Proverbs 14:9
Fools make a mock at sin:
But among the righteous there is favour.
It is the Hebrew of this verse which reveals its contrast nature. The word used for sin really is actually a word that means the ‘atoning sacrifice for sin’. In the Hebrew there is also a subject change to where it is the ‘atoning sacrifice for sin that mocks the fool’. What we have here is an instance where the sacrifice chides the fool for his carelessness disobedience towards God’s commandments to sacrifice. The commandment exposes the fool as a sinner separated from God. The commandment shows the fool he needs the sacrifice to restore him to his relationship with God. The sacrifice stands there in full view of the fool who is to foolish and proud to reach out to it so he could come again close to the peace of God. The fool is being chided through the confused emptiness of his life while the righteous, one who is straight in his relationship with God, because he cares about the commandments, finds favor meaning, and true purpose.
The sacrifice of Messiah stands near to all us ready to restore us unto the Father. But we first must let the commandment convict us as sinners. It is the Torah, the instruction erroneously called in English ‘the Law’, which teaches us the knowledge of sin and therefore reveals to us we are sinners. Through this Instruction we are meant to discover that we need the sacrifice of the ‘Lamb of God which takes away the sin of the world’ to erase these sins from us so we can again find peace in the arms of the Almighty Father.
Let us stop the scoffing right now. Let us grab hold of the atoning blood of Messiah for a whole guilt and sin offering. Then we will, as the elders did at Mt Horeb, seat at the millennial bridal banquet table of the Prince of Peace for the most grandiose of peace offering feast. The we will, in the presence of the Son, find final peace for our souls.
Fools make a mock at sin:
But among the righteous there is favour.
It is the Hebrew of this verse which reveals its contrast nature. The word used for sin really is actually a word that means the ‘atoning sacrifice for sin’. In the Hebrew there is also a subject change to where it is the ‘atoning sacrifice for sin that mocks the fool’. What we have here is an instance where the sacrifice chides the fool for his carelessness disobedience towards God’s commandments to sacrifice. The commandment exposes the fool as a sinner separated from God. The commandment shows the fool he needs the sacrifice to restore him to his relationship with God. The sacrifice stands there in full view of the fool who is to foolish and proud to reach out to it so he could come again close to the peace of God. The fool is being chided through the confused emptiness of his life while the righteous, one who is straight in his relationship with God, because he cares about the commandments, finds favor meaning, and true purpose.
The sacrifice of Messiah stands near to all us ready to restore us unto the Father. But we first must let the commandment convict us as sinners. It is the Torah, the instruction erroneously called in English ‘the Law’, which teaches us the knowledge of sin and therefore reveals to us we are sinners. Through this Instruction we are meant to discover that we need the sacrifice of the ‘Lamb of God which takes away the sin of the world’ to erase these sins from us so we can again find peace in the arms of the Almighty Father.
Let us stop the scoffing right now. Let us grab hold of the atoning blood of Messiah for a whole guilt and sin offering. Then we will, as the elders did at Mt Horeb, seat at the millennial bridal banquet table of the Prince of Peace for the most grandiose of peace offering feast. The we will, in the presence of the Son, find final peace for our souls.
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