Wisdom of Solomon

Objective:  

 The Incarnation of the Wisdom 

 The Divinity of Christ 

 Solomon's Prayer for Wisdom 

 

 Wisdom with the Old Testament Saints 

 

 

 Resources: 

 Fr Tadros Y Malaty Commentary 

 Catena Bible Commentary 

 Fr Dawoud Lamie Bible study (Arabic) 

 SUS Might Arrows 

 Reading: 

 Chapter 2: 1-25 

 Chapter 7: 26-30 

 Chapter 9: 1-18 

 Key verse(s): 

 “For God loves none but those who dwell with wisdom ”   Wisdom 7:28 

 Reading can be from OSB. 

 Comments: 

 The Book is one of the Deuterocanonical Books 

 It has been canonized in our Church and it is one of the Poetic Books 

 Solomon is the author and it can be testified from the Book for these reasons:

 The same eloquent and profound poetic style found in Solomon's other books 

 It is placed in the same order as Solomon's other books 

 Mentioned himself in (Wisdom 9:7-12) 

 

 The Book is found in the Septuagint 

 Many Church fathers affirmed the Book's canonicity like: St. Clement of Alexandria, St. Augustine, St. Athanasius, and St. Irenaeus. 

 The Book talks about the Logos and His incarnation, His work of salvation, and His passion 

 Breakdown:

 Chapters 1-9: Wisdom in life with people 

 Chapter 10-19: Wisdom in humanity with God's people in the Old Testament 

 

 Chapter 2:

 V. 1 The ungodly say that there is no eternal life.  

 V.12-25: Talk about our Lord Jesus and how people viewed Him

 V.13 Accurate prophecy on our Lord Jesus Christ 

 V.14 The Lord knew their thoughts like the incident of the Paralytic man 

 V.18: This was mentioned at the Crucifixion 

 V.19-20: Talk about the Crucifixion  

 V.25 "The Same as the Reconciliation prayer in the Liturgy of St. Basil"

 Proves the canonicity of the Book 

 

 

 

 Chapter 7:26-30

 Talks about the Divinity of Christ

 V.28: God will not accept someone unless he is attached to Christ 

 

 

 Chapter 9:

 V. 1: God the Father created all things through His Son 

 V. 4: Solomon is not asking for wisdom (trait), but the Wisdom of God. This is the Logos to live in Him 

 V.6: No one is good or perfect except if he has our Lord Jesus Christ 

 V.7-12: Talks about Solomon

 V.8: He built the Temple according to the pattern of the Tabernacle which Moses built as God Himself showed him 

 V.9: A Theological explanation that the Wisdom - God the Son - the Logos was present from the beginning of time. The Divine Timelessness of God the Son. 

 V.10: God's incarnation 

 

 V.16: Shows our limitations as humans. We can't understand everything on earth, so by default, we can't understand the heavens! 

 

 Chapters 10-19: Talks about how the wisdom carried the Old Testament saints. Encourage the youth to read at home 

 Review/recap questions: **Servant may add more questions 

 When did our Lord read the people's thoughts? 

 Show a verse that is mentioned in the Divine Liturgy. 

 Chapter 9: Show verses that mention God's Divinity 

 Homework: **Servant may add more questions 

 

   

 

 

 "For she is the breath of the ..... of God, and a pure influence flowing from the glory of the .....: therefore can no defiled thing fall into her." Wisdom 7:25 

 "And hardly do we guess aright at things that are upon ........., and with labour do we find the things that are before us: but the things that are in ........ who hath searched out?" Wisdom 9:16