Sunday, April 29, 2018

Animals Have GOD's Given Wisdom



Job 38:36, "Who endowed the ibis with wisdom...


"...and gave the cock his intelligence?"

"Animals obey GOD and are full of His wisdom. GOD gives wisdom to all His creatures. This isn't referring to human intellect or feelings. Human wisdom is different from spiritual wisdom (insight) that GOD gives to the non-human animals as so His elect angels. Man can obtain spiritual wisdom through the Holy Spirit. Animals are born with it." (Mary Buddemeyer-Porter)

Jeremiah 8:7, "Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times;



"...and the turtle...



"...and the crane...


"...and the swallow...



"...observe the time of their coming; but My people know not the judgment of the LORD." 

Animals have an obedience to and wisdom of GOD.  Balaam's donkey obeyed the angel of GOD (II Peter 2:16). Balaam's donkey talked. See Numbers 22:20-33. 

GOD commanded the whale in the Book of Jonah to swallow up Jonah. (Jonah 1:17) The whale heard and obeyed. 

GOD requires obedience from His highest members of creation (mankind) to the lower members (the animal kingdom).

GOD gives wisdom. "There are four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceedingly wise:



"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer.



The conies are but a feeble folk, yet they make their house in the rocks;



"The locusts have no king, yet they go forth all of them in bands;



"The spider takes hold with her hands, and is in king's palaces." (Proverbs 30:24-28)

Because man brought down all of creation due to sinning against GOD, many struggle to fight against the wisdom He wants to depart to them. Salvation in Christ alone brings about this reconciliation with our Almighty GOD. The animals didn't sin, yet they suffer because of man. However, they don't fight the wisdom GOD departs to them. They could never survive otherwise. Even then it is a battle of the fittest due to man's sin bringing the world to its fallen state. One day GOD is going to create His New Heaven, New Earth, and New Jerusalem. It will be a Heavenly eternal existence with our Awesome, Almighty, Creator, Savior, Holy Father GOD for us and His animal kingdom revived. Romans 8:21, "The creatures themselves will be liberated from death and decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of GOD." 

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