Day 83 – Redeemer

Job 19:1 Then Job answered and said, 2 “How long will you torment my soul, and break me in pieces with words? 3 These ten times you have reproached me; you are not ashamed that you have wronged me. 4 If indeed I erred, my error remains with me. 5 If indeed you exalt yourselves against me, and plead my disgrace against me, 6 know then that Elohiym has wronged me, and surrounded me with His net.

 7 “If I cry out concerning wrong, I am not heard. If I cry aloud, there is no justice. 8 He fenced my way, so that I cannot pass; and He set darkness in my paths. 9 He stripped me of my glory and taken the crown from my head. 10 He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone; my hope He uprooted like a tree. 11 He also kindled His wrath against me, and He counts me as one of His enemies. 12 His troops come together and build up their road against me; they encamp around my tent.

 13 “He removed my brothers far from me, and my acquaintances are estranged from me. 14 My relatives have failed, and my close friends have forgotten me. 15 Those who dwell in my house, and my maidservants, count me as a stranger; I am an alien in their sight. 16 I call my servant, but he gives no answer; I beg him with my mouth. 17 My breath is offensive to my wife, and I am repulsive to the children of my own body. 18 Even young children despise me; I arise, and they speak against me. 19 My close friends abhor me, and those whom I love turned against me. 20 My bone clings to my skin and to my flesh, and I escaped by the skin of my teeth.

 21 “Have pity on me, have pity on me, O you my friends, for the hand of Elohiym has struck me! 22 Why do you persecute me as Elohiym does, and are not satisfied with my flesh?

 23 “Oh, that my words were written! Oh, that they were inscribed in a book! 24 That they were engraved on a rock with an iron pen and lead, forever! 25 For I know that my Ga’al lives, and He will stand at last on the earth; 26 and after my skin is destroyed, this I know that in my flesh I will see Elohiym, 27 whom I will see for myself, and my eyes will behold, and not another. How my heart yearns within me! 28 If you should say, ‘How will we persecute him?’ —since the root of the matter is found in me, 29 be afraid of the sword for yourselves; for wrath brings the punishment of the sword, that you may know there is a judgment.”

God’s names:

Elohiym – Supreme God

Ga’al – Deliver, Purchase, Ransom, Redeem

Yeshuwa – Jesus

God’s character:

Redeemer

What are you certain about when everyone turns away from you? Where do you find hope?

Job confronted his friends. He told them how his family, servants, yes, friends too, turned away from him. Yet, he clung to one hope. He KNEW his Ga’al (Redeemer) lived, and he would see him on the last day. No matter the condition of his body, he would see Elohiym in the flesh.

One of my favorite hymns from childhood is I Know that My Redeemer Lives. My church only sung it one time a year, on Easter. It always brought joy and comfort knowing Yeshuwa rose from the dead. Today, I know He not only rose from the dead, but He also saved me.

When life wants to break you, toss you aside, and leave you for dead, you can know Yeshuwa lives. You don’t need to look forward to salvation as Job did, you know He already died for you. He came to set you free from every thought and action Satan conspires against you. Your family and friends will desert you, mock you, turn on you and look forward to your death as Job’s friends did. Yet you have full assurance of salvation because you accepted Yeshuwa as Savior and Lord. You can say as Job did: For I know that my Ga’al lives, and He will stand at last on the earth; and after my skin is destroyed, this I know that in my flesh I will see Elohiym, whom I will see for myself, and my eyes will behold, and not another.

What is your confession of faith as we enter the last week before we celebrate Yeshuwa’s death and resurrection?

I KNOW my Ga’al lives!

Let’s pray: Father, thank you for sending Your Son to redeem me from Satan’s hold on my life. Thank you for breaking the chains of Hell, death, and the grave from my life and giving me hope of eternal life with You forever in heaven. Let me continue to praise You and glorify You as my Savior and King. In Jesus’ name, I pray. Amen.

Copyright © 11 April 2025 by Valerie Routhieaux