A careful reading of the [N]ew [T]estament shows that Jesus is depicted as being the embodiment, in fact the human incarnation, of God’s eternal Wisdom.
The inspired NT writers apply to Christ some of the same terms and characteristics, which the Jewish scriptures attribute to God’s own Wisdom.
For instance, Wisdom is said to be uniquely born (monogenes) and the brightness (apaugasma) of God’s everlasting light:
“For wisdom, which is the worker of all things, taught me: for in her is an understanding spirit holy, one only (monogenes), manifold, subtil, lively, clear, undefiled, plain, not subject to hurt, loving the thing that is good quick, which cannot be letted, ready to do good,” Wisdom 7:22, Authorized King James Version (AV https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Wisdom-of-Solomon-7-22/)
“For she is the brightness (apaugasma) of the everlasting light, the unspotted mirror of the power of God, and the image of his goodness.” Wisdom 7:26 Authorized King James Version (AV https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Wisdom-of-Solomon-7-26/)
These are the exact same qualities ascribed to Christ:
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; we have beheld his glory, glory as of the only Son (monogenous) from the Father… No one has ever seen God; the only Son (ho monogenes Hyios), who is in the bosom of the Father, he has made him known.” John 1:14, 18 Revised Standard Version (RSV)
“For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son (ton Hyion, ton monogene), that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life… He who believes in him is not condemned; he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God (tou monogenous Hyiou tou Theou).” John 3:16, 18 RSV
“In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son (ton Hyion autou, ton monogene) into the world, so that we might live through him.” 1 John 4:9 RSV
“He reflects (apaugasma) the glory of God and bears the very stamp of his nature, upholding the universe by his word of power. When he had made purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,” Hebrews 1:3 RSV
Wisdom is even paralleled with God’s Word, which God employed to create all things. Wisdom is also said to work in union with the Holy Spirit in respect to enlightening mankind:
“O God of my fathers and Lord of mercy, who hast made all things by thy word, and by thy wisdom hast formed man, to have dominion over the creatures thou hast made… Who has learned thy counsel, unless thou hast given wisdom and sent thy holy Spirit from on high?” Wisdom 9:1-3, 17 RSV
Remarkably, Jesus is called the Word of God whom God appointed to create and give life to all creation, and who works in perfect union with the Holy Spirit to bring about the salvation of the world:
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God; all things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men… The true light that enlightens every man was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world knew him not.” John 1:1-4, 9-10 RSV
“I saw the Spirit descend as a dove from heaven, and it remained on him. I myself did not know him; but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’” John 1:32-33
“But if it is by the Spirit of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.” Matthew 12:28
“And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit… And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee, and a report concerning him went out through all the surrounding country… ‘The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed,’” Luke 4:1, 14, 18
“the word which was proclaimed throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism which John preached: how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power; how he went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.” Acts 10:37-38
Christ even sends forth the Holy Spirit into the world in order to draw men to faith in the risen Lord:
“But when the Counselor comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness to me;” John 15:26
“Nevertheless I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. And when he comes, he will convince the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: concerning sin, because they do not believe in me; concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see me no more; concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.” John 16:7-11
Moreover, Jesus does what Wisdom does, which is something only God can do, namely send forth prophets, wise men, scribes etc.
“Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from town to town,” Matthew 23:34
“Therefore also the Wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,’” Luke 11:49
The foregoing helps us appreciate why Christ is said to be the Power and Wisdom of God,
“but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God… He is the source of your life in Christ Jesus, whom God made our wisdom, our righteousness and sanctification and redemption;” 1 Corinthians 1:23-24, 30 RSV
Who possesses within himself God’s infinite wisdom and knowledge as an essential aspect of his Being:
“that their hearts may be encouraged as they are knit together in love, to have all the riches of assured understanding and the knowledge of God’s mystery, of Christ,in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.” Colossians 2:2-3 RSV
The reason is because Jesus is the living and abiding personification of God’s uncreated Wisdom, being the eternal Son of God in whom the entire fullness of the divine essence resides while he continues to eternally exist as a man with a resurrected, glorified physical body:
“See to it that no one makes a prey of you by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the universe, and not according to Christ.For in him the whole fulness of deity dwells bodily,and you have come to fulness of life in him, who is the head of all rule and authority.” Colossians 2:8-10 RSV
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