What a ringing affirmation from Job, “I know that my Redeemer lives.” In Job’s days a redeemer was a family member who bought a slave’s way to freedom, or who took care of a widow as was the case with Ruth. What faith Job had even in light of his being unaware of the conference that had taken place between God and Satan, and his believing that all his disasters had been brought on by God. As he faced death and decay he still expected to see God, and he expected to do so in his body. At that time there was no developed doctrine of the resurrection and even though Job struggled with the idea that God was presently against him, he firmly believed that in the end God would be on his side.
Job was one of the first to talk about the resurrection of the body along with David (Psalm 16:10), Isaiah (26:19) and Daniel (12:2, 13). They were confident and they knew that God’s justice would triumph, even with if it took a miracle like the resurrection, our Hope as Christians.
RAYED REDEMPTION MINISTRY
Euless, TX 76039
www.rayedredemption.org
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