b. For I know that my Redeemer lives, and he shall stand at last on the earth: This is another of the brilliant flashes of faith in Job's otherwise dark and bleak background of crisis and suffering. Perhaps as he considered that future generations would indeed look at his life and words, it stirred him to a triumphant proclamation of faith.
I thought about the statement made here “For I know that my Redeemer lives, and he shall stand at last on the earth:” I do not believe that Job knew that his words would be looked or read by others. Though this was his wish. Instead I believe this is a proclamation of his faith. It is also a proclamation of a living God. His religion is not one that is based on series of acts but a living God that would indeed stand on this earth.
This is definitely, prophecy of Jesus Christ and his act to save the human race. The lesson of job is also set as an analogy to the lesson to come with Christ, and the importance Christ’s roll. I never looked closely at the word goel, Though I have heard its definition.
“A redeemer was a vindicator of one unjustly wronged. He was a defender of the oppressed. A champion of the suffering. An advocate of one unjustly accused. If you were ever wronged, a redeemer would come and stand beside you as your champion and advocate.” (Lawson)
I really set down at thought a lot about this statement. Christ was unjustly punished for our crimes. Though he was our goel. He himself after rising will in his second coming be his own goel as well as that for his family. This sounds a little weird but when you think of the Holy Trinity. It is possible for him to vindicate himself as a member of his own family. But more importantly he will be vindicating his entire family, “those of us in Christ.”
This might be hard to see by the definition for goel, which refers to one who vindicates for an unjustified crime. And yet we have committed many crimes. Christ realized this ignorance in humans when he said, 34 Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." Note, not to take this out of context he was speaking about a direct circumstance that was happening, but as many things in the Bible the statement can be looked upon as a larger analogy of humankind's unworthy action of ignorance. In forgiveness, death, and rebirth he becomes our goel.
Going along with this statement above is the paragraph by Spurgeon below.
iii. Job was not afraid of judgment because he was confident that the charges against him were false, and that his Redeemer would vindicate him. However, our Redeemer also clears us of our true guilt. "There is another most comforting thought, - that our Vindicator will clear us from true charges as well as false ones. As for the false charges, what do they matter? It is the true ones that really concern us: can Christ clear us from them? Yes, that he can." (Spurgeon)
Christ knows we sin. He even knows of the sins we are not aware of but as our goel and one that took our punishment he clears us from those charges. With our slate being cleared he can truly be our goel.
Did Job know of this long-term analogy he was making? Probably not, but that does not mean that the words are not divinely directed. By no means are these words of just circumstance of the larger picture. In fact there is insight that these words are not circumstance for he says, “For I know” and one of the things he knew was that his Redeemer would stand on this earth.
I thought about the statement made here “For I know that my Redeemer lives, and he shall stand at last on the earth:” I do not believe that Job knew that his words would be looked or read by others. Though this was his wish. Instead I believe this is a proclamation of his faith. It is also a proclamation of a living God. His religion is not one that is based on series of acts but a living God that would indeed stand on this earth.
This is definitely, prophecy of Jesus Christ and his act to save the human race. The lesson of job is also set as an analogy to the lesson to come with Christ, and the importance Christ’s roll. I never looked closely at the word goel, Though I have heard its definition.
“A redeemer was a vindicator of one unjustly wronged. He was a defender of the oppressed. A champion of the suffering. An advocate of one unjustly accused. If you were ever wronged, a redeemer would come and stand beside you as your champion and advocate.” (Lawson)
I really set down at thought a lot about this statement. Christ was unjustly punished for our crimes. Though he was our goel. He himself after rising will in his second coming be his own goel as well as that for his family. This sounds a little weird but when you think of the Holy Trinity. It is possible for him to vindicate himself as a member of his own family. But more importantly he will be vindicating his entire family, “those of us in Christ.”
This might be hard to see by the definition for goel, which refers to one who vindicates for an unjustified crime. And yet we have committed many crimes. Christ realized this ignorance in humans when he said, 34 Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." Note, not to take this out of context he was speaking about a direct circumstance that was happening, but as many things in the Bible the statement can be looked upon as a larger analogy of humankind's unworthy action of ignorance. In forgiveness, death, and rebirth he becomes our goel.
Going along with this statement above is the paragraph by Spurgeon below.
iii. Job was not afraid of judgment because he was confident that the charges against him were false, and that his Redeemer would vindicate him. However, our Redeemer also clears us of our true guilt. "There is another most comforting thought, - that our Vindicator will clear us from true charges as well as false ones. As for the false charges, what do they matter? It is the true ones that really concern us: can Christ clear us from them? Yes, that he can." (Spurgeon)
Christ knows we sin. He even knows of the sins we are not aware of but as our goel and one that took our punishment he clears us from those charges. With our slate being cleared he can truly be our goel.
Did Job know of this long-term analogy he was making? Probably not, but that does not mean that the words are not divinely directed. By no means are these words of just circumstance of the larger picture. In fact there is insight that these words are not circumstance for he says, “For I know” and one of the things he knew was that his Redeemer would stand on this earth.
I stop here because I can type a whole paper if I get going. But I think this is a good amount to start a discussion on.
1 comment:
Great thoughts Jon...I think this shows more than anything in this book the importance of relationship over religion.
Thanks for sharing.
ZS
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