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THE BIRTH OF WISDOM
PROVERBS
8:1 Does not wisdom call,
And understanding lift up her voice?
2 On top of the heights beside the way,
Where the paths meet, she takes her stand;
3 Beside the gates, at the opening to the city,
At the entrance of the doors, she cries out:
4 To you, O men, I call,
And my voice is to the sons of men.
5 O naive ones, discern prudence;
And, O fools, discern wisdom.
6 Listen, for I shall speak noble things;
And the opening of my lips will produce right things.
7 For my mouth will utter truth;
And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
8 All the utterances of my mouth are in righteousness;
There is nothing crooked or perverted in them.
9 They are all straightforward to him who understands,
And right to those who find knowledge.
10 Take my instruction, and not silver,
And knowledge rather than choicest gold.
11 For wisdom is better than jewels;
And all desirable things can not compare with her.
12 I, wisdom, dwell with prudence,
And I find knowledge and discretion.
13 The fear of the Lord is to hate evil;
Pride and arrogance and the evil way,
And the perverted mouth, I hate.
14 Counsel is mine and sound wisdom;
I am understanding, power is mine.
15 By me kings reign,
And rulers decree justice.
16 By me princes rule, and nobles,
All who judge rightly.
17 I love those who love me;
And those who diligently seek me will find me.
18 Riches and honor are with me,
Enduring wealth and righteousness.
19 My fruit is better than gold, even pure gold,
And my yield than choicest silver.
20 I walk in the way of righteousness,
In the midst of the paths of justice,
21 To endow those who love me with wealth,
That I may fill their treasuries.
22 The Lord possessed me at the beginning of His way,
Before His works of old.
23 From everlasting I was established,
From the beginning, from the earliest times of the earth.
24 When there were no depths I was brought forth,
When there were no springs abounding with water.
25 Before the mountains were settled,
Before the hills I was brought forth;
26 While He had not yet made the earth and the fields,
Nor the first dust of the world.
27 When He established the heavens, I was there,
When He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,
28 When He made firm the skies above,
When the springs of the deep became fixed,
29 When He set for the sea its boundary,
So that the water should not transgress His command,
When He marked out the foundations of the earth;
30 Then I was beside Him, as a master workman;
And I was daily His delight,
Rejoicing always before Him,
31 Rejoicing in the world, His earth,
And having my delight in the sons of men.
32 Now therefore, O sons, listen to me,
For blessed are they who keep my ways.
33 Heed instruction and be wise,
And do not neglect it.
34 Blessed is the man who listens to me,
Watching daily at my gates,
Waiting at my doorposts.
35 For he who finds me finds life,
And obtains favor from the Lord.
36 But he who sins against me injures himself;
All those who hate me love death.
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. Genesis 1:1 and 2
You will notice that Genesis 1:2 speaks of the earth when it is wet and has depth. Proverbs 8: 24 speaks of the earth when it was dry and had no depths. So there must be a gap in time between Genesis verse 1 and verse 2. Notice also that the earth was made round in Proverbs 8:27. In Proverbs 8:23 to 31 we have a brief history of the earth. Proverbs 8:22, I believe, stands apart as Genesis 1:1 stands apart. ^The Lord possessed me at the beginning of His way, Before His works of old. From everlasting I was established,^ Notice in verse 24 it says ^I was brought forth^ and in verse 30 ^as a master workman^.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. John 1:1 to 3
This passage, John 1:1 to 2, we know, refers to Jesus. Notice Proverbs verse 30 ^Then I was beside Him� and verse 22 and 23 ^The Lord possessed me at the beginning of His way,Before His works of old. From everlasting I was established.^ Does that not sound like the same being, the same person as the Word? Remember that verse 30 calls him a master workman making him or her or it a person.
Is Jesus, the Word, also Wisdom spoken of in Proverbs 8?. If so then in Proverbs 8 we have an explanation of the creation of Jesus. Verse 23 uses the term ^was established^ as opposed to just ^was^. Let us see how the James Moffat Translation deals with this terminology and concept. Verse 22 reads ^The Eternal formed me first of his creation, first of all His works in days of old; I was fashioned in the earliest ages.^ Verse 24 uses the term ^I was born when,^ again in verse 25. It is plain here that Wisdom is a creation; it was first, it was fashioned and it was born.
This event evidently happened before the earth, the solar system and time as we know it were established. From our perspective Wisdom always was, ever since there was an earth at least.
I am the Lord, and there is no other;
Besides Me there is no God.
I will gird you, though you have not known Me;
6 That men may know from the rising to the setting of the sun
That there is no one besides Me.
I am the Lord, and there is no other,
7 The One forming light and creating darkness,
Causing well~being and creating calamity;
I am the Lord who does all these. Isaiah 45:5 to 7
And there is no other God besides Me,
A righteous God and a Savior;
There is none except Me.
22 Turn to Me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth;
For I am God, and there is no other. Isaiah 45:21 and 22
8 Remember this, and be assured;
Recall it to mind, you transgressors.
9 Remember the former things long past,
For I am God, and there is no other;
I am God, and there is no one like Me,
10 Declaring the end from the beginning
And from ancient times things which have not been done,
Saying, ^My purpose will be established,
And I will accomplish all My good pleasure^;
11 Calling a bird of prey from the east,
The man of My purpose from a far country.
Truly I have spoken; truly I will bring it to pass.
I have planned it, surely I will do it.
12 Listen to Me, you stubborn~minded,
Who are far from righteousness.
13 I bring near My righteousness, it is not far off;
And My salvation will not delay.
And I will grant salvation in Zion,
And My glory for Israel. Isaiah 46:8 to 13
6 This is what the LORD says^
Israel^s King and Redeemer, the LORD Almighty:
I am the first and I am the last;
apart from me there is no God.
7 Who then is like me? Let him proclaim it.
Let him declare and lay out before me
what has happened since I established my ancient people,
and what is yet to come
yes, let him foretell what will come.
8 Do not tremble, do not be afraid.
Did I not proclaim this and foretell it long ago?
You are my witnesses. Is there any God besides me?
No, there is no other Rock; I know not one. Isaiah 44:6 to 8
And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ. 1 Corinthians 10:4
That is to say Jesus not Peter.
For whoever does the will of My Father who is in heaven, he is My brother and sister and mother. Matthew 12:50
2007 Jacques Gauvin
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