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(Job 14:13). I do not think that Job ever had any doubts about the matter of life after death. He knew that death would Usher his soul into the place called Sheol, and there It was his desire to be hidden by God until His wrath was past. If the words of verse 14, "If a man die, shall he live again?” imply any doubt in the mind of Job, it was about the resurrection of the body. But even this uncertainty, if it existed, is answered at once by the assurance o f verse 15, "Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee.” 4. The passage in Job 19:25-27 pre sents a remarkable revelation. First, Job knew that there was a Redeemer for man the sinner. Second, he knew that this Redeemer was already living in that day. Third, he knew that this living Redeemer would at last stand upon the earth in incarnation. Fourth, he knew that even after the dissolution of his own body in death, some day God would raise back to life the “flesh” which had gone down to the dust. Fifth, Job also was given to know that in his own resurrected flesh he would at last actually see God in this wonderful Re deemer. Golden Text Illustration Job 19:25 When Jenny Lind was coming to America for her first concert tour, she expressed to the captain of the vessel a desire to behold a sunrise at sea. Ac cordingly, one cloudless morning, he had her called at early dawn. Silent and motionless, she stood by his side upon the deck watching every change of shade and tint in the sky and their reflection upon the waking waters, un til the first golden rays shot up from the horizon. As the sun leaped up from the waves, she burst into rapturous song, her deeply religious feeling find ing expression in the noble music of Handel’3 "Messiah.” She was uncon scious of the presence of the captain and sailors who stood near. In the ec- stacy of her emotion, she lifted her voice to an unseen Hearer, to whose maj esty and glory she paid her tribute. Lit tle wonder that Captain West, in de scribing the scene, exclaimed: “No one will ever hear ‘I Know that My Redeem er Liveth’ sung as I heard it that morn ing.”—A. R. Heaps. The Best Thing Job Knew J ob 19 MEMORY VERSE: “I know that my Redeemer liveth” (Job 19:25). APPROACH: Job was a very wise man because God told him secrets writ ten in the Bible over a thousand years before they were discovered by men to day. Job knew the earth was like a great round ball hanging on nothing- in the sky, but men who lived long ago thought tile earth was flat, like a sauc er. Job knew the stars sing a beauti-
nitrate, cobalt chloride, ferric chloride, copper chloride, chrome alum, and man ganese chloride. (Add1a pint of water to the “water glass” and put in the fish bowl. Place the green cardboard in front of the fish bowl. Cut a large hole in the bottom of the jewel box, and place the box over the mouth of the bowl. “Technical” chemicals are less expensive and are satisfactory. If chem icals are not available at a local store, the high-school chemistry department will be able to furnish them. They can be purchased from Braun Chemical Co., 2260 E. J5th St., Los Angeles, Calif.) LESSON: How many of you would like to grow a garden? “We do not have enough space, and it takes too long.” The garden we will grow this morn ing requires very little time and space. I have four kinds of crystals, remind ing us of the four races of earth. Some of them are more colorful than others. We will drop them into this little cas ket, reminding' us of Christians from all races who will have died and been buried before Christ comes to earth again. (Place the jewel box over the mouth of the fish bowl, allowing the crystals to drop through the hole into the bowl.) Job asked a question one time about life beyond death. He said, “If a man die, shall he live again?" (Job 14:14). This question is answered in Job 19:25, 26, “For I know1 that my Redeemer liv eth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God.” In Philippians 3:21 we read, “Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body.” In this life our bodies are very plain, but our resurrected ones will be like Christ’s body. We will look to see what has hap pened to the crystals. (The teacher can make sure that the crystals are “grow ing” by looking at the back of the jar before uncovering the front. A song may be sung if extra time is needed.) Instead of remaining the common-look ing crystals, they have changed into a beautiful garden. The change for us will be greater than this, when we re ceive our resurrected bodies.
ful song as they whirl t h r o u g h space, but others discovered it only lately. God told Job many other wonderful things. LESSON STORY: Job knew the Lord Jesus would die
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for the sin of the world. He re membered this when he •sacrificed a lamb for his children. They were sorry for their wrongdoings, so they put their hands on the innocent lamb to show they laid their sins on him, and the little lamb died for them. In this way, Job taught his children about the Lord Jesus who is called "the Lamb of God” because all the sin of the world was laid on Him when He died on the cross. The Lord Jesus was made alive again after Ha, died for us. He is living now in heaven, but He will come again to this earth. Because the Lord Jesus lives, Job will live again, although Job has been dead for more than a thousand years. We shall live, too, and with Job we shall see the dear Lord' Jesus with our eyes—if we will let Him save us from our sins now. When Job came closer to God for help in his test, he learned that Jesus lives! It comforted him before he was pro moted out of his troubles. It will com fort us, too, in our hard tests, and like Job we will feel it is the best thing we know.
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OBJECTS: A small fish bowl, a small jewel box resembling a casket, a green cardboard large enough to cover the front of the fish bowl, a pint of sodium silicate (one form of water glass), and four of the following crystals: Cobalt
JULY 21, 1940 JOB’S REPENTANCE AND RESTORATION J ob 42:1-13
of the earj but now mine eye seeth theel 6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and re pent in dust and ashes. 7 And it was so, that after the Lord had spoken these words unto Job, the Lord said to ISliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is* kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not *pohen of me the thing that is right, as my ser vant Job hath. 8 Therefore take unto you now seven bullocksxand seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job
Job 42:1 Then Job answered the Lord, and said/ 2 I know that thou capst do every thing, and that no thought can be with- holden from thee. 3 Who is he that hideth counsel with out knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not) things too wonder ful for me, which I knew not. 4 'Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. K I have heard of thee by the hearing
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