Human Response 639: Faith in the Resurrection

Job 19:25-26 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: and though my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God.

This verse may be one of the most profound expressions of faith spoken in the Bible. In the midst of extreme suffering, loss, and pain, in the face of accusations by friends, and in the middle of suicidal thoughts, Job is enabled by his faith to respond with a powerful statement of faith in the bodily resurrection.

He knows well what anyone can see: the human, physical body decays and is totally eaten up with worms and maggots. But he is given a supernatural faith to see another and a future world, a new life in which he will stand in a new body in the presence of God, his Redeemer who lives. In this very resurrected body he himself will see God.

For the believer in Jesus Christ, this faith response of knowing my Redeemer lives, and I will live with Him, sustains me in all the trials and hardships of life.