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Ellen Gould White über: "Does Ellen White state that Wisdom in the book of Proverbs represents Jesus?"
Answer
The provided documents do not contain a specific statement by Ellen White explicitly identifying the personified "Wisdom" in the Book of Proverbs as a direct representation of Jesus. While she emphasizes that Christ is the source of all wisdom and the central theme of both the Old and New Testaments, the citations focus more on the principles of holy living and the necessity of knowing God through Christ to be truly wise.
Principles of Holy Living in the Proverbs of Solomon
»In the proverbs of Solomon are outlined principles of holy living and high endeavor, principles that are heaven-born and that lead to godliness, principles that should govern every act of life. It was the wide dissemination of these principles, and the recognition of God as the One to whom all praise and honor belong, that made Solomon's early reign a time of moral uplift as well as of material prosperity. “Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,” he wrote, “and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies: and all things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honor. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.” . “Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.” . “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.”«
God as the Source of All Wisdom through Christ
»God is the source of all wisdom. He is infinitely wise and just and good. Apart from Christ, the wisest men that ever lived cannot comprehend Him. They may profess to be wise; they may glory in their attainments; but mere intellectual knowledge, aside from the great truths that center in Christ, is as nothingness. “Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom: ... but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth Me, that I am the Lord which exercise loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth.”«
Christ as the Riches of the Old Testament
»The Old Testament sheds light upon the New, and the New upon the Old. Each is a revelation of the glory of God in Christ. Christ as manifested to the patriarchs, as symbolized in the sacrificial service, as portrayed in the law, and as revealed by the prophets is the riches of the Old Testament. Christ in His life, His death, and His resurrection; Christ as He is manifested by the Holy Spirit, is the treasure of the New.«
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