Job had the hope of a redeemer. This is from the Hebrew word goel’. It means one’s nearest kinsman charged with the duty of restoring the rights of another, avenging a wrong, or, as in the case of Ruth, rescuing her from the hopelessness of widowhood (Ruth 4:1).

But it is Job who suffered the greatest and who made the most profound confession. Although there is  much varied theological interpretation, the most likely interpretation of his confession refers to the restoration of his physical health. It is, however, with the hope of our greater redemption that we make it our own. 

Job 19:25-27—For I know (with a knowledge that cannot be denied) that my Redeemer liveth (is living), and that He shall stand at the latter day upon the earth (at the last He shall rise up on earth): And though after my skin (even after my skin has ceased holding me, and) worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God (yet, apart from my flesh I shall see God): Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another (and not as a stranger); though my reins be consumed within me (my innermost parts are consumed with desire for that day).

My Dear Redeemer , there is the strongest conviction within our hearts that You are presently living. Although You are now in the heavens, the conviction in us grows stronger each day that at the end of this age You shall stand in triumph on earth. In that Day we shall know You. There will be nothing between us to dim our vision of Your triumph over sin and death. We praise You for this, our great hope. We thank You for the drawing power of You Spirit that did not leave us outside Your Kingdom. Oh, DEAR LORD, please draw these we call before You that they might live with the same hope.

Rejoicing in the Work of God’s Hands—Psalm 92:1-5; II Cor 2:14-16