This week’s message explored Job 42:10-17, where Job receives twice his former wealth, new children, and lives another 140 years. However, rather than offering a simplistic "prosperity gospel" message, the text helps us grapple with the reality that Job's happy ending doesn't erase his pain—his first ten children are still gone, and some losses can never be reclaimed. The book of Job teaches us to develop a "theology of the empty," recognizing that God is present even in our losses and that restoration doesn't always mean reclamation. Ultimately, Job points us forward to Jesus—the truer and better Job—whose suffering secured eternal restoration for all who believe.