Posted on 08/28/2022 12:37:19 AM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress
“Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief. As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people. The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days” (Proverbs 28:14).
“Happy is the man that feareth alway,” now, why would a man confess and forsake his sins? Fear. Fear of God’s judgment. A guy that is covered in sins has no fear of God; “happy is the man that feareth alway.” Why is he happy? His guilt is gone. No judgment. You can't be happy until you're confessing and forsaking sinsk and you can't be happy unless there's really fear in your life. That's contrary to modern psychology. They want to remove all fear.
“. . . but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief,” like Pharaoh (Exodus 4:21). Fear is good.
“Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling” (Psalms 2:11).
“The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether” (Psalms 19:9).
Fear is just a good motive: “By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith” (Hebrews 11:7). Fear is a good motive to keep you happy.
The lion is a type of the Devil (I Peter 5:8), the bear is mentioned in Daniel 7:5 as one of the Gentile kingdoms. They get together; the bear and the lion get together in the person of the leopard in Revelation 13:2. The Antichrist like a leopard has the mouth of a lion, and the feet of a bear.
“As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.” He will devour them, and tear them up.
“As the prince that wanteth understanding,” he doesn’t understand it, he wants it. He is without it, “is also a great oppressor,” like the Antichrist. Satan is a Prince in Ephesians 2:2, “the prince of the power of the air,” and the Antichrist is a Prince in Daniel 9:26, “the prince that shall come.”
“The prince that wanteth understanding is also great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.” The problem with the devil is that he wants, and he wants, he’s gotta have and gotta have. He hates that shall prolong his days. I guess if you don't want anything; you don't lie to get it, you don’t cheat to get it, you don’t steal to get it, or kill to get it, you can’t fall into Satan’s trap through covetousness.
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In this case, the prince that "lacks" understand is a great oppressor. He doesn't "desire" it...he just lacks it.
The problem with the devil is that he wants, and he wants, he’s gotta have and gotta have.
The above is case in point. It is not accurate. The devil doesn't desire understanding--he hates understanding because understanding is the Law of God.
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