INTRODUCTION: God shows through Job that what really matters is how things turn out in the end. Much of scripture points to the importance of considering the end of a thing. The Lord longed concerning Israel, “O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!” (Deuteronomy 32:29O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
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1. THE REPENTENCE OF JOB (Job 42:1-6 [1] Then Job answered the LORD, and said, [2] I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee. [3] Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful 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. [5] I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. [6] Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
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1. His Exaltation of God (Job 42:1-2 [1] Then Job answered the LORD, and said, [2] I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.
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1. The answer of Job to the Lord (Job 42:1Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
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2. The almighty power of God (Job 42:2I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.
   See All...a) – “canst do every thing” (Genesis 18:14Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
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3. The absolute knowledge of God (Job 42:2I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.
   See All...b) – “no thought can be withholden” (Psalm 94:11The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
   See All...; Psalm 139:2Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
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2. His Acknowledgement of Guilt (Job 42:3-4 [3] Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful 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.
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1. By hiding counsel by words without knowledge (Job 42:3Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
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1. Job quoted the Lord (Job 38:2Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
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2. Job admitted his guilt in his words.
1. By uttering things he did not understand
2. By dealing with things too wonderful for him
3. By speaking of that which he knew not
2. By demanding an answer from the Lord (Job 42:4Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
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3. His Abasement of Self (Job 42:5-6 [5] I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. [6] Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
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1. His greater knowledge of God (Job 42:5I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
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1. He had heard of Him.
2. But now he has seen Him.
2. His greater knowledge of self (Job 42:6Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
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1. A person to be abhorred
2. Actions to be repented of
3. Note: a greater knowledge of God always leads to a greater, though humiliating, knowledge of self (Isaiah 6:1-5 [1] In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the LORD sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. [2] Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. [3] And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. [4] And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke. [5] Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
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2. THE INTERCESSION OF JOB (Job 42:7-9 [7] And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath. [8] Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job. [9] So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded them: the LORD also accepted Job.
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1. The Wrath of the Lord (Job 42:7And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.
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1. The objects of His wrath
1. Eliphaz
2. And his two friends
2. The cause of His wrath
1. Ye (Eliphaz and his friends) have not spoken of God the thing that is right.
2. As God’s servant Job did
2. The Requirement of the Lord (Job 42:8Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.
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1. Offer for yourselves a burnt offering.
1. Seven bullocks
2. Seven rams
2. Have Job pray for you.
1. God will accept Job.
2. Or else God will deal with you according to your folly.
3. Because their words concerning God were not right
3. The Obedience of the Friends (Job 42:9So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded them: the LORD also accepted Job.
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1. They did as the Lord commanded.
2. The Lord also accepted Job.
3. THE BLESSINGS OF JOB (Job 42:10-17 [10] And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before. [11] Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold. [12] So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses. [13] He had also seven sons and three daughters. [14] And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch. [15] And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren. [16] After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations. [17] So Job died, being old and full of days.
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1. The Statement of Blessing (Job 42:10And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.
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1. Job prayed for his friends; Note: When Job sought forgiveness for those who had wronged him, God gave him a double blessing.
2. The Lord turned the captivity of Job; Note: It is important to note that the time of Job’s trials was called his “captivity.” Besides being a powerful picture of times of trials, it points to the connection of Job with the time of tribulation in the end times. The great tribulation is a time of 42 months (Revelation 11:2But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
   See All...; Revelation 13:5And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
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3. The Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before; Note: This lines up with the “double portion” allotted to the firstborn (Deuteronomy 21:17But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.
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2. The Wealth of Job (Job 42:11-12 [11] Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold. [12] So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
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1. His family and friends (Job 42:11Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.
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1. Their coming
1. His brethren
2. His sisters
3. All they that had been of his acquaintance before
2. Their comfort
1. They ate bread with him in his house.
2. They bemoaned him.
3. They comforted him over the evil the LORD brought upon him.
3. Their gifts
1. A piece of money from each
2. An earring of gold from each
2. His material rewards (Job 42:12So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
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1. More than his beginning
2. Double what he had from the beginning (Job 1:3His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.
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1. 14,000 sheep
2. 6,000 camels
3. 1,000 yoke of oxen
4. 1,000 she asses
3. The Family of Job (Job 42:13-15 [13] He had also seven sons and three daughters. [14] And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch. [15] And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.
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1. His children (Job 42:13He had also seven sons and three daughters.
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2. His daughters (Job 42:14-15 [14] And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch. [15] And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.
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1. Named (Job 42:14And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch.
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2. Praised (Job 42:15And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.
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3. Heirs (Job 42:15And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.
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4. The Long Life of Job (Job 42:16-17 [16] After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations. [17] So Job died, being old and full of days.
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1. An additional 140 years of life (Job 42:16After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.
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2. Saw four generations of children (Job 42:16After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.
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3. Died being old and full of days (Job 42:17So Job died, being old and full of days.
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CONCLUSION: Job’s life was peaceful until the Lord disrupted it by mentioning him to the Devil. The vast majority of the Book of Job chronicles this heartache. In the end, the Lord more than restores what He allowed to be taken away from Job in the time of trial. God will always give a man far more than He takes away.