My Redeemer
“ I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth. And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God; I myself will see him with my own eyes—I, and not another. How my heart yearns within me!” — Job 19:25-27 Gracious Lord Jesus, my friend and my King, Job was seeing and prophetically declaring that the One who will vindicate him and redeem his life lives and that at the end He will stand on the earth. This declaration announced Your arrival upon the earth as Messiah who would redeem all of humanity through Your payment upon the cross. 1 Peter 1:18 describes Your redemption of our lives, “…you were redeemed from the empty way of life…with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.” Galatians 3:13 says, “Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us.” I am redeemed by Your life! Job says that “in the end” his redeemer will stand on the earth. Zechariah 14:3-4 pictures that future day. “Then th...