Therefore, it is appropriate to say next that 'authority' comes before 'wisdom.' In the initial assertion that wisdom and authority are with Him, it indicates that He first instructs through gentleness and mercy, and then reveals His authority through the Resurrection. In the following statement, where it is expressed that authority and wisdom are with Him, it clarifies that He first disciplines the disobedient on the Day of Judgment with His might, and afterwards illuminates the spirits of the chosen with the pure light of the Eternal Kingdom. Until the Last Judgment arrives, He continuously evaluates mankind’s deeds with His hidden judgments, reaffirming the ongoing reality of His present actions, adding: He discerns both the misled and the misleader, bringing the counsel of the wise to a foolish conclusion and those who pass judgment to folly. He leads advisors to a foolish end when they undertake honorable tasks without intentions aligned with good, seeking instead the payment of a fleeting reward. If the only-begotten Son of the Most High, who became human and proclaimed eternal truths – thus titled the Angel of the Great Council – we can rightly interpret 'counselors' as those who preach, as they provide 'counsel' regarding life to their listeners. Yet when a preacher delivers eternal truths solely for worldly gain, he undeniably leads 'counselors' to a foolish conclusion, striving to attain through anguished effort what he should have rightly evaded in sincerity. Furthermore, it is rightly stated, 'and judges to folly.' Those who actively scrutinize and pass judgment on others are justly termed 'judges.' However, when such individuals err by failing to diligently understand the lives of those they oversee and neglect to familiarize themselves with those they are meant to correct, they inevitably find themselves in folly, as they fail to discern the true matters that require judgment. It proceeds further:
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