Job 19:25

25 For I know [yada`] that my redeemer [ga'al] liveth [chay], and that he shall stand [quwm] at the latter ['acharown] day upon the earth [`aphar]: KJV-Interlinear

25 'And as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, And at the last He will take His stand on the earth. NASB

Job has already claimed that one greater then he, a God no less, is his advocate before God. And now he further defines his savior as a redeemer, or one who will purchase him out of the bondage of this life's burdens. And, this redeemer also lives, but not only lives but is life, eternal life.

This redeemer will stand, but not only stand, this is one who will rise up, to stand. And this standing will occur in the latter days, or the end of the age, or at the final dispensation of human history.

We call this the Second Advent.

Job was well aware of his position as sinful man. Job was well aware of his need for a redeemer. And here redeemer, 'gaal,' refers to the purchase another out of their debts, the purchase back of a farm or ones livelihood, the ransom of a slave out of bondage, to redeem the forfeited rights belonging to a kinsman (family), to vindicate honor, to avenge the death (sin) of a loved one, by taking the murderer (sin) to court and executing justice (the cross).

All of this required one who was man, that is the one rising up (out of the dust), standing before God, equal with God, as an advocate, and the same one who has redeemed through justice, those who are not able to redeem themselves. That is you and me.

This same person, this advocate, this one who is equal with God, this same one who will rise up in resurrection after paying this debt, this same one who will be born of the seed of the woman (promise to Adam and Eve), this same one will again stand on his own two feet, being man, since man has two feet, and He will do this in the latter days, the end of human history.

Job knew and understood the promises of God, the need for the redemption process, namely the payment required by justice for sin, the ultimate death of that redeemer in accomplishing that payment, and thus the rising up again (rising up means out of the dust) or resurrection, then the standing again after all of this has been accomplished, in victory.

And this is only verse 25. Job has much more to say.

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