Mar 21 2013
The King of Justice & Peace
“Cut the baby in two and give half to each woman!” Do you remember the story? Two prostitutes presented their cases to King Solomon. They lived together and both had babies. But a baby died in the night. One woman claimed she awoke to find the dead baby next to her but it wasn’t hers. She said the other woman had taken her baby and replaced it with the dead one. But the other woman said this was a lie, that the living baby was hers. After listening to both King Solomon asked for a sword. He told his men to cut the living baby in two and to give half to each woman. The false mother was comfortable, but the real mother said, “Please my lord, give her the living baby! Don’t kill him!” So, the real mother was revealed and King Solomon gave her the child (1 Kings 3: 16-28).
Here is a 2013 parallel: Two Kenyan presidential candidates appeared before God. More
Sep 28 2013
Solomon’s Wives & Their Religions
1 Kings 11:1-12 Solomon’s wives were attached to other religions
The powerful kingdom established by David and expanded by Solomon was ripped in two when Solomon opened the door to numerous religions as he went about marrying foreign woman. Different religions in the palace – is that a problem? Well, you’ve probably seen it in other homes before; the husband believes one thing, the wife another, so what will their children believe? There are two common reactions: they accept both religions as equal, or reject both as being false. So what were the chances that a child of Solomon would continue to worship the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob as the one true God when his mother worshipped Molech the god of the Ammonites? How was Israel’s worship going to remain dedicated and pure? This is why the God of Abraham stopped Israel marrying foreigners. But Solomon compromised, the religions of the world flooded in and God’s judgement fell on Israel. The great kingdom of David and Solomon never recovered. More