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.
His un-cloaking device.
From Job to
Revelation, into this world peer dimly. 4
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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.
