If only there were someone to mediate between us,
someone to
bring us together,
someone to remove God’s rod from me,
so that his terror would frighten me no more.
Then I would speak up without fear of him,
but as it now stands with me, I cannot. Job 9:33-35
someone to remove God’s rod from me,
so that his terror would frighten me no more.
Then I would speak up without fear of him,
but as it now stands with me, I cannot. Job 9:33-35
Even back in the days of Job, he sought a mediator in his
life, someone who could stand between him and God to state his case, someone
who knew the law and could alleviate the punishment. We cannot not do that alone. It would be like a four-year-old child
walking into the Supreme Court and arguing a case. It’s out of our league.
We hire lawyers for that reason, advocates who know the
criminal law system and know the best way to set us free.
Jesus mediated our punishment by bringing us and God
together. He removed the rod of
punishment from us by paying for it himself.
Now we don’t have to be afraid of God any longer. Jesus stood up for us.
For there is one God and one mediator between God and
mankind, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a
ransom for all people. This has now been witnessed to at the proper time. 1
Timothy 2:5-6
For
this reason Christ is the mediator
of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal
inheritance—now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins
committed under the first covenant.
Hebrews 9:15
Jesus negotiated the new deal between us and God and as a
result we received an eternal inheritance.
He paid the ransom. He understood
the system. Now, thanks to His
mediation, we are set free.