Job 16:19-21

19 "Even now my witness is in heaven; my advocate is on high.

20 My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God;
21 on behalf of a man he pleads with God as one pleads for a friend.

I don't know about you, but the moment that I read this, I think of 1 John 1:21 where John reminds us that Jesus is our advocate before the Father, defending us, advocating for us, and again in John 14:26, where John reminds us that the Holy Spirit is our advocate, reminding us of Jesus words.   Could it be that Job knew of Christ, or was this just a prophetic understanding that there is a heavenly advocate who is advocating on our behalf, pleading our case before God?  Many theologians believe that this was a prophetic word about Christ.  

The good news is that you and I have an advocate, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit and their functions of advocacy are different:

• Job (Job 16:19) refers to a heavenly advocate who will testify to his innocence against false accusations.

• Jesus Christ: Identified as the "advocate with the Father" (1 John 2:1), representing believers in the heavenly court.

• Holy Spirit: Described in Greek as the Paraclete—one called to one's side to help, comfort, or defend.  Reminding us of Jesus' words "Advocating Revelation," exposing the words of Christ to you and I

That we are not alone in this situation called life, be at the highest of highs, or our lowest of lows, we have Christ and the Holy Spirit advocating for us. This is a powerful truth knowing that Jesus is advocating, pleading our case in the Heavenly court before the Lord, and we have an earthly advocate, the Holy Spirit, who is reminding us of Jesus' words, that we might live them out..

Lord, let us not ever lose hope, knowing that we are not alone in this life, that we have you working on our behalf, advocating for us, pleading our case before the Father in heaven, destroying the arguments of the enemy, and an advocate here the Holy Spirit reminding us of your words, helping us live for you, we praise you in Jesus' name, Amen!