The WISDOM of the RIGHTEOUS causes the COUNTENANCE to
SHINE with the boldness of the One Who empowers (8:1)
as is the case with the believer who is TRANSFORMED "FROM GLORY TO GLORY ... BY THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD"
(II Corinthians 3:18):
It is "the WORD of His GRACE" which BUILDS UP
the believer (Acts 20:32)
It is the PAULINE "DISPENSATION of the GRACE of God"
(Ephesians 3:1-2) which TEACHES the believer about RIGHTEOUS LIVING and causes the believer
to be LOOKING FOR the Savior's "GLORIOUS APPEARING" (Titus 2:11-13)
Solomon was COUNSELED (8:2)
to keep the CHARGE OF his father THE KING (I Kings 2:1-4) in reference to the OATH MADE BY GOD TO his father THE KING (Psalms 89:30-37)
It is a KING'S POWER to COMMAND and ENFORCE his word (Daniel 5:18-19)
and the WISE MAN REGARDS his KING'S TIME and JUDGMENT (8:3-5):
There is a TIME OF JUDGMENT in which each person's actions
will be judged (8:6):
God has given that KNOWLEDGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY to EACH
PERSON ever since the Fall (Genesis 3:22)
That KNOWLEDGE is GRIEVOUS TO THE LOST - FELIX "TREMBLED"
as Paul "reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and JUDGMENT TO COME", i.e. as he "heard him concerning
THE FAITH IN CHRIST" (Acts 24:24-25)
CHRIST is THE GLORY to EACH BELIEVER concerning "WISDOM,
and RIGHTEOUSNESS, and SANCTIFICATION, and REDEMPTION" (I Corinthians 1:30-31)
That TIME OF JUDGMENT for EACH PERSON is KNOWN ONLY TO
GOD (8:7
cf. Luke 12:16-20)
ONCE the LOST close their eyes in DEATH - the NEXT EXPERIENCE
is JUDGMENT (Luke 16:19-25)
That TIME OF JUDGMENT for EACH PERSON is UNAVOIDABLE (8:8):
ALL the DEAD will be JUDGED
JUDGMENT FOR SIN is PAST FOR THOSE who "LOOK"
TO CHRIST as their SAVIOR FROM SIN (Hebrews 9:28 cf. Hebrews 9:12)
JUDGMENT FOR SIN is FUTURE FOR THOSE who "LOOK"
NOT TO CHRIST as their SAVIOR FROM SIN (Hebrews 9:27 cf. John 3:36)
The VANITY of the WICKED is that their oppressive rule
is but for a time and then they are BURIED and FORGOTTEN in the city where they once ruled (8:9-10 cf. Proverbs 10:7):
The WICKED may wax confident in delayed JUDGMENT while
the RIGHTEOUS suffer, but their doom is as sure as is the REWARD of those who fear God (8:11-14 cf. Galatians 6:7-8)