Our Wonderful Bible
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Acting Wisely God says here that his Servant will act wisely. But what does Yahweh understand by wisdom? Well, to answer that question one needs to read the early verses of the Proverbs, which are concerned almost entirely with this subject and direct us to obtain wisdom. There we find that real wisdom is following the path laid out for us by God, and not going the way we think is best. It is obvious that Jesus was sure of who he was and what he was to do, and also that he got it right which is shown again by the resurrection. Thus it should not surprise us to find him, who 'only did what he saw his Father doing' (Jn 5:19), arranging, wherever he could, and whenever the circumstances allowed, to follow what he had learnt from the prophecies concerning the Messiah, and also to keep to the footsteps of all the various 'types' that were messianic. He thus 'acted wisely'. Since this was the way indicated previously by Yahweh, Jesus walked in it. Obviously he could not do this for all the prophesied events – for example, regarding his burial – and yet for such also we discover that what did happen followed what had been foretold. God faithfully fulfilled his word.
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The Beginning Of The Story The Bible therefore, the Creator's word to us, has to be our only true source of information concerning these things. Now the first three chapters of the Bible deal with this beginning, and lead us into the continuum in which we seem to find ourselves. Thus, when we read the Bible, we ought really to be considering these chapters as though they were a preface – rather like some T.V. dramas, which 'set the scene' before the titles appear. If there is to be a break in the whole book, then the end of that part is, I believe, where it ought to come. Those three chapters tell us about the perfect world God made – and Man's rejection of both it and God. The rest of the book – both Testaments – tell us about God's rescue package, by which he aims to regain, not only Man, but the whole of his creation.