Proverbs 9:2
“…wisdom has killed her beast…”
I believe that this is referring to something important and profound. I believe that this speaks of sacrifice for the stain of a guilty conscience. Wisdom will seek to make atonement for itself. It understands that it is weak and has need for redemption and forgiveness. A wise man is someone who is not blinded from the fact of who he or she really is on the inside. Wisdom seeks redemption, and the scriptures indicate in Hebrews 9:22, “that without the shedding of blood, there is no remission of sin.” In other words, unless the debt of wrong is paid, the stain of guilt upon the conscience of man cannot be removed. The only substance that can possibly remove the guilt of sin from the mind of man is the giving of the life of another.
Hebrews 9:14
“If the sacrifice of the blood of bulls and goats helped to relieve the conscience of those who had sinned in times past…how much more can the blood of Christ,
who through the eternal spirit offered himself without sin to God,
purge your conscience from sin to serve the living God?”
These sacrifices were mere pictures of what was to come, a highway sign if you may. Therefore, for this reason did Christ come, that he might give his life and shed his blood to free us from guilt and reconcile us in our conscience with God. Why does wisdom seek refuge in redemption? Because it is through redemption that we can have complete and total freedom in life. Christ’ sacrifice does not just cover our sins. It opens the door to a whole new life, and world of possibilities. It reconnects us to the one true source of life in the universe which is God. And if we are connected with God then there is nothing that we are not able to accomplish or overcome.
However, a fool will not recognize his or her fault. Like an unhealthy plant, their lives will slowly but surely begin to wane. Then…finally being overwhelmed with guilt, emptiness, confusion, and weakness…they will eventually die having never felt…what real freedom is like. This freedom cannot come as a result of anything that we do…but by accepting something Christ did…a sacrifice that was made on a hill called Golgotha outside Jerusalem 2,000 years ago…a sacrifice to cleanse our conscience from the seemingly irremovable stain of guilt.