Broadcast
My Redeemer Lives - Part 1
Job 19:23-27
04/01/2024
23 Oh that my words were written! Oh that they were
inscribed in a book!
24 Oh that with an iron pen and lead they were
engraved in the rock forever!
25 For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last
he will stand upon the earth.
26 And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in
my flesh I shall see God,
27 whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall
behold, and not another. My heart faints within
me! (ESV)
Yesterday, Easter Sunday, commemorates the event which has
defined the Christian Church. Jesus Christ, rising from the
dead, is the most important event in history. Even the way we
tell time and count the days are affected by the life, death, and
resurrection of Jesus.
Long before the women discovered the empty tomb, those with
faith in the One True God confessed their belief in a physical
resurrection. Job, whose suffering is related in the book named
after him, expressed his hope in God's grace, trusting in the
resurrection of the body.
Oh that my words were written! Oh that they were
inscribed in a book! Oh that with an iron pen and lead
they were engraved in the rock forever! For I know
that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand
upon the earth. And after my skin has been thus
destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God, whom I
shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not
another. My heart faints within me!
From the depths of human misery, even when he thought that
he was dying, Job spoke of his faith in God. No human could take
his place, no human could cure his ills. The language Job uses
for ``Redeemer'' is the same sense we find in the book of Ruth,
where Boaz is called a ``kinsman redeemer.'' Through Boaz, the
property of Ruth's deceased husband is preserved. Through the
Almighty's intervention, Job has hope for the future.
This week, while studying Job's words, we will come to know
that Jesus Christ is our Redeemer, our Deliverer from sin, death,
and the power of the devil.
Christ is risen! He is risen indeed. Alleluia. Amen.