PROFITING FROM PROVERBS

“The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable . . . Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness” (Proverbs 25:3, 5).

Well, God searches them. “The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will. Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts” (Proverbs 21:1-2).

“The heaven for height,” that’s pretty high. Nobody's ever seen to the end of the universe or even been to the end of the universe. I mean, just imagine how big the universe is, and to think about all those millions of light years it takes to get from here to stars and galaxies at the speed of light. It's just unbelievable how immense the universe is.

“The heaven for height, and the earth for depth,” this shows you, that while the earth is not the farthest thing away from God, it's moving away from God. In relation to God, the earth is deep; in relation to man the heaven is high.

“. . . and the heart of Kings is unsearchable,” in the sense of men, and of course, in the sense of men the heaven in high and the earth is deep. Nobody has descended into the center of the earth, except spiritual beings, so it's pretty deep for us.

“Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.”

“Take away the wicked from before the King,” now, the principle is in verse 4, the application of the principle is in versed 5. “Take away the dross,” and notice in verse 5, “take away the wicked.” There's your application. You have a great King and a great Kingdom, when the wicked are taken away from before the King.

And, of course, when the Millennium is set up—right before it set up—the wicked are taken away. The Word refers to Satan as the wicked one in Second Thessalonians 2, and he will be taken away. Then the Kingdom shall be established in righteousness. So, Proverbs 25:5 is a definite reference to the millennium and the Second Coming.

And that's good for any country, that's just the principle. You get rid of the dross and the wicked, “from before the king, and his throne will be established in righteousness.”

Proverbs 25:5 is a specific reference to the second coming in the Millennium.

Daily Bible study is necessary if we are going to begin our day with the right attitude and the right spiritual diet. Proverbs has 31 chapters, and most months have 31 days, so let's read a chapter of Proverbs a day and see what God might have for us. As the Lord leads, share with us what God has shown you in a special way and by His grace let us build up a devotional repository. Let's keep our knives and forks handy for some daily bread! Ideally, a chapter or two of Proverbs will fit in nicely with a good plan of reading our Bibles through each year.

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