1 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: Life Audio. For more resources to help you in your 2 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:10,680 Speaker 1: walk with Christ, please visit us at Bible Study Headquarters 3 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:15,360 Speaker 1: dot com. You're listening to the Chapter a Day Audio Bible. 4 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:20,959 Speaker 1: I'm John Stangey, and today we're in Job chapter nineteen, 5 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:27,160 Speaker 1: and we'll be reading from the New English translation. Then 6 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:31,360 Speaker 1: Job answered, how long will you torment me and crush 7 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:34,720 Speaker 1: me with your words? These ten times you have been 8 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:38,839 Speaker 1: reproaching me? You are not ashamed to attack me. But 9 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:41,920 Speaker 1: even if it were true that I have aired, my 10 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:46,560 Speaker 1: error remains solely my concern. If indeed you would exalt 11 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:50,680 Speaker 1: yourselves above me and plead my disgrace against me, know 12 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:54,280 Speaker 1: then that God has wronged me and encircled me with 13 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:59,160 Speaker 1: his net. If I cry out violence, I receive no answer. 14 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:03,840 Speaker 1: I cry for help, but there is no justice. He 15 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:07,560 Speaker 1: has blocked my way so I cannot pass, and has 16 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:11,600 Speaker 1: set darkness over my paths. He has stripped me of 17 00:01:11,640 --> 00:01:14,680 Speaker 1: my honor and has taken the crown off my head. 18 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 1: He tears me down on every side until I perish. 19 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:23,679 Speaker 1: He uproots my hope like one uproots a tree. Thus 20 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:28,000 Speaker 1: his anger burns against me, and he considers me among 21 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:32,319 Speaker 1: his enemies, his troops advance together. They throw up a 22 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:35,720 Speaker 1: siege ramp against me, and they camp around my tent. 23 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 1: He has put my relatives far from me. My acquaintances 24 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:44,800 Speaker 1: only turn away from me. My kinsmen have failed me. 25 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 1: My friends have forgotten me. My guests and my servant 26 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:52,920 Speaker 1: girls consider me a stranger. I am a foreigner in 27 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:57,800 Speaker 1: their eyes. I summon my servant, but he does not respond, 28 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 1: even though I implore him with my own mouth. My 29 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:06,800 Speaker 1: breath is repulsive to my wife. I am loathsome to 30 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:11,720 Speaker 1: my brothers. Even youngsters have scorned me. When I get up, 31 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:16,080 Speaker 1: they scoff at me. All my closest friends detest me, 32 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 1: and those whom I love have turned against me. My 33 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:25,360 Speaker 1: bones stick to my skin, and my flesh I have 34 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:29,600 Speaker 1: escaped alive with only the skin of my teeth. Have 35 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 1: pity on me. My friends have pity on me, for 36 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:36,280 Speaker 1: the hand of God has struck me. Why do you 37 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:41,000 Speaker 1: pursue me like God does? Will you never be satiated 38 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 1: with my flesh? Oh that my words were written down, 39 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:48,560 Speaker 1: Oh that they were written on a scroll, that with 40 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:52,400 Speaker 1: an iron chisel and with lead, they were engraved in 41 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:57,120 Speaker 1: a rock forever. As for me, I know that my 42 00:02:57,320 --> 00:03:01,640 Speaker 1: Redeemer lives, and that as the last he will stand 43 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:05,680 Speaker 1: upon the earth. And after my skin has been destroyed, 44 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 1: yet in my flesh I will see God, whom I 45 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:14,160 Speaker 1: will see for myself, and whom my own eyes will behold, 46 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:19,079 Speaker 1: and not another. My heart grows faint within me. If 47 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 1: you say how we will pursue him, since the root 48 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 1: of the trouble is found in him. Fear the sword yourselves, 49 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:31,240 Speaker 1: for wrath brings the punishment by the sword, so that 50 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 1: you may know that there is judgment. Let's pray. Lord, 51 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:42,560 Speaker 1: we thank you for your word, and we thank you 52 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:44,480 Speaker 1: for the privilege of being able to look at this 53 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 1: portion of scripture today. And Lord, there's some fascinating and 54 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:52,600 Speaker 1: prophetic things that you spoke through Job. Even in the 55 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:55,840 Speaker 1: midst of his grief, Lord, he was looking forward to 56 00:03:55,880 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 1: the day when he would see his redeemer, and he 57 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:03,480 Speaker 1: knew that his lives, and that his redeemer would stand 58 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:07,600 Speaker 1: upon the earth, that he would see God. And we know, Lord, 59 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:10,720 Speaker 1: that this scripture is fulfilled in your son Jesus Christ, 60 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:14,520 Speaker 1: the redeemer of humanity. And that's what this scripture is 61 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:18,320 Speaker 1: pointing toward. That's something that you placed upon Job's mind 62 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:20,800 Speaker 1: in Job's heart, and you made it clear to him 63 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:23,240 Speaker 1: that that was something he would one day see, that 64 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 1: that's something he would one day witness your son Jesus 65 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:30,560 Speaker 1: Christ ruling and reigning on this earth. And likewise, Lord, 66 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:33,320 Speaker 1: in the midst of all the seasons of trials or 67 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:35,839 Speaker 1: difficulties that we go through, we thank you that this 68 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:39,680 Speaker 1: scripture reminds us that that's our hope as well, that 69 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:42,240 Speaker 1: this is all going to be worked out, that everything's 70 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 1: going to be restored, that our lives will be made 71 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:49,360 Speaker 1: whole through Jesus Christ, who one day will rule and 72 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:53,560 Speaker 1: reign on this earth and restore creation as it cries 73 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:57,960 Speaker 1: out in desperate need of restoration. Lord, we're grateful for 74 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:00,279 Speaker 1: these things, and we're grateful that we have the privilege 75 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 1: to read about them in your word, and that you 76 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:06,919 Speaker 1: use your word to inspire our hope in you. Lord. 77 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:09,400 Speaker 1: We love you, We thank you for your presence with us, 78 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:11,760 Speaker 1: and we commit this day to your care and pray 79 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:15,120 Speaker 1: this all in Jesus' name. Amen.