Proverbs 28:17-28 Who will be delivered?
17 A man that is laden with the blood of any person Shall flee unto the pit; let no man stay him.
This chapter began by saying the wicked flee when no one is pursuing them. It also told us that the wicked will fall into the pit they dug for the upright. In conclusion, anyone who is laden with the blood of any person will flee into the pit. Don’t try to stop them. I have seen that in the last decade the Billionaires and the elites and the powerful have been digging bunkers. They are preparing for a cataclysmic event or a nuclear holocaust. Either way they are fleeing to the pit. Don’t worry about them, the Lord will deal with them.
18 Whoso walketh uprightly shall be delivered; But he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
This is what we see during the tribulation and the rapture. The upright are delivered (harpazo -- snatched out of the way), the perverse fall at once (about a third of the people on the earth die) and the elites run and hide in caves and pits. They will be dealt with during the tribulation and the great tribulation.
19 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
Let’s focus on the believers. You have the wise virgins whose vessel is filled with oil and you have the foolish virgins who have empty vessels. What does it mean to “follow after vain persons”? They waste their time watching Hollywood movies, or trivial TV or they read all kinds of vain books that waste their precious time. We were told to redeem the time because the days are evil, but instead of tilling their land and sowing the word of God in their heart they follow after vain people who don’t have the word of God.
20 A faithful man shall abound with blessings; But he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be unpunished.
You don’t need to be rich. You simply need to move in that direction. For example, if I put a small part of every paycheck into the bank I am increasing my net worth with each paycheck. I am moving in the right direction. The same is true of the word of God. You don’t need to know all mysteries, simply add more word this week than what you had last week.
21 To have respect of persons is not good; Neither that a man should transgress for a piece of bread.
Both of these things are “not good”. People will often have respect of persons to help their career. We call that “brown nose”. It is not good. This is what happens if you lack faith. When I was a teacher half of our review was based on the observation from the principal and half was based on how our kids did on the exams. If you lack faith you have to go all in on the observation from the principal. I taught Earth Science and there was another woman who also taught this at my school. She went all in on her observations, the principal loved them, and I was encouraged to observe her. I did observe her and although she was very well prepared and did everything the principal asked I never saw a lesson that I thought “hey, I should use that”. Instead they always seemed very elementary, something you would teach in sixth grade even though we were teaching high school. Instead I went all in on my kids performance and every year we saw improvement until we had the best performing kids in NYC. Meanwhile this other teacher who was praised by the principal and moved on to become a principal, the best her kids ever did was a little better than average. That makes sense, if you do exactly what everyone else is doing then of course you should expect to be “average”. Being “average” is not good, neither is it bad, it is simply average, typical, common.
22 He that hath an evil eye hasteth after riches, And knoweth not that want shall come upon him.
As a teacher I saw this as well. There is a lot of pressure for your kids to do well. If you lack faith, lack a vision, lack wisdom then your kids will not do well. If you have a bad observation then you know this exam could sink you and so some teachers and some principals cheat. I have seen a great number of different cheaters during my career, it isn’t just students, it is also teachers and administrators. Fortunately most of the ones I saw were on the news at other schools. There is no excuse for this. Teachers have five years before they get tenure. During that time you can really improve your performance quite a bit without worrying about the ultimate results. All you really have to do during those five years is follow the principal’s instructions to the letter. As long as you do that they won’t fire you. Then you should at the very least be “an average teacher”. As long as you are average they won’t fire you. But take a short cut, choose to cheat, and it is only a matter of time before your whole world comes crashing down on you.
23 He that rebuketh a man shall afterward find more favor Than he that flattereth with the tongue.
As a teacher you get observed several times a year by both administrators and colleagues. Any time someone observes you they will give you feedback. Telling you “great job, I wouldn’t change a thing” is not feedback. So you will get a lot of suggestions on possible improvements. Sometimes the advice can be difficult to take, but whenever someone gave me advice that made me a better teacher I really appreciated it. Often you don’t know that until a month or two later. You try it, you see it works, you appreciate it, and then in your mind that person has gained favor and respect.
24 Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression, The same is the companion of a destroyer.
I am disgusted by what I am seeing on the news with these school boards attacking the parents and robbing them of their children. School boards work for the parents, not the other way around. These people are “a destroyer”. Trying to groom kids for the LGBTQ lifestyle, teaching CRT, and trying to shut the parents out of the process. These ones teach the kids to rob their parents. Do not let your kids be a companion of the destroyer. The devil comes to destroy, he prohibits prayer, he prohibits the name of Jesus, he prohibits the gospel or even the ten commandments. Public school has become a toxic environment for kids.
25 He that is of a greedy spirit stirreth up strife; But he that putteth his trust in Jehovah shall be made fat.
We saw this during 2020. They stirred up riots across the country as a political tool to win the election. But all that is coming back to bite them. We now have rampant crime nationwide in all the cities that had pushed the whole “defund the police” movement. They ridiculed Trump when he suggested you could use HCQ to treat Covid so now what do they do? Cities and schools shut down due to a contagious cold because this is what you told them to do. Biden said that Trump should have resigned having so many dead on his watch, yet Biden now has more dead on his watch. All of these things are causing their poll numbers to absolutely collapse. Meanwhile states like Florida and South Dakota that put their trust in the Lord are prospering and becoming fat.
26 He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool; But whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.
What an important clarification. It seems everyone thinks they are right and are unable to listen to anyone else. Yet he makes this very clear, if you trust in your own heart you are a fool. Stop pretending you are walking wisely, you are a fool. Walking wisely is to pray to the Lord for wisdom, to turn your ear to listen to the Law, to keep the commandments, to avoid evil companions, to love mercy and to do justice.
27 He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack; But he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
The Lord knows what is going on. Don’t pretend you didn’t see the poor, the Lord knows the truth.
28 When the wicked rise, men hide themselves; But when they perish, the righteous increase.
Yes, the wicked will rise like weeds. We have seen this in history. We saw this with Hitler, we saw this with the Caesars, we saw this with Stalin and Mao. But the wicked will also perish just like weeds being tossed into the fire. Again we saw this throughout history. The Bible refers to the rapture as the Lord “hiding us” for a short period of time until the wrath has passed.
17 A man that is laden with the blood of any person Shall flee unto the pit; let no man stay him.
This chapter began by saying the wicked flee when no one is pursuing them. It also told us that the wicked will fall into the pit they dug for the upright. In conclusion, anyone who is laden with the blood of any person will flee into the pit. Don’t try to stop them. I have seen that in the last decade the Billionaires and the elites and the powerful have been digging bunkers. They are preparing for a cataclysmic event or a nuclear holocaust. Either way they are fleeing to the pit. Don’t worry about them, the Lord will deal with them.
18 Whoso walketh uprightly shall be delivered; But he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
This is what we see during the tribulation and the rapture. The upright are delivered (harpazo -- snatched out of the way), the perverse fall at once (about a third of the people on the earth die) and the elites run and hide in caves and pits. They will be dealt with during the tribulation and the great tribulation.
19 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
Let’s focus on the believers. You have the wise virgins whose vessel is filled with oil and you have the foolish virgins who have empty vessels. What does it mean to “follow after vain persons”? They waste their time watching Hollywood movies, or trivial TV or they read all kinds of vain books that waste their precious time. We were told to redeem the time because the days are evil, but instead of tilling their land and sowing the word of God in their heart they follow after vain people who don’t have the word of God.
20 A faithful man shall abound with blessings; But he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be unpunished.
You don’t need to be rich. You simply need to move in that direction. For example, if I put a small part of every paycheck into the bank I am increasing my net worth with each paycheck. I am moving in the right direction. The same is true of the word of God. You don’t need to know all mysteries, simply add more word this week than what you had last week.
21 To have respect of persons is not good; Neither that a man should transgress for a piece of bread.
Both of these things are “not good”. People will often have respect of persons to help their career. We call that “brown nose”. It is not good. This is what happens if you lack faith. When I was a teacher half of our review was based on the observation from the principal and half was based on how our kids did on the exams. If you lack faith you have to go all in on the observation from the principal. I taught Earth Science and there was another woman who also taught this at my school. She went all in on her observations, the principal loved them, and I was encouraged to observe her. I did observe her and although she was very well prepared and did everything the principal asked I never saw a lesson that I thought “hey, I should use that”. Instead they always seemed very elementary, something you would teach in sixth grade even though we were teaching high school. Instead I went all in on my kids performance and every year we saw improvement until we had the best performing kids in NYC. Meanwhile this other teacher who was praised by the principal and moved on to become a principal, the best her kids ever did was a little better than average. That makes sense, if you do exactly what everyone else is doing then of course you should expect to be “average”. Being “average” is not good, neither is it bad, it is simply average, typical, common.
22 He that hath an evil eye hasteth after riches, And knoweth not that want shall come upon him.
As a teacher I saw this as well. There is a lot of pressure for your kids to do well. If you lack faith, lack a vision, lack wisdom then your kids will not do well. If you have a bad observation then you know this exam could sink you and so some teachers and some principals cheat. I have seen a great number of different cheaters during my career, it isn’t just students, it is also teachers and administrators. Fortunately most of the ones I saw were on the news at other schools. There is no excuse for this. Teachers have five years before they get tenure. During that time you can really improve your performance quite a bit without worrying about the ultimate results. All you really have to do during those five years is follow the principal’s instructions to the letter. As long as you do that they won’t fire you. Then you should at the very least be “an average teacher”. As long as you are average they won’t fire you. But take a short cut, choose to cheat, and it is only a matter of time before your whole world comes crashing down on you.
23 He that rebuketh a man shall afterward find more favor Than he that flattereth with the tongue.
As a teacher you get observed several times a year by both administrators and colleagues. Any time someone observes you they will give you feedback. Telling you “great job, I wouldn’t change a thing” is not feedback. So you will get a lot of suggestions on possible improvements. Sometimes the advice can be difficult to take, but whenever someone gave me advice that made me a better teacher I really appreciated it. Often you don’t know that until a month or two later. You try it, you see it works, you appreciate it, and then in your mind that person has gained favor and respect.
24 Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression, The same is the companion of a destroyer.
I am disgusted by what I am seeing on the news with these school boards attacking the parents and robbing them of their children. School boards work for the parents, not the other way around. These people are “a destroyer”. Trying to groom kids for the LGBTQ lifestyle, teaching CRT, and trying to shut the parents out of the process. These ones teach the kids to rob their parents. Do not let your kids be a companion of the destroyer. The devil comes to destroy, he prohibits prayer, he prohibits the name of Jesus, he prohibits the gospel or even the ten commandments. Public school has become a toxic environment for kids.
25 He that is of a greedy spirit stirreth up strife; But he that putteth his trust in Jehovah shall be made fat.
We saw this during 2020. They stirred up riots across the country as a political tool to win the election. But all that is coming back to bite them. We now have rampant crime nationwide in all the cities that had pushed the whole “defund the police” movement. They ridiculed Trump when he suggested you could use HCQ to treat Covid so now what do they do? Cities and schools shut down due to a contagious cold because this is what you told them to do. Biden said that Trump should have resigned having so many dead on his watch, yet Biden now has more dead on his watch. All of these things are causing their poll numbers to absolutely collapse. Meanwhile states like Florida and South Dakota that put their trust in the Lord are prospering and becoming fat.
26 He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool; But whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.
What an important clarification. It seems everyone thinks they are right and are unable to listen to anyone else. Yet he makes this very clear, if you trust in your own heart you are a fool. Stop pretending you are walking wisely, you are a fool. Walking wisely is to pray to the Lord for wisdom, to turn your ear to listen to the Law, to keep the commandments, to avoid evil companions, to love mercy and to do justice.
27 He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack; But he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
The Lord knows what is going on. Don’t pretend you didn’t see the poor, the Lord knows the truth.
28 When the wicked rise, men hide themselves; But when they perish, the righteous increase.
Yes, the wicked will rise like weeds. We have seen this in history. We saw this with Hitler, we saw this with the Caesars, we saw this with Stalin and Mao. But the wicked will also perish just like weeds being tossed into the fire. Again we saw this throughout history. The Bible refers to the rapture as the Lord “hiding us” for a short period of time until the wrath has passed.
