RTW 2023

“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!
Job 19:25-26

“Don’t you realize that from the beginning of time,ever since people were first placed on the earth,the triumph of the wicked has been short livedand the joy of the godless has been only temporary? “
Job 20:4-5

• Job speaks of resurrection life with firm confidence.
• Go’el: 1) to redeem, act as kinsman-redeemer, avenge, revenge, ransom, do the part of a kinsman 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to act as kinsman, do the part of next of kin, act as kinsman-redeemer 1a1a) by marrying brother’s widow to beget a child for him, to redeem from slavery, to redeem land, to exact vengeance 1a2) to redeem (by payment) 1a3) to redeem (with God as subject) 1a3a) individuals from death 1a3b) Israel from Egyptian bondage 1a3c) Israel from exile 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to redeem oneself 1b2) to be redeemed
• Job saw a day when his Redeemer would restore his body for the new heaven and new earth.
• Job saw a day when his Redeemer would live with humanity.
• Job anticipates seeing God in glorified flesh standing in victory on a new earth.
• God gave Job the prophetic ability to see the Second Coming.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:16
• 1 Corinthians 15:42, 57
• Job’s heart longed for that day.
• So does mine.
• There Is A Redeemer

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Long for the day we will be resurrected and glorified..and see Him with our own eyes.