Today's readings pick up after Bildad is again insisting to Job that God is punishing him.
Job insists that he's been wronged, but declares that his redeemer lives (more on that in a moment).
Zophar reiterates once again that Job is wicked and God is making him suffer as a result of his wickedness.
Job argues that this is not necessarily the case as the wicked often do prosper in this life, that God does not always cause the wicked to suffer - insinuating that the opposite is also true, that all suffering is not due to wickedness.
The verses that jumped out at me....
Job 19:25-27 I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand upon the earth. And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God; I myself will see him with my own eyes - I, and not another. How my heart yearns within me!
Wow! What an amazing faith Job had. We are reading this with the benefit of hindsight. We know that Jesus comes to earth, dies to pay the penalty for our sin and rises again. We know that the Bible promises that we, too, will be resurrected when Jesus returns once again. But Job did not have the benefit of all this hindsight. And yet he believes! Wholeheartedly, without doubt, and in the midst of his greatest torment!
My Redeemer Lives by Nicole C Mullins
Who taught the sun where to stand in the morning?
and Who told the ocean you can only come this far?
and Who showed the moon where to hide 'til evening?
Whose words alone can catch a falling star?
Well I know my Redeemer lives
I know my Redeemer lives:
Let all creations testify
Let this, life within me cry
I know my Redeemer lives, yeah.
The very same God that spins things in orbit
runs to the weary, the worn and the weak
And the same gentle hands that hold me when I'm broken
They conquered death to bring me victory
Now I know my Redeemer lives
I know my Redeemer lives
Let all creations testify
Let this life within we cry
I know my Redeemer, He lives
To take away my shame
And He lives forever, I'll proclaim
That the payment for my sin
Was the precious life He gave
But now He's alive and
There's an empty grave.
And I know my Redeemer lives
I know my Redeemer lives
Let all creations testify
Let this life within me cry
I know my Redeemer,
I know my Redeemer
I know my Redeemer lives
I know my Redeemer lives
I know that I know that I know that I know that I know my redeemer lives
Because He lives I can face tomorrow
I Know I know
He lives He lives yeah, yeah I spoke with him this morning
He lives He lives, the tomb is empty,
He lives I gotta tell everybody
Who taught the sun where to stand in the morning?
and Who told the ocean you can only come this far?
and Who showed the moon where to hide 'til evening?
Whose words alone can catch a falling star?
Well I know my Redeemer lives
I know my Redeemer lives:
Let all creations testify
Let this, life within me cry
I know my Redeemer lives, yeah.
The very same God that spins things in orbit
runs to the weary, the worn and the weak
And the same gentle hands that hold me when I'm broken
They conquered death to bring me victory
Now I know my Redeemer lives
I know my Redeemer lives
Let all creations testify
Let this life within we cry
I know my Redeemer, He lives
To take away my shame
And He lives forever, I'll proclaim
That the payment for my sin
Was the precious life He gave
But now He's alive and
There's an empty grave.
And I know my Redeemer lives
I know my Redeemer lives
Let all creations testify
Let this life within me cry
I know my Redeemer,
I know my Redeemer
I know my Redeemer lives
I know my Redeemer lives
I know that I know that I know that I know that I know my redeemer lives
Because He lives I can face tomorrow
I Know I know
He lives He lives yeah, yeah I spoke with him this morning
He lives He lives, the tomb is empty,
He lives I gotta tell everybody
Tomorrow's readings are Job 22 - 25. Click here to read online.
3 comments:
Great thoughts, Tammy. The same verse stood out to me as I was reading. This is the song that came to my mind, however...
I know that my Redeemer liveth,
And on the earth again shall stand;
I know eternal life He giveth,
That grace and power are in His hand.
Refrain
I know, I know, that Jesus liveth,
And on the earth again shall stand;
I know, I know, that life He giveth,
That grace and power are in His hand.
I know His promise never faileth,
The Word He speaks, it cannot die;
Though cruel death my flesh assaileth,
Yet I shall see Him by and by.
Refrain
I know my mansion He prepareth,
That where He is there I may be;
O wondrous thought, for me He careth,
And He at last will come for me.
Refrain
I think Randy Alcorn (writer of "Heaven") would love that verse when Job is excited that he will see the Lord in his flesh and with his own eyes after he dies. We sometimes forget that..."my eyes, and no other".
I agree with the amazing impact of the perspective being so different from us and Job. It reminds me of what God said about Abraham that he was a man of faith and that his faith was granted to him as righteousness. Somehow the knowlege of their redeemer was made known to them by God, let alone that He lives! He had not even come yet! Though here he means that God is his redeemer, yet the language is later used in reference to Christ of course.
This time through the bible I have been stunned with the presense of Jesus in the scripture in one way or another, and I do mean even literally as well as in reference. Even with the angel who struggled with Jacob. John MacArthur's commentary states that "the site name Peniel, or 'Face of God' given by Jacob and the commentary given by Hosea identifies this man with whom Jacob wrestled as the Angel of the Lord who is also identified as God, a pre-incarnate appearance of the Lord Jesus Christ."
It just helps me understand these two heads of the trinity and see them more as one though they are each their own. It helps me see more clearly the words of John about Him being from the beginning. I use to always think of Jesus coming on the scene later but He is so through the whole Word.
The weaving of the Word is just astounding to me. It is completion on every level.
Mrs Oz - I think you would love the Jesus Storybook Bible - check out my review of it here.
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