01.08. Wisdom Is His Name
Wisdom Is His Name The fact that Christ is the wisdom of God is also indicated in the book of Proverbs. There wisdom is sometimes personified, and then we easily recognize in it the eternal Word, the Wisdom of God (Proverbs 8:22-31). Christ is presented in a threefold relationship there:
The relationship with God the Father: He was with God and He was the Father’s joy and delight from eternity, before the beginning of creation.
The relationship with the universe: He was present when everything was created, and He was the master workman or craftsman - which is another translation of little child or nursling (JND) - by whom creation came about (see also Proverbs 3:19). He was the wise Master Builder who rejoiced in His creation.
The relationship with mankind: He, who was Himself the delight of the Father’s heart, had His delight in the sons of men. The result of Wisdom being well pleased with the sons of men was its incarnation. Eternal Wisdom personally descended to the earth.
The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. Christ has declared the Father and He has glorified Him on the earth (John 1:14; John 1:18; John 17:4). He came down to save the sons of men in whom He delighted. His coming in the flesh proved His genuine and intense interest in man as the crown of His creation.
Since the children partake of blood and flesh, He took part in the same on our behalf to deliver us from the power of death and of Satan, and to bring us to glory (Hebrews 2:10-15). Small wonder that when the Son of Man was born the angels rejoiced: "(...) good will toward men!" (Luke 2:14). He who was the Father’s delight became Man in order to redeem the sons of men and to show them the Father’s heart. He who was the Wisdom of God found ways and means to deliver the objects of His delight, and to show them the secrets of God’s love.