If mortals die, will they live again?

I'm gonna start in chapter 14 of Job, cos that's where this starts - and by "this" I mean, well, this; what you're reading now, and whatever comes after it. It may not be life, the universe, and everything, but it's where I am now, and that's all the explanation you're getting.

It starts, naturally, with death.

Job wants it - a bit - and seems to be complaining about it too. Chapter 14 includes his thoughts on how unfair it is that trees that get cut down can regrow, but "mortals lie down, and do not rise again". Things get really interesting though, when he asks the question in the title of this post:

If mortals die, will they live again?

BOOM! There's a first glance of what I promised last post: Job the prophet. We all know the answer - of course they will! Jesus Christ, the Son of Man (his words, not mine), and not just him of course. He was the firstborn from the grave, and he himself told us that if we believe in him, though we will die, yet we will live.

I think I'll spend a bit more time in the verses that follow, but what I'm getting at is what I closed with from Hebrews 11 in the last post. Jesus is what these guys were pointing to. Job was trying to make the point that life (and death) is unfair on us, but he unwittingly pointed towards a time when the ultimate victory of death would be overthrown - and by the Son of Man, a mortal.

I'm off out now to listen to jazz, cos jazz is good (sometimes). Thanks for reading.