I Will See God

Job 19:25-27 – I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth. And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God; I myself will see him with my own eyes—I, and not another. How my heart yearns within me!

1 Corinthians 13:12 – For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

Job 42:5 – My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you.

Application:

• ·         Job is absolutely certain that death is not the end of existence and that someday he will stand in the presence of his divine “redeemer” and see Him with his own eyes.
• ·         The Christian will know the Lord to the fullest extent possible for a finite being, similar to the way the Lord knows the Christian—fully and infinitely. This will not be true until the Lord returns or the believer sees Him “face to face” at death.
• ·         In other contexts Job desires a “vindicator” as an advocate in heaven who would plead with God on his behalf, but here the “redeemer” seems to be none other than God Himself. Job expresses confidence that ultimately God will vindicate His faithful servants in the face of all false accusations.
• ·         Job—and his three friends and Elihu—had only heard about God, but now Job has seen God with the eyes of faith and spiritual understanding. He can therefore accept God’s ways with him—which include suffering.

All Scripture verses taken from NIV