The Hope of the Resurrection

Northwest Bible Church – Nov. 27, 2022 – Book of Job – Alan Conner
Job 13-19
The Hope of the Resurrection

Intro

A. JOB’S INITIAL DESIRE FOR RESURRECTION (Job 14).

1. Progressive revelation.
2. Life is short and days are determined (Job 14:1-6).
3. If a man dies, will he live again? (Job 14:7-17).
a. There is hope for a tree but not for man (Job 14:7-12).
b. Job entertains the thought of a resurrection for man (Job 14:13-17).
c. O.T. concept of Sheol.
4. Job’s hope of resurrection fades quickly (Job 14:18-22).

B. ELIPHAZ (Job 15).

1. Job has no wisdom (Job 15:2-16).
2. The woes of the wicked (Job 15:17-35).

C. JOB RESPONDS (Job 16-17).

1. Job returns the volley of insults back to Eliphaz (Job 16:2-6).
2. Job denies hostility toward God but that God is hostile toward him (Job 16:7-17).
3. Nevertheless, Job believes he will be acquitted Job 16:18-22).
4. Job’s lament and commitment to hold onto the way of righteousness (Job 17:1-16).

D. BILDAD (Job 18).

1. A complaint against Job (Job 18:2-4).
2. The terrors that await the wicked (Job 18:5-21).

E. JOB RESPONDS (Job 19).
1. Job laments the torments of his friends (Job 19:2-6).
2. Complaints against God (Job 19:7-22).
3. Job’s certainty of final vindication (Job 19:23-29).
v. 25 “I know that my Redeemer lives
v. 26 “Yet after my skin is destroyed, yet from my flesh I shall see God.”

CONCLUSION
1. The purpose of Job’s suffering
2. Our resurrection is tied to Christ’s resurrection.
3. Our resurrection is to be a rock of encouragement in troubled days.