Declare

"I have found a ransom," Job 33:24.

That's an angel talking to God about Job. Well, it's actually Job's friend Elihu who dreams that maybe God will receive a mediator, some spirit being, between God himself and Job. Could an angel find a ransom? Then, maybe, God would accept Job, save him from sure death, and restore his righteousness. Job would confess his crooked sin and declare that he did not receive the justice he deserved for warping what was right. If only. But no angel can mediate like that. No. It takes Jesus, son of God, son of man, to mediate. No angel could his place have taken, says the song. And the Good Book.

We fellowship with a brother or sister today with God in a new covenant. And together we give thanks for God's release from sin, guilt, and just consequence in Jesus's mediation.