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I Know That My Redeemer Liveth

Job 19:23-27 — Even in unexplained suffering, resurrection hope anchors the soul

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Synopsis

In the depth of his affliction, stripped of health, family, and friends' sympathy, Job reached a height of faith that surpassed his understanding of his circumstances: 'I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that He shall stand at the latter day upon the earth.' Job did not yet possess the fuller revelation believers now have in Christ, yet by faith he grasped a living Redeemer and a future bodily resurrection, when he would see God 'in my flesh.' This confession did not depend on Job first understanding why he suffered; it rested purely on who God is and what God would ultimately do. It is one of Scripture's earliest and clearest resurrection hopes, teaching that faith's anchor is not an explanation of present pain but the certainty of a living Redeemer who will one day set everything right.

  1. I. A confession born in the depth of loss

    • Stripped of health, wealth, family, and friends' sympathy
    • Faith rises highest not in comfort but in affliction
    • Job speaks before his suffering has resolved

  2. II. A certainty that does not depend on explanation

    • Job never learns the heavenly reason for his trial
    • Yet he confesses certainty about his Redeemer
    • Faith rests in a person, not in an explanation

  3. III. A hope reaching beyond death itself

    • 'Though worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God'
    • Bodily resurrection, not mere spiritual survival
    • One of Scripture's earliest, clearest resurrection confessions

  4. IV. A hope fulfilled in the living Redeemer, Christ

    • Job's Redeemer stands revealed as Jesus Christ
    • His resurrection guarantees ours
    • Present suffering is answered by future certainty, not present understanding
The appeal

You may never receive an explanation for your present suffering, just as Job never did. But you can know, as he did, that your Redeemer lives, and that resurrection morning is coming when every wrong will be set right. Anchor your soul there today.

Key points

  • Faith's confidence rests in the living Redeemer, not in explained circumstances.
  • Job's confession is one of Scripture's earliest testimonies to bodily resurrection.
  • Present suffering does not need to be understood to be endured in hope.

Key passages

  • Job 19:25-27
  • 1 Corinthians 15:20-22
  • 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
  • Revelation 1:17-18