Steven A. Bush - April 20, 2025
My Redeemer Lives!
Job 19:25 says: "But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and He will stand upon the earth at last. And after my body has decayed, yet in my body I will see God! I will see Him for myself. Yes, I will see Him with my own eyes. I am overwhelmed at the thought!" (NLT) Job, one who suffered affliction and loss so personally and painfully, is stirred within because He knows that after death, a never-ending life will be awaiting him! And WHO will bring it? His Redeemer! And WHO is that? Jesus the Christ! Written perhaps 500 years before the Incarnation, Job knows in his innermost being God will bring redemption. So how does He bring it? By way of His Son; by way of a bloody cross and an empty tomb. Better still, because of what Christ our Lord has accomplished, we too can stand shoulder to shoulder with Job and declare, "I know my Redeemer lives!" And best of all, we will live forever with our Redeemer in glory!
Scripture References: Job 19:23-27, 1 Corinthians 15:12-20, Hebrews 13:20-21