Job 9

Job 9:32-33 "For He is not a man, as I am, That I may answer Him, And that we should go to court together. (33) Nor is there any mediator between us, Who may lay his hand on us both.

Job has just been told to be blameless. He was told that the tragedy which happens before him is because of sin not dealt with. As a response, Job protects his innocense while telling of the true problem. The problem: God is not man and there is no mediator between God and man.

What a problem indeed. If we were to live near perfect lives there would still be this tremendous gap between us and God. You see, God is self-existing. He is so far beyond us in everything that though we live with all righteousness a human can live with, He still requires more. The fact is, God is on a level beyond us. The only possible way for us to have true fellowship with Him would be to find a bridge from human limitations to God-like self existence. This could not be done by the law. It could only be done by the man, Christ Jesus.

You see, Jesus' blood wiped out our sin once and for all. It did not temporarily cover our sins like the law did. Jesus' blood also raised our status from a finite being to an eternal one. Jesus' gift is specified numerous places as being "eternal life." Because of this great Mediator we can now present our righteousness (which is from Jesus as well) on an eternal level, rather than a finite one. Job, though blameless, could not transcend into eternal because Jesus had not yet come.

Be grateful for Jesus in everything you do. It is because of Him that we can come before the eternal.