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NASB | Proverbs 8:22 ¶ "The LORD possessed me at the beginning of His way, Before His works of old. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Proverbs 8:22 ¶ "The LORD created and possessed me at the beginning of His way, Before His works of old [were accomplished]. |
Subject: Proverbs 8 Wisdom Equals Jesus |
Bible Note: Hi Angel: It might help if you used your word processor to create your posts. Compose your thoughts there, proofread, then copy and paste. You will have a nice clean item, like this one. If by any chance you lost it on the Forum, you can always return to your word processor for it. Likewise, we can let the word of God process our thoughts. It also explains itself. For example, we read about a rock in Exodus 17:6. Who would have thought that that rock was actually a Rock? Who would have thought that “that Rock was Christ”? (1 Corinthians 10:4). Only the other passage could tell us what the other passage meant. About the topic in question, as others have said, the “person” in question in the proverbs passage is simply wisdom personified. It is true that “Christ is made unto us wisdom” (1 Corinthians 1:30). And “Christ (is) the power of God, and the wisdom of God” (1 Corinthians 1:24). And he was in the beginning with God. But we need a direct scriptural statement to indicate that it was Jesus talking in Proverbs. The direct evidence is that it was Solomon talking, and personification was the literary device he was using, as it were to let Ms. Wisdom talk for herself. As always, the context keeps us in line. Doth not wisdom cry (Proverbs 8:1)? |