Proverbs 8:22-31
Q.1. About whom was the writer speaking? How long has this One existed? Is there agreement between this revelation and Genesis chapter 1? How great is this Master Workman? What did He do? – (Prov.8:22-31)
Genesis never set out to prove the existence of God, or to explain the mystery of the plurality of the Godhead, when – 26 God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness … 27 God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them” (Gen.1:26-27). Yet Solomon, under inspiration of God, gave us an amazing insight into the pre-existence of Christ – 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 (Prov.8:22-23). As John wrote generations later – In the beginning was the Word. And the Word was with God, and the Word was God (Jn.1:1). Moses, Solomon, and John all received the same revelation, as did the writer of Hebrews, who wrote – In these last days, God has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom He made the world … and the ages of time (Heb.1:2). Before there was water, dust, land, and mountains – I was brought forth (Prov.8:25 c.f. Prov.8:24-26). At the creation of the universe, that is – when He established the heavens, I was there – when He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep (Prov.8:27). With absolute authority – He set for the sea its boundary so that the water would not transgress His command … (Prov.8:29). He enjoyed perfect oneness and unbroken fellowship – 29 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 (Prov.8:29-30). He shared totally in the delight that God had in His creatures – Rejoicing in the world, His earth, and having my delight in the sons of men (Prov.8:31). This delight explains the love that held Him to the cross of Calvary.