Posted on 03/24/2022 9:04:04 PM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress
“Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness” (Proverbs 25:5).
“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.
Notice in regard to the remarks made on verses 2 and 3 that the King and the throne can only refer (doctrinally) to the millennial throne of David, upon which Jesus Christ will sit (Matthew 25:30, 19:28; Luke 1:30–34; and Revelation 20:1–5). The “wicked” are NOT taken away from before the king until Revelation 19 and 20, and the throne is NOT established in “righteousness” until that time. First Kings 1 and 2 foreshadow this time in Solomon, who is the “son of David” (see Matthew 1:1); but any commentator who fails to grasp the millennial reference has missed the doctrinal import of the passage.
“Take away the wicked” is clearly a reference to Isaiah 14:12–16 and Revelation 20:1–2. David speaks of this in his “last will and testament” (see 2 Samuel 23:3–7).
"How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms” (Isaiah 14:12-16).
"And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years” (Revelation 20:1-2).
"The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain. Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow. But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands: But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place” (2 Samuel 23:3-7).
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