HOPE AND LIFE THROUGH THE WORD-1

Have you seen this beautiful allegorical prophetic revelation in the Old Testament Book of Job? Let us look at Job Chapter 14 and verse7:
“For there is hope for a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and that it’s tender roots will not cease”.This in itself, is a very good scripture, and already carries a great message of hope, which is that after all, there is still-hope! But hold on, that is just the beginning. Let us now proceed to hear the rest of the story.
Job chapter 14 and verses 7-9 “For there is hope for a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and that it’s tender roots will not cease.
Though the roots thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock there of die in the ground;
Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.”Here and now we have a clearer picture of the revelation, and the process of change or transformation.
For us to clearly understand this revelation, remember that it is an allegory. An allegory is a symbolic representation of something-simply put. A broader explanation of an allegory, is that it is a work in which the characters or events are to be understood as representing other things and symbolically expressing a deeper, often spiritual, moral, or political meaning.
Added to the allegorical nature of this great message, is the concept of typology, as we shall explain shortly.
HOPE FOR (A) MAN
A tree is representative of a man of God or man, for men or children of God are called trees of righteousness.
Again in the Book of Psalms chapter 92 and verse 12 we read “The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon”.Finally, we see the clearest picture of what Job is saying in Psalm 1, verses 1-3.Let us now zoom in completely:
Psalm 1 verse 1-3 “Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in His law doth he meditate day and night. 3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither, and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.This scripture, not only likens a man to a tree, but talks about the ability of the tree to be sustained, rejuvenated, and made to blossom, by water
WATER-THE SPIRIT AND THE WORD
Theologians teach about a concept known as typology which is scattered all over the word of God. Joseph and Joshua we are told were types of Christ. Most importantly and especially for the purpose of our study today, water is a type of the word. We all have read about the washing of water by the word. I will equally add that water is representative of the Spirit, for we read in the Book of Isaiah Chapter 55 and verse 1,
“Ho! Everyone who thirsts, Come to the waters; and you who have no money, come buy and eat! Yes, come, buy wine and milk without price.”This scripture talks about the Spirit of God, just as Ezekiel in chapter 47 gives an extensive explanation of the progressive infillings of the Spirit using water to represent the Holy Spirit as God gave the vision.
We shall see how the word and the Spirit move together to produce change, and why Job did not understand this revelation, as well as what that represent today, in the second part of this article.