Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
Series Code: SSH
Program Code: SSH021640A
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00:35 >>MORNING EVERYONE. WELCOME, AGAIN, TO SABBATH 00:36 SCHOOL STUDY HOUR. A VERY WARM WELCOME TO OUR 00:39 FRIENDS ON OUR EXTENDED - OR PART OF OUR EXTENDED SABBATH 00:42 SCHOOL CLASS AND ALSO THOSE HERE AT THE GRANITE BAY CHURCH - A 00:45 VERY WARM WELCOME TO YOU AND THOSE VISITING. 00:47 WE'RE GLAD YOU'VE CHOSEN TO STUDY WITH US TODAY. 00:50 WE HAVE A BRAND-NEW QUARTER BEGINNING DEALING WITH THE BOOK 00:53 OF JOB AND WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT LESSON #1, WHICH IS 00:56 ACTUALLY ENTITLED, THE END - KIND OF AN INTERESTING TITLE FOR 01:00 THE FIRST LESSON, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THE BOOK 01:02 OF JOB AND LEARNING SOME IMPORTANT LESSONS FROM THIS 01:06 STORY. BUT BEFORE WE GET TO OUR LESSON, 01:09 WE'D LIKE TO LET THOSE WATCHING ONLINE - WE'D LIKE TO LET YOU 01:11 KNOW ABOUT A FREE OFFER THAT WE HAVE. 01:13 IT IS A BOOK ENTITLED THE AMAZING FACTS BOOK OF BIBLE 01:17 ANSWERS AND THIS IS OUR FREE OFFER TODAY. 01:21 THE NUMBER TO CALL IS 866-788-3966 AND YOU CAN ASK FOR 01:26 OFFER #785. THAT NUMBER, AGAIN, IS 01:29 866-788-3966 - ASK FOR OFFER #785 AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SEND 01:35 IT TO THOSE IN NORTH AMERICA. BEFORE WE GET TO OUR STUDY 01:38 THOUGH, WE'D LIKE TO BEGIN BY LIFTING OUR VOICES IN PRAISE. 01:41 WE'D LIKE TO ASK OUR SONG LEADERS TO COME AND JOIN US AND 01:44 THEY'LL LEAD US IN PRAISE. >>THANK YOU, PASTOR ROSS, AND IT 01:51 IS WONDERFUL TO BE HERE TO SING SONGS WITH YOU LIKE 01:54 WE DO EVERY WEEK. WE'RE READY TO SING. 01:57 WE'VE BEEN WARMING UP OUR VOICES AND I KNOW YOU AT HOME ARE AS 02:00 WELL, SO PULL OUT YOUR HYMNALS, IF YOU HAVE THEM, AND JOIN WITH 02:03 US ON OUR FIRST SONG, WHICH IS #423 - GLORIOUS THINGS OF THEE 02:10 ARE SPOKEN - AND WE WILL DO THE FIRST, SECOND, AND FOURTH 02:13 STANZAS - #423. (PIANO MUSIC) 02:27 >>GLORIOUS THINGS OF THEE ARE SPOKEN, ZION, CITY 02:34 OF OUR GOD; HE WHOSE WORD CANNOT BE BROKEN FORMED THEE FOR HIS 02:44 OWN ABODE; ON THE ROCK OF AGES FOUNDED, WHAT CAN SHAKE THY SURE 02:56 REPOSE? WITH SALVATION'S WALL 03:01 SURROUNDED, THOU MAYEST SMILE AT ALL THY FOES. 03:10 SEE THE STREAMS OF LIVING WATERS SPRINGING FROM ETERNAL LOVE, 03:21 WELL SUPPLY THY SONS AND DAUGHTERS, AND ALL FEAR AND WANT 03:30 REMOVE; WHO CAN FAINT WHEN SUCH A RIVER EVER FLOWS THEIR THIRST 03:41 TO ASSUAGE? GRACE, WHICH, LIKE THE LORD, THE 03:47 GIVER, NEVER FAILS FROM AGE TO AGE. 03:55 SAVIOR, IF OF ZION'S CITY I, THROUGH GRACE, A MEMBER AM, LET 04:07 THE WORLD DERIDE OR PITY, I WILL GLORY IN THY NAME; FADING IS THE 04:21 WORLDING'S PLEASURE, ALL HIS BOASTED POMP AND SHOW; SOLID 04:31 JOYS AND LASTING TREASURE NONE BUT ZION'S CHILDREN KNOW. 04:45 >>THIS SONG, THE FOURTH STANZA, IS MY FAVORITE ONE. 04:48 IF YOU WERE PAYING ATTENTION TO THOSE WORDS, THE LAST TWO LINES 04:51 - 'FADING IS THE WORLDLING'S PLEASURE, ALL HIS BOASTED POMP 04:55 AND SHOW; SOLID JOYS AND LASTING TREASURE NONE BUT ZION'S 05:01 CHILDREN KNOW.' THAT IS THE TRUTH. 05:04 YOU CAN THINK YOU HAVE EVERYTHING - YOU CAN THINK YOU 05:07 HAVE A NICE CAR, A NICE HOUSE, MONEY IN THE BANK - EVERYTHING 05:11 THAT YOU NEED, BUT IF JESUS IS NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, 05:16 THAT FADES AND THAT IS NOT ETERNAL PLEASURE - NOT ETERNAL 05:20 HAPPINESS, BECAUSE IT WILL NOT TAKE YOU TO THE STREETS OF GOLD. 05:23 SO PUT YOUR TREASURE - PUT YOUR HEART WHERE YOUR TREASURE IS - 05:28 PUT IT IN HEAVEN AND YOU WILL HAVE THE BEST LIFE, GUARANTEED. 05:35 OUR NEXT SONG - SWEET BY AND BY . I KNOW THIS IS A FAVORITE FOR 05:40 MANY OF YOU - #428 - WE WILL DO ALL THREE STANZAS - #428. 05:45 (PIANO MUSIC) 05:58 >>THERE'S A LAND THAT IS FAIRER THAN DAY, AND BY 06:05 FAITH WE CAN SEE IT AFAR; FOR THE FATHER WAITS OVER THE WAY, 06:15 TO PREPARE US A DWELLING PLACE THERE. 06:20 IN THE SWEET BY AND BY, WE SHALL MEET ON THAT BEAUTIFUL 06:29 SHORE; IN THE SWEET BY AND BY, WE SHALL MEET ON THAT BEAUTIFUL 06:40 SHORE. WE SHALL SING ON THAT BEAUTIFUL 06:46 SHORE THE MELODIOUS SONGS OF THE BLEST, AND OUR SPIRITS SHALL 06:55 SORROW NO MORE, NOT A SIGH FOR THE BLESSING OF REST. 07:05 IN THE SWEET BY AND BY, WE SHALL MEET ON THAT BEAUTIFUL 07:14 SHORE; IN THE SWEET BY AND BY, WE SHALL MEET ON THAT BEAUTIFUL 07:26 SHORE. TO OUR BOUNTIFUL FATHER ABOVE, 07:34 WE WILL OFFER A TRIBUTE OF PRAISE, FOR THE GLORIOUS GIFT 07:43 OF HIS LOVE, AND THE BLESSINGS THAT 07:48 HALLOW OUR DAYS. IN THE SWEET BY AND BY, WE 07:58 SHALL MEET ON THAT BEAUTIFUL SHORE; IN THE SWEET BY AND BY, 08:10 WE SHALL MEET ON THAT BEAUTIFUL SHORE. 08:20 >>THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING WITH US. AND, AT THIS TIME, 08:23 PASTOR ROSS IS GOING TO HAVE OUR OPENING PRAYER. 08:34 >>LET US BOW OUR HEADS FOR PRAYER. 08:35 DEAR FATHER IN HEAVEN, ONCE AGAIN, WHAT A PRIVILEGE TO BE 08:38 ABLE TO GATHER TOGETHER TO STUDY YOUR WORD. 08:41 AND, AS WE LOOK AT THIS GREAT OLD TESTAMENT BOOK - THE BOOK OF 08:44 JOB - AS WE SEE YOUR HAND IN DEALING WITH THOSE WHO ARE 08:48 TRUSTING IN YOU AND, YET, HOW THEIR FAITH CAN GROW THROUGH 08:51 DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES, WE PRAY THAT OUR FAITH MIGHT BE 08:54 STRENGTHENED AS WE SEE YOUR GOODNESS IN HOW YOU LOVE US. 08:57 SO BE WITH US THIS MORNING FOR WE ASK THIS IN JESUS' NAME, 09:00 AMEN. OUR LESSON TODAY WILL BE BROUGHT TO US BY PASTOR DOUG. 09:10 >>THANK YOU, PASTOR ROSS. MORNING EVERYONE. 09:13 >>MORNING. >>WELCOME TO SABBATH SCHOOL AT 09:17 GRANITE BAY AND OUR SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR AND WE'RE 09:19 GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE. I WANT TO WELCOME ANY VISITORS 09:22 THAT MAY BE HERE ALONG THE WAY. AND WE'RE BEGINNING A NEW 09:26 QUARTER'S STUDY IN THE BOOK OF JOB. AND, HOPEFULLY, YOU HAVE 09:31 ONE OF THESE - IF YOU DON'T, I HOPE THAT YOU CAN VISIT YOUR 09:34 NEIGHBORHOOD ADVENTIST CHURCH - I THINK YOU CAN EVEN GO ONLINE 09:37 AND YOU CAN GO TO THE - THE WORLD CHURCH HAS A SABBATH 09:40 SCHOOL WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE LESSON AND 09:42 STUDY ALONG WITH US. I THINK PASTOR ROSS ALREADY 09:45 MENTIONED WE HAVE, SORT OF, A PREMIUM GIFT. 09:48 IF YOU JUST CALL IN AND ASK, WE HAVE A BOOK CALLED AMAZING FACTS 09:52 OF - FROM - AMAZING BIBLE ANSWERS - AND IT'S DEALING WITH 09:56 A LOT OF DIFFICULT QUESTIONS IN THE BIBLE. 09:59 ASK FOR OFFER #785 AND CALL 866-788-3966 - IT'S REAL EASY - 10:06 866-STUDY-MORE - WILL BE AN ACRONYM THAT WILL GET YOU AND - 10:09 ASK FOR OFFER #785 - WE'LL SEND THAT TO YOU. 10:13 NOW, THE LESSON TODAY - YOU MIGHT BE THINKING, 'WELL, THIS 10:16 IS OUR FIRST LESSON IN OUR STUDY ON THE BOOK OF JOB.' 10:18 IT'S CALLED THE END BECAUSE THEY'RE ACTUALLY 10:21 STARTING WITH THE LAST CHAPTER OF THE BOOK. 10:25 NOW, I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF THEORIES - I HAVEN'T TALKED TO 10:26 THE AUTHOR OF THE LESSON ABOUT THIS, BUT I THINK ONE THEORY 10:29 THAT THEY MAY BE DOING THAT IS BECAUSE THE BOOK OF JOB IS ONE 10:33 OF THE HEAVIEST BOOKS IN THE BIBLE. 10:36 YOU'VE GOT INCREDIBLE SUFFERING - CALAMITY THAT COMES ON THIS 10:40 MAN. IT REALLY GETS YOU TO BEGIN TO 10:44 CHALLENGE THE JUSTICE OF GOD AND WHY THESE THINGS HAPPEN. 10:47 AND, SOMETIMES, WHEN YOU GO TO THE END OF THE BOOK AND YOU FIND 10:50 OUT THAT IT ENDS WELL, IT MAKES IT EASIER AS YOU'RE GOING INTO 10:55 THE SUFFERING, BECAUSE YOU KNOW HOW IT ENDS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, 10:59 THAT'S MY THEORY - ONE REASON THEY'RE DOING IT THIS WAY. 11:02 AND OUR FIRST SECTION IN THE BOOK IS HAPPILY EVER AFTER 11:05 BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH THOSE VERSES. 11:07 BUT, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT IT'D BE A GOOD IDEA, SINCE WE'RE GETTING 11:09 READY TO SPEND 13 WEEKS DEALING WITH THE BOOK OF JOB, TO DO A 11:13 LITTLE INTRODUCTION IN THE BOOK OF JOB. 11:16 I LOOKED AHEAD IN THE LESSON AND I THOUGHT, 'WELL, THIS IS SOME 11:18 STUFF THAT I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL NOW. FIRST OF ALL, THIS 11:21 BOOK FALLS AMONG THE BOOKS OF POETRY IN THE BIBLE. 11:25 BY THE WAY, IN THE SEPTUAGINT, IT'S PLACED DIFFERENTLY THAN YOU 11:28 FIND IT IN YOUR BOOK - IN THE REGULAR CANON OF SCRIPTURE - 11:33 IT'S PLACED IN THE SEPTUAGINT BETWEEN PSALMS AND PROVERBS. 11:36 MARTIN LUTHER REGARDED THE BOOK OF JOB AS THE MOST MAGNIFICENT 11:40 AND SUBLIME OF ANY OF THE BOOKS OF THE SCRIPTURE - AND HE WAS 11:43 QUITE A SCHOLAR. IT IS AN INCREDIBLE BOOK. 11:46 IT HAS 42 CHAPTERS - WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT CHAPTER 42 TODAY - 11:50 1,070 VERSES - 10,102 WORDS. WHO WAS JOB? HE IS NOT A PERSON 12:01 OF FICTION OR FABLE. JOB IS FIGURED AS A REAL 12:06 HISTORICAL CHARACTER IN THE BIBLE. 12:09 IF YOU LOOK, FOR INSTANCE, IN THE BOOK OF EZEKIEL 14:14 - IF 12:13 YOU LOOK IN EZEKIEL 14:14 IT SAYS, "THOUGH THESE THREE MEN, 12:17 NOAH, DANIEL, AND JOB, WERE IN IT, THEY SHOULD DELIVER BUT 12:21 THEIR OWN SOULS BY THEIR RIGHTEOUSNESS..." 12:24 EZEKIEL REFERS TO JOB AS A REAL PERSON. 12:28 IF YOU GO TO THE NEW TESTAMENT AND YOU READ FROM THE BOOK OF 12:30 JAMES IT SAYS, 'AND YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THE SUFFERINGS OF JOB'. 12:34 THE NEW TESTAMENT AUTHORS VIEWED JOB AS A REAL HISTORICAL 12:38 CHARACTER. AND SO, IF WE BELIEVE JESUS AND 12:42 IF WE BELIEVE THE APOSTLES, AND IF WE BELIEVE THE OLD TESTAMENT 12:45 PROPHETS, THEY ALL LOOKED UPON JOB AS A REAL PERSON. 12:48 HE'S A MAN WHO REALLY LIVED. WHEN DID HE LIVE? 12:52 NOW THIS IS AN INTERESTING STUDY. JOB IS PROBABLY THE 12:55 OLDEST BOOK IN THE BIBLE. IT WAS NOT WRITTEN BY JOB, IT 12:59 WAS PROBABLY WRITTEN BY MOSES. ONE REASON THE SCHOLARS SAY THAT 13:03 IS THEY LOOK AT THE STYLE OF THE WRITING OF THE AUTHOR OF JOB AND 13:09 THERE ARE A LOT OF SIMILARITIES IN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE OF THE 13:13 TIME AND THE AUTHORSHIP OF MOSES. 13:15 SO IT'S VERY POSSIBLE THAT ONE OF THE FIRST BOOKS THAT MOSES 13:19 WROTE WHEN HE WAS IN THE LAND OF MIDIAN WAS ABOUT JOB. 13:24 THE PLACE OF JOB - NOW, WHEN YOU START STUDYING - WE'VE GOT A 13:27 LATER CHAPTER THAT'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT JOB'S THREE FRIENDS. 13:29 YOU REMEMBER ELIPHAZ AND BILDAD AND - THE FRIENDS OF JOB, WHEN 13:36 YOU LOOK AT THEM - FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU LOOK IN YOUR BIBLE IN 13:39 GENESIS CHAPTER 36:15, IT SAYS, "...THE SONS OF ELIPHAZ, THE 13:44 FIRSTBORN OF ESAU, IN THE LAND OF EDOM;" NOW, ELIPHAZ WAS ONE 13:49 OF THE FRIENDS OF JOB. AND IT SAYS, 'FROM 13:51 THE LAND OF EDOM'. WELL, WHEN MOSES WAS IN MIDIAN, 13:56 EDOM WAS THE DESERTS TO THE NORTH OF HIM. 13:58 SO HE WAS VERY WELL ACQUAINTED WITH WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THAT 14:01 COUNTRY AND THIS STORY HAD REACHED HIM. 14:04 AND, FURTHER, YOU CAN ALSO READ IN THE BOOK OF GENESIS CHAPTER 14:08 36 - SAME CHAPTER - IT'S GOING THROUGH THE GENEALOGY OF ESAU 14:13 AND IT SAYS, "AND BELA DIED, AND JOBAB THE SON OF ZERAH OF BOZRAH 14:19 REIGNED IN HIS STEAD." JOB IS CALLED ONE OF THE 14:21 GREATEST OF THE PEOPLE OF THE EAST AND SOME HAVE WONDERED AND 14:26 - YOU KNOW, MY NAME IS DOUGLAS - A LOT OF PEOPLE CALL ME 'DOUG'. 14:31 AND, EVEN IN BIBLE TIMES, YOU COULD HAVE A PERSON NAMED 14:33 'JOBAB' AND THEY'D CALL HIM 'JOB' - IT'S AN ECONOMY OF 14:37 SYLLABLES. AND, WHEN YOU LOOK IN THE 14:39 HEBREW, THERE ARE SIMILAR CHARACTERS THAT ARE USED AND 14:42 IT COULD BE THE SAME PERSON. IT SAYS HE LIVED IN THE SAME 14:45 TERRITORY, HE LIVED DURING THE SAME TIME, AND HE WAS A KING OF 14:49 THE LAND, AND THAT JOB SAYS THAT HE WAS - THE BOOK OF JOB SAYS 14:52 JOB WAS THE GREATEST MAN OF THE EAST AND SO IT COULD BE JOBAB 14:56 AND JOB ARE THE SAME PERSON - VERY MUCH THE SAME TIME. 15:00 PROBABLY WERE LIVING BETWEEN 1600 AND 1700 BC - THIS WOULD BE 15:06 DURING THE TIME OF JOSEPH, WHEN HE WAS LIVING IN EGYPT. 15:10 OF COURSE, JOSEPH LIVED 110 YEARS, AND SO IT WOULD BE - JUST 15:14 TO GIVE YOU THE TIME RANGE, IT'S BEFORE THE EXODUS. SO IT 15:19 TELLS US, ALSO, THAT ELIPHAZ WAS ONE OF THE SONS OF ESAU. 15:23 AND THEN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OTHER FRIENDS OF JOB, THEY ALL 15:28 LIVED DURING THAT SAME TIME RANGE, THEY LIVED IN THE AREA 15:30 AROUND PETRA, THE ARABIAN DESERT - NORTHERN PART - NORTH OF 15:35 MIDIAN, AND IT WASN'T LIKE IT IS TODAY. 15:41 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT - THEY FOUND SOME AMAZING 15:44 PETROGLYPHS IN THE SAHARA DESERT AND THERE ARE SOME DRAWINGS IN 15:52 THE ROCK OF GIRAFFES, AND RHINOCEROS, AND ALLIGATORS. 15:57 AND IT PORTRAYS, IN THESE NUMEROUS PETROGLYPHS, A COUNTRY 16:03 THAT WAS A SAVANNAH, THAT HAD WATER AND CROCODILES AND RIVERS. 16:08 AND YOU GO TO THE SAHARA NOW AND THERE'S NOTHING BUT SAND. 16:12 SO SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED. THE CLIMATE OF THE WORLD HAS 16:15 CHANGED. I THINK EVERYONE AGREES WITH THAT. 16:18 AND THE LAND OF THE NORTHERN ARABIA, THAT IS SO DRY NOW, USED 16:25 TO BE A LOT MORE MILD AND THERE WERE FARMS AND THERE WERE SHEEP 16:30 - YOU LOOK AT WHAT JOB HAD - AND THERE WERE A LOT OF CATTLE. 16:33 THAT MEANS THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF PASTURE LAND BACK THEN. 16:35 HE HAD THOUSANDS OF ANIMALS. AND SO, THAT TELLS US SOMETHING 16:38 ABOUT THE TIME WHEN HE LIVED. IT TELLS SOMETHING ABOUT THE 16:42 PEOPLE AND THE PLACES - HIS NAME - THE NAME JOB MEANS 16:46 'ONE PERSECUTED'. IT SIGNIFIES 'SORROWFUL' 16:49 OR 'HE THAT WEEPS'. NOW, WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT - IF 16:53 HE WAS NAMED THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, OR IF THE 16:55 NAME CAME TO MEAN THAT BECAUSE IT'S SUCH AN ANCIENT NAME. 16:58 FOR INSTANCE, WHEN I SAY THE NAME 'RUTH', WHAT DOES THE NAME 17:03 'RUTH' MEAN? RUTH MEANS 'COMPASSION'. 17:08 BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT REALLY SURE IF THE NAME RUTH 17:12 MEANS COMPASSION BECAUSE THAT MOABITE WOMAN WAS COMPASSIONATE 17:16 AND SO THE NAME CAME - THE MEANING OF THE NAME CAME AFTER 17:21 THE PERSON OR IF IT MEANT THAT BEFORE. 17:24 AND WHEN A PERSON IS RUTHLESS - WHAT ARE YOU SAYING WHEN A 17:27 PERSON IS RUTHLESS? THEY'RE WITHOUT 17:30 COMPASSION, RIGHT? BUT THEY'RE STILL NOT SURE - DID 17:34 THE NAME HAVE THAT MEANING WHEN RUTH'S MOTHER NAMED HER, OR DID 17:38 THE NAME - MEANING OF THE NAME - COME FROM HER CHARACTER LATER? 17:42 IT'S SUCH AN ANCIENT NAME, THEY DON'T KNOW. 17:44 SAME THING WITH THE NAME OF JOB. 17:46 IT'S CONNECTED WITH ONE STRUCK, ONE PERSECUTED, ONE WEEPING - 17:50 WELL, IS THAT WHAT IT MEANT THEN OR DID THE HEBREW WORD TAKE ON 17:54 THAT BECAUSE OF WHAT HE WENT THROUGH? 17:56 AND SO I TOLD YOU ROUGHLY WHERE THE LAND OF UZ WAS. 18:00 IT SAYS - GENESIS CHAPTER 10, VERSE 22 - IT SAYS, "THE 18:04 CHILDREN OF SHEM; ELAM, AND ASSHUR, AND ARPHAXAD, AND LUD, 18:08 AND ARAM. AND THE CHILDREN OF ARAM; UZ, 18:11 AND HUL, AND GETHER, AND MASH." UZ MIGRATED TO THAT 18:15 TERRITORY OF EDOM THERE. LET ME GIVE YOU ONE MORE 18:17 VERSE TO SORT OF PROVE THAT: LAMENTATIONS - WRITTEN BY 18:21 JEREMIAH - LAMENTATIONS 4:21, "REJOICE AND BE GLAD, O DAUGHTER 18:26 OF EDOM, THAT DWELLEST IN THE LAND OF UZ;" - EDOM/UZ - ESAU'S 18:32 DESCENDANTS - YOU CAN REALLY ZERO IN WITH A LOT OF SCRIPTURE, 18:35 SO WE KNOW - WE DON'T KNOW THE EXACT PLACE OF HIS TOWN, BUT WE 18:39 KNOW THE AREA WHERE THIS ALL TRANSPIRED. 18:42 IT WAS NORTH OF MOSES - THE STORY CAME TO MOSES - IT WAS AN 18:45 INSPIRED STORY. HE WROTE IT DOWN, PROBABLY EVEN 18:49 BEFORE THE BOOK OF GENESIS WAS WRITTEN. 18:51 CAN'T PROVE THAT BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT FROM THE STYLE AND THE 18:54 TIMES. ALRIGHT, NOW, GETTING TO OUR 18:57 FIRST SECTION: HAPPILY EVER AFTER . 18:59 GO WITH ME, IN THE BOOK OF JOB, TO THE LAST CHAPTER - LAST 19:04 CHAPTER - I'VE TOLD KAREN HER NAME IS IN THE BIBLE AND THIS IS 19:08 WHERE YOU FIND IT. JOB 42 - AND WE'RE GOING TO 19:11 START WITH VERSE 10 - JOB 42:10 - AND IT SAYS, "AND THE LORD 19:18 RESTORED JOB'S LOSSES WHEN HE PRAYED FOR HIS FRIENDS. 19:23 INDEED THE LORD GAVE JOB TWICE AS MUCH AS HE HAD BEFORE. 19:28 THEN ALL HIS BROTHERS, ALL HIS SISTERS, AND ALL THOSE WHO HAD 19:31 BEEN HIS ACQUAINTANCES BEFORE, CAME TO HIM AND ATE FOOD WITH 19:34 HIM IN HIS HOUSE; AND THEY CONSOLED HIM AND COMFORTED HIM 19:37 FOR ALL THE ADVERSITY THAT THE LORD HAD BROUGHT UPON HIM. 19:40 EACH ONE GAVE HIM A PIECE OF SILVER AND EACH A RING OF GOLD. 19:45 NOW THE LORD BLESSED THE LATTER DAYS OF JOB MORE THAN HIS 19:48 BEGINNING; FOR HE HAD FOURTEEN THOUSAND SHEEP, SIX THOUSAND 19:52 CAMELS, ONE THOUSAND YOKE OF OXEN, AND ONE THOUSAND FEMALE 19:56 DONKEYS. HE ALSO HAD SEVEN SONS AND THREE DAUGHTERS." 19:59 - THAT'S WHAT HE HAD TO START WITH. 20:01 THIS IS A SECOND BATCH - AND IT SAYS, "HE HAD SEVEN SONS AND 20:06 THREE DAUGHTERS AND HE CALLED THE NAME OF THE FIRST [THESE ARE 20:08 HIS DAUGHTERS] JEMIMAH, THE NAME OF THE SECOND KEZIAH, AND THE 20:14 NAME OF THE THIRD KEREN-HAPPUCH." THAT'S AS CLOSE AS I 20:16 GET TO KAREN IN THE BIBLE. AND I TELL PEOPLE THE NAME DOUG 20:20 IS IN THE BIBLE TOO, DID YOU KNOW THAT? 20:23 IT SAYS, 'ISAAC DUG THE WELLS OF HIS FATHER ABRAHAM.' 20:26 (LAUGHTER) SO, YEAH, IT'S A BIBLE NAME - JUST SPELLED A 20:29 LITTLE DIFFERENT - BUT WE BOTH HAVE BIBLE NAMES. 20:33 AND SO, IT TELLS US THAT AFTER THIS HE - FURTHER MORE, IT SAYS, 20:39 "IN ALL THE LAND WERE FOUND NO WOMEN SO BEAUTIFUL AS THE 20:43 DAUGHTERS OF JOB;" - IT'S INTERESTING, IT DOESN'T SAY THAT 20:46 ABOUT HIS SONS - "AND THEIR FATHER GAVE THEM AN INHERITANCE 20:50 AMONG THEIR BROTHERS. AFTER THIS JOB LIVED ONE 20:54 HUNDRED AND FORTY YEARS, AND SAW HIS CHILDREN AND 20:58 GRANDCHILDREN FOR FOUR GENERATIONS. 21:02 SO JOB DIED, OLD AND FULL OF DAYS." 21:06 SO THAT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S HAPPILY EVER AFTER. 21:10 YOU KNOW, HE SUFFERED FOR SEVERAL WEEKS - LESS THAN A 21:15 COUPLE OF MONTHS WHEN YOU READ ABOUT HOW QUICKLY THE PLAGUES 21:17 CAME UPON HIM AND HIS SUFFERING - HIS FRIENDS WATCHED HIM SUFFER 21:21 FOR SEVEN DAYS. THE BULK OF JOB'S LIFE WAS GREATLY BLESSED. 21:26 THERE WAS A TERRIBLE TIME OF SUFFERING IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. 21:30 AND THE SUFFERINGS OF JOB WE'LL LEARN - ALSO TELL US SOMETHING 21:34 ABOUT THE SUFFERINGS OF JESUS. HE, IN SOME WAYS, 21:37 IS A TYPE OF CHRIST. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE 21:40 A HAPPY ENDING. EXCEPT IT SAYS HE DIED. 21:45 SO, IS IT A HAPPY ENDING WHEN YOU DIE? 21:49 WELL, IF YOU'RE GOING TO DIE, AS FAR AS IT CAN GO IN THIS LIFE 21:54 - WHENEVER YOU READ THOSE FAIRY TALES AND IT SAYS, 'HAPPILY EVER 21:57 AFTER' - IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY DIDN'T DIE, IT MEANS THEY LIVED 22:00 A HAPPY LIFE. ARE THERE OTHER PLACES WHERE 22:05 YOU FIND THAT IN THE BIBLE? LET ME GIVE YOU A FEW VERSES. 22:09 SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ FOR ME, IN JUST A MOMENT, GENESIS 35:29 22:13 - HAFDIS, YOU HAVE THAT? OKAY. I'M GOING TO READ GENESIS 22:16 25:8, "THEN ABRAHAM BREATHED HIS LAST AND DIED IN A GOOD OLD AGE, 22:23 AN OLD MAN AND FULL OF YEARS, AND WAS GATHERED TO HIS PEOPLE." 22:28 HOW OLD WAS ABRAHAM WHEN HE DIED? 175. 22:32 WHO LIVED LONGER, ABRAHAM OR ISAAC? 22:37 ISAAC OUTLIVED HIS FATHER. ISAAC LIVED 180. 22:42 I'VE GOT A THEORY: ABRAHAM HAD SEVERAL WIVES, ISAAC ONLY HAD 22:47 ONE. (LAUGHTER) I CAN'T PROVE THAT 22:51 BUT YOU CAN'T PROVE I'M WRONG. YOU KNOW, THEY'VE PROVEN THAT 22:56 MARRIED PEOPLE LIVE LONGER. THEY DID A STUDY. 23:01 MARRIED PEOPLE LIVE LONGER THAN SINGLE PEOPLE. 23:03 NOW, I'M NOT SAYING THIS TO MAKE THE SINGLE ONES FEEL BAD OR RUN 23:05 OUT AND HURRY UP AND GET MARRIED, I JUST - THEY - THEY'RE 23:08 - THEY SAY THERE'S SOME HEALTH BENEFIT. 23:10 IT COULD BE, THEY SAY, BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT SOMEONE KIND OF 23:12 KEEPING AN EYE ON YOU, AND ALSO FOR THE RELATIONSHIP - MAYBE 23:16 THERE'S MORE ENDORPHINS RELEASED, I DON'T KNOW, BUT 23:18 THAT'S A STUDY I'VE SEEN IN MORE THAN ONE PLACE. 23:21 GO AHEAD, HAFDIS, READ YOUR PASSAGE FOR US. 23:24 >>"SO ISAAC BREATHED HIS LAST AND DIED AND WAS GATHERED TO HIS 23:28 PEOPLE BEING OLD AND FULL OF DAYS." 23:32 >>THANK YOU. NOW, YOU NOTICE WHEN WE READ 23:34 ABOUT ABRAHAM IT SAYS, 'OLD AND FULL OF YEARS' AND HERE IS 23:36 SAYS 'OLD AND FULL OF DAYS'. HAVE YOU EVER HEARD, IN THE 23:39 BIBLE, THAT SOMETIMES A DAY REPRESENTS A YEAR? 23:42 I BET YOU'VE NEVER HAD THEM SHOW YOU THESE TWO VERSES. 23:44 BUT HERE YOU'VE GOT A DAY AND A YEAR - IT'S BASICALLY SAYING 23:48 ABRAHAM WAS FULL OF YEARS - HAD MANY YEARS. 23:51 AND HIS YEARS WERE FULL. AND THEN IT SAYS 'MANY DAYS' - 23:56 IT MEANS LONG LIFE - MANY YEARS. YOU'VE HEARD THE EXPRESSION 24:01 'BUCKET LIST' - BUCKET LIST - YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS? 24:06 AND IT - YOU KNOW WHERE IT COMES FROM? 24:09 COMES FROM A CRUDE EXPRESSION THAT WHEN YOU DIE THEY SAY 'KICK 24:12 THE BUCKET'. HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE 24:14 HEARD THAT PHRASE BEFORE? YOU KICK THE BUCKET? 24:16 WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO WITH YOUR LIFE - WHAT ARE SOME BIG GOALS? 24:21 WHAT ARE SOME PLACES YOU WANT TO GO? 24:23 WHAT ARE SOME FEATS YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH BEFORE YOU KICK THE 24:26 BUCKET? BEFORE YOU DIE? 24:28 AND THOSE THINGS THEY CALL YOUR 'BUCKET LIST' AND PEOPLE WILL 24:31 HAVE THINGS LIKE 'I WANT TO CLIMB MOUNT EVEREST' 'I WANT TO 24:36 PARACHUTE' 'I WANT TO HANG GLIDE' 'I WANT TO SWIM WITH 24:41 KILLER WHALES' 'I WANT TO' - A FEW WEEKS AGO I TOLD YOU I WAS 24:45 IN THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII AND WE WENT TO SEE THE LAVA FLOW AND 24:49 I SAID, 'I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS ON MY BUCKET LIST, BUT I MADE UP 24:51 MY MIND IT WAS, SO THAT WAS FUN TO JUST SIT THERE AND SEE THE 24:54 LAVA COMING OUT OF THE GROUND AND POURING INTO THE OCEAN. 24:57 IT WAS KIND OF NEAT. AND SO, HAVE YOU MADE A LIST? 25:00 SOME PEOPLE JUST THINK THERE'S A LOT OF INTERESTING THINGS I WANT 25:02 TO DO, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE A PARTICULAR LIST. 25:04 BUT WHAT GOOD IS A BUCKET LIST IF YOU DIE AND YOU DON'T HAVE 25:07 ETERNAL LIFE? I MEAN, THINK ABOUT IT: WOULDN'T 25:11 THE FIRST THING ON YOUR BUCKET LIST BE 'I WANT TO HAVE CHRIST 25:16 IN MY HEART AND HAVE ETERNAL LIFE'? IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT, 25:19 WHAT GOOD IS IT TO CLIMB MOUNT EVEREST? 25:22 I MEAN, BEFORE I AM FOREVER LOST, I WANT TO SEE LAVA RUN IN 25:28 THE OCEAN. BIG DEAL. I MEAN, IF YOU CAN GO TO HEAVEN, 25:31 WHAT ON EARTH CAN COMPARE WITH THE GLORIES YOU'LL SEE THERE? 25:35 SO ANYTHING A PERSON MIGHT HAVE ON THEIR EARTHLY BUCKET LIST IS 25:38 SILLY IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING - LIVING 25:42 FOREVER, GOING TO OTHER WORLDS - I MEAN, CAN YOU THINK OF 25:45 ANYTHING MORE OUTSTANDING THAN BEING ABLE TO LIVE FOREVER AND 25:48 GO THROUGH THE INFINITE CREATION OF GOD? 25:51 I MEAN, HOW PUNY WOULD IT BE? I'D LIKE TO MEET THE QUEEN OF 25:59 ENGLAND - THAT'S ON MY BUCKET LIST. 26:01 OR 'I'D LIKE TO GET THE SIGNATURE FROM THIS MOVIE STAR'. 26:03 MAN, IN HEAVEN, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO TALK TO DAVID AND HAVE JONAH 26:08 TELL YOU HIS FIRST-HAND STORY. I MEAN, JUST THINK ABOUT THE 26:10 PEOPLE YOU CAN MEET THERE. SO - BUT THEY HAD - THEY LIVED 26:16 FULL LIVES - FULL OF DAYS. AND JOB, HE LIVED A FULL LIFE. 26:22 BUT THE BIBLE - JOB'S LIFE ENDED - YOU WOULD SAY IT WAS A HAPPY 26:26 ENDING. DAVID DIED IN HOME. 26:29 YOU KNOW, YOU ALWAYS THINK, 'YOU DIED IN YOUR HOME SURROUNDED BY 26:31 FAMILY.' THAT'S CONSIDERED A GOOD ENDING. 26:34 DAVID, THE BIBLE SAYS, WAS FULL OF DAYS, BUT ISAAC LIVED 180 26:39 YEARS, DAVID LIVED 70. HOW COME IT SAID DAVID 26:44 DIED IN A GOOD OLD AGE? BY THE WAY, YOU FIND THAT IN 1 26:52 CHRONICLES 29:28 - SO HE DIED IN A GOOD OLD AGE FULL OF 26:56 DAYS, RICHES, HONOR. AND SOLOMON, HIS SON, 26:59 REIGNED IN HIS PLACE. IT WASN'T THE LENGTH, 27:02 IT WAS THE EXPERIENCE. THINK ABOUT ISAAC. 27:07 TELL ME THE MOST EXCITING THING THAT HAPPENED TO ISAAC. 27:12 NEARLY DYING - HAVING THAT NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE ON THE 27:15 MOUNTAIN WITH HIS FATHER. OKAY, WHAT ELSE? 27:19 >>THE ANGEL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT - HE WRESTLED WITH THE 27:21 ANGEL. >>THAT'S NOT ISAAC, 27:23 THAT'S JACOB. >>YOU'RE RIGHT. 27:27 >>TELL ME ABOUT THE OTHER EXCITING THING THAT ISAAC DID. 27:31 HE DUG THE WELLS. I TOLD YOU HE DUG 27:33 THE WELLS OF ABRAHAM. >>HE SAW HIS BRIDE 27:36 BEING BROUGHT TO HIM. >>HE SAW HIS BRIDE, YEP. 27:38 HE HAD A GOOD - IT SAYS HE LOVED HIS WIFE - THAT'S GOOD. 27:41 180 YEARS. YOU'VE GOT THOSE TWO HIGH POINTS. 27:45 NOW TALK ABOUT THE LIFE OF DAVID - 70 YEARS. 27:49 WHO HAD MORE ADVENTURE IN 70 YEARS? DAVID. 27:53 YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT DAVID DID - 'LET'S SEE, I KILLED THE GIANT, 27:56 I FOUGHT THE PHILISTINES, I FOUGHT THE AMMORITES, I FOUGHT 27:59 THE EDOMITES' - YOU KNOW, YOU JUST THINK ABOUT IT - BUILT THE 28:01 TEMPLE - I MEAN, DAVID HAD SO MANY ADVENTURES IN HIS LIFE. 28:05 WHEN YOU LOOK AT JUST THE INTERESTING - 'RAN FOR MY LIFE 28:08 FROM KING SAUL, HAD THE CHANCE TO KILL KING SAUL TWICE AND I 28:13 DIDN'T DO IT.' YOU JUST LOOK AT DAVID'S LIFE AND IT'S JUST - 28:16 IT'S FULL OF ADVENTURE. SO BEING FULL OF DAYS DOESN'T 28:21 JUST MEAN YOU LIVE A LONG LIFE; IT MEANS YOU LIVE A FULL LIFE 28:26 AND - BUT NOT ALL OF THE GOOD PEOPLE IN THE BIBLE HAD WHAT 28:32 WE WOULD NORMALLY CALL A HAPPY ENDING. 28:36 YOU MIGHT HAVE AN UNHAPPY ENDING IN THIS LIFE, BUT A HAPPY ENDING 28:41 ETERNALLY. WHICH WOULD YOU PREFER? 28:45 AREN'T THERE MARTYRS WHO WERE TORTURED TO DEATH? 28:50 DOES THAT MEAN GOD DIDN'T LOVE THEM? 28:52 IT MIGHT SEEM LIKE AN UNHAPPY EARTHLY ENDING, BUT THEY'RE 28:56 GOING TO HAVE AN ETERNAL HAPPY ENDING. 28:58 NOW, YOU KNOW, IF I HAD MY DRUTHERS, I WANT TO HAVE BOTH 29:00 ENDINGS HAPPY. AM I ALONE? ANYONE ELSE OUT THERE? 29:06 I MEAN, I'D RATHER NOT DIE FROM TORTURE AND I ALSO WANT ETERNAL 29:09 LIFE. BUT THE BIBLE TELLS US THERE'S SOME OF BOTH. 29:13 FOR EXAMPLE, HOW DID ABEL DIE? WAS ABEL GOOD? 29:19 THE BIBLE SAYS, 'NOW CAIN TALKED WITH ABEL HIS BROTHER. 29:21 IT CAME TO PASS WHEN IN THE FIELD CAIN ROSE UP AGAINST HIS 29:23 BROTHER AND KILLED HIM.' ABEL WAS MURDERED. 29:30 HOW DID JOSIAH DIE? WAS JOSIAH A GOOD KING? 29:35 ONE OF THE BEST - GODLY KING - EXPECT TO SEE HIM IN HEAVEN. 29:41 HE WENT OUT TO BATTLE. THE BIBLE SAYS THE 29:42 ARCHERS SHOT JOSIAH. HE SAID, 'TAKE ME AWAY 29:46 FOR I AM SEVERELY WOUNDED. HIS SERVANTS TOOK HIM OUT OF 29:48 THAT CHARIOT, PUT HIM IN ANOTHER CHARIOT - THEY BROUGHT HIM 29:50 TO JERUSALEM AND HE DIED. HE WAS CLOSE TO THE LORD. 29:55 HE WAS 38-YEARS-OLD. HE DIED YOUNG. 29:58 THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A HAPPY ENDING. 30:00 BUT DOES THAT MEAN GOD DOESN'T LOVE YOU? 30:03 SOMETIMES GOD TAKES PEOPLE AWAY TO SAVE THEM FROM SEEING THE 30:06 TERRIBLE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO HAPPEN. 30:08 AND THE KINGDOM REALLY WENT DOWNHILL AFTER JOSIAH AND GOD 30:12 SPARED HIM FROM THAT. SO SOMETIMES WE QUESTION WHY 30:15 GOD DOES THINGS A CERTAIN WAY. THAT WASN'T REALLY A VERY HAPPY 30:18 ENDING, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN HE DIDN'T LOVE HIM. 30:21 SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ FOR A MINUTE MATTHEW 14:10 AND 11 - 30:24 OKAY. URIAH - URIAH THE HITTITE - GOOD MAN OR BAD MAN? 30:30 GOOD MAN. WILL HE BE IN HEAVEN? BELIEVE SO. 30:35 BUT HE DIED - LET ME READ IT TO YOU - 2 SAMUEL 11:17, "THEN THE 30:41 MEN OF THE CITY CAME OUT AND FOUGHT WITH JOAB. 30:44 AND SOME OF THE PEOPLE OF THE SERVANTS OF DAVID FELL; AND 30:47 URIAH THE HITTITE DIED ALSO." IT SAYS THEY SHOT FROM THE WALL. 30:52 URIAH WAS SENT ON A SUICIDE MISSION. 30:55 HE DIDN'T ONLY DIE IN BATTLE, IT WAS SOMETHING OF A MURDER 30:59 BECAUSE DAVID TOLD JOAB TO PUT URIAH IN A PLACE WHERE HE WOULD 31:04 BE CERTAIN TO BE KILLED. SO HE DIED A VICTIM OF BETRAYAL 31:08 AND - IN A BLOODY BATTLE - GOOD MAN. ELI, HOW DID HE END? WAS 31:18 ELI - WILL ELI BE IN HEAVEN? HE WAS A TOTAL FAILURE AS A 31:24 FATHER - EXCEPT IN THE WAY HE RAISED SAMUEL. 31:27 THE ONLY BRIGHT SPOT IN ELI'S LIFE, REALLY, WAS THE WAY HE 31:31 RAISED SAMUEL. BUT HE WAS A PROPHET. 31:33 REMEMBER, HE'S THE ONE WHO TOLD HANNAH, 'YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A 31:35 SON.' I THINK HE LOVED THE LORD BUT HE WAS JUST - HE COULDN'T 31:40 STAND UP TO HIS KIDS AND THEY JUST DID WHATEVER THEY WANTED TO 31:43 DO AND HE WOULD NOT REBUKE THEM. BUT WHEN THE TIME CAME, BECAUSE 31:48 OF HIS BAD LEADERSHIP, THE LORD JUST WITHDREW FROM ISRAEL. 31:53 THEY WERE DEFEATED IN BATTLE. A MESSENGER CAME FROM THE 31:57 BATTLEFIELD AND SAID, 'YOUR SONS ARE SLAIN. 32:00 ISRAEL IS DEFEATED.' AND THEN HE GAVE SOME OTHER BAD NEWS. 32:03 AND THIS IS 1 SAMUEL 4:18, "THEN IT HAPPENED, WHEN HE MADE 32:06 MENTION OF THE ARK OF GOD," - THAT THE ARK WAS CAPTURED - 32:08 "THAT ELI FELL OFF THE SEAT BACKWARD BY THE SIDE OF THE 32:12 GATE; AND HIS NECK WAS BROKEN AND HE DIED, FOR THE MAN WAS OLD 32:16 AND HEAVY. AND HE HAD JUDGED ISRAEL FORTY YEARS." 32:22 HE MAY HAVE BEEN A GOOD MAN - NOT A HAPPY ENDING. 32:26 ALRIGHT, NEXT ONE: JOHN THE BAPTIST. 32:28 >>"SO HE SENT AND HAD JOHN BEHEADED IN PRISON. 32:31 AND HIS HEAD WAS BROUGHT ON A PLATTER AND GIVEN TO THE GIRL, 32:35 AND SHE BROUGHT IT TO HER MOTHER." 32:37 >>WELL, I TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, THAT'S NOT ON MY BUCKET LIST. 32:40 (LAUGHTER) IT'S NOT HOW I WANT TO GO - ALONE IN A DUNGEON FOR - 32:48 WE DON'T KNOW - MONTHS PROBABLY. AND THEN TO JUST COME AND 32:52 UNCEREMONIOUSLY BE BEHEADED AND HAVE YOUR HEAD SEPARATED 32:56 AND DISPLAYED AT A PARTY. JOHN THE BAPTIST - 33:02 GOOD MAN/BAD MAN? >>VERY GOOD MAN. 33:05 >>A GOOD PROPHET OR, AS JESUS SAYS, THE GREATEST OF THE 33:08 PROPHETS? >>THE GREATEST. 33:10 >>WHY WOULD GOD LET THE GREATEST OF THE PROPHETS DIE LIKE THAT? 33:14 JUST BECAUSE YOU SUFFER IN THIS LIFE DOES NOT MEAN THAT GOD DOES 33:18 NOT LOVE YOU. JOB IS A MAN GOD LOOKS DOWN FROM HEAVEN HE SAYS, 33:22 'HE'S A PERFECT AND UPRIGHT MAN.' BUT JOB SUFFERED. 33:26 YOU MIGHT HAVE - NOW, THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN ALSO LATER IN 33:30 THE BOOK OF JOB - BECAUSE A PERSON DIES IN BED SURROUNDED BY 33:36 FAMILY PEACEFULLY, DOES THAT MEAN THAT THEY'RE SAVED? 33:42 NO. IS THAT RIGHT? 33:46 DOES GOD SEND GOOD AND EVIL TO EVERYBODY? 33:49 SOMETIMES A PERSON MIGHT BE A GOOD PARENT AND HAVE A GOOD 33:54 FAMILY AND HAVE A GOOD JOB AND HAVE A GOOD DOCTOR AND THEY DIE 33:59 QUIETLY AT HOME AND THEY'VE REJECTED THE LORD. 34:03 AND GOD JUST SHOWED 'EM MERCY BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A VERY 34:06 GOOD PROSPECT IN THE FUTURE. AND SO, HOW YOUR LIFE ENDS IN 34:11 THIS WORLD IS NOT A MEASUREMENT OF ETERNITY. 34:16 NOW, I'M NOT WANTING TO BE MORBID, IT'S IN THE LESSON. 34:19 I'M JUST TRYING TO TEACH IT. 34:21 THERE'RE SOME HAPPY ENDINGS AND THERE'RE SOME SAD ENDINGS, BUT 34:24 THAT DOESN'T DETERMINE YOUR ETERNITY. 34:26 YOU ALL LOOK SO SERIOUS AND I DON'T BLAME YOU. 34:28 I'M TALKING ABOUT ALL THESE SAD ENDINGS. 34:31 ALRIGHT, ONE MORE IS MENTIONED IN THE LESSON. 34:36 STEPHEN - GOOD MAN OR BAD MAN? >>GOOD MAN. 34:40 >>TALKING ABOUT, OF COURSE, THE SPIRIT-FILLED DEACON, STEPHEN, 34:45 BECOMING A PREACHER. ACTS 7:58, "AND THEY CAST HIM 34:49 OUT OF THE CITY AND STONED HIM." - HE WAS FALSELY ACCUSED - "AND 34:54 THE WITNESSES LAID DOWN THEIR CLOTHES AT THE FEET OF 34:56 A YOUNG MAN NAMED SAUL. AND THEY STONED STEPHEN AS HE 34:59 WAS CALLING ON GOD AND SAYING, 'LORD JESUS, RECEIVE MY SPIRIT.' 35:03 THEN HE KNELT DOWN AND CRIED OUT WITH A LOUD VOICE, 'LORD, DO NOT 35:06 CHARGE THEM WITH THIS SIN.'" NOTICE 35:09 HE DOESN'T SAY, 'LORD, SAVE ME FROM THIS EXECUTION'? 35:13 HE SORT OF RESIGNED HIMSELF TO THAT. 35:16 MY LAST PRAYER MIGHT HAVE BEEN, 'LORD, STOP THE ROCKS IN 35:19 MIDAIR.' BUT INSTEAD HE'S PRAYING ABOUT THEM. 35:24 HE'S NOT PRAYING FOR HIMSELF. 'SAVE ME' - HE SAYS, 'FORGIVE 35:28 THEM OF THIS SIN.' "AND WHEN HE HAD SAID THIS, HE FELL ASLEEP." 35:33 CHRISTIANS DON'T REALLY DIE, THEY GO TO SLEEP. 35:36 HE DIED, BUT THEY CALL IT SLEEP. AND, SO, HERE THE BIBLE SAYS 35:40 THAT SOMETIMES THERE ARE UNHAPPY ENDINGS, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN 35:43 THAT THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT GOD DIDN'T LOVE. HOW DID JESUS DIE? 35:49 IT WASN'T PRETTY AND HE DIED FOR OUR SINS. 35:51 THERE'S A BATTLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL AND, IF THERE'S ANY 35:54 THING WE'VE LEARNED AS WE STUDY THE BOOK OF JOB, IT'S THAT. 35:58 THE BOOK OF JOB IS ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY? 36:04 WHY DO BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE AND WHY DO GOOD THINGS 36:08 HAPPEN TO BAD PEOPLE? WHY DO GOOD PEOPLE END 36:12 SUDDENLY, EARLY, VIOLENTLY? WHY DO BAD PEOPLE 36:16 LIVE LONG LIVES? HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE KNOWN 36:19 SOMEBODY THAT WAS ORNERY THAT JUST SEEMED TO LIVE FOREVER. 36:24 I JUST TOLD YOU ABOUT THE MERCY OF GOD. 36:26 GOD'S GIVEN THEM ALL AS MUCH TIME AS - WHO - WHAT KING WAS 36:31 THE LONGEST REIGNING KING OF JUDAH? 36:34 >>MANASSEH. >>MANASSEH. 36:36 WHO WAS THE WORST KING OF JUDAH? >>MANASSEH. 36:39 >>WHY WOULD GOD LET THE WORST KING LIVE THE LONGEST - OR REIGN 36:42 THE LONGEST? BECAUSE THE LORD IS LONGSUFFERING. 36:47 DID MANASSEH REPENT IN THE END? >>AMEN. 36:49 >>HE DID. GOOD THING GOD WAITED, HUH? AND SO WE DON'T KNOW. 36:53 SOMETIMES GOD IS PATIENT WITH THESE PEOPLE AND HE'S 36:55 LONGSUFFERING, NOT WILLING THAT ANY SHOULD PERISH. 36:58 ALRIGHT, IN THE NEXT SECTION IT TALKS ABOUT PARTIAL RESTORATION. 37:04 NOW, THE BOOK OF JOB TELLS US THAT JOB, HIS LIFE ENDS WELL. 37:08 HE'S SURROUNDED BY HIS FAMILY. HE'S PLAYING WITH HIS CHILDREN 37:12 AND HIS GRANDCHILDREN - HIS GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN ON HIS KNEE. 37:16 HE'S SURROUNDED BY PROSPERITY. HE'S LIVING IN PEACE. 37:21 AND IT SOUNDS GOOD, BUT THAT'S REALLY - IT TALKS ABOUT THE 37:23 RESTORATION. THE BOOK OF JOB TALKS ABOUT HOW 37:25 THIS MAN LOST EVERYTHING - LOST HIS HEALTH, LOST HIS FRIENDS, 37:29 LOST HIS FAMILY, LOST EVERYTHING - AND EVERYTHING IS RESTORED AT 37:34 THE END - FAMILY'S RESTORED, WEALTH IS RESTORED, HEALTH IS 37:37 RESTORED, PEACE IS RESTORED. BUT IS THAT THE COMPLETE 37:41 RESTORATION, OR IS IT A PARTIAL RESTORATION? 37:45 IF YOU END YOUR LIFE HEALTHY, WEALTHY, SURROUNDED BY FAMILY - 37:51 MANY GENERATIONS - AND YOU DIE LOST, IS THAT ALL THE 37:54 RESTORATION YOU WANT, OR DON'T YOU WANT THE FULL RESTORATION? 38:00 SO WHAT'S THE FULL RESTORATION? 38:03 IT TALKS ABOUT WHEN EVERYTHING IS MADE NEW AGAIN. 38:07 BY THE WAY, JOB 42:10, I WANT TO READ THE VERSE FROM JOB, "AND 38:11 THE LORD RESTORED JOB'S LOSSES WHEN HE PRAYED FOR HIS FRIENDS." 38:16 IT'S INTERESTING THAT WHEN HE PRAYED FOR HIS FRIENDS - PRAYING 38:18 FOR OTHERS - GOD TURNED HIS CAPTIVITY. 38:20 JUST BEFORE STEPHEN DIED HE WAS PRAYING FOR OTHERS, WASN'T HE? 38:24 AND IT SAYS HE WENT TO SLEEP. THE LORD APPEARED IN HEAVEN, 38:28 ABOVE STEPHEN, WHEN HE WAS BEING STONED. 38:31 HE PRAYED FOR HIS FRIENDS AND THE LORD GAVE JOB TWICE AS MUCH 38:35 AS HE HAD BEFORE. NOW, IF YOU'RE SAVED, DO YOU GET 38:40 TWICE AS MUCH IN HEAVEN, OR IS IT MUCH MORE THAN THAT? 38:45 LET ME GIVE YOU A VERSE. THE BIBLE SAYS THE DISCIPLES 38:48 ASKED JESUS, 'LORD, WE'VE LEFT EVERYTHING AND FOLLOWED YOU. 38:51 WHAT WILL WE HAVE?' AND WHAT DID GOD SAY? 38:56 'NO MAN HAS FORSAKEN HOUSES OR LANDS' - I'M PARAPHRASING - 39:02 'HUSBANDS OR WIVES, CHILDREN, FRIENDS FOR MY SAKE AND THE 39:05 GOSPEL'S EXCEPT HE WILL HAVE A HUNDREDFOLD MORE IN THIS LIFE 39:13 AND ETERNAL LIFE IN THE WORLD TO COME.' SO JOB GOT TWICE AS MUCH. 39:17 HOW MUCH IS GOD OFFERING THE REDEEMED? 39:21 HE SAYS YOU GET A HUNDRED TIMES MORE IN THIS LIFE WITH 39:24 PERSECUTION, BUT IF YOU GET THAT MUCH MORE IN THIS LIFE, WHAT DO 39:29 YOU GET IN ETERNAL LIFE? PAUL SAYS, 'I HAVE ESTIMATED 39:34 THAT THE SUFFERINGS OF THIS LIFE ARE NOT EVEN WORTHY TO BE 39:38 COMPARED TO WHAT GOD HAS IN STORE FOR THOSE THAT LOVE HIM. 39:42 SO IT'S NOT LIKE YOU GET A 50 PERCENT OR DOUBLE IN THE NEXT 39:46 LIFE, IT'S INFINITELY MORE THAN DOUBLE BECAUSE THE EYE HAS NOT 39:50 SEEN, THE EAR HAS NOT HEARD, NEITHER HAS ENTERED INTO THE 39:53 HEART OF MAN THE THINGS THAT GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THOSE THAT LOVE 39:55 HIM. YOU CAN'T FIGURE IT. YOU CAN'T CALCULATE IT IN 39:58 MULTIPLES OF 'DO I GET TWICE AS MUCH IN HEAVEN AS I HAVE NOW?' 40:02 THINK ABOUT THOSE POOR PHARAOHS THAT GOT BURIED IN THE PYRAMIDS 40:05 AND THEY LOADED DOWN THE PYRAMIDS THINKING, 'WHAT WILL I 40:07 HAVE IN THE NEXT LIFE?' THEY TRIED TO MAKE SURE THEY'D 40:10 HAVE AMPLE PROVISIONS FOR THEIR JOURNEY. 40:13 AND HOW DISAPPOINTED THEY'RE GOING TO BE TO WAKE UP AND FIND 40:15 THAT ALL OF IT IS MUSTY, DUSTY, AND RUSTY. 40:19 THEY DON'T GET ANY OF IT - IF YOU DON'T HAVE JESUS. 40:23 BUT IF YOU HAVE JESUS, IT'S NOT LIKE GOD DOUBLES YOUR BANK 40:26 ACCOUNT, YOU GET INFINITELY MORE, AMEN. 40:30 >>AMEN. >>ALRIGHT, SO LET'S TALK 40:32 ABOUT SOME OF THAT COMPLETE RESTORATION. 40:34 NOW SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ FOR ME 1 CORINTHIANS 13:12 - 40:37 THAT'LL BE YOU. OKAY. I'M GOING TO READ FIRST ROMANS 40:41 8:18 AND 19, "FOR I CONSIDER" - AND I JUST READ THIS TO YOU - "I 40:46 CONSIDER THAT THE SUFFERINGS OF THIS PRESENT TIME ARE NOT WORTHY 40:48 TO BE COMPARED WITH THE GLORY WHICH SHALL BE REVEALED IN US. 40:52 FOR THE EARNEST EXPECTATION OF THE CREATION EAGERLY WAITS FOR 40:56 THE REVEALING OF THE SONS OF GOD." AND YOU CAN READ IN 1 41:00 CORINTHIANS 4:5, "THEREFORE JUDGE NOTHING BEFORE THE TIME, 41:05 UNTIL THE LORD COMES, WHO WILL BOTH BRING TO LIGHT THE HIDDEN 41:08 THINGS OF DARKNESS AND REVEAL THE COUNSELS OF THE HEARTS. 41:11 THEN EACH ONE'S PRAISE WILL COME FROM GOD." 41:14 JUDGE NOTHING BEFORE THE TIME UNTIL THE LORD COMES. 41:18 SOMETIMES WE CAN'T FIGURE OUT, 'WHY DO THE WICKED SEEM TO 41:21 PROSPER AND THE RIGHTEOUS SEEM TO SUFFER?' 41:23 IT WILL ALL BE CLEAR WHEN THE LORD COMES. 41:27 IN THE MEANTIME, JUST BE FAITHFUL. 41:29 GO AHEAD, READ FOR US THAT NEXT VERSE. 41:31 >>IN 1 CORINTHIANS 13:12 THE BIBLE READS, "FOR NOW WE SEE IN 41:34 A MIRROR, DIMLY, BUT THEN FACE TO FACE. 41:38 NOW I KNOW IN PART, BUT THEN I SHALL KNOW JUST AS I ALSO AM 41:42 KNOWN." >>VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. 41:44 IT TELLS US ABOUT NOW WE DON'T KNOW. IT SAYS 'NOW WE SEE IN A 41:48 MIRROR DIMLY' - SOME OF YOU READ THE KING JAMES 'THROUGH A GLASS 41:52 DARKLY'. THE MIRRORS WERE ROUGH. THEY WEREN'T CLEAR AND 41:56 SHARP LIKE THEY ARE NOW. YOU KIND OF GOT KIND OF A 41:59 WARPED, DISTORTED LOOK IN A MIRROR BACK THEN AND - BUT 'NOW 42:07 WE KNOW IN PART, THEN I'LL KNOW AS I AM KNOWN.' PEOPLE WONDER, 42:11 'WHEN WE GET TO HEAVEN ARE WE GOING TO KNOW EACH OTHER?' 42:13 THIS IS ONE OF THE VERSES, 'THEN I'LL KNOW AS I AM KNOWN.' 42:16 HEBREWS 11:24, "BY FAITH MOSES, WHEN HE BECAME OF AGE, REFUSED 42:21 TO BE CALLED THE SON OF PHARAOH'S DAUGHTER, CHOOSING 42:24 RATHER TO SUFFER AFFLICTION WITH THE PEOPLE OF GOD THAN TO 42:29 ENJOY THE PASSING PLEASURES OF SIN," - WHY? 42:31 - "ESTEEMING THE REPROACH OF CHRIST GREATER RICHES THAN THE 42:36 TREASURES IN EGYPT; FOR HE LOOKED TO THE REWARD." 42:39 WHAT REWARD WAS MOSES LOOKING FOR? 42:41 THE ONE IN THIS LIFE OR THE ONE TO COME? 42:44 >>TO COME. >>WHICH ONE IS WORTH MORE? 42:46 >>TO COME. >>WHAT PROFIT IS IT IF YOU GAIN 42:49 THE WHOLE WORLD AND YOU LOSE YOUR SOUL? 42:51 OR WHAT WILL A MAN GIVE IN EXCHANGE FOR HIS SOUL? 42:54 AND, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE STORING OUR TREASURE DOWN HERE, WHERE 42:58 YOUR HEART IS, THAT'S WHERE YOUR TREASURE WILL BE. 43:00 THE BIBLE SAYS YOU NEED TO BE LOOKING AHEAD. 43:03 THAT'S - THIS IS - ANY RESTORATION YOU HAVE - ANY 43:05 VINDICATION IN THIS LIFE, IT'S NOT IT. 43:09 I HEARD A PREACHER PREACH A GOOD SERMON ONE TIME AND HE SAID, 43:12 'THIS IS NOT IT. THIS IS NOT IT. AFTER JESUS COMES, THAT'S IT.' 43:20 THAT'S THE ONE THAT REALLY MATTERS. 43:22 SO THAT'S THE ETERNAL RESTORATION. 43:24 AND THEN, ONE MORE ON THAT THEME, IN 1 JOHN 3:2, IT SAYS, 43:29 "BELOVED, NOW WE ARE THE CHILDREN OF GOD; AND IT HAS NOT 43:33 YET BEEN REVEALED WHAT WE SHALL BE, BUT WE KNOW THAT WHEN HE IS 43:37 REVEALED, WE SHALL BE LIKE HIM, FOR WE SHALL SEE HIM AS HE IS." 43:41 YOU KNOW, WE - WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO HAVE GLORIFIED 43:44 BODIES. MOSES KNOWS. ELIJAH KNOWS. ENOCH KNOWS. 43:50 THERE ARE SOME OTHERS THAT WERE RESURRECTED AT THE RESURRECTION 43:52 OF CHRIST, BUT MOST OF US DON'T KNOW. 43:55 WE CAN IMAGINE, BUT THE BIBLE SAYS YOU CAN'T FULLY IMAGINE 44:00 BECAUSE CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT IT'S LIKE TO HAVE A GLORIFIED 44:03 ETERNAL BODY WITHOUT ACHES AND PAINS? 44:05 IMAGINE HAVING A BODY LIKE ADAM THAT FELT THE VITALITY FROM 44:10 EATING FROM THE TREE OF LIFE. THAT'S THE ONE THAT 44:14 REALLY MATTERS. SO, FINAL KINGDOM, 1 CORINTHIANS 44:21 10, VERSE 11, "NOW ALL THESE THINGS HAPPENED TO THEM AS 44:24 EXAMPLES, AND THEY WERE WRITTEN FOR OUR ADMONITION, UPON WHOM 44:28 THE ENDS OF THE AGES HAVE COME." THE BOOK OF JOB TALKS ABOUT THIS 44:33 COLOSSAL BATTLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL. 44:37 YOU'VE GOT THE DEVIL ON ONE SIDE SAYING, 'JOB ONLY SERVES YOU 44:40 BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU GIVE HIM.' YOU'VE GOT GOD SAYING, 'HE LOVES 44:43 ME.' AND SO THE DEVIL SAYS, 'PROVE IT. 44:47 TAKE EVERYTHING AWAY. AFFLICT HIM WITH SUFFERING. 44:51 HE'LL CURSE YOU TO YOUR FACE. 44:53 AND SO, THE DEVIL THROWS DOWN THE GAUNTLET. 44:55 THE WHOLE WORLD - ANGELS ARE WATCHING WHAT'S HAPPENING. 44:59 JOB IS FINALLY VINDICATED AT THE END. 45:02 WE'RE GOING TO THE END OF THE BOOK. 45:03 YOU KNOW THAT HE COMES OUT BLESSED. 45:05 I HOPE I DON'T RUIN THE STORY FOR YOU. 45:08 NOW THE QUESTION IS: DID JOB EVER FIND OUT WHY HE SUFFERED 45:13 THE WAY HE DID? DOES THE BOOK OF JOB EVER TELL 45:18 US, 'GOD SAID, 'ALRIGHT JOB, LET ME TELL YOU, YOU WERE WONDERING 45:20 WHY DID YOU GO THROUGH EVERYTHING YOU WENT THROUGH. 45:22 LET ME TELL YOU WHAT WAS GOING ON. 45:24 SEE, IF I PULL BACK THE VEIL, THERE WAS THE DEVIL AND THIS IS 45:26 WHAT HAPPENED.' HOW MANY OF YOU THINK JOB FINALLY GOT THE BACK 45:30 STORY BEHIND HIS SUFFERINGS? WELL, LET ME GIVE YOU 45:36 SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. WHO WROTE THE BOOK OF JOB? 45:40 MOSES. DID MOSES KNOW WHAT WAS 45:42 GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES? HE DID. 45:46 MOSES WAS A PROPHET. GOD REVEALED TO MOSES WHY DID 45:51 JOB GO THROUGH HIS SUFFERINGS. WAS JOB A PROPHET? 45:55 ARE THE WORDS OF JOB SCRIPTURE? >>YES. 46:00 >>I THINK THAT AFTER HIS SUFFERINGS - I CAN'T PROVE IT 46:04 BUT I THINK GOD SOMEHOW REVEALED TO JOB AND GAVE HIM ANSWERS EVEN 46:09 - JOB, OF COURSE'LL HAVE ANSWERS IN HEAVEN, BUT I THINK THAT JOB 46:13 HAD SOME IDEA THAT THIS WAS ALL A SUPERNATURAL DRAMA AND ALL OF 46:21 HEAVEN WAS WATCHING. JESUS SAID, 'WHOEVER THEREFORE 46:30 DENIES ME BEFORE MEN, I'LL DENY HIM BEFORE MY FATHER IN HEAVEN. 46:33 WHOEVER CONFESSES ME BEFORE MEN I'LL CONFESS BEFORE MY FATHER IN 46:35 HEAVEN.' IN OTHER WORDS, THE ANGELS AND THE FATHER ARE 46:39 WATCHING WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE ON EARTH. 46:42 BY THE WAY, IT DOES SAY, 'BEFORE THE ANGELS AND MY FATHER IN 46:44 HEAVEN.' THEY'RE WATCHING WHAT'S HAPPENING. 46:47 YOUR LIFE IS A SPECTACLE, PAUL SAYS. 46:51 WE ARE LIVING ON A STAGE WHERE UNFALLEN BEINGS ARE WATCHING 46:55 WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE. WHEN WE SUCCEED - DO ANGELS 46:59 REJOICE WHEN SOMEONE'S SAVED? WHY? 47:02 BECAUSE THEY'RE WATCHING WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE. 47:04 DO ANGELS WEEP WHEN WE ARE OVERCOME? 47:07 IS THERE CRYING IN HEAVEN? DOES IT SAY IN REVELATION THAT 47:11 JOHN SAW NOBODY COULD OPEN THE BOOK AND HE WEPT MUCH IN HEAVEN? 47:17 SO, YEAH, I THINK THERE'S SADNESS. 47:20 GOD'LL ULTIMATELY WIPE AWAY ALL TEARS FROM YOUR EYES, BUT THERE 47:22 IS JOY AND THERE IS SADNESS IN HEAVEN. 47:25 AND SO THEY'RE SEEING WHAT'S GOING ON. 47:26 I THINK - I THINK JOB EVENTUALLY KNEW THAT HIS LIFE WAS A 47:31 SPECTACLE. PAUL TELLS US THE WHOLE 47:34 EXPERIENCE OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WAS FOR OUR ADMONITION. 47:37 I'M SO GLAD JOB WENT THROUGH WHAT HE WENT THROUGH 47:40 SUCCESSFULLY - BECAUSE I LOOK AT IT AND I GAIN ENCOURAGEMENT, 47:43 RIGHT? >>AMEN. 47:45 >>THESE THINGS ARE WRITTEN FOR OUR ENCOURAGEMENT. 47:46 YOU CAN READ IN DANIEL CHAPTER 2 - SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ FOR ME 47:49 DANIEL 7:18 - YOU'LL HAVE THAT, JOHN. 47:52 DANIEL CHAPTER 2, VERSE 44, "AND IN THE DAYS OF THESE KINGS THE 47:57 GOD OF HEAVEN WILL SET UP A KINGDOM WHICH SHALL NEVER BE 48:00 DESTROYED; AND THE KINGDOM SHALL NOT BE LEFT TO OTHER PEOPLE; IT 48:04 SHALL BREAK IN PIECES AND CONSUME ALL THESE KINGDOMS." 48:07 IN OTHER WORDS, WE KNOW NOW THAT ALL THE BATTLE BETWEEN GOOD AND 48:11 EVIL HERE, IT'S NOT GOING TO LAST. 48:13 THE BATTLE THAT'S GOING TO LAST - OR THE KINGDOM THAT'S GOING TO 48:16 LAST IS GOD'S KINGDOM. THAT NEXT VERSE BEARS THAT OUT. 48:19 GO AHEAD, READ THAT PLEASE. >>DANIEL 7:18, "BUT THE SAINTS 48:23 OF THE MOST HIGH SHALL RECEIVE THE KINGDOM, AND POSSESS THE 48:26 KINGDOM FOREVER, EVEN FOREVER AND EVER." 48:29 >>IF YOU WERE TO SUMMARIZE THE BOOK OF DANIEL, THE BOOK OF 48:31 DANIEL IS TALKING ABOUT WHICH KING AND WHICH KINGDOM WINS. 48:37 THE BOOK OF DANIEL TALKS ABOUT ALL THESE KINGDOMS AND YOU'VE 48:40 GOT THE BRASS AND THE GOLD AND THE SILVER AND YOU'VE GOT THE 48:42 GOAT AND THE RAM AND YOU'VE GOT THE LION AND THE BEAR AND YOU'VE 48:45 GOT ALL THESE - LITTLE HORN, THE BIG HORN - YOU'VE GOT ALL THESE 48:47 KINGDOMS AND THEY'RE ALL BATTLING AND AT THE END OF EVERY 48:51 PROPHECY IT BASICALLY SAYS, 'HERE'S THE PROPHECIES OF THE 48:54 EARTHLY KINGDOMS. THEY'RE ALL GOING TO BE 48:56 BLOWN AWAY LIKE CHAFF. GOD'S KINGDOM WILL REIGN 49:00 FOREVER.' THE END OF THE STORY OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR: 'IS THIS NOT 49:02 THE GREAT BABYLON I HAVE BUILT?' HE TURNS INTO A RAVING LUNATIC. 49:06 BUT AT THE END HE SAYS, 'I GUESS I'M NOT KING. 49:09 GOD IS KING AND HIS KINGDOM IS THE ONE THAT WILL LAST FOREVER. 49:13 AND SO, THROUGH ALL OF THIS STORY, IT'S REALLY ULTIMATELY 49:16 TELLING YOU GOD'S KINGDOM IS GOING TO LAST. 49:19 OUR KINGDOM DOWN HERE, DON'T SET UP YOUR KINGDOM DOWN HERE 49:22 BECAUSE - SEEK FIRST WHAT? >>THE KINGDOM. 49:25 >>THE KINGDOM OF GOD. THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S GOING TO 49:27 LAST AND THE BOOK OF JOB BEARS THAT OUT. 49:30 MATTHEW 5:5, "BLESSED ARE THE MEEK, FOR THEY SHALL INHERIT THE 49:34 EARTH." THE FINAL ONES WHO WIN ARE THE 49:37 PEOPLE LIKE JOB WHO ARE THE MEEK OF THE EARTH. 49:41 AND LUKE 23:42, "THEN HE SAID TO JESUS, 'LORD, REMEMBER ME WHEN 49:45 YOU COME INTO YOUR KINGDOM.'" ONE OF THE GREATEST TESTIMONIES 49:48 CAME FROM THE MAN THAT WAS, OSTENSIBLY, ON THE RIGHT OF 49:51 JESUS WHEN HE DIED. HE TURNS TO JESUS AND HE SAYS, 49:56 'LORD,' - DID JESUS LOOK LIKE A LORD? 50:01 HE SAYS, 'REMEMBER ME WHEN YOU COME INTO YOUR KINGDOM.' HE IS 50:04 TURNING TO JESUS, THE ONE WHO LOOKS THE MOST UNLIKELY TO SAVE 50:09 ANYBODY, HE TURNS TO HIM AND SAYS, 'LORD, REMEMBER ME WHEN 50:11 YOU COME INTO YOUR KINGDOM.' ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL TESTIMONIES 50:15 THAT CHRIST WAS A KING CAME FROM A THIEF DYING, WHO LOOKED TO 50:19 JESUS - NOW, YOU KNOW ONE REASON HE MAY HAVE SAID THAT, THERE WAS 50:22 A SIGN ABOVE CHRIST'S HEAD. WHAT DID IT SAY? 50:24 >>KING OF THE JEWS. >>THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. 50:27 AND IT WAS MEANT TO BE MOCKERY AND, IF NOTHING ELSE, THE JEWS 50:33 GOT UPSET. THEY SAID TO PILATE, 'DON'T SAY 50:35 'KING OF THE JEWS' AS A FACT, SAY HE SAID HE WAS THE KING 50:39 OF THE JEWS.' AND THAT'S WHEN PILATE FINALLY DECIDED TO STAND 50:42 UP AND SAY, 'WHAT I'VE WRITTEN I'VE WRITTEN. 50:45 I'M NOT GOING TO CHANGE IT.' BECAUSE JESUS WAS THE KING AND 50:47 THAT THIEF SAW THAT AND HE LOOKED UPON JESUS AS THE 50:50 ULTIMATE KING. HE'S THE ONE WHO HAS A 50:52 KINGDOM HE CAN OFFER. WHEN YOU PRAY THE LORD'S 50:55 PRAYER, HOW DOES THAT END? 'FOR THINE IS' - 50:59 >>THE KINGDOM. 51:01 >>SO THERE'S A BATTLE BETWEEN KINGDOMS, AND IN THE END THE 51:04 DEVIL WOULD LIKE TO THINK THIS IS HIS KINGDOM. 51:07 THE DEVIL SAID TO JESUS, 'BOW DOWN AND WORSHIP ME AND ALL 51:09 THESE KINGDOMS I'LL GIVE YOU.' JESUS SAID, 'NO, I'M GOING TO 51:12 GET THEM - I'LL GET IT ALL MY WAY. 51:15 I DON'T WANT YOUR KINGDOMS. I WANT MY KINGDOM.' SO THE WHOLE 51:18 THING IS ABOUT A BATTLE BETWEEN WHICH KINGDOM IS 51:21 GOING TO REALLY LAST. WHAT IS GOING TO BE 51:23 THE FINAL KINGDOM? 'YOURS IS THE KINGDOM AND THE 51:26 POWER AND THE GLORY FOREVER.' MATTHEW 6:13. 51:29 AND IN THE FINAL SECTION HERE IN OUR FIRST LESSON ON JOB - LET'S 51:34 READ JOB 14:14 AND 15. IT SAYS, "IF A MAN DIES, SHALL HE LIVE 51:39 AGAIN?" - SOME PEOPLE HAVE SAID, 'WELL, YOU KNOW, THE OLD 51:42 TESTAMENT WRITERS DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE RESURRECTION.' 51:45 I RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE. I THINK THEY DID. 51:49 IT SAYS IN EZEKIEL THAT IF A WICKED MAN TURNS FROM HIS 51:52 WICKEDNESS, HE WILL LIVE. WHAT DID HE MEAN HE'LL LIVE? 51:55 WE ALL LIVE THIS LIFE. HE'S TALKING ABOUT HE'LL LIVE 51:57 THE LIFE THAT DOESN'T END, RIGHT? 52:00 AND YOU CAN READ IN JOB, IT SAYS, "AND IF A MAN DIES, SHALL 52:02 HE LIVE AGAIN? ALL THE DAYS OF MY HARD SERVICE 52:05 I WILL WAIT, TILL MY CHANGE COMES. 52:08 YOU SHALL CALL, AND I WILL ANSWER YOU; YOU SHALL DESIRE 52:10 THE WORK OF YOUR HANDS." AND SO, WHAT REALLY MATTERS IS 52:15 THE RESURRECTION THAT LASTS. IF YOU LIVE A LONG LIFE DOWN 52:18 HERE AND YOU DON'T HAVE ETERNAL LIFE, WHAT PROFIT IS IT? 52:22 SOLOMON ASKS THAT QUESTION - ECCLESIASTES 6, VERSE 3, "IF A 52:26 MAN BEGETS A HUNDRED CHILDREN" - JOB HAD CHILDREN AND CHILDREN'S 52:29 CHILDREN AND CHILDREN'S CHILDREN'S CHILDREN - AND 52:32 SOLOMON SAYS, "IF A MAN BEGETS A HUNDRED CHILDREN AND LIVES MANY 52:36 YEARS, SO THAT THE DAYS OF HIS YEARS ARE MANY," - IT SAYS HIS 52:40 LIFE WAS FULL OF DAYS - "BUT HIS SOUL IS NOT SATISFIED WITH 52:47 GOODNESS, OR INDEED HE HAS NO BURIAL, I SAY THAT A STILLBORN" 52:52 - OR A MISCARRIED - "CHILD IS BETTER THAN HE." 52:56 IF A MAN HAS A LOT OF CHILDREN AND HE LIVES A LONG TIME BUT HE 52:59 DOESN'T KNOW THE GOODNESS OF GOD, WHAT GOOD IS IT? 53:02 IT'S LIKE JOB SAID, 'IT WOULD BE BETTER IF I WERE NOT BORN.' 53:06 JOB EVEN USES THE SAME LANGUAGE. AND I THINK SOLOMON IS QUOTING 53:09 JOB WHEN JOB SAYS, 'I WISH I HAD BEEN LIKE A STILLBORN CHILD.' 53:14 SO YOU'VE GOT THE RESURRECTION HERE. 53:16 JOHN 11:25, "JESUS SAID TO HER, 'I AM THE RESURRECTION'" - HE'S 53:21 TALKING TO MARTHA - "'I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE. 53:24 HE WHO BELIEVES IN ME, THOUGH HE MAY DIE, HE SHALL LIVE. 53:29 AND WHOEVER LIVES AND BELIEVES IN ME SHALL NEVER DIE. 53:32 DO YOU BELIEVE THIS?'" BY THE WAY, HE'S NOT 53:34 JUST ASKING MARTHA THAT. JESUS, TODAY, IS 53:36 ASKING YOU THAT. >>AMEN. 53:39 >>DO YOU BELIEVE HE IS THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE? 53:42 AND WHOEVER LIVES AND BELIEVES IN HIM - LIVING IN HIM - 53:46 BELIEVING IN HIM - IT'S NOT JUST BELIEVING, IT'S LIVING IN HIM - 53:50 WILL NEVER DIE. NOW WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE? 53:53 WOULD YOU LIKE TO END THE WAY JOB ENDED? 53:55 LOTS OF KIDS, LONG LIFE, SURROUNDED BY FRIENDS, LOTS OF 53:59 POSSESSIONS - HE WHO DIES WITH THE MOST TOYS WINS. 54:03 YOU EVER HEARD THAT? 54:06 I REMEMBER READING ABOUT A GUY WHO WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. 54:11 HE HAD HIS, YOU KNOW, EXTRA LARGE DIESEL-POWERED RV. 54:17 GOT THE SATELLITE DISH ON THE TOP AND THE AIR CONDITIONER AND 54:21 HE'S GOT THE BICYCLES STRAPPED TO THE BACK AND HE'S PULLING A 54:24 TRAILER WITH ALL THESE MOTORIZED VEHICLES AND TOYS AND HE'S GOT A 54:30 BUMPER STICKER 'HE WHO DIES WITH THE MOST TOYS WINS'. 54:35 I SAW ANOTHER ONE: 'WE'RE SPENDING OUR CHILDREN'S 54:37 INHERITANCE'. BUT WHAT PROFIT IS IT IF YOU 54:42 GAIN ALL THAT AND YOU LOSE YOUR SOUL? THAT'S WHAT JESUS ASKS. 54:47 JOB TALKS ABOUT THE RESURRECTION - CHAPTER 13:15, "THOUGH HE SLAY 54:51 ME, YET WILL I TRUST HIM. EVEN SO, I WILL DEFEND 54:55 MY OWN WAYS BEFORE HIM." HE BELIEVES IN HIM. 54:58 THOUGH HE BELIEVES IN ME HE WILL NEVER DIE. 55:01 AND THEN HEBREWS 11 - THIS IS OUR LAST VERSE - HEBREWS 11:17, 55:05 "BY FAITH ABRAHAM, WHEN HE WAS TESTED, OFFERED UP ISAAC, AND HE 55:10 WHO HAD RECEIVED THE PROMISES OFFERED UP HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN 55:13 SON, OF WHOM IT WAS SAID, 'IN ISAAC YOUR SEED SHALL BE 55:16 CALLED,' CONCLUDING [BELIEVING] THAT GOD WAS ABLE TO RAISE HIM 55:21 UP." NOW WHEN DID ABRAHAM LIVE, 55:22 OLD TESTAMENT/NEW TESTAMENT? OLD TESTAMENT. 55:26 DID ABRAHAM BELIEVE THAT GOD WAS ABLE TO RAISE UP HIS ONLY 55:31 BEGOTTEN SON? >>AMEN. 55:33 >>DID THEY BELIEVE IN THE RESURRECTION IN THE OLD 55:35 TESTAMENT? I SAY THAT - I EMPHASIZE THAT 55:37 BECAUSE I MEET BIBLE SCHOLARS EVERY NOW AND THEN THAT SAY IN 55:40 THE OLD TESTAMENT THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE IN A RESURRECTION. 55:43 I SAY, 'NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT I READ. 55:45 I THINK THEY DID.' WHAT GOOD WAS LIFE BACK THEN OTHERWISE? 55:50 ABRAHAM EVEN BELIEVED THAT GOD WAS ABLE TO RAISE UP ISAAC FROM 55:53 THE DEAD. AND NOTICE THAT: JESUS SAID, 'IF 55:55 YOU BELIEVE IN ME, YOU'LL BE RAISED UP.' ABRAHAM BELIEVED IN 55:58 GOD AND GOD RAISED UP HIS SON. FIGURATIVELY IS THE 56:02 TERM THAT IS USED. SO, IN OUR FIRST BOOK - OUR 56:06 FIRST STUDY IN JOB, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE END, BUT WE'RE 56:10 LETTING YOU KNOW THAT HE HAS A GOOD ENDING. 56:13 HE HAS A GOOD ENDING IN THAT GOD BLESSES HIM IN THE WORLD AND HE 56:18 HAS A GOOD ENDING IN THAT HE IS GOING TO BE BLESSED WITH ETERNAL 56:21 LIFE. I WANT BOTH GOOD ENDINGS. 56:22 HOW ABOUT YOU? >>AMEN. 56:24 >>I WANT TO REMIND THOSE WHO MAY HAVE JOINED US, WE HAVE A FREE 56:27 OFFER AND IT'S CALLED THE AMAZING FACTS BOOK OF BIBLE 56:30 ANSWERS - ANSWERS TO DIFFICULT BIBLE QUESTIONS - 56:33 AND WE'LL SEND THIS TO YOU FREE. 56:35 JUST ASK FOR OFFER #785 - IT'S 866-788-3966 - THAT'S 56:41 866-STUDY-MORE - AND WE'LL SEND IT TO YOU FOR FREE. 56:46 THEN READ IT AND PASS IT ALONG. 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