absolutetruth wrote:there are 215 references to Wisdom in the Bible, and none refer to wisdom in the feminine as these proverbs do (except by Jesus in Matthew 11:19, and Luke 7:35, and here He's not speaking of Himself).
therefore, the reference to wisdom is unique in Proverbs 1-8, and the explanation given fails.
Nice try, but your explanation does not work. When "wisdom" is used as a characteristic of an individual the pronouns used are for the individual. When wisdom is used by itself the pronoun is always feminine as per your examples:
Matthew 11:19
19 "The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners!' Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds."
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Luke 7:34-35
35 "Yet wisdom is vindicated by all her children."
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From the OT:
Proverbs 1:20-22
20 Wisdom shouts in the street,
She lifts her voice in the square;
21 At the head of the noisy streets she cries out;
At the entrance of the gates in the city, she utters her sayings:
22 "How long, O naive ones, will you love simplicity?
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Proverbs 9:1-4
Wisdom has built her house,
She has hewn out her seven pillars;
2 She has prepared her food, she has mixed her wine;
She has also set her table;
3 She has sent out her maidens, she calls
From the tops of the heights of the city:
4 "Whoever is naive, let him turn in here!"
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i keep telling you, and you're not listening, that you've taken the stance of a negative existential proposition. an absolute negation. so everything must be in your favor. so you can post all the alleged difficulties that you want, but even one verse that clearly shows Christ's Divinity destroys all you stand for.
So you appeal to circular logic while ignoring Deuteronomy 6:4
Deuteronomy 6:4
4 "Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one! NAS
Which is repeated in the NT more than once, even by Jesus:
John 5:44 "How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another, and you do not seek the glory that is from the one and only God?
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John 17:3
3 "And this is eternal life, that they may know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent. NAS
Romans 16:27
27 to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, be the glory forever. Amen.
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1 Corinthians 8:5-6
5 For even if there are so-called gods whether in heaven or on earth, as indeed there are many gods and many lords, 6 yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we exist for Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we exist through Him. NAS
Galatians 3:20
20 Now a mediator is not for one party only; whereas God is only one. NAS
How do you understand the "only true God", "only wise God", "but one God, the Father", and "God is only one"?
If find amazing that intelligent people through elementary grammar out the window in order to justify a false doctrine. I also find it odd that so many Christians dismiss how Jews understand their own Bible.
Jesus is the exact representation of God's nature and God's appointed heir (Hebrews 1:1-3). As God's heir Jesus is God's agent.
Agent (Heb. Shaliah): The main point of the Jewish law of agency is expressed in the dictum, “a person’s agent is regarded as the person himself” (Ned. 72b; Kidd. 41b). Therefore any act committed by a duly appointed agent is regarded as having been committed by the principal, who therefore bears full responsibility for it with consequent complete absence of liability on the part of the agent.
R. J. Z. Werblowsky and Geoffrey Wigoder, Jewish Encyclopedia
You have not established the Trinity in the OT all you have done is use circular reasoning by starting with a conclusion and working back in an attempt to prove your conclusion.
Isaiah 22:22-23
22 "Then I will set the key of the house of David on his shoulder,
When he opens no one will shut,
When he shuts no one will open.
23 "And I will drive him like a peg in a firm place,
And he will become a throne of glory to his father's house.
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Revelation 3:7
He who is holy, who is true, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says this:
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