"If only there were a mediator between us, someone who could bring us together. Maybe he could remove God’s punishment so his terror would no longer frighten me." ~Job 9:33-34, NCV
Here Job is expressing a desire to speak with God face to face. God allowed Satan to test Job, and Job was feeling beaten down, torn apart from his friendship with God. He wanted to cry out in protest, but under the old law he was defiled, unable to speak with God. "If only there were a mediator!" he moans. He feared for his life - Satan had taken everything from him.
I've got some news for you today. Now, there is a mediator. We can be brought close to God despite the fact that we are unclean, sinful. He removed God's punishment for our sins by taking it upon Himself, so we no longer have to fear God's terror. His name is Jesus, He died on a cross to pay for our sinfulness, and then rose again to live in glory in Heaven and to actively reconcile us with God - if we accept Him.
If we accept Him, we no longer have to fear God, we align ourselves on His side, and therefore have nothing to ever fear again. Remember that.
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