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42:7-9 |
Yahweh's verdict |
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42:10-11 |
Job's rehabilitation |
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42:12-15 |
God blesses Job |
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42:16-17 |
After this, "full of days" |
"Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sake, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory" (2Tim 2:10).
"And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it"
(1Cor 12:26 - see also Rom 12:15; Heb 13:3).
"Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit."
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That the previous ten children will be restored to Job at the
resurrection and Job will be reunited with his twenty children. This opinion is
feasible as Job was aware of and pinned his hope on the resurrection (14:13-15,
19:25-27). |
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That the previous ten were actually raised and restored to
Job. This would provide a wonderful ending to the Book and soften the blow of
their dramatic demise but, unfortunately, the text is silent on this. |
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That as no lost child can be effectively replaced (2Sam
12:23), Job, in reality, had twenty children. This point of view claims it is
improper to classify the second ten as substitutes for the first ten. The loss
of people in our lives is considerably different to the loss of material
possessions. |
"Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation"
(Psalm 91:14-16).
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