Job clung to the hope of a Savior to come, even without having the complete Bible. His friends falsely claimed Job was suffering due to hidden sin and that God would not act unjustly. Job maintained his faith in God even if he was killed, trusting in God's salvation. Centuries later, Paul explained this hope was fulfilled by Christ's resurrection, which guarantees believers' resurrection as well. God conceived a plan of salvation for humanity before creation in response to the possibility of sin. The entire Bible progressively reveals this plan being carried out to provide hope and salvation for all.

1. Lesson 9

2. “ ‘He also shall
be my salvation,
for a hypocrite
could not come
before Him’ ”
Job 13:16

3.  Man’s hope in God.
 Protecting oneself from falsehood.
 Clinging to hope.
 The hope is fulfilled.
 Divine hope for us.
 The plan of salvation begins.
 The plan of salvation is carried out.
Job didn’t have the Bible as we know it today. Nevertheless, he knew enough
about the plan of salvation to cling to the hope of a Savior to come.

4. “But you forgers of lies, you are all worthless physicians.
Oh, that you would be silent, and it would be your wisdom!”
(Job 13:4-5)
After listening to his friends, Job concluded that they were lying about two
important points:
1. They lied about Job. They maintained that Job was suffering because a hidden
sin. Job already knows that that’s not true in his case (Job 13:2)
Job’s friends thought they were
defending God, but they
should’ve kept quiet instead of
saying wrong things
(Proverbs 17:28)
2. They lied about God. “Will
you speak wickedly for
God, and talk deceitfully
for Him?” (Job 13:7). God
confirmed that: “you have
not spoken of Me what is
right.” (Job 42:7)

5. “Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him. Even so, I will
defend my own ways before Him.” (Job 13:15)
Job thought God was treating him unfairly, but he
still clung to his faith in Him. Even if God might
have allowed or caused the circumstances that
would carry him off, he would’ve still waited on
Him.
What did Job expect? What was he hoping?
He was waiting for encountering God beyond the
grave, not in this Earth (Job 19:26).
After studying how Job behave in good and bad
moments, we can apply James’ words about
Abraham to him too: “Do you see that faith was
working together with his works, and by works
faith was made perfect? And the Scripture was
fulfilled which says, ‘Abraham [Job] believed God,
and it was accounted to him for righteousness.’
And he was called the friend of God.”
(James 2:22-23).

6. “He also shall be my salvation, for a hypocrite
could not come before Him.” (Job 13:16)
We can understand from Job’s speech that his hope was focused on God’s
salvation for him. That hope will be fulfilled once he enters God’s presence.
Centuries later, Paul explained that
our assurance of that hope was
based on Christ’s being resurrected
(1Co. 15:12-22)
Jesus’ resurrection guarantees our
own resurrection. In the Second
Coming, all who have put their
hope in Christ will see the Savior
face to face, from Adam to Job and
to those who will be alive then.
“And thus we shall always be with
the Lord.” (1Ts. 4:17)

7. “A life in Christ is a life of restfulness. There may be no
ecstasy of feeling, but there should be an abiding, peaceful
trust. Your hope is not in yourself; it is in Christ. Your
weakness is united to His strength, your ignorance to His
wisdom, your frailty to His enduring might. So you are
not to look to yourself, not to let the mind dwell upon self,
but look to Christ. Let the mind dwell upon His love, upon
the beauty, the perfection, of His character. Christ in His
self-denial, Christ in His humiliation, Christ in His purity
and holiness, Christ in His matchless love—this is the
subject for the soul’s contemplation. It is by loving Him,
copying Him, depending wholly upon Him, that you are to
be transformed into His likeness.”
E.G.W. (Steps to Christ, cp. 8, pg. 70)

8. “This truth also gives hope of life that lasts forever. God promised
this before the world began. He cannot lie.” (Titus 1:2 NLV)
“If anyone sins, I’ll save him.”
That’s God’s commitment to
Himself. That’s our hope.
That happened even before
man was created! Our salvation
was conceived even before we
existed, when the fall was only
a remote possibility.
God knew before the creation
of the world that human beings
would fall in sin, so He already
conceived a plan of salvation. A
hope for the fallen human race.

9. The plan started when Adam and Eve sinned. God revealed His plan gradually in
the Bible. We are those “upon whom the ends of the ages have come” (1Co.
10:11); we can see how that plan of salvation was carried out from the first
promise to the final fulfillment.

13. “Take time to study the Bible, the Book of books. There
never was a time when it was so important that the
followers of Christ should study the Bible as now.
Deceptive influences are upon all sides, and it is essential
that you counsel with Jesus, your best friend. The
wayfaring man may find the way of life through faith and
obedience, through abiding in the sunshine of Christ’s
righteousness. But how shall we understand what is
meant by these terms, if we do not understand the Bible?
In the Word of God duty is made plain, and everything
relating to the religious life is presented in a definite way.
The whole plan of salvation is delineated, and the helps to
the soul are pointed out. The way in which the believer
may be complete in Christ is unfolded.”
E.G.W. (Daughters of God, cp. 4, pg. 78)

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