Job 19:25-27 For I know that my redeemer lives, and that he shall stand at the latter day on the earth:… I. A REDEEMER IS PROVIDED FOR SINNERS OF MANKIND. This important truth Job plainly avows, in the solemn profession of his faith which he makes in the text. The character of Redeemer is, with peculiar propriety, ascribed to God .our Saviour. That He might obtain complete eternal redemption for us, in the fulness of time, God sent forth His own Son, made of a woman, made under the law. Never was there such a glorious Redeemer as God manifest in the flesh. Never was such a price paid for redemption as the precious blood of Christ. He redeems us from all evil. II. HE IS AN EVER-LIVING REDEEMER, WHO HAS ACCOMPLISHED OUR REDEMPTION. It is not said, the Redeemer hath lived, or shall live, but that "He liveth." He is without beginning of days or end of life; the "same yesterday, today, and forever." As God, He liveth forever and ever. As Redeemer, He is called a Lamb slain from the foundation of the world, in the purpose and promise of God. III. THE LIVING REDEEMER SHALL STAND AT THE LATTER DAY UPON THE EARTH. Lit., "He shall stand the last upon the earth." He will again stand upon the earth, or over the earth, as the words may signify. He will come in glory, to raise the dead bodies of His people, and to judge the world in righteousness. IV. THE REDEEMED AMONG MEN CLAIM RELATION TO THEIR REDEEMER. "My Redeemer." Job expresses the confidence of a living faith in his intimate relation to the ever-living Redeemer, in whom he believed and trusted, with the other patriarchs of early ages. V. THE MORTAL BODIES OF THE REDEEMED SHALL BE CONSUMED, BUT THEY SHALL SEE GOD. Though death doth no more to the soul of man than separate it from the body with which it is united, yet it entirely demolishes the curious structure of the body. The mighty Redeemer shall raise all His redeemed ones from the power of the grave. Their souls, when in the separate state, behold Him with the eyes of the mind; but after the resurrection they shall behold Him in their flesh with their bodily eyes. VI. THE KNOWLEDGE OF ALL THIS SUPPORTS THE SERVANTS OF GOD UNDER PRESENT TRIALS, AND THE PROSPECT OF DEATH. Job himself was a remarkable instance of the truth of this observation. (W. M'Culloch.) 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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