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Highlight – Survey of the Old Testament Posted: 20 Jul 2011 11:46 AM PDT (The following excerpt was taken from the Secret Church transcripts for "Survey of the Old Testament" by David Platt.  You can find these transcripts and other resources by going to DiscipleMakingIntl.org.) "We don’t exactly know who wrote Job, nor do we know exactly when it was written.   Most likely it was written during the time of the patriarchs:  Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, it would chronologically fit somewhere in that time frame.  Job was a real man in real history (Ezekiel 14:14-20; James 5:11).  Again this is not a fictional fable or story.  What is written actually happened. The question that Job asks across the board is, “How and why do the righteous suffer?”  Job is the most righteous out of all men.  How does he suffer and why does he suffer?  These are the questions you see going back and forth throughout this book. God is completely sovereign in His dealings with His people.  He will never allow anything to come to His people that is not for their good and His glory.  Don’t miss that.  God’s glory and man’s good are going to be working together, and that creates very difficult tension in Job’s life."

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