Proverbs 30-31 What is His Son's name if you know?

The opening salvo of Chapter 30 remind me of Socrates. As the story goes the Oracle declared that Socrates was the wisest of the Greeks. Socrates himself, was a bit astonished at this bit of news because he was firmly convinced that he knew nothing. Intending to prove the Oracle wrong Socrates searched out all of the people in Athens who were considered wise and questioned them. During his question-asking sessions he inevitably discovered that those who were supposed to know-it-all, didn't. His final conclusion was that the Oracle was correct, because even though he knew nothing at least he knew that he didn't know. Which gave him +1 over everyone else who thought they did know. Follow that?

Yeah... what he said.

I get the same feel from the proverb-giver in Chapter 30. He wants to make a point about human ignorance: “I have no knowledge of the Holy One and I'll prove that nobody else does either with this series of rhetorical questions...”

“Who has ascended into heaven, or descended? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has bound the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is His Son's name if you know?”

These questions remained rhetorical, gotcha-type, unanswerable questions until the advent of Jesus, but now we have their answer!

• Who has ascended into heaven, or descended? John 3:13 & Ephesians 4:9
• Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has bound the waters in a garment? Matthew 8:26-27
• Who has established all the ends of the earth? John 1:3; Hebrews 1:2 & Hebrews 1:10
• What is His Son's name? Luke 1:31-32 & Luke 1:35

There's an old joke in which a Sunday School teacher is asking some easy questions to her young students in order to help them settle in and get comfortable in class. She asks “Who can tell me what is small, gray, has a bushy tail and loves nuts?” Little Johnny confidently raises his hand and says “Well Ma'am, it sure sounds like a squirrel to me, but because we're in Sunday School I know the answer must be Jesus!”

We laugh at Johnny's naivete, but if he was asked the questions given in Proverbs 30, he'd be exactly right!