A Son Rejects Wisdom

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Solomon's sinful choices divided the kingdom, Christ righteous submission to GOd established a new unity for God's people.

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Thank you kids, great job. We look forward to hearing even more next week. Stop and Pray?

Introduction

Where were you the last time you heard someone say: “Those were the “good ole’ days”

Kids Christmas program is next week

Many of you probably already have up your lights or trees

Have you ever heard this expression “Those were the “good ole’ days”

I remember sitting once with a middle schooler and we were kind of looking back to something that had happened in the past and he laid back in his chair and said “Yep, those were the good ole’ days”. I was like, really you are like 11 years old and you already have a category for the “good ole’ days”. Kind of seems to me that a person should have a little more experience under their belt before they go evaluating something like this,

But there is something in us that seems to look back on certain periods of our life with great affection. Social Scientist often refer to it as “Nostalgia” and many studies have been done on it’s effects. The experience of Nostalgia is often relied upon

laid back in his chair and said “Yep, those were the good ole’ days”. I was like, really you are like 12 years old and you already have a category for the “good ole’ days”. Kind of seems to me that a person should have a little more experience under their belt before they go

to encourage the sales of products,

to increase volunteerism, or

as we look back and remember what we may believe to better times. Those were the good ole days.

to calm down individuals in tension filled environments.

“Nostalgia” is this deeply personal feeling, a sentimental longing for the past and what therapists and marketers have found is that this connection with the past can strengthen the bond with the present and make us feel more optimistic about the future.

Nostalgia is this deeply personal feeling, a sentimental longing for the past, that can strengthen the bond with the present and make us feel more optimistic about the future.

But have you ever been woken up from a “Nostalgic” moment with a loud crash of reality? Maybe your looking at an old Christmas picture of your smiling happy family and as you remember so many good times in that season of life your eyes get stuck on that Christmas sweater you had to wear and you start to remember how you hated that sweater and fought your parents all the way there on whether or not you would wear it. Ever has an experience like that? Where a Nostalgic moment is rudely interrupted by the truth of reality.

Just to be clear, I am not setting out this morning to ruin all you Christmas memories. In truth, my wife can attest to the fact that I can be a pretty sappy and sentimental guy when it comes to this time of year, but what I am trying to do is help us to see that sometimes we can look back at the past in such a way that elevates it to a position that it never lived up to when it was the present. That the so called “Good Ole Days” were really more a mixture of both good and bad ole days.

Wow, what a “kill-joy” I turned out to be this morning, right? Just to be clear, I am not setting out this morning to ruin all you Christmas memories. In truth, my wife can attest to the fact that I can be a pretty sappy and sentimental guy when it comes to this time of year, but what I am trying to do is help us to see that sometimes we can look back at the past in such a way that elevates it to a position that it never lived up to when it was the present.

Tension

The reason that I have brought us into this kind of thinking is because the time frame that we are studying right now in our Gospel Project series, is often referred to the “Glory Days” of ancient Israel. It was the time when Israels wealth, Israel’s power, and Israel’s borders were greater then they ever were or would be again. So it was a natural response to look back with “Nostalgia” and wish for the return of these “Good ole days” and the nation of Isreal often did.

But the “Good ole days” of Solomon…may not have been as good as they seem. In fact, many of the very things that we would hold up as evidence of how great Solomon’s reign was, were actually things that God forbid the King of his people to do.

Remembering what we have been learning about the reign of King Solomon over the past couple of weeks, lets go back and look at what God commanded about Kings who would reign over his people. Among other things he said

Deuteronomy 17:16–17 ESV

16 Only he must not acquire many horses for himself or cause the people to return to Egypt in order to acquire many horses, since the Lord has said to you, ‘You shall never return that way again.’ 17 And he shall not acquire many wives for himself, lest his heart turn away, nor shall he acquire for himself excessive silver and gold.

his people when they first asked for a King. The

Deuteronomy 17:14–17 ESV

14 “When you come to the land that the Lord your God is giving you, and you possess it and dwell in it and then say, ‘I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are around me,’ 15 you may indeed set a king over you whom the Lord your God will choose. One from among your brothers you shall set as king over you. You may not put a foreigner over you, who is not your brother. 16 Only he must not acquire many horses for himself or cause the people to return to Egypt in order to acquire many horses, since the Lord has said to you, ‘You shall never return that way again.’ 17 And he shall not acquire many wives for himself, lest his heart turn away, nor shall he acquire for himself excessive silver and gold.

So to recap, God said:

Not many horses

No Egyptian deals/horses

No numerous wives

No excessive wealth

How is Solomon doing according to God’s standard for the King of His people? If you have been with us then you know he is O for 4 here. If you haven’t been with us, then I can quickly show you this with a small snapshot of what we have been studying.

listen to , page 291

1 Kings 10:26–29 ESV

26 And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, whom he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem. 27 And the king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stone, and he made cedar as plentiful as the sycamore of the Shephelah. 28 And Solomon’s import of horses was from Egypt and Kue, and the king’s traders received them from Kue at a price. 29 A chariot could be imported from Egypt for 600 shekels of silver and a horse for 150, and so through the king’s traders they were exported to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Syria.

So not only has King Solomon acquired these forbidden horses from Egypt, but he has in effect become an international arms dealer with the surrounding nations and he is so good at it that the nation has so much silver that it is more common than stone.

Was this truly the “Good Ole Days”? Depends on whose standards you are using.

It is the third forbidden

The reason I am beginning this morning with such a long introduction is that the text that we are going to look at today deals with the that third forbidden item for the Kings of Isreal. Having many foreign wives that lead to idolatry. There are bountiful jokes, songs, stories and even theatrical performances based on the idea that the great Solomon was brought down by his love for many women.

Now it is true that this did play a role, but the downfall of the “Glory days” of ancient Isreal was not simply because Solomon began to love his wives too much, it was because he continued to love his God too little.

That’s also true.

What the Old Testament authors do particularly well, is to present the events as they happened and then leave it up to us to evaluate them. They seem just fine with leaving us in this tension that says that these celebrated Kings of Isreal did both great things and evil things and our sovereign God then followed up with consequences as He saw fit. This can be so frustrating for us as we try and make sense of these ancient times, but the reality is just as Solomon said in the book of Ecclesiates, “There is nothing new under the sun”. God still opperates in

so there were some good things, one might even argue “Great” things in the good ole days of King Solomon’s reign, but if we put our hope and effort into rely on Nostalgic memories of the past, we won’t be able to make sense of our present. Because as wise Solomon said in Ecclesiastes, “There is nothing new under the sun”.

in his sovereignty chose what consequences to. , so there were some good things, one might even argue “Great” things in the good ole days of King Solomon’s reign, but if we put our hope and effort into rely on Nostalgic memories of the past, we won’t be able to make sense of our present. Because as wise Solomon said in Ecclesiastes, “There is nothing new under the sun”.

He has

1 John 2:2–6 ESV

2 He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. 3 And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments. 4 Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him, 5 but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him: 6 whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.

God made covenants with his people to provide for them, protect them and guide them into a right relationship with Him and the only thing He ever ask to come from our direction…is that we love Him back. But understand that God the love language of God is and has always been that His people obey him.

1 John 2:4 ESV

4 Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him,

Jesus said this,

John 14:15 ESV

15 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

n of Isreal…were actually forbidden by God. They were forbidden because God knew that it would lead his people into despair, devastation and division. And it is this part of the “Good ole days” of Isreal that we are going to look at today.

The love language of God has always been obedience, and so the downfall of Solomon’s reign was not his love for many women, but a lack of love for his God. A lack of obedience to his God.

But as we do, let’s not forget our own propensity to lift up times in our lives to be greater than they actually were. If we follow the logic of the sociologist and look to the nostalgia of these times for our bearing on the present of our hope for the future then we will be terribly disappointed…but just because t here is not hope in one area does not mean that hope does not exist???

None of us can really relate to a world with 700 wives, but we can relate to loving things in our life more than we love God.

The reason that we need to know this is because none of us will ever be able to relate to the influence of 700 wives. But all of us can relate to loving things in our life more than we love God. We can relate to the foolishness of sinfully disobeying God in order to maintain a relationship with someone or something else.

So with this framework in mind, open up your Bibles with me to , p 291 and I’ll pray, and we will spend our last week looking into the supposed “Glory Days of Israel”.

Recognizing that we have that in common with King Solomon will help us to see how we can learn from the chapters we are going to look at this morning, even though in most ways our situation seems worlds apart. So open up with me to , p 291 and I’ll pray.

Tension

Truth

Most of our Bibles have the title heading “Solomon turns from the Lord” but as I already said there were many other steps of unfaithfulness that Solomon took even before this. And it is not as if Solomon somehow did not know of God’s expectations for the King, as the wisest man who ever lived he understood God’s law better than any of us. More than that God came directly to him, twice to remind him of such things.

The first time God granted his request for Wisdom, but the second time was after the Temple was built and dedicated. In this meeting, God warned him that as wonderful as the Temple was, if the people of God were unfaithful it would be reduced to a heap of ruins.

It is hard for us to wrap our minds around what the completion of the Temple meant to the ancient Israelite. It was more than just an architectural masterpiece, just to be near the Temple was an overwhelming spiritual experience that connected people to their history deeply. It would be so natural to start to look at the Temple to be something more than God designed for it to be, and this is why God came to Solomon to warn him. Everyone was talking about it’s grander, and the significance of it’s completion for the history of the nation, and how it fulfilled the dreams of so many generations…and it was into all of this “buzz” that God reminds Solomon that the Temple is only a symbol, a symbol meant to point them to a much greater treasure - their covenant relationship with God.

So God speaks about how he desire to provide for them and protect them and lead them in his ways and then he says...

1 Kings 9:6–7 ESV

1 Kings 9:6-

Sitting on this side of history we can see it, but from Solomon’s perspective this would have taken a great deal of faith to believe this to be true.

1 Kings 9:6–9 ESV

6 But if you turn aside from following me, you or your children, and do not keep my commandments and my statutes that I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them, 7 then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and the house that I have consecrated for my name I will cast out of my sight, and Israel will become a proverb and a byword among all peoples. 8 And this house will become a heap of ruins. Everyone passing by it will be astonished and will hiss, and they will say, ‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?’ 9 Then they will say, ‘Because they abandoned the Lord their God who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt and laid hold on other gods and worshiped them and served them. Therefore the Lord has brought all this disaster on them.’ ”

They are bigger, stronger, wealthier then they ever will be and God says it all can end tomorrow because it’s primary purpose is to point to the relationship between the LORD and His people and if that relatioship is defiled then it points to nothing. So it means nothing. So it will become nothing.

As a nation they are bigger, stronger, wealthier and more powerful then any nation they know. They stand as a world power right now, to think that their nation could ever come to ruin was laughable…but God says it can all end tomorrow. Why? Because God was the one who set it up for his purposes.

is held together by our relationship, a relationship of faithfulness. If you are unfaithful then this whole place will become a mockery that people will wonder what happened to those people who were once so great.

They were not a great nation because they were great people, they were a great nation because of their relationship with a great God. And if they break that relationship then it wall all fall like a house of cards. God brought all this into existence to point the nations of the world to Him, if the people are openly reject him then it points to nothing. So it means nothing. So it will become nothing.

(There is a message here for the Church. The point of this place it to point people to Jesus. If it ever becomes about something else. To point to us or something else then it will come to ruin)

So Solomon was warned, directly by God, but still his foolish,sinful choices compromised his devotion to God, That is our first theme for the week,

But if you reject that relationship then this Temple will be so utterly destroyed that the only thing that people will be talking about is how the God of the Israelites brought this disaster on them because of their unfaithfulness.

That is our first theme for the week,

Bible Project paints quite a different picture of Solomon - looks more like Pharoah!!! Slaves, extravagance, wives, temples etc.

1 Kings 3:1–3 ESV

1 Solomon made a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt. He took Pharaoh’s daughter and brought her into the city of David until he had finished building his own house and the house of the Lord and the wall around Jerusalem. 2 The people were sacrificing at the high places, however, because no house had yet been built for the name of the Lord. 3 Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the statutes of David his father, only he sacrificed and made offerings at the high places.

Deut 17:14-17

Foolish choices compromise devotion to God ()

Deuteronomy 17:14–17 ESV

Foolish sinful choices compromise devotion to God ()

1 Kings 11:1–2 ESV

1 Kings 11:1-

We remember this don’t we, from way back in the book of Exodus this was a part of the covenant God made with the Israelites through Moses, yet Solomon ignores this command along with many others. And this is not some condemnation of interacial marriages here, it is God saying that He knows that if they marry foreign women they will worship foreign gods - and that is what happens.

Here is a question to ponder? If Solomon truly loved them, as the text says, then why wasn’t he influencing them toward the one true God. Why wasn’t he pleading with them to abandon their allegiances to these worthless gods who at best were just wood and stone or at worse were demons bent on their destruction. He was the wisest, wealthiest, and most influencial man in the Kingdom and yet they turned his heart away and not the other way around.

1 Kings 11:3 ESV

3 He had 700 wives, who were princesses, and 300 concubines. And his wives turned away his heart.

Here is a question to ponder? If Solomon truly loved them, as the text says, then why wasn’t he influencing them toward the one true God. Why wasn’t he pleading with them to abandon their allegiances to these worthless gods who at best were just wood and stone or at worse were demons bent on their destruction. He was the wisest, wealthiest, and most influential man in the Kingdom and yet they turned his heart away and not the other way around.

So these arrangements really offend our modern sensibilities, as they should, but the idea here is that everytime Solomon made a treaty or alliance with a nation, he was given one of their daughters as a wife. This custom, at some level, made the two nations family, and you are at less likely to go to war with your family. So instead of trusting God to protect, provide and guide the nation of Israel, Solomon decided to use the worldly systems for a back up plan. f

The concubines, on the other hand, were not so much about political alliance. They didn’t have the royal credentials for any political advantages so basically these were just women that Solomon thought were cute and since he was the King he brought them on board as well. I wouldn’t spend too much time trying to figure out how these arrangements worked on a practical level, the cultural gap is pretty wide here, just know that they too were a part of the family and a part of the problem.

So what was the problem, well it was just as God said it would be:

1 Kings 11:4

1 Kings 11:

1 Kings 11:1–8 ESV

1 Now King Solomon loved many foreign women, along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women, 2 from the nations concerning which the Lord had said to the people of Israel, “You shall not enter into marriage with them, neither shall they with you, for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods.” Solomon clung to these in love. 3 He had 700 wives, who were princesses, and 300 concubines. And his wives turned away his heart. 4 For when Solomon was old his wives turned away his heart after other gods, and his heart was not wholly true to the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father. 5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. 6 So Solomon did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and did not wholly follow the Lord, as David his father had done. 7 Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites, on the mountain east of Jerusalem. 8 And so he did for all his foreign wives, who made offerings and sacrificed to their gods.

1 Kings 11:4–8 ESV

4 For when Solomon was old his wives turned away his heart after other gods, and his heart was not wholly true to the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father. 5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. 6 So Solomon did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and did not wholly follow the Lord, as David his father had done. 7 Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites, on the mountain east of Jerusalem. 8 And so he did for all his foreign wives, who made offerings and sacrificed to their gods.

It came exactly as God said. Solomon when from tolerating their differences, to observing their worship, to practicing their worship, to serving these foreign gods by building them all temples and high places - the very thing that he was known for among the people of the one true God.

I don’t know how God makes decisions on the timing of these things, clearly he was patient with Solomon because he had time to build high places for all 700 wives - maybe even 1,000 if the concubines were included here which they may have been. God was patient with Solomon just like he is with us, but we should never take his patience with our disobedience as His approval. His word does not change, his nature cannot allow it. So eventually, in the perfect timing that fit his purposes God shows Solomon how his

Ashteroth -

Milcon -

Chemosh

Molech

Foolish sinful choices come with consequences ()

1 Kings 11:9–10 ESV

1 Kings 11:9

John 14:15 ESV

15 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

John

1 Kings 11:9–13 ESV

9 And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice 10 and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods. But he did not keep what the Lord commanded. 11 Therefore the Lord said to Solomon, “Since this has been your practice and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes that I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you and will give it to your servant. 12 Yet for the sake of David your father I will not do it in your days, but I will tear it out of the hand of your son. 13 However, I will not tear away all the kingdom, but I will give one tribe to your son, for the sake of David my servant and for the sake of Jerusalem that I have chosen.”

1 Kings 11:11–13 ESV

11 Therefore the Lord said to Solomon, “Since this has been your practice and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes that I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you and will give it to your servant. 12 Yet for the sake of David your father I will not do it in your days, but I will tear it out of the hand of your son. 13 However, I will not tear away all the kingdom, but I will give one tribe to your son, for the sake of David my servant and for the sake of Jerusalem that I have chosen.”

The consequence of the foolishly sinful choices of Solomon is that the nation of Israel that was brought together in unity under his father the great King David will again be divided. God is clear about the consequences to Solomon’s rebellion against Him, but He is just as clear about His own faithfulness. For he made a promise to David that someone from his line would rule as King forever, and since He made Jerusalem his choice to dwell, David’s descendant will rule there.

Obviously a consequence like this is not something that just affected Solomon, because our

The rampant unfaithfulness of King Solomon is the cause, but notice how clear God is about His own faithfulness.

Foolish sinful choices create problems for others ()

Of course this is true for all of us, but it was especially true for one in Solomon’s position. Not only will his son have the kingdom ripped from him, but this will be the end of the “Glory Days” of Israel, as from here on out the nation of Israel will be divided into a northern and southern kingdom. All of this will take place when Solomon’s son Rehoboam listens to the foolish advice of his young punk friends, instead of the wise advice of the mature men in the kingdom. The irony here is so profound, that the son of the wisest King who ever lived would watch the Kingdom torn from him by listening to foolish advice.

A company of representatives from the norther tribes came before the now King Rehoboam, led by a man named Jeroboam. The fact that their names ryme is about all they have in common. Jeroboam and company were asking the King to lighten up on the building projects because it was becoming a great burden on the people. The King sent them away for three days while he consulted with his advisers. First he consulted with the elders of the city, they encouraged him to agree to these terms. But he didn’t really like their answer so he went to talk with his friends. Guys who he grew up with in the luxury of his Father’s extravagance. They said to come down even harder. When Jeroboam and company returned here is the answer they were met with:

1 Kings 12:12–17 ESV

12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king said, “Come to me again the third day.” 13 And the king answered the people harshly, and forsaking the counsel that the old men had given him, 14 he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.” 15 So the king did not listen to the people, for it was a turn of affairs brought about by the Lord that he might fulfill his word, which the Lord spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat. 16 And when all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, “What portion do we have in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, David.” So Israel went to their tents. 17 But Rehoboam reigned over the people of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah.

And the nation of Israel would never be the same again.

Gospel Application

Psalm 72 ESV

Of Solomon. 1 Give the king your justice, O God, and your righteousness to the royal son! 2 May he judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice! 3 Let the mountains bear prosperity for the people, and the hills, in righteousness! 4 May he defend the cause of the poor of the people, give deliverance to the children of the needy, and crush the oppressor! 5 May they fear you while the sun endures, and as long as the moon, throughout all generations! 6 May he be like rain that falls on the mown grass, like showers that water the earth! 7 In his days may the righteous flourish, and peace abound, till the moon be no more! 8 May he have dominion from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth! 9 May desert tribes bow down before him, and his enemies lick the dust! 10 May the kings of Tarshish and of the coastlands render him tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba bring gifts! 11 May all kings fall down before him, all nations serve him! 12 For he delivers the needy when he calls, the poor and him who has no helper. 13 He has pity on the weak and the needy, and saves the lives of the needy. 14 From oppression and violence he redeems their life, and precious is their blood in his sight. 15 Long may he live; may gold of Sheba be given to him! May prayer be made for him continually, and blessings invoked for him all the day! 16 May there be abundance of grain in the land; on the tops of the mountains may it wave; may its fruit be like Lebanon; and may people blossom in the cities like the grass of the field! 17 May his name endure forever, his fame continue as long as the sun! May people be blessed in him, all nations call him blessed! 18 Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who alone does wondrous things. 19 Blessed be his glorious name forever; may the whole earth be filled with his glory! Amen and Amen! 20 The prayers of David, the son of Jesse, are ended.

Psalm

This our last week in this unit of the Gospel Project called “A Kingdom Provided”. If you remember, it began with a great deal of hope as the prophet Samuel was born into a role of great significance. He was to anoint Israel’s first and second King and the Kingdom of Israel began to flourish. Under David, great nations were conquered and the boundaries of the nations were fortified. Then in the ensuing time of peace and prosperity Solomon took it to the pinnacle of earthly wealth, influence and power only to see it undone by the very thing that God warned his people would happen if they chose to be ruled by an earthly minded King.

And yet, right up into Jesus’ day and even today the Jewish people still look back at this time with an unbridled sense of “Nostalgia”.

One of the things that really caught my attention this week as I was preparing for this message is how in Matthew chapter 12, Jesus directly challenges the “Nostalgic” attitude of the Jewish leaders toward the Temple and toward Solomon. He says in both cases that “something better is here”. And notice that he doesn’t say “someone” better is here. I mean that is also true, but when Jesus was here on earth his constant cry was that “The Kingdom of Heaven is near”.

Even in Jesus’ day the Israelites were looking back at the time of Solomon with

That’s also true.

That is the someTHING better. The Jews kept looking backward in “Nostalgia” at this Kingdom on earth, but Jesus is saying that in Him something better is here. A better Temple, A better Kingdom. A better King. Jesus was trying to get these Jewish leaders, and by extension you and I, to understand that there is nothing in this life worth going back for, even if we could. It is all a mixed bag of good and bad. The only road to the truly good is with King Jesus, ruling and reigning in our broken lives today and perfectly one day in heaven. The Kingdom of Heaven is near

Matthew 12:6 ESV

6 I tell you, something greater than the temple is here.

So go ahead and enjoy the Nostalgia of the good memories of the past, but remember that the purely good days are yet to come, and this is where we as Christians find our strength for our present and hope for our future.

But later on in verse 42 it says that the queen of south came from the ends of the earth to hear Solomon’s wisdom

“...and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.”

Matthew 12:42 ESV

42 The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.

Let me invite the worship team, Ill pray and we will sing together of the great hope that we have for our future.

what struck me, was that in both cases Jesus says “something” greater. That makes sense when comparing himself to the temple, by why doesn’t he say “Someone” greater than Solomon is here?

I am not claiming any sort of great Theological discovery here, but it just occured to me that Jesus is directly challenging their Nostalgic views of Solomon. It was not j

any significance in it. It is recorded in

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