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Job's view of resurrection was the raising of the physical body - making a perfect body in the flesh that could "view the Lord with perfect eyes". The Jews' view of this was their definition of Sheol - a place of darkness, despair, hopelessness, completely cut off from God with no hope of every being with him again - a kind of hellish limbo. Progressive Revelation - the revealing of more information, more detailed information, over a period of time. Kind of like the explanation of something to a child as compared to the explanation of something to a mature adult. The truth is revealed over time as the recipient gains maturity and understanding