βFor he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment. Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us bothβ (Job 9:32,33).
What is a βdaysman?β Who is it?
The expression ββ¦any daysman betwixt usβ forces βdaysmanβ to mean βsomeone between two parties.β βThat might lay his hand upon us bothβ again reinforces the idea that βdaysmanβ is βsomeone mediating between two individuals.β At the time of Job, God the Son was not known by the name βJesus Christ.β Moreover, the Calvaryβs cross was over 1,500 years away. Therefore, no one living in the days of Job knew anything about Christβs intercession. Sinful Job said he had no βdaysmanβ (mediator) between him and God.
Now, with a completed Bible in hand, we see the complete picture of Godβs plan. Job did not know of the day when God really would become a man. He did not know that God-Man would literally function as his daysman and our daysman. But now, we can turn to 1 Timothy 2 to read:
βFor there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due timeβ (1 Timothy 2:5-6).
According to verse 1 Timothy 2:7, that βdue timeβ was Paulβs ministry. Notice how the crosswork of Christ is mentioned hereββ[He] gave himself a ransom for all.β The Lord Jesus Christ functions as our mediator with respect to His sacrifice of Himself on Calvary.
And since Jesus Christ is God, He can take God by the hand. He is also Man, so He can take man by the hand. He thus joins man and God together giving every single person on earth today the same opportunity to access Father God through Jesus Christ.
