Job 19:25-27 For I know that my redeemer lives, and that he shall stand at the latter day on the earth:… 1. THE GLORIOUS CHARACTER ASCRIBED TO JESUS CHRIST. Redeemer. Goel. Christ became our Blood-relation, our kinsman after the flesh, and as such the right of redemption devolved upon Him. This right He exercises. 1. By redeeming our forfeited inheritance of eternal life. 2. By redeeming us from the slavery of sin. 3. He avenges the blood of His people on their murderer Satan. II. CHRIST IS THE "LIVING ONE," POSSESSING LIFE IN HIMSELF, AND BEING THE SOURCE OF LIFE TO THOSE WHOM HE CAME TO REDEEM. As God, this is a title peculiarly appropriate to Him, for He possesses independent and eternal life. His existence as our Redeemer is from everlasting to everlasting. III. THIS LIVING REDEEMER WOULD AT SOME FUTURE PERIOD MAKE HIS APPEARANCE ON THE EARTH. The resurrection of the dead is an event reserved for the second appearance of our Redeemer at the last day. Notice the assured confidence with which the patriarch interests himself in this living Redeemer, who was to stand at the latter day upon the earth. He uses the language of appropriation, "My Redeemer." He infers the completion of his own redemption by Christ raising him from the dead, and permitting him to enjoy the beatific vision of God. These sublime truths are peculiarly fitted to comfort the children of God amid all the sufferings, anxieties, and sorrows of life and death. (Peter Grant.) Parallel Verses KJV: For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:WEB: But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives. In the end, he will stand upon the earth. |
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