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“And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed
into the ground; And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the
seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. For the
earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear,
after that the full corn in the ear.”
So when you come to the New Testament the Epistles reveal the same
emotional colorings as the Poetical Old Testament Books but now in
fully-developed, fully manifested form. The truths that were colorfully
and dramatically demonstrated, in creation and Israel’s history, find their
full expression in the manifestation of our Lord Jesus Christ. The
revelation of Jesus Christ is the meaning, purpose and reason for
everything.

God gives us Job first among the Poetical books, so it becomes the
primary seed bearer. The Book of Job contains all the truths we will ever
need to understand God’s message of redemption. Job answers the
question, “Why?”. The soul crying out in the confusion of the tempest,
“Why me?” You see, when you come to Psalms, then you are going to ask
the question, “How?”. How can I enter into all of this? Psalms tells you
how. And then Proverbs and Ecclesiastes and Song of Solomon tell you
“What”. What will happen in your life if you really turn your eyes to the
Lord, what will be the result of intimate union with the Lord?
I point out from time to time that Genesis 3:15 is the key verse of the
entire Bible. Genesis 3:15 is the First Prophecy in the Bible, and it says
that the serpent, Satan, and his seed, will constantly be at war with the
woman and her seed, which is Christ and His followers. So Christ and all
His followers will be at war with Satan and his minions. The verse goes
on to say that Satan and his followers will have a partial, temporary
victory. But Christ and His followers will end up with the ultimate
victory. That is clearly shown in the figure of the “bruised heel” and the
“crushed head”.

THERE’S A WAR GOING ON
The life of Job illustrates Genesis 3:15. You do not have to know hardly
anything about Job to realize that the seed of the woman is at war with the
seed of the serpent. Job is the Bible’s great illustration of that. In Job the
conflict between God and Satan is brought from behind the scenes right
onto the big stage. So the first major theme in God’s explanation of
redemption is; there’s a battle going on. We see in dramatic biblical prose
the partial, temporary victory of the devil. Boy, it looks like Job really
went under for a while. You know, in the New Testament it says, “You

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