Cornerstone: Cause⇒Effect (Poem, Part 4)

See the series here

From The Book of Job to Revelation of Jesus Christ,

The Bible gives one message affirmatively,

But about which we live as if we have lost all insight:

Life’s a façade, cloaking a world we cannot see.

God calls this world where He dwells, eternity,

Existence without beginning or end.

The Bible reveals this world, explicitly,

So from our world, to His, we can transcend.

The bookends of our lives cover a minuscule sliver,

Of His world so vast and glorious.

But His Bible book invites us all to ‘Come up hither!’

So we can see our world, spurious.

The Book of Job is God’s opening invitation,

Iterated in various forms in books that follow.

But something’s unique about His first and last editions. ¹

Both have their stark, dark images of this satan fellow!

The Book of Job is God’s first introduction to our foe.

The Book of Revelation shows satan’s final destiny.

The former gives us some glimpses -- his going to and fro.

The latter gives the end of him, and his human company.

The former is quite basic, and so easy to digest,

With colorful characters who are just like us today!

The latter, like a Gordian knot, leaves us all aghast,

Yet the point is clear, exactly what God wants to convey!

Three resounding themes of these two books, let’s review:

      --There’re spiritual causes for every physical effect,

        Causes that are triggered by what we say and do.

      --Our foe is making sure life in both worlds is a wreck!

      --God has designed for us a simple choice,

        To be the victor, not the victim of our clever foe.

        We make our choice by our heart and our voice,

        With whom in this life, then the next to go ...to and fro.

In his turmoil, Job wished for an Advocate,

A Man -- Mediator and a gracious Redeemer,

He  could only wish. There was no candidate. ²

Since then, God sent Jesus, His redeeming Savior! ³

We now have that for which Job could only wish!

Now, today is the era of salvation by Grace,

To free us all from every sinful blemish.

Reject Him and you’ll wish for Him …in eternal disgrace.

For sure, life’s a façade, cloaking a world we cannot see.

So through man, God wrote The Bible,
His un-cloaking device.

From Job to Revelation, into this world peer dimly. ⁴

Now if you are wise, you will heed all my Godly advice.

See: Anti-Christ: Summary Review (Part 5)

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¹ Job and Revelation

² If there is a messenger for him, a Mediator, One among a thousand, to show man His uprightness, then He is gracious to him, and says, ‘Deliver him from going down to the pit; I have found a ransom’; his flesh shall be young like a child’s, he shall return to the days of his youth. He (man) shall pray to God, and He (God) will delight in him (man), he shall see His face with joy, for He restores to man His (God’s) righteousness. Then he (man) looks at men and says, ‘I have sinned, and perverted what was right, and it did not profit me.’ He (The Mediator) will redeem his (man’s) soul from going down to the pit, and his life shall see the light. (Job 33:23-28)

³ Jesus Christ, God in human flesh, became the Advocate, Mediator and kinsman Redeemer for whom Job wished. May you accept Him today as Your Lord and Savior.

⁴ See: 1 Corinthians 13:12.