Job 16:1-22
In Job 16:17, God caused Job to realize that he had never been unjust to anyone. Job had been a weak sinner, but he had never been deliberately cruel and wicked. Job had also been honest with God in his prayers. He had not tried to deceive God in any way.
In Job 16:18, Job pled with the earth not to hold his life in the grave, symbolized by his use of the word "blood." He also asked the earth to give no place for his "cry," by which he meant that he desired that his "cry" go to God and not remain in the grave.
In Job 16:19, God answered Job's cry by assuring him that He was keeping a record of Job's witness in heaven. God was keeping a record of all of Job's good works and his witness of his faith.
In Job 16:20-22, Job proclaimed that he did not care that his friends scorned him. Job knew that God had seen his tears, and He cared about him. God revealed to Job that He cared about him by reminding him that an intercessor does exist who can make Job right with Him. But Job had trouble believing God's revelation, and so He continued to plead with God for an intercessor. Job then realized that when he goes to his grave that God will not raise him to his old life. Job began to understand that if he has a record in heaven and if he has an intercessor, then in some way that he cannot quite comprehend, God must raise him from the dead as a new man.
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