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Chapter 15. Wisdom’s rejoicing

12th June 2015 by Arthur Eedle

Our next job is to study the text of Proverbs chapter 8, where we find Wisdom speaking. It is a passage that has evoked considerable interest amongst Bible students through the years, and is well known for its beauty.

Proverbs 8:22-31 “Jehovah possessed me in the beginning (ROSH) of His way, before His works from then. From ancient days (OLAM) I was established, from the beginning (ROSH), from ancient times of the earth. When there were no depths, I travailed. When there were no springs heavy with water; before the mountains were sunk; before the hills, I travailed. While He had not made the earth and the fields, and the highest part of the dust of the world, in His preparing the heavens, I was there. In His inscribing a circle upon the face of the deep; when He set the clouds above; in making strong the fountains of the deep; in His setting a limit on the sea, that the waters should not pass beyond His command; in decreeing earth’s foundations, then I was at His side as a worker, and I was daily His delight, rejoicing before Him continually, rejoicing in the world, His earth, and my delights were with the sons of men.” [Translation from the Hebrew Interlinear Bible by Jay P. Green Snr, Baker Book House]

The usual interpretation is that the speaker is none other than the Lord Jesus, without Whom “nothing was made that was made,” as John said in his Gospel. But as I have explained elsewhere, I believe the speaker to be the Holy Spirit, the Mother figure in the Godhead. Hence the word “travailed” being used twice in this context.

But leaving this matter aside, just look at the last verse. The Speaker was delighting in the sons of men. When? Before . . . before . . .before . . .yes,before the time mentioned in the first couple of verses of Genesis chapter 1. How can that possibly be, unless God had created “the heavens” before He created “the earth”? And in those heavenly regions, or dimensions, were all the sons of men.

This is where we return to the subject of Part 3 in this series. “The Feast of Remembrance of Shouting”, on the first day of the first (civil) month in the year, in memory of “the sons of God shouting for joy” when they witnessed creation. The subject of pre-existence is beginning to hold together, now that all these separate items can be considered as parts of a whole, rather than just isolated thoughts that might otherwise be explained away.

In Genesis 2:5 we read “and every shrub of the field, while not yet on the earth . . .”  The shrubs had been created before God planted them on the earth. They existed in the heavens, like everything else. And be assured that all the plants, animals, birds, and other creatures that have become extinct, are still there in the heavens, and when it suits the Almighty, He will plant them, or bring them to life, once again. We, as human beings, may have been responsible for the extinction of some species, due to our abuse of natural resources, poisonous sprays, and other unnatural methods of agriculture. But a day will come when those who are mainly responsible will find themselves under God’s judgment. He comes to “destroy those who destroy the earth.” (But please understand the use of the word “destroy” here. Just as extinct plants have not been destroyed for ever, but now reside in the heavenly dimension, so also men who are “destroyed” will be eliminated from the blessings of the earth in the Millennial reign, having to wait their time of judgment and rehabilitation later.)

Filed Under: All our Yesterdays Tagged With: Human Pre-Existance

About Arthur Eedle

Arthur was born in 1931, and became a Christian in 1948. At London University he gained a 2nd honours degree in Physics. He went on to get a Teaching Diploma, and throughout his career life taught physics in England, Kenya, and Hong Kong. Coupled with his love of science, he was a keen student of Greek and Hebrew, and gave many lectures on Biblical subjects. Read more

All our Yesterdays

Chapter 1. The Man born Blind

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 2. The Festival of Creation

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 3. The Feast of Trumpets

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 4. Born wicked

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 5. Born to Election

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 6. Wheat and Tares

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 7. Jacob and Esau

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 8. The Return Home

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 9. Of gods and men

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 10. Coming into the World

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 11. The Blood of Abel

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 12. The Treasury of Souls

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 13. Made Together

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 14. Memory

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 15. Wisdom’s rejoicing

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 16. Redemption

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 17. Judas Iscariot

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 18. A Root of Bitterness

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 19. Predestination & Foreknowledge

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 20. Ancient Jewish Beliefs

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 21. Ancient Christian Beliefs (1)

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 22. Ancient Christian Beliefs (2)

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 23. Ancient Christian Beliefs (3)

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 24. Apocryphal writings

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 25. Plato’s writings (1)

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 26. Plato’s writings (2)

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 27. Plato’s writings (3)

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 28. George Ritchie’s experience

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 29. Betty Eadie’s experience

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 30. Conclusion to this Series

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Article Series

  • All our Yesterdays (30)
  • Before He comes (13)
  • God's Spoken Word (37)
  • Mysteries of Science & Faith (8)
  • New Series (101)
  • Newsletter (2)
  • Original Series (109)
  • Prophecy considerations (5)
  • Recognising the Hand of Judgment (33)
  • Resurrection and Change (16)
  • Seekers Corner (14)
  • Simple Statements on Serious Subjects (6)
  • The City of God (18)
  • The Millennial Octave (23)
  • The Restitution Times (22)
  • The Song of Solomon (6)
  • The Standard (19)
  • The Wayside Pulpit (107)
  • The Wayside Pulpit 2015 (96)
  • The Wellspring (101)
  • The Wellspring 2017 (55)

Index of Topics

Arthur & Rosalind Eedle's Personal Testimonies Discipleship Expository Items Good and Evil Human Pre-Existance Jane Leade. Philadelphian Numerology in the Bible Quotations from other Authors Resurrection and the Change Ron Wyatt. Archaeology Science Topics The Kingdom of God the Millennium and the Return of Christ The Sabbath Day Universal Reconcilliation

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