570><c> all</c><00:15:11.009><c> things</c>

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and<00:15:11.490><c> he</c><00:15:11.730><c> knows</c><00:15:12.070><c> the</c><00:15:12.350><c> reason</c><00:15:12.710><c> for</c><00:15:12.970><c> all</c><00:15:13.230><c> things.</c>

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He<00:15:14.389><c> has</c><00:15:14.710><c> manifested</c><00:15:15.210><c> his</c><00:15:15.429><c> infinite</c><00:15:15.750><c> power</c><00:15:16.090><c> and</c><00:15:16.330><c> wisdom</c><00:15:16.610><c> in</c><00:15:16.809><c> all</c><00:15:16.970><c> the</c><00:15:17.169><c> beauties</c><00:15:17.690><c> and</c><00:15:17.909><c> glories</c><00:15:18.289><c> of</c>

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creation<00:15:18.909><c> around</c><00:15:19.289><c> us</c><00:15:19.590><c> here.</c><00:15:20.850><c> And</c><00:15:21.149><c> he</c><00:15:21.350><c> proclaims</c><00:15:21.950><c> his</c><00:15:22.149><c> love</c><00:15:22.490><c> and</c><00:15:22.769><c> justice</c><00:15:23.210><c> and</c><00:15:23.490><c> his</c><00:15:23.710><c> divinity</c><00:15:24.549><c> in</c>

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his<00:15:25.250><c> word.</c>

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it?<00:15:34.970><c> Have</c><00:15:35.070><c> we</c><00:15:35.190><c> made</c><00:15:35.350><c> it</c><00:15:35.509><c> part</c><00:15:35.730><c> of</c><00:15:35.909><c> our</c><00:15:36.090><c> conscience?</c>

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Are<00:15:38.070><c> we</c><00:15:38.269><c> willing</c><00:15:38.590><c> to</c><00:15:39.769><c> submit</c><00:15:40.669><c> to</c><00:15:43.429><c> honor</c><00:15:43.750><c> him</c><00:15:44.070><c> and</c><00:15:44.269><c> to</c><00:15:44.570><c> believe</c>

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he<00:15:44.929><c> knows</c><00:15:45.210><c> what</c><00:15:45.370><c> he's</c><00:15:45.529><c> doing?</c>

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The<00:15:47.250><c> final</c><00:15:47.629><c> outcome</c><00:15:48.070><c> with</c><00:15:48.289><c> Job</c><00:15:48.549><c> manifested</c><00:15:49.250><c> God's</c><00:15:49.750><c> wisdom</c><00:15:50.169><c> and</c><00:15:50.529><c> his</c><00:15:50.769><c> love</c><00:15:51.230><c> and</c><00:15:51.470><c> his</c><00:15:51.809><c> compassion.</c><00:15:53.950><c> We</c>

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Which<00:16:01.830><c> very</c><00:16:02.269><c> often</c><00:16:02.909><c> is</c><00:16:04.669><c> not</c><00:16:04.950><c> a</c><00:16:05.149><c> whole</c><00:16:05.409><c> lot.</c><00:16:07.090><c> We</c><00:16:07.250><c> hang</c><00:16:07.529><c> on</c><00:16:07.970><c> through</c><00:16:08.250><c> these</c>

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afflictions.<00:16:09.850><c> We</c><00:16:10.049><c> maintain</c><00:16:10.549><c> a</c><00:16:11.409><c> steadfast</c><00:16:12.049><c> devotion</c><00:16:12.610><c> to</c><00:16:12.889><c> him.</c>

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We<00:16:13.870><c> continue</c><00:16:14.330><c> our</c><00:16:14.669><c> prayers.</c><00:16:15.289><c> We</c><00:16:15.470><c> minister</c><00:16:15.830><c> to</c><00:16:16.049><c> one</c><00:16:16.250><c> another.</c>

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Job<00:16:29.789><c> and</c><00:16:30.690><c> the</c><00:16:30.769><c> Lord</c><00:16:30.990><c> Jesus</c><00:16:31.409><c> Christ.</c><00:16:32.929><c> Both</c><00:16:33.330><c> outstandingly</c><00:16:34.470><c> righteous.</c><00:16:35.129><c> God</c>

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emphasizes<00:16:36.090><c> that</c><00:16:36.389><c> at</c><00:16:36.549><c> the</c><00:16:36.669><c> beginning</c><00:16:36.889><c> of</c><00:16:37.049><c> the</c><00:16:37.070><c> book.</c>

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out.<00:16:41.690><c> This</c><00:16:42.169><c> wonderfully</c><00:16:42.889><c> righteous</c><00:16:43.509><c> man.</c>

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his<00:16:55.789><c> man.</c>

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He<00:16:58.210><c> didn't</c><00:16:58.470><c> understand.</c><00:17:00.250><c> He</c><00:17:00.450><c> was</c><00:17:00.750><c> provoked</c><00:17:01.629><c> to</c><00:17:02.090><c> question.</c><00:17:03.950><c> But</c><00:17:04.109><c> you</c><00:17:04.430><c> see</c><00:17:04.789><c> that</c><00:17:05.109><c> wonderful</c><00:17:06.190><c> mixed</c><00:17:07.130><c> up</c>

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thoughts<00:17:08.950><c> that</c><00:17:09.210><c> are</c><00:17:09.250><c> running</c><00:17:09.470><c> through</c><00:17:09.710><c> his</c><00:17:09.970><c> mind</c><00:17:10.269><c> that</c><00:17:10.470><c> come</c>

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out<00:17:10.789><c> in</c><00:17:10.910><c> the</c><00:17:11.089><c> record.</c>

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I<00:17:12.170><c> will</c><00:17:12.730><c> trust</c><00:17:13.089><c> him</c><00:17:13.589><c> but</c><00:17:13.849><c> I</c><00:17:13.990><c> will</c><00:17:14.289><c> insist</c><00:17:14.609><c> on</c><00:17:14.829><c> my</c><00:17:15.069><c> own</c><00:17:15.269><c> integrity,</c><00:17:15.869><c> my</c><00:17:15.970><c> own</c><00:17:16.170><c> righteousness.</c><00:17:16.710><c> He</c><00:17:16.869><c> couldn't</c><00:17:17.210><c> reconcile</c><00:17:17.769><c> it.</c><00:17:18.970><c> I</c>

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misdirected<00:17:34.269><c> friends.</c>

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Unbelievable<00:17:35.809><c> what</c><00:17:36.089><c> they</c><00:17:36.309><c> ended</c><00:17:36.430><c> up</c><00:17:36.710><c> accusing</c><00:17:37.009><c> him</c><00:17:37.269><c> of.</c>

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Number<00:17:41.210><c> four.</c><00:17:41.890><c> Both</c><00:17:41.910><c> were</c><00:17:42.309><c> reduced</c><00:17:42.809><c> in</c><00:17:43.390><c> shame</c><00:17:43.930><c> to</c><00:17:45.069><c> the</c><00:17:45.250><c> lowest</c>

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level.<00:17:46.589><c> This</c><00:17:46.849><c> man</c><00:17:47.029><c> who</c><00:17:47.190><c> had</c><00:17:47.289><c> been</c><00:17:47.410><c> the</c><00:17:47.650><c> greatest</c><00:17:48.349><c> among</c><00:17:48.809><c> the</c>

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men<00:17:50.009><c> of</c><00:17:50.190><c> the</c><00:17:50.309><c> East</c><00:17:50.750><c> in</c><00:17:52.470><c> his</c><00:17:52.710><c> wisdom,</c><00:17:53.369><c> in</c><00:17:53.390><c> his</c><00:17:53.710><c> possessions,</c><00:17:54.369><c> in</c>

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his<00:17:54.690><c> family</c><00:17:55.250><c> was</c><00:17:56.390><c> reduced</c><00:17:56.869><c> to</c><00:17:57.109><c> the</c><00:17:57.369><c> lowest.</c>

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these<00:18:26.390><c> wonderful</c><00:18:27.109><c> parables,</c><00:18:27.910><c> living</c><00:18:28.089><c> parables,</c><00:18:29.750><c> wonderful</c>

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examples<00:18:30.990><c> of</c><00:18:31.329><c> faithful</c><00:18:31.630><c> men</c><00:18:32.269><c> who</c><00:18:32.690><c> had</c><00:18:32.890><c> come</c><00:18:33.089><c> through</c><00:18:33.410><c> these</c>

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horrible<00:18:34.410><c> experiences.</c>

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benefit<00:18:43.569><c> others.</c><00:18:45.390><c> See</c><00:18:45.549><c> that's</c><00:18:45.769><c> a</c><00:18:45.930><c> biggie.</c><00:18:47.630><c> If</c><00:18:47.769><c> you</c><00:18:47.890><c> don't</c>

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take<00:18:48.329><c> anything</c><00:18:48.690><c> else</c><00:18:48.950><c> away</c><00:18:49.190><c> this</c><00:18:49.529><c> week,</c><00:18:50.390><c> remember</c><00:18:50.809><c> that</c><00:18:51.130><c> one.</c>

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ecclesia,<00:19:03.549><c> even</c><00:19:03.910><c> those</c><00:19:04.150><c> in</c><00:19:04.349><c> the</c><00:19:04.509><c> world.</c><00:19:06.069><c> He's</c><00:19:06.329><c> reaching</c><00:19:06.650><c> out</c>

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were<00:19:26.490><c> perfected</c><00:19:27.730><c> by</c><00:19:27.970><c> their</c><00:19:28.210><c> suffering.</c><00:19:30.049><c> The</c><00:19:30.190><c> Lord</c><00:19:30.329><c> Jesus</c><00:19:30.730><c> Christ</c><00:19:31.069><c> though</c><00:19:31.289><c> of</c>

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unblemished<00:19:32.150><c> righteousness</c><00:19:32.769><c> was</c><00:19:33.910><c> not</c><00:19:34.269><c> perfect</c><00:19:34.869><c> until</c><00:19:35.730><c> he</c><00:19:35.950><c> had</c><00:19:36.190><c> in</c>

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loving<00:19:36.730><c> and</c><00:19:36.950><c> all</c><00:19:37.190><c> trusting</c><00:19:37.509><c> obedience</c><00:19:38.250><c> passed</c><00:19:38.950><c> through</c><00:19:39.309><c> the</c>

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required<00:19:40.230><c> suffering</c><00:19:41.269><c> and</c><00:19:41.950><c> sacrificial</c>

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death.<00:19:43.069><c> You</c><00:19:43.269><c> can't</c><00:19:43.710><c> shortcut</c><00:19:44.170><c> it.</c><00:19:44.430><c> God's</c><00:19:44.769><c> own</c><00:19:45.089><c> Son</c><00:19:46.049><c> couldn't</c>

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sidestep<00:19:48.210><c> it.</c><00:19:50.710><c> That</c><00:19:50.829><c> was</c><00:19:51.069><c> Eve's</c><00:19:51.509><c> problem.</c><00:19:52.190><c> She</c><00:19:52.369><c> wanted</c><00:19:52.730><c> to</c><00:19:52.990><c> get</c><00:19:53.089><c> from</c><00:19:53.349><c> here</c><00:19:53.710><c> to</c>

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there<00:19:54.549><c> without</c><00:19:55.009><c> going</c><00:19:55.309><c> through</c><00:19:55.650><c> the</c><00:19:55.869><c> experience</c><00:19:56.349><c> that</c><00:19:56.549><c> God</c>

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must<00:19:57.390><c> have</c><00:19:57.730><c> us</c><00:19:57.910><c> go</c><00:19:58.150><c> through.</c>

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faith<00:20:19.569><c> and</c><00:20:20.289><c> endurance.</c><00:20:21.910><c> Still</c><00:20:22.450><c> he</c><00:20:23.009><c> had</c><00:20:23.289><c> something</c><00:20:23.609><c> to</c><00:20:23.890><c> learn.</c>

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bear<00:20:50.990><c> that</c><00:20:51.369><c> patience</c><00:20:51.690><c> and</c><00:20:52.450><c> confidence</c><00:20:52.950><c> in</c><00:20:53.190><c> him.</c><00:20:57.410><c> You</c><00:20:57.529><c> see</c><00:20:57.750><c> older</c><00:20:58.150><c> brothers</c><00:20:58.430><c> and</c>

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sisters<00:20:59.049><c> that</c><00:20:59.349><c> are</c><00:21:00.410><c> struggling,</c><00:21:01.309><c> life</c><00:21:01.509><c> has</c><00:21:01.809><c> become</c><00:21:02.069><c> very</c><00:21:02.450><c> difficult</c><00:21:03.089><c> for</c>

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them,<00:21:03.529><c> very</c><00:21:03.849><c> bitter.</c>

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It's<00:21:05.609><c> for</c><00:21:05.829><c> our</c><00:21:06.210><c> sakes</c><00:21:06.470><c> that</c><00:21:06.609><c> they're</c><00:21:06.769><c> still</c><00:21:07.130><c> here,</c><00:21:07.930><c> that</c><00:21:08.150><c> we</c>

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may<00:21:08.509><c> minister</c><00:21:08.869><c> to</c><00:21:09.109><c> them,</c><00:21:09.509><c> that</c><00:21:09.630><c> we</c><00:21:09.769><c> may</c><00:21:09.930><c> watch</c><00:21:10.230><c> their</c><00:21:10.509><c> faithfulness,</c><00:21:12.789><c> their</c>

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steadfast<00:21:13.630><c> love</c><00:21:14.329><c> in</c><00:21:15.349><c> their</c><00:21:15.569><c> Creator.</c>

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Job<00:21:20.329><c> had</c><00:21:20.549><c> to</c><00:21:20.789><c> learn</c><00:21:21.049><c> that</c><00:21:21.269><c> most</c><00:21:21.690><c> shattering</c><00:21:22.130><c> of</c><00:21:22.390><c> all</c><00:21:22.650><c> lessons,</c>

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that<00:21:25.029><c> human</c><00:21:25.369><c> flesh</c><00:21:25.690><c> is</c><00:21:25.970><c> of</c><00:21:26.109><c> no</c><00:21:26.329><c> value</c><00:21:26.750><c> of</c><00:21:26.950><c> itself</c><00:21:27.549><c> even</c><00:21:28.589><c> when</c><00:21:28.789><c> a</c>

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man<00:21:29.069><c> is</c><00:21:29.309><c> upright,</c><00:21:32.529><c> even</c><00:21:32.970><c> when</c><00:21:33.210><c> he</c><00:21:33.369><c> has</c><00:21:33.670><c> done</c><00:21:33.890><c> his</c><00:21:34.289><c> level</c><00:21:34.529><c> best</c>

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to<00:21:35.029><c> serve</c><00:21:35.289><c> his</c><00:21:35.529><c> Creator,</c><00:21:37.049><c> and</c><00:21:37.349><c> that</c><00:21:37.470><c> we</c><00:21:37.630><c> are</c><00:21:37.930><c> saved</c><00:21:38.369><c> only</c><00:21:38.970><c> by</c>

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the<00:21:39.450><c> grace</c><00:21:39.750><c> of</c><00:21:39.970><c> God</c><00:21:40.430><c> and</c><00:21:40.750><c> His</c><00:21:41.190><c> kindness</c><00:21:41.690><c> towards</c><00:21:42.210><c> us</c><00:21:42.630><c> in</c>

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Christ<00:21:43.230><c> Jesus.</c>

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young<00:21:49.230><c> people.</c><00:21:50.890><c> As</c><00:21:51.109><c> we</c><00:21:51.529><c> come</c><00:21:51.849><c> along</c><00:21:52.130><c> in</c><00:21:52.289><c> the</c><00:21:52.529><c> truth</c><00:21:52.730><c> and</c><00:21:52.930><c> we</c><00:21:53.190><c> begin</c><00:21:53.450><c> to</c>

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have<00:21:55.410><c> some</c><00:21:55.650><c> meaningful</c><00:21:56.130><c> part</c><00:21:56.470><c> to</c><00:21:56.809><c> play</c><00:21:57.069><c> and</c><00:21:57.329><c> we</c><00:21:58.150><c> have</c><00:21:58.289><c> what</c><00:21:58.470><c> appears</c><00:21:58.829><c> to</c>

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be<00:21:59.230><c> some</c><00:21:59.930><c> accomplishments</c><00:22:00.569><c> in</c><00:22:00.809><c> the</c><00:22:01.009><c> truth</c><00:22:01.190><c> if</c><00:22:01.369><c> you</c><00:22:01.630><c> will,</c><00:22:02.970><c> some</c><00:22:03.250><c> successes</c><00:22:03.789><c> with</c><00:22:04.049><c> bringing</c><00:22:04.329><c> others</c><00:22:04.710><c> in,</c>

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gave<00:22:17.230><c> us.</c><00:22:19.890><c> God</c><00:22:20.170><c> interrupts</c><00:22:20.849><c> His</c><00:22:20.990><c> speech</c><00:22:21.309><c> to</c><00:22:21.730><c> Job</c><00:22:22.109><c> of</c><00:22:23.069><c> the</c><00:22:23.329><c> wonders</c><00:22:23.650><c> of</c><00:22:23.849><c> what</c><00:22:23.950><c> he's</c><00:22:24.210><c> doing.</c><00:22:25.710><c> We'll</c><00:22:25.950><c> see</c><00:22:26.130><c> it.</c><00:22:26.390><c> He</c><00:22:26.690><c> interrupts</c><00:22:27.069><c> it</c><00:22:27.490><c> and</c><00:22:27.809><c> says,</c><00:22:28.069><c> what</c><00:22:28.309><c> have</c><00:22:28.470><c> you</c><00:22:28.589><c> got</c><00:22:28.710><c> that</c><00:22:28.869><c> I</c>

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me<00:22:34.950><c> if</c><00:22:35.930><c> you</c><00:22:36.210><c> are</c><00:22:36.509><c> manifesting</c><00:22:37.049><c> goodness</c><00:22:37.470><c> and</c><00:22:37.769><c> kindness</c><00:22:38.130><c> to</c><00:22:38.390><c> others?</c><00:22:38.789><c> It's</c><00:22:38.869><c> because</c><00:22:39.170><c> it's</c><00:22:39.470><c> my</c>

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character<00:22:40.369><c> that's</c><00:22:40.789><c> coming</c><00:22:40.970><c> through.</c>

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recognize<00:22:50.250><c> that</c><00:22:50.609><c> that's</c><00:22:50.910><c> what</c><00:22:51.089><c> saves</c><00:22:51.450><c> us</c><00:22:52.589><c> and</c><00:22:54.289><c> that</c><00:22:54.450><c> what</c><00:22:54.670><c> we</c>

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are<00:22:55.170><c> able</c><00:22:55.450><c> to</c><00:22:55.710><c> do</c><00:22:55.890><c> for</c><00:22:56.289><c> Him</c><00:22:56.990><c> is</c><00:22:58.049><c> the</c><00:22:58.430><c> fruit</c><00:22:59.049><c> of</c><00:23:00.490><c> genuine</c><00:23:01.029><c> faith</c>

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and<00:23:02.009><c> trust.</c><00:23:02.730><c> It's</c><00:23:03.230><c> the</c><00:23:03.410><c> inevitable</c><00:23:03.990><c> fruit</c><00:23:04.549><c> of</c><00:23:04.890><c> the</c><00:23:05.150><c> Spirit.</c>

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But<00:23:07.190><c> you've</c><00:23:07.529><c> got</c><00:23:07.609><c> to</c><00:23:07.769><c> keep</c><00:23:07.950><c> it</c><00:23:08.250><c> clear</c><00:23:08.390><c> in</c><00:23:08.529><c> your</c><00:23:08.730><c> own</c><00:23:08.970><c> mind</c><00:23:09.269><c> that</c>

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it's<00:23:09.690><c> because</c><00:23:10.049><c> of</c><00:23:10.150><c> what</c><00:23:10.289><c> He's</c><00:23:10.470><c> done</c><00:23:10.690><c> for</c><00:23:11.009><c> us</c><00:23:12.029><c> and</c><00:23:12.670><c> what</c><00:23:12.849><c> He</c><00:23:13.049><c> is</c>

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developing<00:23:13.849><c> within</c><00:23:14.289><c> us</c><00:23:15.150><c> that</c><00:23:15.490><c> we</c><00:23:15.690><c> are</c><00:23:16.009><c> able</c><00:23:16.829><c> to</c><00:23:17.529><c> manifest</c><00:23:18.069><c> His</c>

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kind<00:23:18.690><c> of</c><00:23:18.890><c> goodness</c><00:23:19.170><c> and</c><00:23:19.509><c> kindness</c><00:23:19.930><c> and</c><00:23:21.869><c> love</c><00:23:22.269><c> and</c><00:23:22.569><c> trust</c><00:23:22.950><c> and</c>

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His<00:23:23.950><c> kind</c><00:23:24.210><c> of</c><00:23:24.430><c> character.</c>

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That's<00:23:26.490><c> the</c><00:23:26.869><c> big</c><00:23:27.089><c> lesson</c><00:23:27.450><c> that</c><00:23:27.730><c> Job</c><00:23:27.829><c> had</c><00:23:28.029><c> to</c><00:23:28.289><c> learn,</c><00:23:29.589><c> that</c><00:23:29.789><c> we</c>

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are<00:23:30.430><c> saved</c><00:23:30.789><c> by</c><00:23:31.049><c> the</c><00:23:31.230><c> grace</c><00:23:31.470><c> of</c><00:23:31.710><c> God</c><00:23:32.029><c> through</c><00:23:32.410><c> Christ</c><00:23:32.829><c> Jesus,</c>

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that<00:23:33.569><c> none</c><00:23:33.809><c> of</c><00:23:33.970><c> us,</c><00:23:34.970><c> the</c><00:23:35.089><c> best</c><00:23:35.410><c> of</c><00:23:35.650><c> us,</c><00:23:36.470><c> the</c><00:23:36.769><c> Job's,</c><00:23:37.450><c> the</c><00:23:37.630><c> Noah's,</c><00:23:38.210><c> the</c>

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Daniel's,<00:23:39.410><c> could</c><00:23:39.849><c> not</c><00:23:40.450><c> save</c><00:23:40.990><c> themselves</c><00:23:41.809><c> and</c><00:23:43.130><c> could</c><00:23:43.509><c> not</c><00:23:43.829><c> maintain</c><00:23:45.329><c> righteousness</c><00:23:46.329><c> apart</c><00:23:48.130><c> from</c><00:23:48.470><c> God's</c><00:23:49.509><c> Word,</c><00:23:51.289><c> the</c>

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power<00:23:51.730><c> of</c><00:23:52.029><c> the</c><00:23:52.170><c> Spirit</c><00:23:52.390><c> that</c><00:23:52.690><c> comes</c><00:23:52.910><c> through</c><00:23:53.210><c> the</c><00:23:53.410><c> Word,</c>

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that<00:23:54.690><c> takes</c><00:23:54.970><c> over</c><00:23:55.289><c> the</c><00:23:55.490><c> mind</c><00:23:55.690><c> and</c><00:23:55.890><c> the</c><00:23:56.069><c> heart.</c><00:23:57.529><c> That's</c><00:23:57.829><c> what</c>

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permits<00:23:58.410><c> us</c><00:23:58.730><c> to</c><00:23:58.869><c> be</c><00:23:59.069><c> God</c><00:23:59.390><c>-like.</c>

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Where<00:24:09.109><c> was</c><00:24:09.410><c> the</c><00:24:09.589><c> land</c><00:24:09.829><c> of</c><00:24:10.109><c> Oz?</c><00:24:12.130><c> Well,</c><00:24:12.390><c> from</c><00:24:12.589><c> the</c><00:24:12.769><c> names</c><00:24:12.950><c> of</c><00:24:13.150><c> the</c>

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characters<00:24:13.849><c> and</c><00:24:14.049><c> their</c><00:24:14.289><c> ancestors</c><00:24:14.970><c> and</c><00:24:15.210><c> the</c><00:24:16.109><c> place</c><00:24:16.369><c> names,</c><00:24:17.609><c> we</c><00:24:18.029><c> get</c><00:24:18.250><c> a</c>

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very<00:24:18.710><c> definite</c><00:24:18.950><c> indication</c><00:24:19.690><c> that</c><00:24:20.589><c> the</c><00:24:20.750><c> location</c><00:24:21.190><c> of</c><00:24:21.410><c> Oz</c><00:24:21.589><c> lies</c>

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in<00:24:22.210><c> the</c><00:24:22.410><c> area</c><00:24:22.670><c> between</c><00:24:23.029><c> the</c><00:24:23.230><c> Dead</c><00:24:23.509><c> Sea</c><00:24:23.950><c> on</c><00:24:24.369><c> your</c><00:24:24.529><c> map</c><00:24:24.990><c> and</c><00:24:25.589><c> the</c>

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desert<00:24:26.349><c> to</c><00:24:27.009><c> the</c><00:24:27.170><c> east.</c>

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The<00:24:28.789><c> area</c><00:24:29.130><c> of</c><00:24:29.369><c> the</c><00:24:29.529><c> descendants</c><00:24:29.950><c> of</c><00:24:30.269><c> Abraham</c><00:24:30.730><c> other</c><00:24:31.250><c> than</c><00:24:31.549><c> through</c><00:24:31.829><c> Jacob,</c><00:24:33.049><c> generally</c><00:24:33.309><c> speaking,</c><00:24:34.109><c> what</c><00:24:34.230><c> we</c>

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call<00:24:34.630><c> the</c><00:24:34.869><c> Arabs.</c><00:24:36.829><c> Job</c><00:24:37.069><c> was</c><00:24:37.369><c> of</c><00:24:37.589><c> the</c><00:24:37.829><c> men</c><00:24:38.170><c> of</c><00:24:38.470><c> the</c><00:24:38.730><c> east.</c><00:24:39.069><c> That's</c><00:24:39.369><c> a</c><00:24:39.470><c> term</c><00:24:39.650><c> that's</c><00:24:39.950><c> used</c><00:24:40.369><c> of</c>

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the<00:24:40.890><c> Ishmaelites,</c><00:24:41.529><c> the</c><00:24:41.650><c> Edomites,</c><00:24:42.309><c> those</c><00:24:42.509><c> who</c><00:24:42.670><c> we</c><00:24:42.890><c> call</c><00:24:43.009><c> the</c><00:24:43.289><c> Arabs.</c>

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Who<00:24:45.250><c> are</c><00:24:45.430><c> to</c><00:24:45.569><c> be</c><00:24:45.670><c> wonderfully</c><00:24:46.069><c> blessed</c><00:24:46.410><c> in</c><00:24:46.589><c> God's</c><00:24:46.970><c> Kingdom?</c>

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It's<00:24:47.670><c> marvelous</c><00:24:47.990><c> what</c><00:24:48.150><c> he's</c><00:24:48.349><c> going</c><00:24:48.450><c> to</c><00:24:48.569><c> do</c><00:24:48.670><c> for</c><00:24:48.869><c> these</c><00:24:49.109><c> descendants</c><00:24:49.509><c> of</c><00:24:49.769><c> Abraham,</c><00:24:50.309><c> the</c>

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six<00:24:50.750><c> sons</c><00:24:51.069><c> of</c><00:24:51.369><c> Keturah,</c><00:24:51.809><c> which</c><00:24:51.990><c> he</c><00:24:52.109><c> has</c><00:24:52.349><c> after</c><00:24:52.730><c> Sarah</c><00:24:53.069><c> died,</c>

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and<00:24:54.230><c> the</c><00:24:54.390><c> descendants</c><00:24:54.750><c> of</c><00:24:55.069><c> Ishmael.</c>

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Esau<00:24:57.529><c> is</c><00:24:57.670><c> a</c><00:24:57.730><c> different</c><00:24:58.109><c> story.</c><00:24:58.950><c> Edom</c><00:24:59.069><c> is</c><00:24:59.329><c> to</c><00:24:59.450><c> be</c><00:24:59.569><c> destroyed.</c><00:25:00.250><c> Esau</c><00:25:00.549><c> represents</c><00:25:01.049><c> the</c><00:25:01.369><c> flesh.</c><00:25:02.670><c> It</c><00:25:02.670><c> was</c><00:25:02.930><c> rebellious</c><00:25:03.470><c> and</c><00:25:03.710><c> was</c><00:25:04.029><c> never</c><00:25:04.289><c> converted.</c><00:25:05.769><c> But</c><00:25:06.009><c> Abraham's</c><00:25:07.430><c> descendants</c><00:25:08.130><c> through</c><00:25:09.029><c> Ishmael</c><00:25:10.049><c> and</c><00:25:10.250><c> through</c><00:25:10.529><c> Keturah,</c><00:25:11.569><c> Isaiah</c><00:25:11.990><c> 63,</c><00:25:13.509><c> I</c>

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believe<00:25:13.829><c> there's</c><00:25:14.130><c> four</c><00:25:14.509><c> of</c><00:25:14.650><c> them</c><00:25:14.849><c> mentioned</c><00:25:15.150><c> as</c><00:25:15.450><c> being</c><00:25:15.690><c> parts</c>

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of<00:25:16.230><c> those</c><00:25:17.450><c> who</c><00:25:17.670><c> will</c><00:25:17.890><c> be</c><00:25:18.369><c> bringing</c><00:25:18.609><c> offerings</c><00:25:19.029><c> to</c><00:25:19.589><c> Christ</c><00:25:20.009><c> in</c>

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the<00:25:20.349><c> Kingdom.</c>

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The<00:25:22.990><c> land</c><00:25:23.269><c> of</c><00:25:23.609><c> Oz,</c><00:25:23.829><c> east</c><00:25:24.109><c> of</c><00:25:24.329><c> Jordan,</c><00:25:24.890><c> bordering</c><00:25:25.390><c> the</c><00:25:25.650><c> Arabian</c>

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desert.<00:25:27.950><c> Oz,</c><00:25:28.730><c> a</c><00:25:29.109><c> son</c><00:25:29.230><c> of</c><00:25:29.529><c> Aram</c><00:25:29.869><c> in</c><00:25:30.130><c> the</c><00:25:30.309><c> line</c><00:25:30.490><c> of</c><00:25:30.809><c> Shem,</c><00:25:31.089><c> that's</c>

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one<00:25:31.529><c> possibility</c><00:25:32.089><c> listed</c><00:25:32.430><c> in</c><00:25:32.630><c> Genesis</c><00:25:32.950><c> 10.</c><00:25:33.769><c> In</c><00:25:33.950><c> the</c><00:25:34.069><c> second</c><00:25:34.269><c> possibility,</c><00:25:35.029><c> there's</c><00:25:35.230><c> a</c>

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Haz,<00:25:36.650><c> Abraham's</c><00:25:37.250><c> nephew,</c><00:25:37.670><c> who</c><00:25:37.769><c> was</c><00:25:37.970><c> the</c><00:25:38.170><c> firstborn</c><00:25:38.549><c> of</c><00:25:38.809><c> Nahor</c>

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in<00:25:39.549><c> Genesis</c><00:25:39.930><c> 22.</c>

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Lamentations<00:25:42.309><c> four,</c><00:25:42.630><c> it's</c><00:25:42.829><c> very</c><00:25:43.309><c> clear</c><00:25:43.589><c> that</c><00:25:43.930><c> Edom</c><00:25:44.569><c> was</c><00:25:45.289><c> in</c>

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the<00:25:45.589><c> land</c><00:25:45.849><c> of</c><00:25:46.130><c> Oz.</c><00:25:47.309><c> And</c><00:25:47.390><c> in</c><00:25:47.569><c> Jeremiah</c><00:25:47.910><c> 25,</c><00:25:48.809><c> Oz</c><00:25:48.970><c> is</c><00:25:49.250><c> listed</c><00:25:49.650><c> amongst</c><00:25:50.150><c> the</c>

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Gentile<00:25:51.430><c> nations</c><00:25:51.849><c> to</c><00:25:52.109><c> be</c><00:25:53.230><c> judged</c><00:25:53.549><c> by</c><00:25:54.470><c> God.</c><00:25:55.869><c> God</c><00:25:56.069><c> made</c><00:25:56.250><c> it</c><00:25:56.450><c> very</c>

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clear,<00:25:56.869><c> yes,</c><00:25:57.109><c> I'm</c><00:25:57.430><c> bringing</c><00:25:57.630><c> terrible</c><00:25:58.109><c> judgments</c><00:25:58.509><c> upon</c><00:25:58.869><c> Judah,</c><00:25:59.230><c> but</c>

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I'm<00:25:59.549><c> also</c><00:25:59.809><c> going</c><00:25:59.990><c> to</c><00:26:00.150><c> judge</c><00:26:00.309><c> all</c><00:26:00.529><c> the</c><00:26:00.730><c> nations</c><00:26:00.910><c> around</c><00:26:01.230><c> the</c><00:26:01.410><c> border.</c>

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in<00:26:07.569><c> Egypt</c><00:26:07.809><c> between</c><00:26:08.849><c> Joseph</c><00:26:09.549><c> and</c><00:26:10.450><c> Moses.</c><00:26:12.250><c> There's</c><00:26:12.410><c> about</c><00:26:12.690><c> a</c><00:26:12.690><c> 60</c>

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-year<00:26:13.210><c> period</c><00:26:13.529><c> between</c><00:26:13.809><c> the</c><00:26:13.990><c> death</c><00:26:14.150><c> of</c><00:26:14.349><c> Moses</c><00:26:14.670><c> and</c><00:26:14.849><c> the</c><00:26:15.009><c> birth</c>

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of<00:26:15.349><c> Moses,</c><00:26:15.829><c> but</c><00:26:15.970><c> there's</c><00:26:16.250><c> another</c><00:26:16.490><c> 80</c><00:26:16.769><c> years</c><00:26:17.170><c> before</c><00:26:17.750><c> Moses</c>

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actually<00:26:19.430><c> begins</c><00:26:19.849><c> his</c><00:26:20.230><c> work</c><00:26:20.509><c> in</c><00:26:21.069><c> delivering</c><00:26:21.650><c> Israel.</c>

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So<00:26:23.230><c> it</c><00:26:23.490><c> seems</c><00:26:23.930><c> most</c><00:26:24.329><c> reasonable.</c><00:26:25.750><c> Some</c><00:26:25.930><c> of</c><00:26:26.089><c> the</c><00:26:26.190><c> things</c><00:26:26.309><c> that</c>

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point<00:26:26.730><c> to</c><00:26:26.990><c> that,</c><00:26:28.089><c> along</c><00:26:28.210><c> with</c><00:26:28.369><c> the</c><00:26:28.569><c> background</c><00:26:29.009><c> and</c><00:26:29.269><c> the</c><00:26:29.450><c> customs</c><00:26:29.829><c> and</c>

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the<00:26:30.250><c> genealogy,</c><00:26:31.710><c> there's</c><00:26:32.029><c> no</c><00:26:32.269><c> reference</c><00:26:32.569><c> to</c><00:26:32.750><c> Israel</c><00:26:33.150><c> or</c><00:26:33.369><c> to</c><00:26:33.569><c> the</c><00:26:33.750><c> law,</c><00:26:34.329><c> but</c><00:26:34.569><c> there</c><00:26:34.750><c> is</c><00:26:34.950><c> a</c>

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clear<00:26:35.230><c> reference</c><00:26:35.630><c> to</c><00:26:36.289><c> Adam</c><00:26:36.630><c> in</c><00:26:37.450><c> Job</c><00:26:37.609><c> 31</c><00:26:38.230><c> and</c><00:26:38.470><c> also</c><00:26:38.849><c> a</c><00:26:39.089><c> reference</c><00:26:39.289><c> to</c><00:26:39.529><c> the</c>

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flood<00:26:40.049><c> in</c><00:26:40.930><c> Job</c><00:26:41.190><c> 22.</c>

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None<00:26:42.680><c> of</c><00:26:42.839><c> this</c><00:26:43.180><c> is</c><00:26:43.740><c> for</c><00:26:44.559><c> sure,</c><00:26:46.039><c> but</c><00:26:46.440><c> what</c><00:26:46.700><c> we're</c><00:26:46.900><c> giving</c><00:26:47.140><c> you</c>

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is<00:26:47.960><c> sort</c><00:26:49.400><c> of</c><00:26:49.519><c> the</c><00:26:49.660><c> generally</c><00:26:49.940><c> accepted,</c><00:26:50.500><c> the</c><00:26:50.799><c> consensus,</c><00:26:52.259><c> what</c><00:26:52.420><c> you</c>

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can<00:26:52.779><c> arrive</c><00:26:53.119><c> at</c><00:26:53.380><c> generally</c><00:26:53.759><c> by</c><00:26:54.519><c> trying</c><00:26:54.740><c> to</c><00:26:54.839><c> put</c><00:26:55.000><c> the</c><00:26:55.140><c> pieces</c><00:26:55.359><c> together.</c>

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The<00:26:58.099><c> life</c><00:26:58.299><c> as</c><00:26:58.660><c> the</c><00:26:58.900><c> Timonite,</c><00:27:01.099><c> Genesis</c><00:27:01.460><c> 36,</c><00:27:02.180><c> Timon</c><00:27:02.480><c> was</c><00:27:02.680><c> the</c><00:27:02.779><c> grandson</c><00:27:03.140><c> of</c><00:27:03.480><c> Esau.</c><00:27:05.339><c> Bildad</c><00:27:05.839><c> the</c><00:27:06.019><c> Shuhite,</c><00:27:07.680><c> Shua,</c><00:27:08.119><c> a</c>

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son<00:27:08.440><c> of</c><00:27:08.599><c> Abraham</c><00:27:08.980><c> by</c><00:27:09.279><c> Keturah.</c><00:27:12.099><c> So</c><00:27:12.359><c> far</c><00:27:12.559><c> the</c><00:27:12.839><c> Naamathite</c><00:27:13.400><c> is</c>

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the<00:27:13.720><c> one</c><00:27:13.839><c> we</c><00:27:13.980><c> know</c><00:27:14.180><c> the</c><00:27:14.319><c> least</c><00:27:14.579><c> about.</c>

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The<00:27:15.339><c> Septuagint</c><00:27:16.160><c> gives</c><00:27:16.579><c> one</c><00:27:18.180><c> sort</c><00:27:18.420><c> of</c><00:27:18.599><c> a</c><00:27:18.700><c> remote</c><00:27:19.440><c> possibility</c>

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as<00:27:20.319><c> the</c><00:27:20.480><c> grandson</c><00:27:20.779><c> of</c><00:27:21.099><c> Esau,</c><00:27:22.099><c> but</c><00:27:22.359><c> generally</c><00:27:22.799><c> the</c><00:27:23.059><c> feeling</c><00:27:23.299><c> is</c>

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that<00:27:23.700><c> we</c><00:27:23.839><c> really</c><00:27:24.079><c> don't</c><00:27:24.319><c> know</c><00:27:25.160><c> Zophar's</c><00:27:26.440><c> genealogy.</c>

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Elihu<00:27:28.259><c> the</c><00:27:28.440><c> Buzite</c><00:27:29.079><c> of</c><00:27:29.680><c> the</c><00:27:29.779><c> family</c><00:27:30.160><c> of</c><00:27:30.440><c> Ram,</c><00:27:30.960><c> that's</c><00:27:31.259><c> the</c><00:27:31.319><c> way</c>

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he's<00:27:31.700><c> described.</c><00:27:33.079><c> We</c><00:27:33.200><c> know</c><00:27:33.380><c> Buz</c><00:27:33.660><c> was</c><00:27:33.839><c> the</c><00:27:34.000><c> son</c><00:27:34.119><c> of</c><00:27:34.380><c> Nahor,</c><00:27:34.859><c> Abraham's</c><00:27:35.420><c> brother,</c><00:27:36.259><c> and</c>

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Ram<00:27:36.660><c> was</c><00:27:36.859><c> the</c><00:27:37.039><c> grandson</c><00:27:37.339><c> of</c><00:27:37.559><c> Nahor</c><00:27:38.039><c> in</c><00:27:38.880><c> Genesis</c><00:27:39.279><c> 22.</c>

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Who<00:27:42.079><c> wrote</c><00:27:42.400><c> the</c><00:27:42.660><c> book?</c><00:27:46.019><c> Well,</c><00:27:46.559><c> there's</c><00:27:46.720><c> a</c><00:27:46.839><c> couple</c><00:27:47.039><c> of</c><00:27:47.339><c> possibilities.</c><00:27:47.859><c> It</c><00:27:47.880><c> could</c><00:27:48.059><c> have</c>

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been<00:27:48.339><c> Elihu.</c><00:27:48.859><c> There's</c><00:27:49.240><c> reasons</c><00:27:49.579><c> to</c><00:27:49.799><c> believe</c><00:27:50.059><c> that</c><00:27:50.740><c> that's</c><00:27:51.380><c> a</c>

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possibility,<00:27:52.220><c> but</c><00:27:52.279><c> the</c><00:27:54.259><c> one</c><00:27:54.380><c> that</c><00:27:54.819><c> the</c><00:27:55.400><c> Jewish</c><00:27:55.880><c> historians</c><00:27:56.640><c> themselves,</c><00:27:57.660><c> the</c><00:27:57.839><c> ancient</c><00:27:58.160><c> tradition</c><00:27:58.619><c> of</c><00:27:58.859><c> the</c><00:27:59.059><c> Jews,</c><00:27:59.380><c> is</c><00:27:59.500><c> that</c><00:27:59.640><c> Moses</c><00:27:59.980><c> wrote</c><00:28:00.279><c> it,</c><00:28:01.859><c> or</c><00:28:02.079><c> at</c><00:28:02.160><c> least</c><00:28:02.359><c> he</c><00:28:02.539><c> made</c><00:28:02.740><c> it</c><00:28:03.019><c> a</c>

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part<00:28:03.460><c> of</c><00:28:03.680><c> the</c><00:28:03.859><c> Scriptures</c><00:28:04.339><c> by</c><00:28:06.500><c> the</c><00:28:06.680><c> guidance</c><00:28:06.940><c> of</c><00:28:07.220><c> the</c><00:28:07.380><c> Spirit.</c>

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Moses<00:28:09.599><c> would</c><00:28:09.759><c> have</c><00:28:09.960><c> been</c><00:28:10.039><c> the</c><00:28:10.220><c> logical</c><00:28:10.559><c> one</c><00:28:10.740><c> to</c><00:28:10.900><c> do</c><00:28:11.079><c> so.</c><00:28:11.460><c> He</c><00:28:11.480><c> may</c><00:28:11.799><c> well</c><00:28:12.099><c> have</c><00:28:12.359><c> known</c><00:28:12.759><c> Job</c><00:28:13.059><c> himself,</c><00:28:14.859><c> or</c>

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Job's<00:28:15.599><c> early</c><00:28:15.839><c> descendants</c><00:28:16.339><c> during</c><00:28:16.720><c> the</c><00:28:16.880><c> 40</c><00:28:17.039><c> years</c><00:28:17.299><c> he</c><00:28:17.400><c> was</c><00:28:17.619><c> in</c>

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Midian.<00:28:19.140><c> He</c><00:28:19.220><c> at</c><00:28:19.400><c> least</c><00:28:19.599><c> could</c><00:28:19.880><c> well</c><00:28:20.099><c> have</c><00:28:20.339><c> known</c><00:28:20.559><c> the</c><00:28:20.779><c> story</c>

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of<00:28:21.240><c> Job.</c><00:28:22.740><c> Job</c><00:28:22.920><c> was</c><00:28:23.160><c> the</c><00:28:23.400><c> greatest,</c><00:28:23.799><c> therefore</c><00:28:24.039><c> the</c><00:28:24.259><c> best</c><00:28:24.539><c> known</c><00:28:24.819><c> of</c>

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the<00:28:25.119><c> men</c><00:28:25.220><c> of</c><00:28:25.380><c> the</c><00:28:25.599><c> East.</c><00:28:26.660><c> Midian</c><00:28:27.000><c> was</c><00:28:27.259><c> included</c><00:28:27.680><c> in</c><00:28:27.859><c> that</c><00:28:29.579><c> territory,</c><00:28:30.039><c> that</c>

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area,<00:28:31.099><c> and</c><00:28:31.240><c> the</c><00:28:31.400><c> history</c><00:28:31.640><c> of</c><00:28:31.880><c> Job</c><00:28:32.059><c> would</c><00:28:32.259><c> be</c><00:28:32.519><c> well</c><00:28:32.819><c> known.</c>

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Interestingly<00:28:36.059><c> enough,</c><00:28:37.099><c> there</c><00:28:37.099><c> are</c><00:28:37.420><c> phrases</c><00:28:37.839><c> in</c><00:28:38.099><c> Genesis,</c><00:28:39.700><c> Exodus,</c><00:28:40.680><c> Numbers,</c><00:28:41.380><c> in</c><00:28:41.579><c> the</c><00:28:41.680><c> first</c><00:28:41.859><c> five</c><00:28:42.119><c> books</c><00:28:42.359><c> of</c><00:28:42.500><c> Moses.</c><00:28:44.299><c> There</c><00:28:44.500><c> are</c><00:28:44.819><c> characteristic</c><00:28:45.380><c> phrases</c><00:28:46.079><c> in</c><00:28:46.500><c> Job</c><00:28:47.000><c> that</c><00:28:48.019><c> have</c><00:28:48.319><c> caused</c><00:28:48.740><c> a</c>

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strong<00:28:50.660><c> suggestion</c><00:28:51.279><c> that</c><00:28:51.500><c> there's</c><00:28:51.759><c> a</c><00:28:51.880><c> linkage</c><00:28:52.119><c> there.</c><00:28:53.160><c> We</c><00:28:53.259><c> won't</c><00:28:53.440><c> go</c>

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through<00:28:53.839><c> them</c><00:28:53.980><c> right</c><00:28:54.240><c> now.</c><00:28:54.400><c> We've</c><00:28:54.680><c> given</c><00:28:54.720><c> them</c><00:28:54.940><c> to</c><00:28:55.000><c> you</c><00:28:55.140><c> in</c>

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the<00:28:55.400><c> notes.</c>

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But<00:28:56.559><c> the</c><00:28:57.160><c> Hebrew</c><00:28:57.460><c> words</c><00:28:58.119><c> behind</c><00:28:58.640><c> these</c><00:28:58.980><c> phrases</c><00:28:59.519><c> are</c><00:29:00.319><c> a</c><00:29:00.480><c> bit</c>

00:29:00.619 --> 00:29:04.940
unique,<00:29:01.480><c> and</c><00:29:01.720><c> the</c><00:29:01.900><c> actual</c><00:29:02.099><c> Hebrew</c><00:29:02.420><c> words</c><00:29:02.740><c> show</c><00:29:03.059><c> up</c><00:29:03.740><c> in</c><00:29:04.559><c> Moses'</c>

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writings.<00:29:06.880><c> They're</c><00:29:07.240><c> just</c><00:29:07.640><c> another</c><00:29:08.680><c> useful</c><00:29:09.480><c> indication</c><00:29:10.079><c> that</c>

00:29:10.500 --> 00:29:12.460
it<00:29:10.819><c> may</c><00:29:10.980><c> well</c><00:29:11.220><c> have</c><00:29:11.480><c> been</c><00:29:11.960><c> Moses.</c>

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But<00:29:13.420><c> the</c><00:29:13.579><c> thing</c><00:29:13.819><c> that's</c><00:29:14.160><c> important</c><00:29:14.519><c> to</c><00:29:14.799><c> us</c><00:29:15.940><c> as</c><00:29:16.319><c> brothers</c><00:29:16.539><c> and</c>

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sisters<00:29:17.619><c> and</c><00:29:19.099><c> Bible</c><00:29:19.440><c> students</c><00:29:20.140><c> is</c><00:29:20.619><c> to</c><00:29:20.940><c> know</c><00:29:21.420><c> firmly</c><00:29:22.000><c> that</c><00:29:22.460><c> Job</c>

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is<00:29:23.000><c> a</c><00:29:23.240><c> historical</c><00:29:24.019><c> figure.</c><00:29:25.859><c> This</c><00:29:26.079><c> is</c><00:29:26.259><c> not</c><00:29:26.440><c> an</c><00:29:26.819><c> allegory</c><00:29:28.279><c> out</c>

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of<00:29:29.539><c> the</c><00:29:29.680><c> whole</c><00:29:29.920><c> cloth.</c><00:29:32.380><c> This</c><00:29:32.839><c> happened,</c><00:29:33.700><c> and</c><00:29:36.220><c> the</c><00:29:36.339><c> rest</c><00:29:36.519><c> of</c>

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Scripture<00:29:37.019><c> endorses</c><00:29:37.619><c> it.</c>

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It's<00:29:38.400><c> quite</c><00:29:38.799><c> impressive,</c><00:29:40.940><c> because</c><00:29:41.119><c> here</c><00:29:41.339><c> in</c><00:29:41.480><c> the</c><00:29:41.559><c> midst</c><00:29:41.759><c> of</c><00:29:41.920><c> an</c><00:29:42.099><c> otherwise</c><00:29:42.599><c> Jewish</c><00:29:43.039><c> book</c><00:29:43.680><c> is</c><00:29:46.460><c> a</c>

00:29:46.559 --> 00:29:50.460
perfect<00:29:46.940><c> model</c><00:29:47.200><c> of</c><00:29:47.480><c> excellence</c><00:29:47.720><c> for</c><00:29:48.019><c> all</c><00:29:48.279><c> time,</c><00:29:48.740><c> a</c><00:29:48.880><c> man</c><00:29:49.119><c> who</c><00:29:49.400><c> is</c><00:29:49.740><c> not</c><00:29:50.140><c> a</c>

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Jew,<00:29:51.519><c> not</c><00:29:51.859><c> under</c><00:29:52.200><c> the</c><00:29:52.380><c> law,</c><00:29:53.299><c> who</c><00:29:53.440><c> had</c><00:29:53.599><c> nothing</c><00:29:53.839><c> to</c><00:29:54.140><c> do</c><00:29:54.299><c> with</c><00:29:54.599><c> the</c><00:29:54.759><c> law,</c><00:29:55.359><c> nothing</c><00:29:55.720><c> to</c>

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do<00:29:56.160><c> with</c><00:29:56.380><c> Israel.</c>

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It's<00:29:58.339><c> almost</c><00:29:58.599><c> as</c><00:29:58.799><c> though</c><00:29:58.900><c> God</c><00:29:59.099><c> was</c><00:29:59.279><c> trying</c><00:29:59.460><c> to</c><00:29:59.519><c> tell</c><00:29:59.700><c> his</c><00:29:59.940><c> people</c><00:30:00.440><c> that</c>

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is<00:30:01.720><c> not</c><00:30:02.359><c> the</c><00:30:02.660><c> exclusive</c><00:30:03.119><c> way</c><00:30:03.720><c> to</c><00:30:04.420><c> the</c><00:30:04.579><c> kingdom</c><00:30:05.359><c> to</c><00:30:06.980><c> be</c><00:30:07.140><c> an</c><00:30:07.339><c> Israelite</c><00:30:07.720><c> under</c><00:30:07.960><c> the</c><00:30:08.180><c> law.</c>

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He's<00:30:11.200><c> referred</c><00:30:11.599><c> to</c><00:30:11.880><c> by</c><00:30:12.180><c> Ezekiel</c><00:30:12.880><c> with</c><00:30:13.140><c> Noah</c><00:30:13.559><c> and</c><00:30:13.980><c> Daniel</c><00:30:14.660><c> as</c><00:30:15.920><c> an</c><00:30:16.039><c> outstanding</c><00:30:16.839><c> example</c><00:30:17.799><c> of</c><00:30:18.140><c> a</c>

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righteous<00:30:18.759><c> man</c><00:30:19.319><c> whose</c><00:30:19.759><c> intercession</c><00:30:20.819><c> saved</c><00:30:22.160><c> others.</c>

00:30:25.140 --> 00:30:28.740
James<00:30:25.880><c> cites</c><00:30:26.339><c> Job</c><00:30:26.599><c> as</c><00:30:26.859><c> the</c><00:30:26.960><c> ultimate</c><00:30:27.380><c> example</c><00:30:27.920><c> of</c><00:30:28.279><c> faithfully</c>

00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:33.500
enduring<00:30:29.319><c> suffering.</c><00:30:30.140><c> You</c><00:30:30.759><c> have</c><00:30:31.019><c> heard</c><00:30:31.380><c> of</c><00:30:31.599><c> the</c><00:30:31.859><c> perseverance</c><00:30:32.400><c> of</c><00:30:32.799><c> Job</c><00:30:33.119><c> and</c>

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seen<00:30:33.839><c> the</c><00:30:34.079><c> end</c><00:30:34.380><c> intended</c><00:30:34.880><c> by</c><00:30:35.259><c> the</c><00:30:35.440><c> Lord</c><00:30:35.799><c> that</c><00:30:36.599><c> the</c><00:30:36.799><c> Lord</c><00:30:37.019><c> is</c>

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very<00:30:37.579><c> compassionate</c><00:30:38.279><c> and</c><00:30:38.880><c> merciful.</c>

00:30:41.319 --> 00:30:44.799
It's<00:30:42.039><c> remarkable</c><00:30:42.579><c> that</c><00:30:42.880><c> the</c><00:30:43.099><c> great</c><00:30:43.299><c> typical</c><00:30:43.779><c> and</c><00:30:44.079><c> exemplary</c>

00:30:44.799 --> 00:30:51.160
patient<00:30:45.319><c> sufferer</c><00:30:46.000><c> of</c><00:30:46.119><c> the</c><00:30:46.279><c> Old</c><00:30:46.539><c> Testament</c><00:30:47.039><c> is</c><00:30:47.420><c> not</c><00:30:47.859><c> a</c><00:30:48.140><c> Jew,</c><00:30:49.720><c> but</c><00:30:50.259><c> he</c><00:30:50.660><c> is</c><00:30:50.819><c> of</c><00:30:50.980><c> a</c>

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race<00:30:51.779><c> which</c><00:30:52.500><c> though</c><00:30:52.839><c> closely</c><00:30:53.299><c> related</c><00:30:54.200><c> was</c><00:30:55.059><c> always</c><00:30:55.579><c> and</c><00:30:55.920><c> still</c><00:30:56.299><c> is</c>

00:30:57.119 --> 00:30:59.920
in<00:30:57.519><c> deep</c><00:30:57.799><c> antagonism</c><00:30:58.579><c> to</c><00:30:58.819><c> the</c><00:30:59.000><c> Jews.</c>

00:31:01.880 --> 00:31:05.099
The<00:31:02.059><c> Lord</c><00:31:02.220><c> Jesus</c><00:31:02.579><c> Christ</c><00:31:02.819><c> is</c><00:31:03.000><c> going</c><00:31:03.160><c> to</c><00:31:03.279><c> change</c><00:31:03.619><c> all</c><00:31:03.940><c> of</c><00:31:04.119><c> that.</c>

00:31:07.420 --> 00:31:13.400
Along<00:31:07.940><c> this</c><00:31:08.180><c> same</c><00:31:08.420><c> line,</c><00:31:08.759><c> the</c><00:31:08.980><c> companion</c><00:31:09.299><c> Bible</c><00:31:09.680><c> lists</c><00:31:10.220><c> 57</c><00:31:10.920><c> passages</c><00:31:11.519><c> from</c><00:31:11.920><c> Job</c><00:31:12.200><c> which</c><00:31:12.460><c> are</c><00:31:12.720><c> quoted</c><00:31:13.039><c> or</c>

00:31:13.400 --> 00:31:16.880
alluded<00:31:13.720><c> to</c><00:31:14.519><c> in</c><00:31:15.099><c> the</c><00:31:15.240><c> balance</c><00:31:15.539><c> of</c><00:31:15.759><c> the</c><00:31:15.859><c> scripture.</c><00:31:16.220><c> We've</c><00:31:16.339><c> just</c><00:31:16.559><c> given</c><00:31:16.700><c> you</c>

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three<00:31:17.079><c> examples.</c>

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Two<00:31:18.440><c> of</c><00:31:18.640><c> them</c><00:31:18.720><c> are</c><00:31:18.900><c> from</c><00:31:19.079><c> Eliphaz.</c><00:31:19.759><c> I</c><00:31:19.900><c> find</c><00:31:20.119><c> that</c><00:31:20.539><c> extremely</c>

00:31:20.920 --> 00:31:26.819
interesting.<00:31:22.720><c> He</c><00:31:22.880><c> said</c><00:31:23.160><c> some</c><00:31:23.559><c> very</c><00:31:24.259><c> true,</c><00:31:25.359><c> accurate</c><00:31:26.000><c> things,</c>

00:31:27.259 --> 00:31:35.079
but<00:31:28.180><c> he</c><00:31:29.440><c> misused</c><00:31:30.039><c> them</c><00:31:30.799><c> and</c><00:31:32.660><c> he</c><00:31:33.000><c> abused</c><00:31:33.359><c> Job</c><00:31:33.740><c> with</c><00:31:34.000><c> them.</c>

00:31:35.839 --> 00:31:41.099
And<00:31:36.559><c> I</c><00:31:36.740><c> find</c><00:31:37.000><c> that</c><00:31:37.259><c> a</c><00:31:37.420><c> powerful</c><00:31:37.799><c> lesson.</c><00:31:38.299><c> Don't</c><00:31:38.740><c> use</c><00:31:39.160><c> scripture</c><00:31:39.799><c> to</c><00:31:40.680><c> abuse</c>

00:31:41.099 --> 00:31:44.880
your<00:31:41.400><c> brothers</c><00:31:41.640><c> and</c><00:31:41.940><c> sisters</c><00:31:42.420><c> with</c><00:31:43.900><c> righteous</c><00:31:44.299><c> principles</c>

00:31:44.880 --> 00:31:47.920
that<00:31:45.160><c> don't</c><00:31:45.440><c> apply</c><00:31:45.759><c> to</c><00:31:45.980><c> their</c><00:31:46.160><c> situation.</c><00:31:47.259><c> See,</c><00:31:47.380><c> that's</c><00:31:47.619><c> what</c>

00:31:47.920 --> 00:31:49.180
Eliphaz<00:31:48.279><c> did.</c>

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He<00:31:50.220><c> took</c><00:31:50.440><c> some</c><00:31:50.680><c> very</c><00:31:51.480><c> genuine,</c><00:31:52.460><c> true</c><00:31:52.640><c> principles</c><00:31:53.299><c> and</c><00:31:54.440><c> tried</c>

00:31:54.579 --> 00:31:58.519
to<00:31:54.759><c> make</c><00:31:54.900><c> them</c><00:31:55.059><c> fit</c><00:31:55.359><c> Job</c><00:31:55.700><c> because</c><00:31:56.119><c> of</c><00:31:56.339><c> his</c><00:31:56.599><c> theory</c><00:31:56.859><c> that</c><00:31:58.039><c> Job</c><00:31:58.240><c> is</c><00:31:58.480><c> a</c>

00:31:58.519 --> 00:32:03.960
great<00:31:58.819><c> sufferer,</c><00:32:01.880><c> therefore</c><00:32:02.059><c> he</c><00:32:02.200><c> has</c><00:32:02.420><c> to</c><00:32:02.559><c> be</c><00:32:02.660><c> a</c><00:32:02.779><c> great</c><00:32:02.980><c> sinner.</c>

00:32:07.900 --> 00:32:11.259
In<00:32:08.460><c> Job</c><00:32:08.680><c> 5</c><00:32:09.059><c> he</c><00:32:09.220><c> catches</c><00:32:09.559><c> the</c><00:32:09.880><c> wise</c><00:32:10.140><c> in</c><00:32:10.279><c> their</c><00:32:10.519><c> own</c><00:32:10.799><c> craftiness,</c>

00:32:11.480 --> 00:32:17.160
which<00:32:11.500><c> Paul</c><00:32:11.759><c> quotes</c><00:32:12.099><c> in</c><00:32:12.359><c> 1</c><00:32:12.579><c> Corinthians</c><00:32:13.140><c> 3.</c><00:32:15.279><c> In</c><00:32:15.279><c> Job</c><00:32:15.740><c> 5,</c><00:32:16.460><c> Behold,</c><00:32:16.740><c> happy</c>

00:32:17.160 --> 00:32:21.380
is<00:32:17.480><c> the</c><00:32:17.700><c> man</c><00:32:17.980><c> whom</c><00:32:18.160><c> God</c><00:32:18.519><c> corrects,</c><00:32:19.259><c> therefore</c><00:32:19.500><c> do</c><00:32:19.759><c> not</c><00:32:19.980><c> despise</c><00:32:20.660><c> the</c><00:32:20.900><c> chastening</c><00:32:21.220><c> of</c>

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the<00:32:21.519><c> Almighty.</c>

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This<00:32:21.920><c> is</c><00:32:21.920><c> a</c><00:32:21.920><c> very</c><00:32:22.920><c> basic</c><00:32:23.720><c> tenet,</c><00:32:25.980><c> picked</c><00:32:26.059><c> up</c><00:32:26.279><c> in</c><00:32:26.519><c> Proverbs,</c><00:32:27.000><c> picked</c><00:32:27.220><c> up</c>

00:32:27.380 --> 00:32:32.380
in<00:32:27.579><c> Hebrews,</c><00:32:29.140><c> but</c><00:32:29.559><c> Eliphaz</c><00:32:30.339><c> uses</c><00:32:30.779><c> it,</c><00:32:31.519><c> inferring</c><00:32:31.839><c> you're</c><00:32:32.119><c> a</c>

00:32:32.380 --> 00:32:37.700
great<00:32:32.720><c> sinner</c><00:32:33.140><c> and</c><00:32:33.319><c> God</c><00:32:33.660><c> is</c><00:32:34.059><c> chastening</c><00:32:34.460><c> you</c><00:32:34.799><c> and</c><00:32:34.940><c> don't</c><00:32:35.339><c> despise</c><00:32:35.819><c> it.</c>

00:32:39.880 --> 00:32:45.720
Finally,<00:32:40.500><c> in</c><00:32:40.579><c> chapter</c><00:32:40.859><c> 28,</c><00:32:44.000><c> this</c><00:32:44.200><c> is</c><00:32:44.440><c> Job.</c><00:32:45.119><c> Behold,</c><00:32:45.440><c> the</c><00:32:45.519><c> fear</c>

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of<00:32:45.839><c> the</c><00:32:46.000><c> Lord,</c><00:32:46.200><c> that</c><00:32:46.440><c> is</c><00:32:46.619><c> wisdom,</c><00:32:47.140><c> and</c><00:32:47.299><c> depart</c><00:32:47.500><c> from</c><00:32:47.759><c> evil</c><00:32:47.940><c> is</c>

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understanding.<00:32:49.180><c> These</c><00:32:49.359><c> are</c><00:32:49.500><c> just</c><00:32:49.720><c> three</c><00:32:49.940><c> examples</c><00:32:50.400><c> of</c><00:32:50.680><c> how</c><00:32:51.440><c> Job</c><00:32:51.940><c> is</c><00:32:52.740><c> clearly</c><00:32:53.759><c> a</c>

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part<00:32:54.480><c> of</c><00:32:54.660><c> scripture.</c>

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Job's<00:33:00.400><c> character</c><00:33:00.880><c> and</c><00:33:01.900><c> his</c><00:33:02.119><c> prosperity.</c><00:33:06.140><c> There</c><00:33:06.160><c> was</c><00:33:06.400><c> a</c><00:33:06.519><c> man</c>

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in<00:33:06.839><c> the</c><00:33:06.940><c> land</c><00:33:07.180><c> of</c><00:33:07.380><c> Oz</c><00:33:07.559><c> whose</c><00:33:07.779><c> name</c><00:33:08.000><c> was</c><00:33:08.299><c> Job.</c><00:33:09.579><c> That</c><00:33:09.799><c> man</c><00:33:10.079><c> was</c>

00:33:10.420 --> 00:33:14.119
blameless<00:33:11.000><c> and</c><00:33:11.380><c> upright,</c><00:33:11.859><c> one</c><00:33:12.059><c> who</c><00:33:12.259><c> feared</c><00:33:12.480><c> God</c><00:33:12.819><c> and</c><00:33:13.079><c> shunned</c><00:33:13.420><c> evil.</c>

00:33:14.980 --> 00:33:17.099
Basically<00:33:15.420><c> our</c><00:33:15.700><c> quotations</c><00:33:16.180><c> are</c><00:33:16.299><c> going</c><00:33:16.440><c> to</c><00:33:16.559><c> be</c><00:33:16.720><c> from</c><00:33:16.880><c> either</c>

00:33:17.099 --> 00:33:21.400
the<00:33:17.200><c> New</c><00:33:17.359><c> King</c><00:33:17.660><c> James</c><00:33:17.920><c> or</c><00:33:18.059><c> from</c><00:33:19.000><c> the</c><00:33:19.000><c> New</c><00:33:19.279><c> International</c><00:33:19.819><c> Version.</c><00:33:21.259><c> There</c><00:33:21.319><c> will</c>

00:33:21.400 --> 00:33:25.619
be<00:33:21.519><c> a</c><00:33:21.640><c> few</c><00:33:21.839><c> from</c><00:33:23.660><c> Kyle</c><00:33:24.180><c> and</c><00:33:24.400><c> Delish,</c><00:33:24.779><c> which</c><00:33:24.980><c> we</c><00:33:25.160><c> have</c><00:33:25.380><c> found</c><00:33:25.480><c> to</c>

00:33:25.619 --> 00:33:27.039
be<00:33:25.740><c> quite</c><00:33:25.960><c> helpful</c><00:33:26.240><c> in</c><00:33:26.440><c> some</c><00:33:26.640><c> cases.</c>

00:33:27.319 --> 00:33:34.380
It<00:33:27.420><c> is</c><00:33:28.640><c> helpful</c><00:33:30.519><c> to</c><00:33:30.759><c> use</c><00:33:31.039><c> one</c><00:33:31.259><c> of</c><00:33:31.380><c> the</c><00:33:31.920><c> other</c><00:33:32.140><c> versions</c><00:33:32.579><c> in</c><00:33:33.880><c> some</c><00:33:34.160><c> of</c>

00:33:34.380 --> 00:33:39.160
the<00:33:35.740><c> passages</c><00:33:36.099><c> of</c><00:33:36.440><c> Job.</c><00:33:36.519><c> It</c><00:33:36.660><c> just</c><00:33:36.900><c> helps</c><00:33:37.079><c> to</c><00:33:37.279><c> bring</c><00:33:37.400><c> out</c><00:33:37.640><c> the</c><00:33:38.359><c> meaning.</c>

00:33:39.660 --> 00:33:43.519
Job<00:33:40.279><c> in</c><00:33:40.440><c> Hebrew</c><00:33:40.980><c> is</c><00:33:41.480><c> from</c><00:33:41.839><c> a</c><00:33:42.039><c> root</c><00:33:42.200><c> that</c><00:33:42.440><c> means</c><00:33:42.759><c> to</c><00:33:43.000><c> persecute</c>

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as<00:33:43.720><c> an</c><00:33:44.039><c> adversary</c><00:33:44.440><c> does,</c><00:33:44.900><c> to</c><00:33:45.079><c> afflict.</c><00:33:45.680><c> Quite</c><00:33:45.920><c> applicable.</c><00:33:47.759><c> In</c><00:33:47.880><c> Aramaic</c><00:33:48.380><c> it</c><00:33:48.559><c> signifies</c><00:33:49.099><c> a</c>

00:33:49.339 --> 00:33:54.019
returning<00:33:49.680><c> one,</c><00:33:49.960><c> a</c><00:33:50.079><c> penitent.</c><00:33:50.579><c> Again,</c><00:33:51.140><c> very</c><00:33:52.279><c> applicable</c><00:33:52.759><c> to</c><00:33:53.059><c> Job.</c>

00:33:55.380 --> 00:33:59.220
His<00:33:55.859><c> family</c><00:33:56.339><c> and</c><00:33:57.180><c> his</c><00:33:57.460><c> possessions.</c><00:33:58.160><c> The</c><00:33:58.240><c> seven</c><00:33:58.579><c> sons,</c><00:33:59.039><c> the</c>

00:33:59.220 --> 00:34:02.700
three<00:33:59.400><c> daughters,</c><00:34:01.079><c> the</c><00:34:01.279><c> seven</c><00:34:01.400><c> thousand</c><00:34:01.859><c> sheep,</c><00:34:02.359><c> the</c><00:34:02.519><c> three</c>

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thousand<00:34:03.079><c> camels,</c><00:34:03.640><c> the</c><00:34:03.859><c> five</c><00:34:04.019><c> hundred</c><00:34:04.259><c> yoke</c><00:34:04.619><c> of</c><00:34:04.759><c> oxen,</c><00:34:05.140><c> the</c>

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five<00:34:05.519><c> hundred</c><00:34:06.019><c> female</c><00:34:06.480><c> donkeys.</c>

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We<00:34:08.019><c> all</c><00:34:08.260><c> know</c><00:34:08.480><c> the</c><00:34:09.280><c> number</c><00:34:09.679><c> seven,</c><00:34:10.239><c> the</c><00:34:10.360><c> complete</c><00:34:10.800><c> perfection.</c><00:34:11.800><c> Number</c><00:34:12.019><c> three,</c><00:34:12.460><c> the</c>

00:34:12.659 --> 00:34:15.659
new<00:34:12.900><c> life,</c><00:34:13.260><c> the</c><00:34:13.440><c> resurrection.</c><00:34:14.380><c> Number</c><00:34:14.619><c> five,</c><00:34:15.099><c> God's</c><00:34:15.460><c> grace</c>

00:34:15.659 --> 00:34:18.460
and<00:34:15.880><c> favor.</c><00:34:16.219><c> It's</c><00:34:16.480><c> just</c><00:34:17.159><c> lovely</c><00:34:17.460><c> the</c><00:34:17.619><c> way</c><00:34:17.739><c> those</c><00:34:18.019><c> are</c><00:34:18.219><c> the</c><00:34:18.300><c> key</c>

00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:21.079
numbers<00:34:18.840><c> in</c><00:34:20.239><c> what</c><00:34:20.440><c> is</c><00:34:20.679><c> listed.</c>

00:34:21.079 --> 00:34:27.780
The<00:34:21.960><c> greatest</c><00:34:22.480><c> man</c><00:34:23.420><c> of</c><00:34:24.280><c> all</c><00:34:24.500><c> the</c><00:34:24.659><c> peoples</c><00:34:24.900><c> of</c><00:34:25.119><c> the</c><00:34:25.239><c> East.</c><00:34:27.659><c> As</c>

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was<00:34:28.079><c> typical</c><00:34:28.539><c> of</c><00:34:28.840><c> that</c><00:34:29.000><c> early</c><00:34:29.340><c> period,</c><00:34:30.960><c> Job</c><00:34:30.980><c> was</c><00:34:31.260><c> the</c><00:34:31.519><c> priest</c>

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of<00:34:32.139><c> his</c><00:34:32.360><c> family.</c>

00:34:35.139 --> 00:34:39.539
One<00:34:35.780><c> of</c><00:34:35.900><c> his</c><00:34:36.039><c> sons</c><00:34:36.280><c> and</c><00:34:36.519><c> daughters</c><00:34:36.860><c> would</c><00:34:37.340><c> feast</c><00:34:37.639><c> in</c><00:34:37.780><c> their</c><00:34:37.960><c> houses,</c><00:34:39.300><c> probably</c><00:34:39.300><c> on</c>

00:34:39.539 --> 00:34:43.059
their<00:34:39.739><c> birthday,</c><00:34:40.980><c> which</c><00:34:41.179><c> has</c><00:34:41.460><c> roots</c><00:34:41.860><c> going</c><00:34:42.219><c> back</c><00:34:42.559><c> that</c><00:34:42.880><c> far</c>

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to<00:34:43.320><c> honor</c><00:34:43.500><c> birthdays.</c>

00:34:44.820 --> 00:34:50.159
They<00:34:45.000><c> would</c><00:34:45.239><c> invite</c><00:34:45.559><c> their</c><00:34:46.340><c> sisters</c><00:34:46.840><c> to</c><00:34:47.460><c> join</c><00:34:47.739><c> them.</c><00:34:48.960><c> When</c><00:34:49.599><c> the</c><00:34:49.780><c> days</c><00:34:49.920><c> of</c>

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feasting<00:34:50.500><c> had</c><00:34:50.639><c> run</c><00:34:50.739><c> their</c><00:34:51.059><c> course,</c><00:34:52.320><c> Job</c><00:34:52.320><c> would</c><00:34:52.659><c> attempt</c><00:34:52.980><c> to</c>

00:34:53.239 --> 00:34:57.179
sacrifice<00:34:53.719><c> them,</c><00:34:54.559><c> lest</c><00:34:54.719><c> they</c><00:34:54.940><c> may</c><00:34:55.119><c> have</c><00:34:55.360><c> sinned</c><00:34:55.579><c> against</c><00:34:56.019><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:34:58.940 --> 00:35:05.219
This<00:34:59.500><c> was</c><00:35:00.059><c> pretty</c><00:35:01.500><c> much</c><00:35:01.760><c> normal</c><00:35:02.119><c> practice</c><00:35:02.559><c> back</c><00:35:02.940><c> then.</c><00:35:03.619><c> We</c><00:35:03.619><c> know</c><00:35:03.880><c> Noah</c><00:35:04.099><c> built</c><00:35:04.340><c> an</c>

00:35:05.219 --> 00:35:07.159
altar<00:35:05.420><c> and</c><00:35:05.619><c> offered</c><00:35:05.920><c> burnt</c><00:35:06.139><c> offerings.</c><00:35:06.519><c> He</c><00:35:06.619><c> was</c><00:35:06.800><c> the</c><00:35:07.000><c> priest</c>

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of<00:35:07.320><c> his</c><00:35:07.539><c> family.</c>

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Abraham<00:35:08.420><c> obviously</c><00:35:08.900><c> was</c><00:35:09.119><c> the</c><00:35:09.320><c> spiritual</c><00:35:09.639><c> leader</c><00:35:09.880><c> of</c><00:35:10.019><c> his</c><00:35:10.239><c> household.</c><00:35:11.280><c> The</c>

00:35:11.559 --> 00:35:16.500
patriarchs<00:35:12.139><c> all</c><00:35:12.960><c> built</c><00:35:13.380><c> altars</c><00:35:14.099><c> and</c><00:35:15.059><c> offered</c><00:35:15.320><c> sacrifices.</c>

00:35:16.780 --> 00:35:22.420
Job<00:35:17.059><c> was</c><00:35:17.480><c> trying</c><00:35:18.179><c> to</c><00:35:19.380><c> save</c><00:35:19.559><c> his</c><00:35:19.820><c> family.</c><00:35:20.239><c> There's</c><00:35:20.320><c> no</c><00:35:20.480><c> question</c><00:35:20.739><c> about</c><00:35:21.019><c> it.</c>

00:35:23.840 --> 00:35:29.460
Don't<00:35:24.559><c> be</c><00:35:24.860><c> misled</c><00:35:25.360><c> by</c><00:35:25.599><c> the</c><00:35:25.820><c> judgment</c><00:35:26.199><c> of</c><00:35:28.039><c> the</c><00:35:28.500><c> three</c><00:35:28.719><c> friends</c>

00:35:29.460 --> 00:35:34.099
that<00:35:30.380><c> he</c><00:35:30.539><c> lost</c><00:35:30.820><c> his</c><00:35:32.139><c> seven</c><00:35:32.519><c> sons</c><00:35:32.820><c> and</c><00:35:32.940><c> three</c><00:35:33.219><c> daughters</c><00:35:33.519><c> because</c><00:35:33.880><c> they</c>

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had<00:35:34.420><c> sinned</c><00:35:34.900><c> against</c><00:35:35.300><c> Yahweh.</c><00:35:36.239><c> That</c><00:35:36.440><c> was</c><00:35:37.559><c> totally</c><00:35:38.760><c> misdirected</c><00:35:41.760><c> against</c><00:35:42.079><c> Job.</c>

00:35:42.420 --> 00:35:48.320
There's<00:35:42.800><c> no</c><00:35:43.000><c> indication</c><00:35:43.480><c> of</c><00:35:43.679><c> that,</c><00:35:43.900><c> whatever.</c><00:35:47.920><c> I</c><00:35:48.000><c> personally</c>

00:35:48.320 --> 00:35:55.619
lean<00:35:48.639><c> toward</c><00:35:49.159><c> the</c><00:35:51.559><c> suggestion</c><00:35:52.079><c> that</c><00:35:52.380><c> those</c><00:35:52.880><c> ten</c><00:35:53.239><c> children</c><00:35:53.659><c> will</c><00:35:53.980><c> join</c><00:35:54.199><c> the</c><00:35:54.659><c> ten</c><00:35:54.800><c> that</c><00:35:54.960><c> were</c><00:35:55.179><c> granted</c><00:35:55.440><c> to</c>

00:35:55.619 --> 00:35:59.780
them<00:35:55.699><c> at</c><00:35:55.900><c> the</c><00:35:56.079><c> end,</c><00:35:56.340><c> and</c><00:35:56.539><c> that</c><00:35:56.739><c> will</c><00:35:56.980><c> be</c><00:35:57.219><c> the</c><00:35:57.380><c> doubling</c><00:35:57.679><c> in</c><00:35:58.840><c> the</c><00:35:59.000><c> kingdom.</c>

00:36:00.639 --> 00:36:05.480
The<00:36:01.159><c> sons</c><00:36:01.460><c> of</c><00:36:01.659><c> Elohim.</c><00:36:03.639><c> It</c><00:36:03.760><c> was</c><00:36:03.960><c> a</c><00:36:04.059><c> day</c><00:36:04.260><c> when</c><00:36:04.500><c> the</c><00:36:04.679><c> sons</c><00:36:04.920><c> of</c><00:36:05.159><c> God</c>

00:36:05.480 --> 00:36:09.239
came<00:36:05.800><c> to</c><00:36:06.019><c> present</c><00:36:06.300><c> themselves</c><00:36:06.780><c> before</c><00:36:07.179><c> Yahweh,</c><00:36:08.719><c> and</c><00:36:08.940><c> Satan,</c>

00:36:09.440 --> 00:36:14.260
literally<00:36:09.780><c> adversary</c><00:36:10.360><c> in</c><00:36:10.579><c> our</c><00:36:10.739><c> margin,</c><00:36:12.400><c> also</c><00:36:12.639><c> came</c><00:36:12.880><c> among</c><00:36:13.179><c> them.</c>

00:36:14.920 --> 00:36:18.840
This<00:36:15.179><c> sounds</c><00:36:15.579><c> to</c><00:36:15.739><c> me</c><00:36:16.000><c> a</c><00:36:16.179><c> bit</c><00:36:16.320><c> like</c><00:36:17.019><c> Israel's</c><00:36:17.820><c> annual</c><00:36:18.059><c> assemblies</c><00:36:18.480><c> when</c><00:36:18.659><c> the</c>

00:36:18.840 --> 00:36:22.400
people<00:36:19.000><c> gathered</c><00:36:19.380><c> for</c><00:36:19.820><c> communal</c><00:36:20.179><c> worship,</c><00:36:21.300><c> and</c><00:36:21.980><c> it</c><00:36:22.179><c> sounds</c>

00:36:22.400 --> 00:36:25.179
also<00:36:22.880><c> like</c><00:36:23.139><c> what</c><00:36:23.360><c> we</c><00:36:23.599><c> do</c><00:36:23.760><c> on</c><00:36:24.000><c> Sunday</c><00:36:24.260><c> mornings.</c>

00:36:27.400 --> 00:36:31.400
We<00:36:27.920><c> know</c><00:36:28.300><c> that</c><00:36:28.539><c> Cain</c><00:36:28.760><c> and</c><00:36:28.940><c> Abel</c><00:36:29.199><c> came</c><00:36:29.780><c> at</c><00:36:30.119><c> a</c><00:36:30.320><c> specific</c><00:36:30.719><c> time</c><00:36:31.199><c> to</c>

00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:34.079
a<00:36:31.460><c> specific</c><00:36:31.940><c> place,</c><00:36:32.559><c> to</c><00:36:32.739><c> the</c><00:36:32.940><c> caravan</c><00:36:33.219><c> placed</c><00:36:33.579><c> at</c><00:36:33.780><c> the</c><00:36:33.920><c> east</c>

00:36:34.079 --> 00:36:38.219
of<00:36:34.280><c> Eden,</c><00:36:35.119><c> to</c><00:36:35.300><c> bring</c><00:36:35.480><c> their</c><00:36:35.739><c> offering</c><00:36:36.480><c> and</c><00:36:36.800><c> to</c><00:36:36.920><c> worship</c><00:36:37.179><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:36:38.679 --> 00:36:42.820
That's<00:36:39.199><c> the</c><00:36:39.280><c> way</c><00:36:39.440><c> I</c><00:36:39.639><c> lean</c><00:36:39.880><c> toward</c><00:36:41.199><c> understanding</c><00:36:42.340><c> that</c><00:36:42.559><c> these</c>

00:36:42.820 --> 00:36:47.179
are<00:36:43.059><c> mortal</c><00:36:43.619><c> sons</c><00:36:44.099><c> of</c><00:36:44.480><c> Elohim,</c><00:36:45.079><c> the</c><00:36:45.260><c> sons</c><00:36:45.400><c> of</c><00:36:45.559><c> God,</c><00:36:45.880><c> even</c><00:36:46.039><c> as</c><00:36:46.179><c> you</c><00:36:46.380><c> and</c><00:36:46.639><c> I</c>

00:36:47.179 --> 00:36:51.840
are<00:36:47.420><c> described</c><00:36:47.920><c> today</c><00:36:48.679><c> as</c><00:36:49.579><c> the</c><00:36:49.840><c> elect</c><00:36:50.039><c> in</c><00:36:50.260><c> Christ</c><00:36:50.599><c> Jesus,</c><00:36:51.639><c> the</c>

00:36:51.840 --> 00:36:55.440
sons<00:36:52.199><c> and</c><00:36:52.420><c> daughters</c><00:36:52.780><c> of</c><00:36:53.000><c> God</c><00:36:53.340><c> whom</c><00:36:53.519><c> he</c><00:36:53.679><c> is</c><00:36:53.820><c> working</c><00:36:54.119><c> with</c><00:36:54.440><c> and</c><00:36:54.639><c> chasing.</c>

00:36:55.880 --> 00:37:01.960
We<00:36:56.340><c> know</c><00:36:56.800><c> that</c><00:36:56.960><c> sons</c><00:36:57.219><c> of</c><00:36:57.420><c> Elohim</c><00:36:57.719><c> can</c><00:36:58.119><c> be</c><00:36:58.420><c> mortal.</c><00:37:00.940><c> Genesis</c><00:37:01.320><c> 6,</c>

00:37:02.099 --> 00:37:04.219
the<00:37:02.139><c> sons</c><00:37:02.420><c> of</c><00:37:02.539><c> God</c><00:37:02.739><c> came</c><00:37:03.000><c> into</c><00:37:03.239><c> the</c><00:37:03.380><c> daughters</c><00:37:03.659><c> of</c><00:37:03.860><c> men</c><00:37:04.079><c> and</c>

00:37:04.219 --> 00:37:05.579
they<00:37:04.320><c> had</c><00:37:04.480><c> children.</c>

00:37:06.380 --> 00:37:09.179
In<00:37:06.500><c> the</c><00:37:06.539><c> New</c><00:37:06.739><c> Testament,</c><00:37:07.579><c> as</c><00:37:07.719><c> many</c><00:37:07.900><c> as</c><00:37:08.119><c> received</c><00:37:08.500><c> him,</c><00:37:08.840><c> to</c><00:37:08.860><c> them</c><00:37:09.059><c> he</c>

00:37:09.179 --> 00:37:13.940
gave<00:37:09.420><c> the</c><00:37:09.619><c> right</c><00:37:09.800><c> to</c><00:37:10.019><c> become</c><00:37:11.079><c> children</c><00:37:11.800><c> of</c><00:37:12.099><c> God,</c><00:37:12.659><c> sons</c><00:37:12.960><c> and</c><00:37:13.139><c> daughters</c><00:37:13.619><c> of</c>

00:37:13.940 --> 00:37:16.880
Elohim,<00:37:15.340><c> to</c><00:37:15.500><c> those</c><00:37:15.659><c> who</c><00:37:15.940><c> believe</c><00:37:16.179><c> in</c><00:37:16.400><c> him.</c>

00:37:16.880 --> 00:37:21.679
We<00:37:17.599><c> know</c><00:37:17.860><c> that</c><00:37:18.059><c> sons</c><00:37:18.260><c> of</c><00:37:18.460><c> God</c><00:37:18.619><c> can</c><00:37:18.880><c> definitely</c><00:37:19.360><c> be</c><00:37:19.639><c> immortal.</c>

00:37:22.079 --> 00:37:24.960
In<00:37:22.079><c> Job</c><00:37:22.239><c> 38,</c><00:37:23.139><c> the</c><00:37:23.219><c> creation,</c><00:37:23.820><c> the</c><00:37:23.940><c> sons</c><00:37:24.139><c> of</c><00:37:24.360><c> Elohim</c><00:37:24.619><c> shouted</c>

00:37:24.960 --> 00:37:27.500
for<00:37:25.280><c> joy</c><00:37:25.559><c> when</c><00:37:25.760><c> the</c><00:37:25.960><c> creation</c><00:37:26.239><c> was</c><00:37:26.539><c> completed.</c>

00:37:27.900 --> 00:37:32.440
In<00:37:28.059><c> Psalm</c><00:37:28.320><c> 89,</c><00:37:28.960><c> who</c><00:37:29.119><c> in</c><00:37:29.340><c> the</c><00:37:29.480><c> heavens</c><00:37:29.780><c> can</c><00:37:30.079><c> be</c><00:37:30.400><c> compared</c><00:37:30.679><c> to</c><00:37:30.940><c> Yahweh?</c><00:37:31.320><c> Who</c><00:37:31.480><c> among</c><00:37:31.739><c> the</c><00:37:32.000><c> sons</c><00:37:32.179><c> of</c>

00:37:32.440 --> 00:37:36.199
El,<00:37:33.579><c> the</c><00:37:33.739><c> sons</c><00:37:33.940><c> of</c><00:37:34.099><c> the</c><00:37:34.219><c> mighty</c><00:37:34.460><c> one,</c><00:37:34.820><c> can</c><00:37:35.019><c> be</c><00:37:35.219><c> likened</c><00:37:35.480><c> to</c><00:37:35.679><c> Yahweh?</c>

00:37:36.199 --> 00:37:41.480
But<00:37:37.179><c> it</c><00:37:37.360><c> depends</c><00:37:37.960><c> on</c><00:37:38.320><c> the</c><00:37:38.599><c> context.</c><00:37:40.059><c> Sons</c><00:37:40.380><c> of</c><00:37:40.579><c> Elohim</c><00:37:40.820><c> in</c><00:37:41.099><c> Job,</c>

00:37:41.699 --> 00:37:46.119
I<00:37:42.000><c> believe,</c><00:37:42.340><c> were</c><00:37:42.500><c> mortal</c><00:37:42.739><c> men.</c><00:37:44.280><c> The</c><00:37:44.440><c> elect</c><00:37:44.679><c> now</c><00:37:45.179><c> are</c><00:37:45.559><c> sons</c><00:37:45.880><c> of</c>

00:37:46.119 --> 00:37:49.320
Elohim<00:37:46.380><c> because</c><00:37:46.940><c> born</c><00:37:47.539><c> of</c><00:37:47.820><c> the</c><00:37:48.079><c> Spirit</c><00:37:48.340><c> Word.</c>

00:37:49.599 --> 00:37:51.460
See,<00:37:49.760><c> that's</c><00:37:49.900><c> what</c><00:37:50.000><c> makes</c><00:37:50.199><c> you</c><00:37:50.360><c> a</c><00:37:50.380><c> son</c><00:37:50.579><c> of</c><00:37:50.719><c> God,</c><00:37:51.239><c> a</c><00:37:51.300><c> daughter</c>

00:37:51.460 --> 00:37:57.539
of<00:37:51.639><c> God,</c><00:37:52.659><c> not</c><00:37:52.940><c> baptism.</c><00:37:55.039><c> That's</c><00:37:55.599><c> the</c><00:37:55.840><c> initial</c><00:37:56.219><c> first</c><00:37:56.699><c> step.</c>

00:37:58.400 --> 00:38:03.679
What<00:37:59.039><c> constitutes</c><00:37:59.679><c> us</c><00:38:00.019><c> sons</c><00:38:00.320><c> and</c><00:38:00.579><c> daughters</c><00:38:00.960><c> of</c><00:38:01.280><c> God</c><00:38:01.519><c> in</c><00:38:01.760><c> Christ</c><00:38:02.019><c> Jesus</c><00:38:02.539><c> is</c>

00:38:03.679 --> 00:38:07.199
the<00:38:03.920><c> power</c><00:38:04.239><c> of</c><00:38:04.539><c> the</c><00:38:04.760><c> Word</c><00:38:05.199><c> that</c><00:38:05.659><c> is</c><00:38:05.920><c> transforming</c><00:38:06.440><c> our</c><00:38:06.800><c> minds</c>

00:38:07.199 --> 00:38:08.579
and<00:38:07.579><c> hearts.</c>

00:38:09.079 --> 00:38:12.739
Like<00:38:09.280><c> Christ</c><00:38:09.519><c> said,</c><00:38:09.860><c> unless</c><00:38:10.059><c> you</c><00:38:10.320><c> are</c><00:38:10.579><c> born</c><00:38:10.960><c> again</c><00:38:11.780><c> of</c><00:38:12.260><c> water</c>

00:38:12.739 --> 00:38:16.199
and<00:38:13.059><c> the</c><00:38:13.340><c> Spirit,</c><00:38:13.940><c> you</c><00:38:14.059><c> will</c><00:38:14.440><c> not</c><00:38:14.719><c> see</c><00:38:15.000><c> the</c><00:38:15.199><c> kingdom.</c>

00:38:16.519 --> 00:38:20.659
So<00:38:16.760><c> that</c><00:38:16.920><c> the</c><00:38:17.280><c> Spirit</c><00:38:17.699><c> Word</c><00:38:18.260><c> has</c><00:38:18.699><c> to</c><00:38:18.920><c> be</c><00:38:19.139><c> taking</c><00:38:19.380><c> over</c><00:38:19.739><c> our</c><00:38:19.960><c> minds</c><00:38:20.360><c> and</c>

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hearts<00:38:20.880><c> and</c><00:38:21.059><c> we</c><00:38:21.260><c> become</c><00:38:21.719><c> spiritual</c><00:38:22.519><c> people.</c>

00:38:25.500 --> 00:38:28.760
Our<00:38:26.019><c> thoughts</c><00:38:26.380><c> and</c><00:38:26.619><c> our</c><00:38:26.840><c> actions</c><00:38:27.260><c> and</c><00:38:27.519><c> our</c><00:38:27.739><c> words</c><00:38:28.119><c> directed</c>

00:38:28.760 --> 00:38:31.920
by<00:38:29.280><c> the</c><00:38:29.599><c> Spirit</c><00:38:29.960><c> that</c><00:38:30.179><c> has</c><00:38:30.360><c> come</c><00:38:30.579><c> through</c><00:38:30.860><c> the</c><00:38:31.059><c> Word.</c>

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That's<00:38:33.679><c> the</c><00:38:33.780><c> way</c><00:38:33.980><c> in</c><00:38:34.099><c> which</c><00:38:34.260><c> you</c><00:38:34.460><c> and</c><00:38:34.619><c> I</c><00:38:34.840><c> become</c><00:38:35.460><c> spiritual.</c>

00:38:37.739 --> 00:38:41.619
And<00:38:37.960><c> that's</c><00:38:38.679><c> what</c><00:38:38.900><c> makes</c><00:38:39.199><c> us</c><00:38:39.380><c> sons</c><00:38:39.599><c> and</c><00:38:39.840><c> daughters</c><00:38:40.079><c> of</c><00:38:40.780><c> Elohim.</c>

00:38:42.480 --> 00:38:48.000
And<00:38:43.159><c> it's</c><00:38:43.480><c> a</c><00:38:43.639><c> very</c><00:38:44.260><c> literal,</c><00:38:45.099><c> exact</c><00:38:45.860><c> definition.</c><00:38:47.340><c> It's</c><00:38:47.739><c> not</c>

00:38:48.000 --> 00:38:53.099
stretching<00:38:48.360><c> it</c><00:38:48.760><c> at</c><00:38:48.960><c> all</c><00:38:49.179><c> to</c><00:38:49.460><c> say</c><00:38:49.900><c> the</c><00:38:50.619><c> sons</c><00:38:51.139><c> of</c><00:38:51.619><c> Elohim</c><00:38:52.019><c> came.</c>

00:38:53.280 --> 00:38:55.900
These<00:38:53.539><c> were</c><00:38:53.739><c> men</c><00:38:53.940><c> and</c><00:38:54.139><c> women</c><00:38:54.380><c> who</c><00:38:54.599><c> were</c><00:38:54.780><c> being</c><00:38:55.079><c> developed</c><00:38:55.519><c> by</c>

00:38:55.900 --> 00:38:58.179
the<00:38:56.219><c> Spirit</c><00:38:56.519><c> to</c><00:38:56.780><c> become</c><00:38:57.159><c> the</c><00:38:57.420><c> new</c><00:38:57.699><c> Elohim.</c>

00:38:58.679 --> 00:39:01.719
That's<00:38:59.059><c> the</c><00:38:59.219><c> exact</c><00:38:59.420><c> process</c><00:38:59.860><c> that</c><00:39:00.000><c> we're</c><00:39:00.179><c> going</c><00:39:00.380><c> through</c><00:39:00.579><c> right</c><00:39:00.920><c> now.</c><00:39:01.519><c> So</c>

00:39:01.719 --> 00:39:05.940
that<00:39:01.820><c> it's</c><00:39:01.980><c> a</c><00:39:02.059><c> very</c><00:39:02.559><c> accurate</c><00:39:03.059><c> description</c><00:39:03.599><c> of</c><00:39:04.780><c> God's</c><00:39:05.579><c> true</c>

00:39:05.940 --> 00:39:07.440
sons<00:39:06.280><c> and</c><00:39:06.559><c> daughters.</c>

00:39:11.719 --> 00:39:20.280
Who<00:39:12.179><c> was</c><00:39:12.460><c> the</c><00:39:12.679><c> adversary?</c><00:39:17.179><c> We're</c><00:39:17.380><c> only</c><00:39:17.559><c> going</c><00:39:17.739><c> to</c><00:39:17.900><c> present</c><00:39:18.179><c> the</c><00:39:18.420><c> one</c><00:39:19.260><c> possibility.</c><00:39:20.219><c> I</c>

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know<00:39:20.460><c> there</c><00:39:20.599><c> are</c><00:39:20.820><c> others.</c>

00:39:22.840 --> 00:39:25.659
Could<00:39:23.000><c> have</c><00:39:23.139><c> been</c><00:39:23.280><c> an</c><00:39:23.519><c> angel,</c><00:39:23.800><c> for</c><00:39:24.019><c> example,</c><00:39:24.420><c> type</c><00:39:24.699><c> of</c><00:39:24.880><c> thing.</c>

00:39:25.940 --> 00:39:30.539
My<00:39:26.139><c> own</c><00:39:26.400><c> feeling</c><00:39:26.679><c> is</c><00:39:27.119><c> that</c><00:39:28.280><c> he</c><00:39:28.420><c> was</c><00:39:28.639><c> a</c><00:39:28.820><c> moral</c><00:39:29.000><c> member</c><00:39:29.340><c> of</c><00:39:29.539><c> the</c><00:39:29.699><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:39:31.039 --> 00:39:35.420
He<00:39:32.099><c> harbored</c><00:39:32.500><c> envious</c><00:39:32.880><c> thoughts</c><00:39:33.199><c> of</c><00:39:33.480><c> Job's</c><00:39:33.880><c> prosperity</c><00:39:34.760><c> and</c>

00:39:35.420 --> 00:39:41.960
his<00:39:35.619><c> happiness.</c><00:39:37.619><c> Not</c><00:39:38.179><c> unlike</c><00:39:39.059><c> similar</c><00:39:39.900><c> situations</c><00:39:40.800><c> today.</c>

00:39:43.840 --> 00:39:50.340
It's<00:39:44.119><c> a</c><00:39:44.239><c> major</c><00:39:44.460><c> problem.</c><00:39:46.119><c> We</c><00:39:46.320><c> are</c><00:39:46.659><c> not</c><00:39:46.940><c> all</c><00:39:47.460><c> equal</c><00:39:47.920><c> in</c><00:39:49.059><c> our</c><00:39:49.300><c> abilities</c><00:39:49.880><c> or</c>

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in<00:39:50.440><c> our</c><00:39:50.599><c> possessions.</c>

00:39:53.260 --> 00:39:56.179
And<00:39:53.860><c> brothers,</c><00:39:54.340><c> sisters,</c><00:39:54.539><c> and</c><00:39:54.679><c> young</c><00:39:54.800><c> people,</c><00:39:55.400><c> we've</c><00:39:55.599><c> got</c><00:39:55.860><c> to</c>

00:39:56.179 --> 00:40:00.699
accept<00:39:56.719><c> the</c><00:39:57.059><c> premise</c><00:39:57.659><c> that</c><00:39:58.840><c> God</c><00:39:59.159><c> knows</c><00:39:59.500><c> what</c><00:39:59.659><c> He's</c><00:39:59.840><c> doing</c><00:40:00.139><c> with</c><00:40:00.380><c> each</c><00:40:00.599><c> one</c>

00:40:00.699 --> 00:40:01.119
of<00:40:00.820><c> us.</c>

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That<00:40:01.360><c> He's</c><00:40:01.780><c> got</c><00:40:01.860><c> us</c><00:40:02.179><c> placed</c><00:40:02.500><c> exactly</c><00:40:03.079><c> where</c><00:40:03.300><c> we</c><00:40:03.519><c> should</c><00:40:03.739><c> be</c><00:40:04.300><c> and</c><00:40:04.800><c> that</c><00:40:05.059><c> we</c>

00:40:05.219 --> 00:40:09.579
are<00:40:05.699><c> all</c><00:40:06.099><c> being</c><00:40:06.599><c> trained</c><00:40:07.119><c> by</c><00:40:07.639><c> that</c><00:40:08.039><c> for</c><00:40:08.340><c> His</c><00:40:08.599><c> Kingdom.</c>

00:40:13.800 --> 00:40:17.539
He<00:40:14.360><c> was</c><00:40:14.920><c> not</c><00:40:15.199><c> the</c><00:40:15.340><c> devil</c><00:40:15.619><c> of</c><00:40:15.860><c> apostate</c><00:40:16.360><c> Christianity</c><00:40:17.019><c> or</c><00:40:17.320><c> an</c>

00:40:17.539 --> 00:40:20.199
evil<00:40:17.780><c> angel</c><00:40:18.159><c> conversing</c><00:40:18.659><c> with</c><00:40:18.880><c> Yahweh</c><00:40:19.199><c> in</c><00:40:19.400><c> heaven.</c>

00:40:20.820 --> 00:40:25.880
He<00:40:20.900><c> was</c><00:40:21.280><c> outwardly</c><00:40:22.199><c> religious.</c><00:40:23.760><c> But</c><00:40:24.320><c> he</c><00:40:24.440><c> came</c><00:40:24.699><c> to</c><00:40:24.860><c> the</c><00:40:25.000><c> General</c><00:40:25.300><c> Assembly</c><00:40:25.679><c> with</c>

00:40:25.880 --> 00:40:27.159
his<00:40:26.099><c> own</c><00:40:26.420><c> form</c><00:40:26.639><c> of</c><00:40:26.900><c> worship.</c>

00:40:27.239 --> 00:40:30.420
Exactly<00:40:27.719><c> like</c><00:40:28.079><c> Cain,</c><00:40:28.780><c> whose</c><00:40:28.940><c> envy</c><00:40:29.239><c> of</c><00:40:29.440><c> Abel</c><00:40:29.639><c> led</c><00:40:29.880><c> to</c><00:40:30.099><c> hatred</c>

00:40:30.420 --> 00:40:31.179
and<00:40:30.699><c> murder.</c>

00:40:31.179 --> 00:40:37.059
He<00:40:32.000><c> was</c><00:40:32.320><c> a</c><00:40:32.420><c> personal</c><00:40:33.139><c> adversary</c><00:40:34.000><c> to</c><00:40:34.440><c> Job,</c><00:40:35.760><c> who</c><00:40:36.099><c> despised</c><00:40:36.860><c> and</c>

00:40:37.059 --> 00:40:43.360
rejected<00:40:37.840><c> his</c><00:40:38.119><c> humility</c><00:40:39.039><c> and</c><00:40:39.980><c> his</c><00:40:40.380><c> craven</c><00:40:40.880><c> submission</c><00:40:41.579><c> to</c><00:40:41.940><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:40:43.820 --> 00:40:48.000
In<00:40:44.039><c> the</c><00:40:44.300><c> opinion</c><00:40:44.599><c> of</c><00:40:44.840><c> the</c><00:40:45.059><c> adversary,</c><00:40:45.800><c> Job</c><00:40:46.219><c> lacked</c><00:40:46.780><c> courage.</c>

00:40:48.260 --> 00:40:53.639
He<00:40:48.400><c> was</c><00:40:48.659><c> afraid</c><00:40:49.019><c> of</c><00:40:49.219><c> God.</c><00:40:50.340><c> He</c><00:40:50.500><c> was</c><00:40:50.820><c> beholden</c><00:40:51.440><c> to</c><00:40:51.639><c> Him</c><00:40:51.860><c> for</c><00:40:52.099><c> his</c><00:40:52.400><c> prosperity.</c>

00:40:53.860 --> 00:41:00.440
That's<00:40:54.500><c> craven</c><00:40:54.940><c> submission.</c><00:40:58.420><c> And</c><00:40:58.500><c> the</c><00:40:59.260><c> adversary</c><00:40:59.760><c> was</c><00:41:00.119><c> bent</c>

00:41:00.440 --> 00:41:05.480
on<00:41:00.840><c> exposing</c><00:41:01.599><c> Job's</c><00:41:02.460><c> presumed</c><00:41:03.079><c> hypocrisy</c><00:41:04.280><c> and</c><00:41:04.920><c> bringing</c><00:41:05.260><c> him</c>

00:41:05.480 --> 00:41:06.519
to<00:41:05.659><c> ruin.</c>

00:41:09.260 --> 00:41:15.239
We're<00:41:09.579><c> not</c><00:41:09.820><c> all</c><00:41:10.099><c> equal</c><00:41:10.340><c> now.</c><00:41:12.219><c> We</c><00:41:12.360><c> must</c><00:41:12.599><c> trust</c><00:41:12.920><c> God</c><00:41:13.199><c> and</c><00:41:13.420><c> believe</c><00:41:13.659><c> the</c><00:41:13.940><c> angels</c><00:41:14.119><c> know</c><00:41:14.360><c> what</c><00:41:14.539><c> they're</c><00:41:14.820><c> doing</c><00:41:15.039><c> in</c>

00:41:15.239 --> 00:41:21.079
our<00:41:15.420><c> individual</c><00:41:15.840><c> situation</c><00:41:16.760><c> and</c><00:41:18.460><c> that</c><00:41:18.579><c> we</c><00:41:18.719><c> are</c><00:41:18.900><c> being</c><00:41:19.159><c> prepared</c><00:41:19.679><c> for</c><00:41:20.000><c> eternity.</c>

00:41:23.139 --> 00:41:25.900
Where<00:41:23.539><c> did</c><00:41:23.760><c> he</c><00:41:23.800><c> come</c><00:41:24.079><c> from?</c>

00:41:28.219 --> 00:41:32.219
Yahweh<00:41:28.480><c> asked</c><00:41:28.780><c> him</c><00:41:28.920><c> this</c><00:41:29.119><c> question.</c><00:41:30.280><c> God</c><00:41:30.280><c> knew</c><00:41:30.400><c> where</c><00:41:30.559><c> he</c><00:41:30.559><c> came</c><00:41:30.880><c> from.</c><00:41:32.119><c> He</c>

00:41:32.219 --> 00:41:35.960
asked<00:41:32.360><c> a</c><00:41:32.519><c> lot</c><00:41:32.619><c> of</c><00:41:32.780><c> questions</c><00:41:33.480><c> to</c><00:41:33.800><c> make</c><00:41:33.960><c> you</c><00:41:34.099><c> and</c><00:41:34.199><c> I</c><00:41:34.380><c> answer</c><00:41:34.659><c> them.</c>

00:41:39.860 --> 00:41:42.420
The<00:41:40.260><c> adversary's</c><00:41:40.659><c> answer</c><00:41:40.760><c> was</c><00:41:41.019><c> from</c><00:41:41.199><c> going</c><00:41:41.539><c> to</c><00:41:41.800><c> and</c><00:41:42.000><c> fro</c><00:41:42.179><c> on</c>

00:41:42.420 --> 00:41:44.400
the<00:41:42.599><c> earth,</c><00:41:42.860><c> from</c><00:41:43.000><c> walking</c><00:41:43.300><c> back</c><00:41:43.619><c> and</c><00:41:43.820><c> forth</c><00:41:44.000><c> on</c><00:41:44.219><c> it.</c>

00:41:44.519 --> 00:41:47.639
I'm<00:41:44.639><c> a</c><00:41:44.820><c> man</c><00:41:45.000><c> of</c><00:41:45.219><c> this</c><00:41:45.780><c> world.</c><00:41:46.199><c> I</c><00:41:46.380><c> know</c><00:41:46.559><c> what's</c><00:41:46.880><c> going</c><00:41:47.139><c> on.</c><00:41:47.440><c> I've</c>

00:41:47.639 --> 00:41:48.940
been<00:41:47.760><c> there.</c>

00:41:50.280 --> 00:41:53.380
But<00:41:50.840><c> he</c><00:41:51.019><c> used</c><00:41:51.260><c> that</c><00:41:51.719><c> language,</c><00:41:52.119><c> which</c><00:41:52.519><c> normally</c><00:41:52.800><c> applied</c><00:41:53.159><c> to</c>

00:41:53.380 --> 00:41:54.619
the<00:41:53.539><c> Elohim.</c>

00:41:55.780 --> 00:42:00.639
The<00:41:55.800><c> eyes</c><00:41:56.119><c> of</c><00:41:56.340><c> the</c><00:41:56.539><c> Lord,</c><00:41:57.239><c> the</c><00:41:57.539><c> angels,</c><00:41:59.320><c> run</c><00:41:59.440><c> to</c><00:41:59.679><c> and</c><00:41:59.940><c> fro</c><00:42:00.059><c> throughout</c><00:42:00.420><c> the</c>

00:42:00.639 --> 00:42:01.860
whole<00:42:00.840><c> earth.</c>

00:42:03.059 --> 00:42:05.659
And<00:42:03.300><c> Zechariah,</c><00:42:03.860><c> these</c><00:42:04.000><c> are</c><00:42:04.199><c> the</c><00:42:04.280><c> ones</c><00:42:04.519><c> whom</c><00:42:04.659><c> Yahweh</c><00:42:05.000><c> has</c><00:42:05.280><c> sent</c><00:42:05.420><c> to</c>

00:42:05.659 --> 00:42:08.179
walk<00:42:05.880><c> to</c><00:42:06.139><c> and</c><00:42:06.400><c> fro</c><00:42:06.579><c> through</c><00:42:06.920><c> the</c><00:42:07.219><c> earth.</c>

00:42:09.219 --> 00:42:12.920
The<00:42:09.500><c> adversary</c><00:42:10.019><c> saw</c><00:42:10.420><c> no</c><00:42:10.860><c> need</c><00:42:11.420><c> to</c><00:42:11.900><c> reform.</c>

00:42:13.480 --> 00:42:17.179
See<00:42:14.000><c> what</c><00:42:14.159><c> God's</c><00:42:14.579><c> got,</c><00:42:14.719><c> the</c><00:42:14.880><c> problem</c><00:42:15.119><c> he's</c><00:42:15.360><c> got</c><00:42:15.480><c> with</c><00:42:15.739><c> this</c><00:42:16.400><c> individual</c><00:42:16.960><c> of</c>

00:42:17.179 --> 00:42:18.099
the<00:42:17.300><c> Ecclesia?</c>

00:42:19.139 --> 00:42:22.500
Tough<00:42:19.440><c> problem.</c><00:42:20.420><c> How</c><00:42:20.619><c> is</c><00:42:20.739><c> he</c><00:42:20.800><c> going</c><00:42:20.980><c> to</c><00:42:21.039><c> break</c><00:42:21.320><c> through</c><00:42:21.539><c> that?</c>

00:42:22.639 --> 00:42:25.719
God<00:42:22.840><c> is</c><00:42:23.099><c> not</c><00:42:23.719><c> willing</c><00:42:24.159><c> that</c><00:42:24.519><c> any</c><00:42:24.679><c> perish.</c>

00:42:27.780 --> 00:42:30.920
It's<00:42:28.139><c> there</c><00:42:28.300><c> today,</c><00:42:28.820><c> brothers</c><00:42:28.940><c> and</c><00:42:29.239><c> sisters.</c><00:42:30.199><c> It's</c><00:42:30.539><c> in</c><00:42:30.699><c> every</c>

00:42:30.920 --> 00:42:35.099
Ecclesia.<00:42:32.639><c> He</c><00:42:32.840><c> doesn't</c><00:42:33.059><c> give</c><00:42:33.239><c> up</c><00:42:33.460><c> on</c><00:42:33.679><c> those</c><00:42:33.880><c> people.</c>

00:42:36.820 --> 00:42:40.260
It<00:42:37.360><c> was</c><00:42:37.900><c> by</c><00:42:38.119><c> his</c><00:42:38.340><c> own</c><00:42:38.559><c> energy</c><00:42:38.880><c> and</c><00:42:39.079><c> hard</c><00:42:39.300><c> labor</c><00:42:39.619><c> that</c><00:42:39.820><c> he</c><00:42:39.980><c> was</c>

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what<00:42:40.440><c> he</c><00:42:40.599><c> was.</c>

00:42:41.039 --> 00:42:43.820
Unlike<00:42:41.340><c> Job,</c><00:42:41.619><c> who</c><00:42:41.860><c> had</c><00:42:42.039><c> been</c><00:42:42.239><c> given</c><00:42:42.579><c> his</c><00:42:42.920><c> wealth</c><00:42:43.139><c> by</c><00:42:43.480><c> Yahweh,</c>

00:42:43.880 --> 00:42:46.840
the<00:42:44.119><c> adversary</c><00:42:44.679><c> was</c><00:42:45.000><c> a</c><00:42:45.239><c> self</c><00:42:45.539><c>-made</c><00:42:45.800><c> man.</c>

00:42:46.980 --> 00:42:55.239
He<00:42:47.139><c> had</c><00:42:47.400><c> worked</c><00:42:47.599><c> for</c><00:42:47.900><c> his.</c><00:42:48.199><c> He</c><00:42:48.360><c> was</c><00:42:48.639><c> the</c><00:42:48.900><c> strong</c><00:42:49.179><c> man.</c><00:42:50.559><c> Job,</c><00:42:50.900><c> for</c><00:42:51.099><c> all</c><00:42:51.360><c> his</c><00:42:51.639><c> wealth,</c><00:42:52.079><c> was</c><00:42:52.300><c> weak</c><00:42:52.840><c> and</c><00:42:53.460><c> beholden</c><00:42:53.980><c> to</c><00:42:54.159><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:42:57.320 --> 00:43:02.679
Just<00:42:57.800><c> to</c><00:42:58.280><c> wind</c><00:42:58.539><c> up</c><00:42:58.780><c> this</c><00:42:59.280><c> particular</c><00:42:59.840><c> part,</c><00:43:01.699><c> it's</c><00:43:01.860><c> interesting</c><00:43:02.179><c> to</c><00:43:02.300><c> go</c><00:43:02.460><c> back</c>

00:43:02.679 --> 00:43:03.800
to<00:43:02.860><c> Elpis.</c>

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How<00:43:04.179><c> many</c><00:43:04.460><c> times</c><00:43:04.719><c> have</c><00:43:04.900><c> I</c><00:43:04.900><c> done</c><00:43:05.099><c> that?</c>

00:43:06.880 --> 00:43:09.760
Brother<00:43:07.199><c> Thomas,</c><00:43:07.860><c> Job</c><00:43:07.980><c> was</c><00:43:08.219><c> a</c><00:43:08.320><c> man</c><00:43:08.480><c> of</c><00:43:08.699><c> substance</c><00:43:09.139><c> and</c><00:43:09.460><c> power,</c>

00:43:09.960 --> 00:43:11.780
being<00:43:10.059><c> the</c><00:43:10.380><c> greatest</c><00:43:10.699><c> of</c><00:43:10.900><c> the</c><00:43:11.039><c> men</c><00:43:11.179><c> of</c><00:43:11.340><c> the</c><00:43:11.519><c> East,</c>

00:43:11.960 --> 00:43:15.440
one<00:43:12.119><c> of</c><00:43:12.239><c> the</c><00:43:12.400><c> sons</c><00:43:12.699><c> of</c><00:43:12.920><c> the</c><00:43:13.099><c> Deity</c><00:43:13.400><c> belonging</c><00:43:13.820><c> to</c><00:43:14.059><c> that</c><00:43:14.280><c> generation.</c>

00:43:16.119 --> 00:43:20.920
There<00:43:16.239><c> was</c><00:43:16.400><c> among</c><00:43:16.619><c> them</c><00:43:16.820><c> also</c><00:43:17.099><c> another</c><00:43:17.380><c> man</c><00:43:17.599><c> of</c><00:43:17.800><c> power,</c><00:43:18.199><c> an</c><00:43:18.440><c> Oriental,</c><00:43:19.880><c> who</c><00:43:19.960><c> was</c><00:43:20.179><c> nominally</c><00:43:20.639><c> a</c>

00:43:20.920 --> 00:43:22.179
co<00:43:21.099><c>-religionist,</c>

00:43:22.179 --> 00:43:25.539
but<00:43:22.519><c> full</c><00:43:22.780><c> of</c><00:43:22.980><c> envy</c><00:43:23.159><c> and</c><00:43:23.340><c> unfriendly</c><00:43:23.840><c> feelings</c><00:43:24.219><c> towards</c><00:43:24.739><c> Job.</c>

00:43:26.199 --> 00:43:30.980
This<00:43:26.400><c> is</c><00:43:26.599><c> not</c><00:43:26.840><c> an</c><00:43:26.980><c> unusual</c><00:43:27.440><c> circumstance,</c><00:43:28.119><c> even</c><00:43:28.340><c> in</c><00:43:28.659><c> societies</c><00:43:29.099><c> reputed</c><00:43:29.719><c> apostolic.</c>

00:43:31.460 --> 00:43:35.360
In<00:43:31.739><c> these,</c><00:43:32.280><c> Satan's</c><00:43:32.639><c> too</c><00:43:32.800><c> often</c><00:43:33.099><c> abound</c><00:43:33.519><c> and</c><00:43:33.760><c> become</c><00:43:34.039><c> adversaries</c><00:43:34.659><c> of</c><00:43:34.800><c> those</c><00:43:35.099><c> they</c>

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cannot<00:43:35.719><c> imitate.</c>

00:43:39.360 --> 00:43:41.920
In<00:43:39.559><c> Job's</c><00:43:39.980><c> day,</c><00:43:40.179><c> there</c><00:43:40.320><c> were</c><00:43:40.539><c> general</c><00:43:40.900><c> gatherings</c><00:43:41.340><c> of</c><00:43:41.559><c> the</c><00:43:41.659><c> men</c><00:43:41.780><c> of</c>

00:43:41.920 --> 00:43:43.480
the<00:43:42.059><c> East</c><00:43:42.219><c> with</c><00:43:42.420><c> the</c><00:43:42.619><c> sons</c><00:43:42.780><c> of</c><00:43:42.940><c> the</c><00:43:43.119><c> Deity</c>

00:43:43.480 --> 00:43:45.880
at<00:43:43.880><c> the</c><00:43:44.099><c> place</c><00:43:44.300><c> where</c><00:43:44.500><c> the</c><00:43:44.659><c> symbol</c><00:43:44.900><c> of</c><00:43:45.139><c> Yahweh's</c><00:43:45.619><c> presence</c>

00:43:45.880 --> 00:43:46.739
was<00:43:46.179><c> established.</c>

00:43:46.739 --> 00:43:51.159
Here<00:43:47.900><c> were</c><00:43:48.139><c> two</c><00:43:48.400><c> classes</c><00:43:48.880><c> of</c><00:43:49.139><c> worshippers,</c><00:43:49.960><c> the</c><00:43:50.199><c> nominal</c><00:43:50.500><c> and</c>

00:43:51.159 --> 00:43:52.199
the<00:43:51.480><c> true.</c>

00:43:52.260 --> 00:43:54.340
Nothing<00:43:52.659><c> has</c><00:43:53.039><c> changed.</c>

00:43:56.360 --> 00:43:59.980
It's<00:43:56.639><c> essential</c><00:43:57.039><c> for</c><00:43:57.300><c> the</c><00:43:57.579><c> development</c><00:43:57.900><c> of</c><00:43:58.199><c> the</c><00:43:58.460><c> true</c><00:43:58.820><c> that</c>

00:43:59.980 --> 00:44:01.820
the<00:44:00.219><c> nominal</c><00:44:00.480><c> be</c><00:44:00.780><c> there.</c>

00:44:03.559 --> 00:44:09.480
The<00:44:03.760><c> former</c><00:44:03.980><c> constituting</c><00:44:06.739><c> the</c><00:44:06.980><c> Satan,</c><00:44:07.960><c> the</c><00:44:08.159><c> latter</c><00:44:08.460><c> constituting</c><00:44:09.099><c> of</c><00:44:09.300><c> the</c>

00:44:09.480 --> 00:44:10.239
sons<00:44:09.719><c> of</c><00:44:09.980><c> Deity,</c>

00:44:10.300 --> 00:44:14.179
of<00:44:10.440><c> whom</c><00:44:10.619><c> Job</c><00:44:10.940><c> was</c><00:44:11.219><c> the</c><00:44:11.360><c> most</c><00:44:11.679><c> eminent</c><00:44:12.519><c> and</c><00:44:12.980><c> conspicuous.</c>

00:44:14.480 --> 00:44:21.019
Tomorrow<00:44:15.039><c> we'll</c><00:44:15.340><c> pick</c><00:44:15.460><c> it</c><00:44:15.579><c> up</c><00:44:15.699><c> from</c><00:44:15.940><c> there</c><00:44:16.239><c> and</c><00:44:17.340><c> look</c><00:44:17.579><c> at</c><00:44:18.119><c> God's</c><00:44:20.099><c> challenge</c><00:44:20.599><c> to</c>

00:44:21.019 --> 00:44:22.239
the<00:44:21.699><c> adversary</c>

00:44:22.239 --> 00:44:25.079
and<00:44:22.579><c> the</c><00:44:22.579><c> way</c><00:44:22.840><c> he</c><00:44:22.900><c> used</c><00:44:23.139><c> Job</c><00:44:23.420><c> to</c><00:44:23.619><c> try</c><00:44:23.820><c> and</c><00:44:23.960><c> bring</c><00:44:24.059><c> him</c><00:44:24.219><c> around.</c>