WISDOM LITERATURE: WHY DOES IT SAY IT Part 2

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WISDOM LITERATUREWHY DOES IT SAY IT?Part 2
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THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES

• Theology of Retribution Principle
• Israel had this world in view (Prov. 1131)
• Luke 131-5
• Galileans
• Denies cause-and-effect
• Affirms living in the fear of God
• John 91-5
• Cause unknown purposes clearer
• Not all circumstances are just, but God can bring
  justice out of circumstances.

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THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES

• Order Out of Chaos Creation Wisdom
• Creation established order at every level
• Wisdom involved perception and understanding of
  that created order
• Creation was not 1-x act, but the establishment
  of a functioning cosmos, civilization, and
  society Wisdom was the foundation of it.
• Proverbs 822-31