A Study in Job

I’ve been studying in the book of Job the last couple weeks and this morning came across some pretty solid evidence for why Yeshua had to come here, why he had to sacrifice, and why we still need him now…

Job Chapter 9 verses 11-35

11 Behold, He passes by me, and I see Him not; He moves on, but I do not perceive Him.

12 Behold, He snatches away; who can turn Him back? Who will say to Him, “What are you doing?”

13 God will not turn back His anger; beneath Him bowed the helpers of Rahab.

14 How then can I answer Him, choosing my words with Him?

15 Though I am in the right, I cannot answer Him; I must appeal for mercy to my accuser.

16 If I summoned Him and He answered me, I would not believe that He was listening to my voice.

17 For He crushes me with a tempest, and multiplies my wounds without cause;

18 He will not let me get my breath, but fills me with bitterness.

19 If it is a contest of strength, behold, He is mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?

20 Though I am in the right, my own mouth would condemn me; though I am blameless, He would find me perverse.

21 I am blameless; I regard not myself; I loathe my life.

22 It is all one; therefore I say, He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.

23 When disaster brings sudden death, He mocks at the calamity of the innocent.

24 The Earth is given into the hands of the wicked; He covers the faces of its judges— if it is not He, who then is it?

25 My days are swifter than a runner; they flee away; they see no good.

26 They go by like skiffs of reed, like an eagle swooping on the prey.

27 If I say, “I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face, and be of good cheer,“

28 I become afraid of all my suffering, for I know You will not hold me innocent.

29 I shall be condemned; why then do I labor in vain?

30 If I wash myself with snow, and cleanse my hands with lye,

31 yet You will plunge me into a pit, and my own clothes will abhor me.

32 For He is not a man, as I am, that I might answer Him, that we should come to trial together.

33 There is no arbiter between us, who might lay his hand on us both.

34 Let Him take His rod away from me, and let not dread of him terrify me.

35 Then I would speak without fear of Him, for I am not so in myself.

We are so far from Yahweh, so distant from His original vision for us, so separated in our iniquity, that we need Yeshua to be that arbiter, the One who can put a hand on us and a hand on Yahweh. The One who can stand before God and speak for us. Our Savior. The Advocate after (which is the Holy Spirit).

God is so Holy that Yeshua must put himself in place between us. He is our Way. Our Truth. He is our Life.