Poetic and Wisdom Books

Resumen

In the Poetic and Wisdom Books we do not find laws or promises made by God or oracles of people who speak in his name. All the words therein are human words: they show the devout man at prayer, expressing his feelings before God. The word of man in turn is mysteriously the Word of God. The most important thing in the study of these books is to discover how God speaks through them. God is calling the believer and imparting to him prayer, sentiments of love, or zeal to search for the truth. Like all Old Testament books, the Poetic and Wisdom Books helped prepare the full Revelation of God in Jesus Christ, put down in words in the New Testament. We point out their orientation to the New Testament, at the same time as they help the reader-student know Jesus Christ better and cling more closely to Him by following the path they mark out.