Seeing What Cannot Be Seen

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Job makes an incredible statement. Now mind you, this particular book is the oldest of all the OT books. It predates all of the others and was written some 4000 years ago. Writing now some 4000 years before the advent, Job says, "I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last He will take His stand on the earth." (19:25) To me this is absolutely astounding!

However, on reflection I realize that Job wasn’t the only one that saw the Redeemer through eyes of faith. We only need to look at Moses. The Bible tells us that he was able to see by faith that which could not be seen through eyes of sight. (Hebrews 11:27)

These men – these OT saints looked forward to the Advent of Christ, and they did so by faith. It was as real to them as it is to us, for we look backward to the advent by faith. So whether one looks forward or backward it is made real by faith.

Now then we have brought up three very great things. Job spoke of the Redeemer, and of course that leads to the Advent of Christ, and he did so by faith. All of these are very necessary –

I should think the first question I would ask is why is Jesus referred to as the Redeemer? Now this is a grand word and a grand concept. Quite simply, it means to ransom someone or something by paying a price.

By Adam’s own volitional choice and because of that terrible choice we were ushered into slavery through the deception of the evil one. Every person born into this world is born under the tyranny of sin and enslaved to the slave master Satan.

It is from this tyranny and slavery that Jesus came to redeem us – by paying a ransom. It this case it was astronomical – because the price that was paid was the life of our Lord. But redeem us He did, and redemption is an accomplished fact.

But this would have never happened but for the Advent, the coming of Jesus. This is what Job saw, what Moses saw – no not with eyes of sight, but something far more certain, eyes of faith. I would speak more of this, but later.

Now of the first two we didn’t have a hand in them – we just enjoy the benefits of them. But faith! This is vastly different in that it directly involves us. Granted, faith comes as a gift from God, but we must use it, exercise it, build it.

Faith is our "title-deed" of all that we hope for, the "proof" of all that we cannot see. Faith allows us to see what our eyes cannot. This is what Job had, what Moses had – and what we have!

Faith allows us to possess what is already ours.