Covenant Reformed News – August 2018 • Volume XVII, Issue 4
This article is the third installment in a series examining God's wisdom as demonstrated throughout Scripture, tracing His wise governance from Old Testament Israel through the redemptive work of Christ and the gathering of the New Testament church. The author illustrates how divine wisdom is manifest in God's sovereign decree, creative works, and providential guidance of history, culminating in Paul's declaration of the "manifold wisdom of God" revealed through the church. This resource will benefit readers seeking a biblical-theological perspective on how God's omniscience and wise plan unfold across redemptive history.
God’s Wisdom (3) The two previous instalments explained the basic idea of wisdom and showed how it is manifest in God’s Persons, perfections, decree and works of creation and providence. Jehovah displayed His rich wisdom through the whole history of Old Testament Israel, involving Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; the exodus, the wilderness wanderings and the conquest of Canaan; the periods of the judges and the united monarchy of Saul, David and Solomon; the divided kingdoms of Israel in the north...