1 Chronicles 6:1-81 — The Levites: Both Priestly and Non-Priestly
THE ADMINISTRATION OF WORSHIP UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE LEVITES ELEVATES THIS TRIBE TO A POSITION OF PROMINENCE
1 Chronicles 5:1-26 — The TransJordanian Tribes
THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD TO HIS COVENANT STIPULATIONS ENABLES INITIAL MILITARY SUCCESS FOR THE TRANSJORDANIAN TRIBES BUT EVENTUALLY RELEGATES THEM TO EXILE DUE TO IDOLATRY
1 Chronicles 4:24-43 — Tribe of Simeon — Invisible But Not Forgotten by God
HISTORICAL CIRCUMSTANCES CANNOT COMPROMISE GOD’S KINGDOM AGENDA – WHICH INCLUDES THE FORGOTTEN TRIBE OF SIMEON
1 Chronicles 2:3 – 4:23 — Royal Family of the Tribe of Judah
THE PROMINENT ROLE OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH (AS FOCUSED IN KING DAVID) IN GOD’S KINGDOM AGENDA EMPHASIZED
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