God was going to appear

Always thought of Jesus appearances in the OT as afterthoughts. The prophecies together paint a picture, yes. The appearances to various of the forefathers, 97% grasped (always that little seed of questioning). But the last place you'd expect a reference is in Prov. What on earth would Solomon know of the One?

Probably very little, but enough to know that when He speaks the words, you capture them as quickly as possible. Prov8 does something remarkable. It begins with what you think of as simply a personification of a virtue. But the virtue becomes a master workman (v30), and you see that Prov8 is the identification of the One as wisdom incarnate.

Hardheart, still stuck on the mystery of the three? You aren't reading carefully.