Broadcast
My Redeemer Lives - Part 3
Job 19:23-27
04/03/2024
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)
The Old Testament lesson which many heard on Easter Sunday
came from the book of Job. From the depths of despair and pain,
Job looked for someone to relieve his distress. He confessed
that only God could declare him righteous, in spite of the
problems he faced.
God's Word, the hope of God's grace, love, and mercy,
endures forever. Job desired to engrave the confession of his
hope and comfort on a rock so that it would last for all
generations. In effect, that is what happened. For almost four
millenia these words uttered by Job have brought hope to
countless people.
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!
Jesus' tomb is empty, for He defeated death. We have the
tangible proof that we are joined to Jesus in His death and
resurrection as explained by Saint Paul:
Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized
into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We
were buried therefore with him by baptism into death,
in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead
by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in
newness of life.
With Job, therefore, and with Paul, we also confess that we
will come forth from our graves. Our Redeemer has purchased and
won us from eternal death by His victory on Easter morning.
There is no greater comfort than this.
He is risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia! Amen.