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My Redeemer Lives - Part 4
Job 19:23-27
04/04/2024
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)
Job felt that God was not listening to his plea for mercy.
Yet, in his words of hope, Job confesses that God is present even
though silent for a time. God is hidden in suffering, which is
called the ``theology of the cross.''
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!
Even while God's people are mourning their losses and suffer
in ways that seem unfair, the Lord remains the Redeemer of His
people. God governs creation and life according to His good and
gracious will.
Nowhere is this more evident than in the innocent suffering
and death of Jesus. He was declared guiltless by Pontius Pilate,
for there was indeed no sin in Him. Yet, at the insistence of
the rulers of the people, Jesus died. He took upon Himself our
sin, and in turn gives us His righteousness. His empty tomb
foreshadows our eternal life with Him. What comfort this brings,
especially when life becomes difficult.
He is risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia! Amen.