Job 2:1-13 — Maintaining Integrity in Times of Perplexing Suffering
SATAN’S INTENSIFIED ATTACKS FAIL TO CAUSE JOB TO FAIL
Job 1:13-22 — Passing the First Test
SEEMINGLY UNDESERVED DISASTERS TEST OUR SPIRITUAL FOUNDATION
Job 1:6-12 — The Challenge Initiating Job’s Trials
THE REMOVAL OF PROSPERITY PUTS OUR DEVOTION TO GOD TO THE TEST —
GOD ALLOWS SATAN TO TEST JOB’S MOTIVATION FOR WORSHIP
Job 1:1-5 – Job’s Piety, Prosperity and Priestly Precaution
THE HERO OF THE STORY IS INTRODUCED AS A GODLY MAN OF UNRIVALED INTEGRITY, WEALTH AND FAMILY BLESSING
Deuteronomy 34:1-12 — The End of the Road for Moses
DESPITE THE UNIQUE SIGNIFICANCE OF MOSES’ MINISTRY, HE MUST DESIGNATE JOSHUA AS HIS SUCCESSOR AND DIE WITHOUT ENTERING THE PROMISED LAND
Deuteronomy 33:1-29 — Tribal Blessings Communicated by Moses
TRIBAL BLESSINGS AS THE LAST WORDS OF MOSES PROVIDE ENCOURAGEMENT IN COVENANT RENEWAL AND CONQUEST PREPARATION
Deuteronomy 32:44-52 — Testimony of Moses’ Song and Death
GOD’S JUDGMENT (AS REFLECTED IN MOSES’ SONG AND HIS OWN DEATH) IS DESIGNED TO PROMOTE THE SPIRITUAL LIFE OF FUTURE GENERATIONS
Deuteronomy 31:30 – 32:43 — Israel’s National Anthem Extols God’s Justice and Mercy
REJECTING THE ROCK OF ISRAEL RESULTS IN GOD FORSAKING HIS PEOPLE – BUT NOT UTTERLY
Deuteronomy 31:1-29 — Continuity of Leadership in the Transition from Moses to Joshua
DURING ANY CRISIS TRANSITION TIME, WE NEED ASSURANCE OF GOD’S ONGOING PRESENCE AND ULTIMATE LEADERSHIP
Deuteronomy 30:1-20 — Choose Life
THE TWO CONTRASTING CHOICES ARE CLEAR – CHOOSE LIFE
Deuteronomy 29:1-29 — Appeal for Covenant Loyalty
THE PERSPECTIVE OF HISTORY SHOULD MOTIVATE COVENANT LOYALTY
Deuteronomy 28:15-68 — Catalog of Covenant Cursings for Israel
COVENANT CURSINGS (THE REVERSAL OF GOD’S BLESSINGS) ATTACH TO THE PEOPLE OF GOD CONDITIONED ON DISOBEDIENCE