Some see a distinction of persons in the descriptions of the wisdom of God, particularly those in Proverbs 1:20-33, 8:1-36, and 9:1-6. However, these passages of Scripture merely personify wisdom as a literary or poetic device. We are all familiar with many examples in literature where an author personifies an idea, emotion, or other intangible thing for the sake of emphasis, vividness, or illustration. The fallacy of trying to make the Bibles literary personification of wisdom imply a personal distinction in God is plain for all to see, for all the above passages personify wisdom as a woman. So if wisdom is the second person in the Godhead, the second person is female.
The proper way to regard wisdom in the Bible is to regard it as an attribute of God- part of His omniscience. He used His wisdom in creating the world (Psalm 136:5; Proverbs 3:19; Jeremiah 10:12). Just as a humans wisdom is not a different person from himself, so God"™s wisdom is not a different person from God. Wisdom is something that God possesses and something that He can impart to humans.
Of course, since Christ is God manifest in flesh, all the wisdom of God is in Christ (Colossians 2:3). He is the wisdom of God as well as the power of God (1Corinthians 1:24). This does not mean Christ is a different person from God but rather that in Christ dwells all of God"™s wisdom and power (along with God"™s other attributes). Through Christ, God reveals His wisdom and power to humanity. Wisdom is simply an attribute of God described in the OT and revealed thru Christ in the New Testament.
__________________ And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
Wisdom Of God
