By Rev. Dr. Nelda Barrette Murriane, First United Methodist Church of Kennedale
Read: Job 19:23-27 Then Job answered and said: . . . “For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth.” (v. 25) {{more: continue …}}
We use the term redeem in a few ways. We redeem coupons for something better or saving money. We redeem a broken item by repairing it. We redeem ourselves by making right something we have done wrong.
The word redeem appears repeatedly in the Bible. And in chapter 19, Job lays claim to the concept. During his despair, Job mentions his “Redeemer.”
What Redeemer, and what redemption, does Job imagine?
At this point, Job is a wreck. He does not know which wrong to make right. Job has no currency to trade for a better life. But he remembers God’s law, which makes provision for someone so destitute. Who can possibly redeem Job?
Job trusts a Redeemer who is not of this world: one who has heavenly currency to pay the price for a new life. Job’s Redeemer is shrouded in mystery. But our Redeemer has a face and a name: Jesus.Jesus stands in the gap on behalf of our sinfulness and sinful ways. Our Redeemer trades his life for ours. He repairs the wreckage of our lives. He purchases us from the powers of sin and death. “I know that my Redeemer lives, and because he lives, I too shall live”
“I don’t know how, but I know WHO!”
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“I don’t know how, but I know who?”
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