The Book of Exploits: Recognizing the Times and Knowing What to Do - The sons of Issachar were lauded for knowning the times in which they lived, and understanding how to respond to what to those times. In this section of the book of James, James reminds his readers from the first century that they lived at the end of an age, and they needed to understand how to respond to it. In like manner, we live at the end of an age, and can learn much from what James shares with his first century readers.