The wisdom by which God made the world — and the Wisdom made flesh.
Proverbs personifies Wisdom as present with God before creation, the master craftsman at his side; Job asks where wisdom can be found and answers that it belongs to God alone; Ecclesiastes tests every earthly path and finds it wanting. The New Testament gathers the thread into a person: Christ, "the wisdom of God," "in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge." To seek wisdom, in the end, is to seek him.- 1
Wisdom present at creation
Proverbs 8:30Then I was beside Himas a master craftsman; And I was daily His delight, Rejoicing always before Him,
Proverbs personifies Wisdom beside God as the master craftsman when the world was made. - 2
"Where shall wisdom be found?"
Job 28:12“Butwhere can wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?
Job's great poem: wisdom is hidden from all living things and known to God alone. - 3
Christ the wisdom of God
1 Corinthians 1:24but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
Paul: Christ crucified is the power of God and the wisdom of God. - 4
Treasures of wisdom hidden in Christ
Colossians 2:3in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Colossians: in Christ "are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge."
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