Waking Up to Wisdom

 “My son, if you will receive my sayings, and treasure my commandments within you, make your ear attentive to wisdom, incline your heart to understanding; For if you cry for discernment, lift your voice for understanding; if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures; Then you will discern the fear of YHVH, and discover the knowledge of Elohim. For YHVH gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding” (Proverbs 2:1-6).  

YHVH gives us wisdom, and from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.  The scribes and prophets of old were anointed to hear “Thus says YHVH”, and we are still blessed today to read these messages in our scriptures. Therefore, “wisdom” means we should be attentive to what He says.  The fact that the Almighty addresses each of us as “My son” is not only extremely endearing but also makes for a significant identity marker.  Having come from an ancestry of rebels and sinners who “have now found grace in the wilderness” (Jeremiah 31:2) what should be our response to YHVH’s “speaking”?  His Word is the same yesterday, today, and forever, but do we have eyes to see and ears to hear?  Habakkuk was told to “see” what YHVH would speak to him (ref. Hab. 2:1). Many have had their eyes open to see the truth, but then have slumbered off into dreamland.

Elohim is sovereign over all of the history of humanity and has arranged everything by His Word, both the good and the evil. As those who profess to hold on to His Word, we have no excuse for walking in rebellion anymore, nor to interpret the history of His people, both Judah and Israel/Ephraim from any other perspective than His.

One of the reasons for the anti-Semitism and hatred that is rampant today in the nations is the prevailing ignorance of Elohim’s Word and biblical history.  Some Christians and other ‘believers’, for example, declare that the Jews living in Israel are not ‘real’ ethnic Jews, even though they and the generations before them were persecuted in many nations and had to flee from place to place precisely because they were labeled “Jews”. After the State of Israel was formed in 1948, thousands of Jews fled Islamic countries (again, because of persecution). They are the Sephardic Jews, many of whom (especially from Iraq) can trace their ancestry back to the Babylonian exile.  Obviously, at the same time (i.e. after the 2^nd World War) Jews from eastern and central Europe, who were survivors of attempted extermination for being known as Jews for centuries, also made their way to the newly formed Jewish State (a return which is prophesied in numerous scriptures).  Thus, today after 76 years, there is a third and a fourth generation of the two groups merging and producing young men and women who are giving their Jewish blood to defend the only country in the world that YHVH has given to His people.  The Marxist and Islamic agendas (although very far apart ideologically yet united in their mutual hatred for the Elohim of Israel) are currently closing in on the western Judeo/Christian civilization. Those of us who have awakened to the obvious must pay attention to “wisdom”. “The fear YHVH is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding” (Proverbs 9:10). “Trust in YHVH with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight. Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear YHVH and turn away from evil” (Proverbs 3:5-7).

YHVH is pouring out His Spirit in these latter days and with it a spirit of “wisdom” so that His people will ‘fear’ Him and listen to and obey that which comes from His mouth for:  “From His mouth come knowledge and understanding”. If we have these we will not be deceived by the lying spirits flooding the airways. Remember who the prince and power of the air is!