Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Prophetic Words of the Past
"For I, yes I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me."
--Job 19:25-27 KJV
What prophecy! What faith! What hope! Many scholars debate the timing of Job's life. However, the latest date is still 1000 years before Christ. Job is already putting his faith in a personal saver--"my Redeemer"--and displaying hope in the second coming when Christ "shall stand at the latter day upon the earth." But Job does not stop there; he testifies about his new flesh. This concept is later echoed in Paul's letter to the church in Corinth: "for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed." Oh, to see the face of God in our new flesh! What a day that will be!
# posted by Wesley Son of Cornelius @ 2:16 AM 
