One of the repeated themes in the book of Job is death. It's no wonder because so much has been taken away from Job that death seems all that is left.
We as humans have some real problems with death. We deny that it will happen, and when it does we hide it from public view and dress up the body as if it wasn't really dead. Or we see death as something on a computer game that can be reset and replayed or on a movie screen where it teaches us that death doesn't really happen in real life.
But Job has faced death. And not only did he lose those around him that were dear, he is so sick and seemingly abandoned that death seems the only thing left.
Then Job makes this startling and wonderful statement: "I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth." (19:25)
See, Job had a hope. It wasn't just that his god lived. His God was his Redeemer too. Sure, he didn't know about all the prophecies about the Messiah or even know who Jesus was, but he knew that despite all the death and destruction around him that God was there and God would save him.
Later he says: "in my flesh I shall see God" (26). I'm so glad for that hope. Job hinted that even our bodies will be made new - that death would not take us away from seeing our Redeemer in person.
Take hope in that today. Death is real but God, our Redeemer, is more real still.
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