TRUNEWS with Rick Wiles - Morning Manna - August 13, 2025 - Proverbs 9:1-6 - Wisdom's Banquet Table

Episode Date: August 13, 2025

In Proverbs 9:1–6, wisdom is pictured as a gracious host who has prepared a feast and invites the simple and those lacking understanding to come and partake. Her call is public, urgent, and full of promise—bread for the hungry soul and wine for the thirsty heart. But accepting her offer requires turning away from the path of folly and choosing the way of understanding. In today’s study, we explore how this divine invitation still goes out to all who will hear and respond. Teachers: Rick Wiles and Doc BurkhartYou can partner with us by visiting FaithandValues.com, calling 1-800-576-2116, or by mail at PO Box 399 Vero Beach, FL 32961.Get high-quality emergency preparedness food today from American Reserves!AmericanReserves.comIt’s the Final Day! The day Jesus Christ bursts into our dimension of time, space, and matter. Now available in eBook and audio formats! Order Final Day from Amazon today!Amazon.com/Final-DayApple users, you can download the audio version on Apple Books!books.apple.com/final-dayPurchase the 4-part DVD set or start streaming Sacrificing Liberty today.Sacrificingliberty.comThe Fauci Elf is a hilarious gift guaranteed to make your friends laugh! Order yours today!Trunews/faucielf

Well, good morning. Welcome to Morning Manna. We're delighted to have you with us today, and we are starting a new chapter. Today, we move on to Chapter 9 in the book of Proverbs. We're going to study verses 1 through 6. Let's pray. Invite the Holy Spirit, then Doc's going to read the scriptures, and he and I will jump into these amazing nuggets of wisdom. Almighty God, our Father, and God, our Father, in heaven. Father, thank you for this wonderful day. Father, we humbly ask for the presence of your Holy Spirit to guide us and lead us in the study of your word in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen. Amen. Welcome to Morning Manna. Morning Manna is a ministry of faith and values here in Virobeach, Florida, and we're privileged to have you here with us, no matter where you are around the world and across the U.S. and Canada. We get together every weekday morning. morning at 8 a.m. and study the Word of God together. And we open up a new chapter in Proverbs today, Proverbs chapter 9. And I'll be reading verses 1 through 6 here. So if you've got

your Bibles, I'm reading from the King James today. And we're starting out here, verse 1. Wisdom hath built her house. She hath ewn out her seven pillars. She hath killed her beast. She hath mingled her wine. She hath also furnished her table. she has sent forth her maidens she crieth upon the highest places of the city whoso is simple let him turn in hither as for him that wanteth understanding she saith to him come eat of my bread and drink of the wine which i have mingled forsake the foolish and live and go in the way of understanding god bless the reading of his word today great passage here it is

new chapter new things to learn in the book of proverbs hey doc i just noticed looking at the screen since i changed chairs and i lowered myself i had to adjust my my screen but it looks like i build a roof over your head so i'm i'm keeping the rain from falling on you you notice here you notice a roof over your head so from my angle it looks like i've built a roof that's hanging you got an overhang over your head. So, just keep the rain off my head. Yeah, people wondering what it is. That's why it's not a roof.

It's just my screen. So let's start with verse one. Wisdom has built her house. King James says she hath hewned out her seven pillars. Modern English, she has carved out her seven pillars. So we begin with the first segment of Proverbs 9-1, Wisdom hath built her house. So this opens chapter 9 with another powerful personification of wisdom.

And this is highlighting her creative, constructive nature, that she builds a place of order, a place of stability, a place of lasting refuge. She is meticulously designing and building her structure. Her house, so what is Wisdom's house? It represents her domain. And in her domain, there is, as I said, order, stability, learning, security and she she desires you to know that she has painstakingly constructed this house with

purpose excuse me compare wisdom's house with the house of the immoral woman in chapter seven wisdom's house is a place of refuge yes The immoral woman's house was the gateway to the stairways to hell. That's right. Remember that? Yes. The chamber of death, the stair steps that lead to hell to show. But wisdom has a house, and it's a place of refuge.

It's a place of security. It's a place of order and stability. So you've got to compare these. images in proverbs you move on to another chapter and there's a structure and we tend not to connect it to the structure in the preceding chapter well two chapters back chapter seven so wisdom gives us an image of a house that affirms life It stabilizes our life. It brings order to our life.

It gives purpose to our life. And so a person guided by wisdom lives a life that is characterized by purpose and stability and order and the building up of all that is good. but if you go over to the house of the immoral woman she has deception and folly and chaos and destruction there's death at her house there's life in the house of wisdom so wisdom has a house that has it's a place of a warm welcome Folly's house is a place of entrapment and ruin. The act of construction, the fact that wisdom has constructed a house, that is a demonstration of two things,

her authority, she has the authority to build his house, and number two her benevolence her good intentions towards those who seek her what it says is wisdom saying I myself have supervised the construction of a sanctuary for you a safe place

somewhere you can go to be nourished your soul will find nourishment and strength and encouragement so the fact that she built a house that implies intentional design and effort she had to

she intended to build the structure she laid the foundation the foundation was laid at the creation of the world remember she was there she put the pillars in place yes this is the same wisdom that put pillars in space to hold up the earth

there are invisible pillars beneath our planet just because you can't see them doesn't mean they're not there the Bible says they're there if an entity a force can create invisible pillars to hold up a planet

can she not build a foundation to hold up your life amen that's like a no-brainer that's easy for wisdom to do so now she she has hewned out or carved out her seven pillars these are her pillars seven pillars obviously what do we see seven perfection perfection completeness right divine order anytime seven is in the bible it represents completeness perfection divine order yes and the fact that she unit out more times than not about 90% of the time when you see that word that same Hebrew word there for you throughout the Old Testament it's carving into stone or like carving out a wine press or carving out a pillar in this case but it's it's a

labor intensive process it's not just something casual that's been done it's not a bunch of rocks stacked on top of one another but it's something that has been formed by hand someone has meticulously gone and and chiseled something out cut something out of stone and so this is permanent this is it required much effort much labor to create these seven pillars good point doc so what I see what you just explained I see two things first of all the carving the hewing out that's a lot of labor you don't carve rock and not sweat carving into rock whether it's granite or marble whatever it is it is labor intensive there has to be a design

you you can't just be carving and chisling in the rock and not have a plan you chip off a big piece and how you fix it you can't there's there's an there's a intentional design when you're carving there is intense labor it is time intensive it takes a lot of time to carve rock and then the other thing i see doc is a carved rock is a carved rock is permanent it's not going to rot it's not going to rust when you go to the Holy Land and you see this you see this in Israel you see it in Jordan and of course if he traveled to other places in Turkey other countries of the Mediterranean you see it the ancient ruins the carved pillars are still standing there.

Yes. And they're 2,500, 3,000 years old and they are still standing. Now, those pillars were carved by humans. Eventually, they'll topple. But pillars carved by wisdom will never topple. Amen. So the seven pillars of wisdom represent the foundation. stable, all-encompassing, comprehensive principles

upon which Wisdom's house is built. It establishes her house on unshakable ground. You can be certain it will never fall. It will not shake. It will never tremble. It is rock solid. so what are these foundational principles just the word of god it's the truth in in god's word it's his moral principles it's his righteousness it's his holiness for us it means wisdom's truth is not based on shifting sand it's not based on the fleeting

opinions of mankind over the centuries. Human philosophy changes century by century. Yeah. But God's word is the same. And it will be the same tomorrow. It never changes.

The seven pillars of Wisdom's house confirm stability, permanence, security, a place of refuge a safe place of refuge not just a place of refuge it's a safe place of refuge now nine verse 9 2

chapter 9 verse 2 she have killed her beast she have mingled her wine She hath also furnished her table. Modern English says she has prepared her meat. She has mixed her wine. She has also set her table. What this is portraying is the costly,

generous nature of wisdom's preparation, for your life. That she offers substantial, rich, life-giving, spiritual nourishment to those who seek her and accept her. It's describing the feast. There's rich nourishment,

there's joyful truth, there's an open invitation. this feast is of great significance it's not it's not meager it's not frugal there are no hot dogs on this buffet table

there's carved beef and turkey and lamb there's the best of everything right this is a feast so god's wisdom is like a banquet table imagine the most beautiful banquet table you've ever experienced the most expensive buffet you've ever been to just abundance of choices and food and the quality and everything that's involved with it the most excellent

tasting food that you can have that's where wisdom is on this wisdom provides a banquet table that is abundant and you you there's no reason to starve Doc is this what David was referring to when he said he prepares a table for me in the presence of my enemies oh no it very well could be yes well what does David say about God God's word in Psalm 119. Your, thy word is a lamp unto my feet, a light into my path. It's a very long Psalm. Right.

And it's all about the word of God. Yes. So if David said that God prepares a table for him in the presence of his enemies, that table is an expensive feast. that his enemies had to watch him eat well was david referring to his love for god's word and now we're back to to wisdom amen wisdom prepares a feast for you i like that connection yeah so this is a a rich satisfying life-giving meal no greater meal than the Lord's supper.

If you're going to feast at the highest level, then let it be at the Lord's table. Her preparation is meticulous, it's generous. What's being served over there at the immoral woman's house? nothing but death. The act of providing this feast highlights wisdom's benevolence her deep love, her deep concern

for every person, her desire to provide nourishment for every person's soul. Amen. That's in the heart of wisdom. It's substantial. This is a meal that's substantial and satisfying. It addresses and it fulfills the deepest hunger of the soul. Doc, what is

Proverbs 626 Look that up Proverbs 626 626 For by means of a hoarish woman A man is brought to a piece of bread And the adulteress will hunt for the precious life There you go

So over at the Emoral Woman's house you get a piece of bread but over at Wisdom's house you get a luscious feast wow praise God that's good Rick what a comparison you're starving over there at the immoral woman's house she promises everything

and delivers nothing except death starvation of your soul but wisdom delivers what she promises she backs it up this is a banquet of truth a banquet of knowledge a banquet of righteousness

she have mingled her wine it means she's mixed her wine what does that mean so in ancient times and i'm sure still done in many places of the world today it was a common practice to prepare wine by mixing it with spices and water to create a refined drink i look it's no different than putting a mint leaf in your iced right ice tea is good but put some men in it it's really good so she has mingled her wine again there's careful deliberate intentional preparation of the wine the wine the wine represents

her intoxicating, refreshing, joyful nature. She's saying, come and partake of my wine. It will make you joyful. Again, go over to the Immoral Woman's House. What is she serving over there? Piece of bread. You get toast. a crouton I guarantee if she gave you wine

is bitter and then it says she has furnished her table I mean she set the table the the plates and the bowls the silverware the cups

everything's there she has set her table that's a welcoming act if you set the table you're you're preparing for the arrival of important guests right she's saying the feast you know when you're invited to a meal when do you know it's time to sit down when they set the table so she has set her table that means we're about to eat the invitation is to all come on come to the table i'm ready to serve it talks about wisdoms her hospitality her generosity her eagerness to share these are all her virtues but again go over to the the immoral woman's

house she was predatory she was deceptive She was hunting down her guest. Wisdom's inviting in her guest. The immoral woman was hunting her guest. Those are two different pictures. Which table do you want to eat at? So we're being told that Wisdom's Feast is a communal event. you don't sit down at the table alone you sit with your brothers and sisters who are also seeking

wisdom you partake of the meal in fellowship with others yes wow i've just came across another verse here rick that goes right with it is proverbs 417 we studied a few weeks back for they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence. There it goes. There you go. That's what they're serving over at her house. They'd be a moral woman's house. The bread of wickedness and the wine of violence.

Wow. Jesus Lord. We're getting back to this feast. The feast served by wisdom. She set the table. That conveys a sense. of urgency the meal is ready to be served

what is frustrating what is frustrating hurtful insulting to a person who is prepared a great feast set the table and nobody comes to the table you just said to the host all this effort that you've gone through all this expense it doesn't have the same meaning to me

it's not important to me it's not important but wisdom's looking for those who say it is important i'm going to sit down i'm going to i'm going to i'm going to feast i'm going to eat i'm going to go ahead doc no i hadn't thought about that have you ever had a uh a time where you you've prepared a meal, even like a barbecue or a nice meal, and you had invited someone and they either didn't show or didn't even call you to let you know they weren't coming. You'd made preparation and everything. You'd invited them. You were expecting them. But they didn't even acknowledge that they couldn't make it or that there were some emergency or anything.

Right. Disrespectful. Yeah. It's very disrespectful. And so how does it make you feel? Oh, you, it's not that they're rejecting your food. They're rejecting you. Yes.

So that's how wisdom feels when humans don't show up at the table. Right. I know when my grandmother set the table, it meant you better get in here and eat. Okay, she didn't hang around all night long waiting on you to show up. If you didn't show up, she put the leftovers in the refrigerator and washed the dishes and, hey, kitchen's not open until tomorrow. So wisdom's looking at the way humans react to her invitation. she's excited she serves those who show up those who don't she just shakes her head and says whatever do it your way see how it works out well it's not going to work out eventually it's not

things are going to go wrong in the lives of people who don't seek wisdom then in verse three it says she has sent forth her maidens she cries upon the high places the highest places of the city she has sent out her maidens she calls from the highest places of the city what is she doing

she's inviting the maidens are sent out to bring in the people she's she's going to the highest places the highest hilltops the highest buildings and she's shouting dinner dinner come and get it there's never a charge there's never a fee there's never an entry price there's no gate admission just come her heart desires to feed wisdom has a good heart wisdom desires to feed humans and she's preparing this meal every day and she's shouting but the meal is ready so she sends forth her maidens right to send forth her maidens right to send forth you had to take action you had to give a command first of all you had to have people in this case maidens okay she had people

to who responded to her instructions then she gave them an instruction she sent forth she dispatched her maidens so this is her proactive desire to invite people guests to her banquet she doesn't just passively wait to see if anybody

shows up no she makes the effort to bring bring them in bring them in Doc where does that show up in the new covenant it's the father himself

when it comes to salvation in the parables of jesus what did the what did the host the king do who was holding a banquet don't go out into the highways and byways bring in anybody to the wedding feast i'll even provide what what in the parable the drink the clothing everything but in the parable why did the king why did he change his instruction that it then became just go out into the highways and byways find anybody bring them in

what brought about that change because the original guest refused to show up they were making excuses I got to go try out a horse I got to go look at a field I bought I'm getting married

you know it's not like these things snuck up on them the people that got received an engraved invitation from the king yes they rejected it they threw it in the trash can and said i've got other things to do and the king and this is in the parables of jesus so the king was insulted he was enraged because they rejected him not his feast that they're rejecting they rejecting him so then he tells his servants in the palace, just go out, go down the road, go to the small country roads, go every place, whoever you see, bring them in, compel them to come. He had a feast and he was determined to have people eating a feast.

So here wisdom sends forth her maidens, calling loudly. dinner's on the table the maidens are her messengers her agents and they are sent forth to carry this invitation to the public again this is not just to the church it's not just to the Hebrew people

not just to the Jews it's not just to the Christians it is to the human race mankind so who are these maidens, they are preachers, teachers, prophets, messengers. God has always had messengers.

In every generation, he's had messengers saying, dinner's on the table. Yes. The old Pentecostal hymn, come and dine. Yes, it's supper time. man we saying that a lot come and dine god's always crying out dinner's on the table so what we see here is wisdom taking the initiative to actively pursue human souls and expressing a profound heartfelt desire for fellowship

and communion with humans God likes to talk do you get that your heavenly father likes to talk and he's pursuing people every day say hey you want talk

he likes to talk he likes to talk He likes to talk. That's why you should schedule a time to meet with him every day, just to talk, just to talk with him. You express your thoughts to him, he expresses his thought to you. It's called communication. It's called a conversation. Yes.

Have a conversation with your father. Oh, but wisdom is out here sending forth her maidens, Christ. crying loudly in the public from the highest places, dinner is ready, come, everybody is welcome. But where is the immoral woman? She is lurking. She's hiding. She's concealing herself. She's preparing to ambush her victims.

Why isn't the immoral woman out there visibly, publicly declaring, her invitation to her home. Why does the immoral person do it in darkness? Wisdom sends forth her message in daylight. A life of wisdom is a life that is actively sought by God. and he uses messengers as a means to call people to himself all doc and i are as far as i'm concerned we are messengers that's all i'm trying to do every day with this lesson send a message your father wants he's looking for you he wants to talk that's our message every day your father's looking for you

He'd like to talk with you. Father is always seeking fellowship with humanity. And Father will go to great lengths to invite people into his house. She cries upon the high places of the city. A cry is a loud, clear, urgent proclamation. I mean, it, it rings. You hear a cry.

You can't ignore a cry. A cry is more powerful than a shout. A shout comes from your lungs, but a cry comes from your heart. Yes. There's emotion in a cry. So she's at the highest places of the city, the prominent visible places,

hilltops, gates, public squares, buildings. Why? She desires her voice to be carried far and wide. Again, we compare wisdom with the immoral woman. She doesn't cry. She whispers. And she whispers deception in corners, in dark places, and invite you to go deeper into darkness.

Wisdom's message is for the entire human race, not a chosen people. It is for everybody. it's not private it's not exclusive it's to the general public that's why she cries from the highest places verse four whoso is simple let him turn in hither as for him that one of understanding she saith to him modern English is whoever is simple let him turn in here whoever is void of understanding she says to him and we're going to get to what what she says who is simple again she's talking to the naive the inexperienced and those people

who are easily influenced and persuaded by other voices she is speaking to those who can be duped by the immoral woman. She's speaking to those who have not made a commitment to follow the Lord. There are people, a lot of people who've prayed the sinner's prayer, you know, whatever that is, it's not in the Bible, but they've prayed the sinner's prayer. but they never made a commitment to become a disciple right big difference so if you haven't made a decision to become a disciple then you're over there in that naive simpleton corner because it

means you're available to be duped let him turn in that that is a direct urgent invitation to the simple to enter into wisdom's house and it's an act of benevolence she's saying i'm making this invitation for your own good, your own benefit, your own protection. She doesn't condemn the simple. She doesn't shame the simple. She has loving compassion on them. She knows that there's another force out there, this immoral woman, what she represents,

which is temptation, foolishness. She knows that this other person is out there lurking in the darkness looking for these simpletons. That's right. Look, these simpletons can have three college degrees. Doesn't mean they're uneducated.

If you are not in Christ, then you're a simpleton. And you're vulnerable to be deceived. And the devil knows it. so the again we go back to the immoral woman she's predatory she prays upon the simple she tracks down the naive she lays a trap for them so what do we learn here we learn that the path to wisdom begins with the recognition of our own simplicity were all simpletons at one time all of us were simpletons but along the way we made a decision

we're going to get on the right road we're going to pursue wisdom and remember how this began whoever's simple let him turn in here whoever is void of understanding she says to him as for him that wanteth understanding she says to him this is the simpleton the wanting of understanding void of understanding the person that lacks moral discernment lacks moral insight doesn't have a foundation of morality doesn't have a moral compass she says to him this is a direct personal message it's an intentional address see she was she was on the rooftop she was on the high tops of the city she's talking to everybody but now she's talking to one yes she's talking to the one she's talking to the one who lacks understanding yes She's on the hilltop looking at a whole crowd, and then her eyes fix on one person, and she says, I'm talking to you.

Yes. Almost like her eyes lock on to that one simple person there. Yes, I'm talking to you. Do you want understanding? The invitation is there. Do you want understanding? Respond to the invitation. Respond to the invitation.

so doc she meets us where we are yes so it's not it's it's a first of all it's a general call but it's also a personal call just like salvation salvation has a general call call going to all the world and preach the gospel to every creature and yet the invitation is personal to every single individual and as i said she meets you where you are meaning you don't have to You don't have to meet a laundry list of qualifications to enter into her house. She's out in public asking you to come in. It would be like somebody inviting you. Imagine you're walking down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C.

And somebody comes out from the White House, locks eyes on you and says, the president would like to have dinner with you. Me? Yes, you. I'm not dressed. I'm in shorts and sandals. I'm not dressed for dinner with the president.

It doesn't matter. Come as you are. Just come in. He's requested your presence. Would you go in? of course you would and you're made to feel at home this is the way wisdom is wisdom saying look i'll meet you as you are you don't have to clean yourself up just come into my house for dinner things will change in your life you'll get a new look as we grow and then verse five

what does she say come eat of my bread and drink of the wine which i have mingled doc this is we're at holy communion yes we're back to bread and wine and rick there's significance to this too in that goes all the way to mccelzeck that bread and wine are associated with making a covenant yes agreeing to a covenant together and so not only is wisdom inviting you to the banquet table not only is wisdom inviting you to partake of that wisdom but now wisdom says i desire to make a covenant with you an agreement with you a contract with you come eat of my bread drink of my wine the wine that has been mingled

I'm not going to I can't speak at length about this certain Christian denominations at Holy Communion mingle their wine with water yes there's a reason for it you know churches that don't who don't practice that tradition they don't understand it but the churches that do they have a very sincere reason for it so come Come. Come is an urgent command. It's a welcoming invitation. Come. It's not an order. I said come. That's not how she says it. She says it with a smile. Come. Come. Come on in. Come in and have dinner with us. It's an invitation to everybody who needs wisdom and understanding. prudence and discretion eat of my bread life-giving spiritual nourishment the bread in my view yes in this verse it means the truth of god the principles of the kingdom the the sustenance that's essential for life in the kingdom.

But the bread, to me, represents the flesh of Jesus Christ. Absolutely. Jesus himself said, I am the bread of life. This is my flesh. So come. Wisdom is saying, come. Eat of the flesh of your Savior. Dine and joy. what we're being taught here is a life of wisdom is a life of nourishment spiritual nourishment

and you will be satisfied you will be sustained your hunger will be satisfied and drink of the wine which I have mingled. In other words, participate, enjoy the refreshment that I have provided you. What's the mingling here? Careful, deliberate, intentional preparation. of a drink for your refreshment, for your nourishment, a drink that will bring happiness to you, that will lift your spirit,

create an atmosphere of celebration. But what's going on over there at the Emoral Woman's house? She's putting people into a stupor. She's drugging them. yeah she mingled herd wine with drugs to put you into a stupor so that you'll just go deeper into the sin but over at wisdom's house there's a celebration there's joy we're having a party and she has mingled her wine with flavors to make life better happier more enjoyable verse six forsake the foolish and live and go in the way of understanding in other words

leave your simple ways leave your simple ways and live walk in the ways of understanding them leave the ways of the simpleton that is a direct urgent unequivocal imperative sent to those who are naive simple reckless saying abandon the way you live forsake it throw it away ditch it don't ever look back and never think about it again amen forsake it for what reason so that you may live to forsake something is a decisive deliberate separation and in this case she's saying you need to make a deliberate decision to separate ways and if you do so you will live it's a promise the act of separation and turning away from

foolishness is not a loss but a gain the loss is to stay in the foolishness go in the way of understanding again another imperative delivered with a positive force and go go in the way of understanding forsake forsake your foolish ways and now the instruction is and go in the way of understanding the way of understanding is the lifestyle the course of living that is guided by wisdom so go it's it's it's a instruction for action don't don't sit there and think about it go get up walk take an active intentional journey on another road if you stay on this road of foolishness it leads to death to destruction to ruination get off this road go over here this road leads to life well doc that's a

that's my message here for today is the beginning of chapter nine this is going to be a good chapter yes and we'll be picking back up on this chapter on the thursday edition of morning manna so we invite you to come back here right in early eight o'clock tomorrow morning to catch our next edition of our bible class and so we encourage you to share this content with others and if you ever miss one of the episodes you can always look at the archives here on faith and values.com Plus, we are also sharing this content on multiple social media channels. And anything you can do to help us with that, we would certainly appreciate it. And so, Rick, any final words before we depart for this Wednesday edition of Morning Manna?

No, I love teaching the word. And I am so grateful that there are people who come every day to hear me teach. And it just means everything to me. A teacher without a class has nothing. And so you are my motivation to get up every day and prepare for morning manna. If I could, I would just do morning manna all day long. It is fun. It'd be like a teach-a-learning.

Yeah. You imagine a teach-a-thon? Doc, just from the time we get up until we go to bed, we're just teaching and teaching and teaching. I would see that would be fun of me. way they used to do the old camp meetings rick i mean they would start early morning i mean early morning like six o'clock and uh and just teach all day long so yes uh people don't have the patience for that nowadays and so but boy that would be a fun thing to do sometime it would be everybody be blessed enjoy your day we'll be back here tomorrow god bless you we love you

Thank you.