My Redeemer by David Jeremiah

Monday, August 15

My Redeemer 

For I know that my Redeemer lives, and He shall stand at last on the earth. 
Job 19:25 

Recommended Reading Job 19:25-27

The Innocence Project, founded in 1992, is dedicated to proving that wrongly convicted and imprisoned suspects are innocent. It uses DNA technology to establish innocence and also to find the truly guilty person.

Innocent people who are wrongfully convicted are desperate for someone to speak out for them. That was Job’s situation in the Old Testament. He was a righteous man (a sinner, but one who atoned carefully for his sins) who suffered greatly—a sign of guilt and divine judgment in his day. The book of Job is the record of his friends’ accusations of guilt and Job’s protestations of his innocence. Job longed for someone in heaven or on earth to be his defender, his advocate, his redeemer, and to declare his innocence (Job 9:33-34; 16:18-21). Ultimately, Job realized that if no one on earth would defend him, God Himself would. And even if it came after his death, he would “in [his] flesh . . . see God” (Job 19:26).

Job needed what we need—someone to redeem us from the guilt of our intentional and unintentional sins. Thank God that our Redeemer, Jesus Christ, lives—our Advocate with the Father (1 John 2:1)!

I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that He shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. 
George Frideric Händel, Messiah