Date: July 20, 2026. Lesson 141-2026. Title: A Nation of Fools - When Honor Get Misplaced

July 20, 2026

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In the summer of 1816, Benjamin Franklin wrote in his diary about a year without a summer. A mini-ice age had disrupted the climate, bringing cold, wet weather through the harvest season and ruining grain across Europe. The moldy grain fed rats, and the rats carried bubonic plague. That historical image is the one Rick Wiles and Dr. Raymond Burkhart reach for to explain what happens when a society honors fools: the disruption looks small at first, but it rots the social order from within until the consequences become catastrophic.

The disorder of misplaced honor

Proverbs 26 opens with a stark comparison. As snow in summer and rain at harvest are disasters, so honor is not seemly for a fool. The Hebrew word kavod means honor, glory, the recognition of genuine worth. Honor is meant to be the community's most powerful signal of what it values and whom it trusts. When that signal gets attached to a fool, it does not ennoble the fool. It actively damages the community that witnesses the bestowal. The community receives false information about its most important question: whom should we follow?

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What you'll learn

1 (00:00) **Opening & Prayer** - Rick Wiles and Dr. Raymond Burkhart open the program, emphasizing the Word of God as spiritual nourishment.
2 (04:59) **Proverbs 26:1 - Honor Is Unseemly for a Fool** - Dr. Burkhart reads the first verse and explains its central thesis: honoring a fool disrupts God’s created order.
3 (10:10) **The Agricultural Metaphor Explained** - Rick Wiles expands on the farming imagery, showing how out-of-season weather destroys the year’s labor.
4 (14:55) **New Testament Parallel & Church Application** - Dr. Burkhart connects the principle to 1 Timothy 5:22, warning against prematurely conferring ecclesiastical honor.
5 (22:20) **Septuagint vs. King James on Verse 1** - Wiles and Burkhart compare the two translations, noting the Septuagint’s subtler image of “dew in harvest.”
6 (29:55) **Proverbs 26:2 - The Causeless Curse Does Not Land** - The hosts explain that a curse without a cause has no place to land, like a wandering bird.
7 (33:07) **Theological Depth of the Causeless Curse** - Dr. Burkhart emphasizes that the curse does not merely fizzle; it actively fails to reach its intended target.

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Show Notes

In today's Morning Manna, Rick Wiles and Doc Burkhart begin their study of Proverbs 26 by examining three foundational truths about folly. Solomon warns that honoring a fool is as destructive as snow in summer or rain during harvest, teaches that a groundless curse has no power over the righteous, and explains why fools often respond only to consequences rather than reason. Drawing from both the King James Version and the Septuagint, this lesson encourages believers to value wisdom rightly, reject the fear of baseless accusations, and trust that God protects those who walk in righteousness. Lesson 141-2026 Teachers: Rick Wiles and Doc Burkhart You can partner with us by visiting MannaNation.com, calling 1-888-519-4935, or by mail at PO Box 399 Vero Beach, FL 32961 MEGA FIRE reveals the ancient recurring cycles of war and economic collapse that have shaped history for 600 years. These patterns predict America is now entering its most dangerous period since World War II. Get your copy today! www.megafire.world Get high-quality emergency preparedness food today from American Reserves! www.AmericanReserves.com It’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! www.Amazon.com/Final-Day Apple users, you can download the audio version on Apple Books! www.books.apple.com/final-day Purchase the 4-part DVD set or start streaming Sacrificing Liberty today. www.Sacrificingliberty.com