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Job 19:25-27 is my favorite passage in the Bible because it assures me of seeing my Blessed Redeemer, the Lord Jesus Christ, when He resurrects His people from the dead. This fills me with joyful hope and great expectation. I have something amazing to look forward to!

The book of Job starts by recording heavenly debates between God and Satan. God is pleased with Job’s integrity, but Satan argues that Job only reveres God and stays away from evil because God has prospered Job and protected his possessions. Then God permits Satan to test Job by destroying his property, killing his adult children, and making him deathly sick. Throughout this ordeal, Job suffers extreme pain and loss, and he doesn’t know the reason for his suffering. Neither do his friends, but they incorrectly presume Job has sinned in some way. That must be why he is suffering. Even Job’s wife urges him to “curse God and die†(Job 2:9).

Yet Job longs to believe that God is just and good. In the middle of all this suffering, Job says, “But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and he will stand upon the earth at last. And after my body has decayed, yet in my body I will see God! I will see him for myself. Yes, I will see him with my own eyes. I am overwhelmed at the thought!†(Job 19:25-27).

Even though the book of Job was written hundreds of years before Jesus came and stood upon the earth, God inspired Job’s words to point to Jesus’s coming. Jesus’s death and resurrection guarantee that He will return and raise all His forgiven followers from the dead. He will make everything new, and we will suffer no more.

This passage in Job gives me hope. Even when I experience deep pain and loss, I know that I will see Jesus one day. The dying and decaying of my body cannot prevent me from seeing Him. Even though Christians and non-Christians experience physical death alike, a Christian dies with hope—the hope of meeting our Redeemer, the Lord Jesus Christ, who Himself died but rose again and lives forevermore. Jesus is alive, and He helps us persevere in hope. At the end of the day, we are all accountable to God. And if we’ve put our trust in Jesus, we can be confident that we will see Him in the flesh, and He will welcome us with love. • Charity M. Kiregyera

• When you’re facing hardships, how could looking forward to seeing Jesus give you hope?

But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and he will stand upon the earth at last. And after my body has decayed, yet in my body I will see God! I will see him for myself. Yes, I will see him with my own eyes. I am overwhelmed at the thought! Job 19:25-27 (NLT)

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