1 Chronicles 1:1 – 2:2 — Genealogy from Adam to Israel
THE CONTINUITY OF THE UNIVERSAL MISSION OF GOD’S COVENANT PEOPLE REFLECTED IN TRACING ISRAEL’S ORIGINS BACK TO ADAM
Job 42:7-17 — The Outcome — Job Vindicated and Restored
THE END OF THE STORY SEES JOB VINDICATED AND RESTORED
Job 42:1-6 — Job Responds in Humble Repentance
AN APPRECIATION OF GOD’S PERSON AND SOVEREIGN WORKING IN OUR LIVES (HIS POWER AND HIS WISDOM) REMOVES ALL PRESUMPTION AND PRIDE
Job 40:6 – 41:34 — Who Is Calling the Shots in God’s Moral Universe?
ONLY THE CREATOR AND CONTROLLER OF THE MOST POWERFUL AND IMPRESSIVE CREATURES CAN DETERMINE WHAT IS JUST IN OVERALL WORLD GOVERNANCE
Job 40:3-5 — Job’s First Reply — Job Humbled and Silenced
CONFRONTED WITH HIS RELATIVE SMALLNESS, JOB IS HUMBLED AND SILENCED
Job 38:1 – 40:2 — Interrogation of Job Regarding God’s Created Order
GOD’S AWESOME DESIGN AND PROVIDENTIAL CONTROL OF THE UNIVERSE AND ALL THAT IS IN IT SHOULD CAUSE US TO HUMBLY SUBMIT
Job 36:1 – 37:24 — Elihu’s Fourth Speech — Not WHY Do You Suffer But WHAT Can You Learn
GOD’S POWER AND WISDOM AS DISPLAYED IN NATURE REINFORCE HIS JUSTICE AND USE OF AFFLICTION FOR DISCIPLINE TO RECOVER THE WAYWARD RIGHTEOUS
Job 35:1-16 — Elihu’s Third Speech — Waiting for God When He Is Silent
DEFENDING THE JUSTICE OF GOD INVOLVES WRESTLING WITH DIFFICULT QUESTIONS
Job 34:1-37 — Elihu’s Second Speech — Defense of God’s Justice
BOTH THE CHARACTER AND GOVERNANCE OF GOD REFUTE ANY CHARGE OF INJUSTICE
Job 33:1-33 — Elihu’s Response: God Does Speak — But In Unexpected Ways
GOD USES DREAMS, PAIN AND MEDIATION TO COMMUNICATE HOW ONE CAN AVOID THE TRAGIC CONSEQUENCES OF SIN AND ENJOY HIS GRACE
Job 32:1-22 — Elihu’s Introduction — Impassioned and Impelled to Speak
THE BURDEN FOR IMPARTING WISDOM FALLS ON THOSE TRULY INSPIRED BY GOD REGARDLESS OF AGE OR EXPERIENCE
Job 31:1-40 — Focus on the Future — Oath of Innocence
EVEN JOB’S DRAMATIC OATH OF INNOCENCE CANNOT FORCE GOD TO BREAK HIS SILENCE AND ADDRESS HIS UNJUST SUFFERING