Solomon the Wise

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Short Summary
The discourse explores King Solomon’s wisdom, particularly illustrated by his famous judgment between two women claiming to be a child’s mother, symbolizing deeper spiritual and historical lessons about the divided kingdom of Israel and its future implications. It highlights the importance of gaining true wisdom through God’s Word, practical application of knowledge, and the roles of various administrative offices in Solomon’s kingdom as a foreshadowing of heavenly and earthly governance. Ultimately, the message urges believers to combine study with practical experience, emphasizing humility, obedience, and active support of others on the spiritual journey.

Long Summary
Detailed Summary of the Discourse on “Solomon the Wise”

Theme and Opening Text:
– The discourse is centered on Solomon’s wisdom, using Proverbs 16:16 as the theme verse:
*“How much better to get wisdom than gold! To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.”*
– The speaker opens by asking if anyone would trade youth for knowledge, highlighting the irony that gaining knowledge often comes with loss of youth and that wisdom is more valuable than mere age or wealth.

Personal Reflections on Wisdom and Experience:
– The speaker shares personal anecdotes about valuing the knowledge of older, experienced people to avoid repeating mistakes.
– Quotes Sir Isaac Newton: *“If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.”*
– Introduces four ways to gain knowledge: intuition, observation, experience, and reliable information—with the Word of God as the foundational source of true wisdom.

Wisdom and Truth:
– Emphasizes that wisdom is built on truth, which is found in God’s Word.
– Head knowledge alone is insufficient; the conscience must be rightly educated through study and life experience—likened to classroom learning and lab work.

Outline of Solomon’s Life and Wisdom:
– Focus on First Kings chapters 3 and 4, especially Solomon’s famous judgment (1 Kings 3:16-28) involving two women claiming to be the mother of a living child.
– Solomon’s wisdom is highlighted not only in this judgment but also as a foreshadowing of the future kingdom and spiritual lessons for the church and divided kingdoms.

Solomon’s Life Overview:
– Solomon’s life started well but ended in decline due to political entanglements and idolatry introduced by his heathen wives.
– Despite his failings, Solomon learned from his mistakes, as reflected in Ecclesiastes 12:9-14, which provides a mature summary of wisdom and the fear of God as the ultimate duty:
*“Fear God and keep his commandments, for that is the whole duty of everyone. For God will bring every deed into judgment…”* (Ecclesiastes 12:13-14)

The Judgment of Solomon (1 Kings 3:16-28):
– Two prostitutes claim a living child as theirs after the other’s child dies. Solomon proposes to divide the child, revealing the true mother’s compassion and thus her identity.
– This story demonstrates Solomon’s divine wisdom to discern truth and administer justice, impressing the nation.

Multiple Levels of Interpretation of Solomon’s Judgment:
1. Literal Level: Solomon’s wisdom in resolving a difficult legal dispute.
2. Historical/Kingdom Level: The two women as prostitutes symbolize Israel’s spiritual adultery—mixing true worship and idolatry—and the divided kingdom after Solomon’s reign (Northern Kingdom of Israel and Southern Kingdom of Judah).
3. Prophetic/Church Level: The divided kingdom and spiritual unfaithfulness represent the history of the church during the Gospel Age, including the periods under Judaism and pagan Rome.
4. Messianic/Future Kingdom Level: Solomon’s reign as a type of the coming Messianic Kingdom, where true and righteous judgment will prevail, and God will discern the hearts of men perfectly.

Scriptural Cross-References:
– Amos 3:1-2 about Israel’s unique relationship with God and judgment due to idolatry.
– Revelation 12:18–13:2 and Daniel 7 describing the “beast” with ten horns representing papal Rome and its dominion over Europe, paralleling the ten-tribe northern kingdom’s spiritual failures.
– Matthew 6:10: *“Thy kingdom come, thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven”* — connecting Solomon’s kingdom administration to the heavenly kingdom.

Solomon’s Administrative Offices (1 Kings 4:1-19):
– The chapter lists 12 administrative officials in two groups of twelve, symbolizing heavenly and earthly governance.
– The first group (1-6) represents heavenly roles and spiritual functions (e.g., priests like Azariah—“God has helped”—and secretaries representing Old and New Testament scriptures).
– The second group (7-19) are earthly governors responsible for provision and land, showing practical kingdom administration.
– The number twelve recalls the twelve tribes of Israel and the twelve apostles, symbolizing governance completeness.

Symbolic Meanings of Names and Roles:
– Solomon meaning “peaceful,” representing the King of Peace (Jesus) in the Messianic age.
– Azariah (God has helped) as the third high priest, symbolizing the church’s role under God’s leadership.
– Names like Jehoshaphat (“Yahweh has judged”) emphasize divine judgment, linked to Acts 17:31 about Christ’s appointed judgment day.
– Roles such as priests, teachers, secretaries reflect the church’s various functions in God’s kingdom.
– Music (represented by Asherah, “brother of a prince”) symbolizes harmony and social cohesion in the kingdom.
– Tax collectors like Adornium (“My Lord is exalted”) reflect earthly governance and stewardship of resources.

Theological and Practical Lessons:
– Solomon’s divided kingdom foreshadows Israel’s split and spiritual decline due to idolatry.
– The child in the judgment story represents the Messianic lineage from David’s line (Southern Kingdom).
– The ten-tribe northern kingdom with no good kings symbolizes the corrupt papal system, while the southern kingdom represents the faithful remnant and later Protestantism.
– The Gospel Age church passes through seven periods, including persecution under Judaism and Rome, linked to the symbolic churches in Revelation chapters 2 and 3.
– The beast with ten horns in Revelation symbolizes the papal church’s political power, associated historically with pagan Rome and other empires.

Final Lessons and Applications:
– The thousand-year kingdom will see Satan bound and truth covering the earth, but sin will still be present in individuals.
– The parable of the wise and foolish virgins teaches that practical experience and active service (lab work) must accompany knowledge (classroom learning).
– Christians are encouraged to reflect on their spiritual growth, balancing study of God’s Word with practical help to others.
– The church must prepare for the final judgment by applying wisdom in both knowledge and deeds.

Key Bible Verses Mentioned:

– Proverbs 16:16: *“How much better to get wisdom than gold, and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver.”*
– Ecclesiastes 12:9-14 (especially verses 13-14): *“Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of everyone.”*
– 1 Kings 3:16-28: The story of Solomon’s judgment between two women claiming the same child.
– Amos 3:1-2: God’s indictment of Israel for idolatry and rebellion.
– Revelation 12:18–13:2: The beast with ten horns symbolizing papal Rome and its political-religious power.
– Matthew 6:10: *“Thy kingdom come, thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.”*
– Acts 17:31: God fixed a day to judge the world in righteousness through Jesus.
– Genesis 1:26: God’s creation of mankind in His image and likeness.

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This discourse offers a comprehensive biblical and symbolic analysis of King Solomon’s wisdom, his kingdom’s division, and the spiritual lessons applicable to Israel’s history, the church age, and the coming Messianic kingdom. It stresses the importance of combining scriptural knowledge with practical Christian living.

Transcript

Good afternoon, and of course our title is Solomon the Wise. Our theme text comes from Proverbs 16, verse 16. How much better to get wisdom than gold. To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.

We’re going to start out with a question. Would any of us here trade youth for knowledge?

Well, I can see you’re all kind of thinking, aren’t you? What’s the least amount I can give up for the most amount of gain? The point is, if you want to be 20 years old again, then you’ll have the knowledge you had when you were 20. This way you can make all the same mistakes over again. It’s only fair, right?

The same goes for Those who are 20 and want to gain wisdom. They age and lose their youth or knowledge. I worked with a colleague that had a daughter. When she turned 12 years old, she told me her daughter contracted a severe case of dyslexia. My reply was really?

I never heard of such a thing. I thought dyslexia was something you were born with. Her reply was when her daughter. When her daughter turned 12, she acted like she was 21 and started telling her mother everything that she needed to do. I’ll tell you another personal trait of mine.

I’ve always enjoyed being around older brethren and this also applies when I worked. Being around older co workers and just older people in general. I knew they had much more experience and knowledge than I had, and if I could get some pointers from them, then I would not have to plow the same ground that they plowed, and that way I could build on my knowledge base.

And thus we have our quote from Sir Isaac Newton. If I have seen further than others is by standing upon the shoulders of giants. There are a lot of giant Bible students that are no longer with us. So let us not miss the opportunities for with those that are still left. Then we have our quote from the first volume on four ways of obtaining knowledge by intuition, by observation, by experience, and information received through sources acceptable as positively truthful.

The last one is our foundation, that is the Word of God. This is how we obtain wisdom. The question is, do we have the proper interpretation of God’s Word? The preceding three are built on the last one. Wisdom is built on truth.

We find truth in the Word of God and a head knowledge is a good start. But head knowledge is not the own the total picture. Ultimately our goal is our consciences need to be rightly educated by the Word of God through study and life experiences. This is called classroom and lab work. We’ll be spending our Time in First Kings chapters three and four, Time permitting.

This is an outline of Solomon’s life and we’ll be focusing on point number two. So Solomon’s wisdom and judgment. First Kings chapters three and four. The practical lesson. The type First Kings three, 16:28.

This is the story of Solomon’s judgment on what mother the baby belonged to. A deeper lesson for the future kingdom of Solomon. The anatypical picture. A lesson for the church or a lesson of the divided kingdom for us today, and then Solomon’s administrative offices and first kings.

The fourth chapter, verses 1 through 19. The heavenly and earthly, and maybe a little picture of Jacob’s ladder. A quick overview of King Solomon’s life. King Solomon had a sordid life.

His life started out good and then he gets himself entangled politically with heathen wives, and these wives bring in foreign gods and it’s a downward spiral from there. The good news is some of my favorite verses are the last two verses that Solomon penned in Ecclesiastes the 12th chapter, verses 13 through 14. By reading these verses we will see that King Solomon also learned from his mistakes and and by looking back on his life as an older mature man, he had acquired the ultimate wisdom. That we should follow this advice will keep us out of much trouble.

So let’s read the epilogue of the wise words of King Solomon and Ecclesiastes 12:9, 14. Beside being wise, the teacher taught. The teacher also taught the people knowledge. Weighing and studying and arranging many proverbs. The teacher sought to find pleasing words and he wrote words of truth plainly.

The sayings of the wise are like goads. Goads, and like nails firmly fixed are the collective sayings that are given by one shepherd of anything. Beyond these, my child, be aware of making many books. There is no end and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

So let’s just stop here for a minute. One needs to immerse themselves in the word of God and meditate daily on that word. So now let’s read the last two verses. The end of the matter. All has been heard.

Fear God and keep his commandments, for that is the whole duty of everyone. For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every secret thing, whether good or evil. None of us should be so ashamed like Adam and Eve that we want to hide from our Creator. We need to approach the Creator in humility, on bended knee, robed in Christ’s righteousness and be thankful for his over rulings. The judgment of Solomon is one of the most well known stories in the Bible is a Story from the Bible in which King Solomon ruled between two women, both claiming to be the mother of a child.

Solomon needed to determine the true feelings, the true feelings of these two women in order to gain the truth. In other words, one of you is lying. I can’t determine the truth. To see each to I can’t determine the truth. So each will receive half of the child.

So let’s read the account for all the details in 1st Kings 3:16 28 Solomon’s Wisdom and Judgment 1st Kings 3:16 later, two women who were prostitutes came to the king and stood before him. The one woman said, please, my lord, this woman and I live in the same house, and I gave birth while she was in the house. Then on the third day after I gave birth, this woman also gave birth. We were together.

There was no one else with us in the house. Only the two of us were in the house. Then this woman’s son died in the night because she lay on him. She got up in the middle of the night and took my son from beside me while your servant slept. She laid him at her breast and laid her dead son at my breast.

When I arose in the morning to nurse my son, I saw that he was dead. But when I took. When I looked at him closely in the morning, clearly it was not the son I had born. But the other woman said, no, the living son is mine, and the dead son is yours. The first said, no, the dead son is yours, and the living son is mine.

So they argued before the king, and it’s probably not a good idea to argue before the king. Verse 23. Then the king said, the one says, this is my son that is alive and your son is dead. While the other says, not so, your son is dead and my son is the living one. So the king said, bring me a sword.

And they brought a sword before the king. The king said, divide the living boy into two, then give half to the one and half to the other. But the woman whose son was alive said to the king, because compassion for her son burned within her, please, my lord, give her the living boy. Certainly do not kill him. The other said, it shall be neither mine nor yours.

Divide it. Then the king responded, give the first woman the living boy. Do not kill him. She is his mother. All Israel heard of the judgment of the king and had rendered that the king had rendered.

And they stood in awe of the king because they perceived that the wisdom of God was in him. To execute justice. The first level of understanding would be to take the story at face value. Solomon’s exquisite wisdom and determining a difficult matter. Many are concrete thinkers and this would be the lesson of exquisite wisdom and judgment that the King Solomon had.

The extrapolation of this would be wisdom into the kingdom. A kingdom picture. The second application would be the future kingdom after Solomon. We noticed the two women were I think I’ve got too many slides going ahead here. Bear with me.

The scriptures have many levels of understanding and application. We believe there are at least four levels to this lesson. The first would be the story at face value. King Solomon determines what woman is lying, then rightfully unites the living baby to his mother. The fourth or last application would be that King Solomon’s respite represents the messianic age where there will be the true and righteous rule and no shenanigans that was happening between the two women.

The hearts of men will be read to discern one’s intent so that they can be rightly helped. Remember, habits are hard to change. You know, I was brought up a Catholic and it took me. You’re not going to believe this. 10 years of meeting with the brethren before I didn’t think about the sign of the cross when I went to pray.

So that’s how much old habits are hard to break. Our second application would be the future kingdom after Solomon. We noticed the two women were prostitutes that lived in the same house. The two women prostitutes represented pagan worship. They prostituted themselves away from the true worship of God to pagan worship idolatry.

The nation was married to Jehovah and then the nation veered off and started worshiping pagan idols. Actually, when Israel deviated from the true worship of God, they integrated both true worship and idolatry. We will discuss this at our as a practical lesson in our conclusion. Both these women lived in the same house representing the one nation, Israel, as Amos 3, verse 2 states. So let’s read Amos 3:1 3.

Hear this word that Jehovah has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying, you only have I known of all the families of the earth. Therefore I will visit upon you all your iniquities with God, and they do was so close to each other that it would be hard to to distinguish the difference between the two, and only a mother could determine the difference. Both women were the only ones in the house showing that no evidence could be found to dispute either woman’s claim other than their fair testimony and their testimony conflicted.

So then the second application is showing that King Solomon that this kingdom would be divided divided into Israel. The ten tribe kingdom. The northern kingdom starting with King Jeroboam and then Judah. The two tribe kingdom. The southern kingdom starting with King Rehoboam.

We then have the two separate periods of time when the Jews were taken from their land. The first was when the kingdom was divided into Israel. The ten tribe kingdom. The northern kingdom taken away by the Assyrian empire. That was about 147 years later.

The Babylonians took the southern the two tribe kingdom of Judah. Then we have Israel under captivity until Cyrus who allowed the Jews to return to the land of promise Israel. The reason the tribes were taken over is because of idolatry and disobedience to the word of God. Many prophets came and told the leaders what corrections were needed and their advice mostly fell on deaf ears, and the Northern Kingdom had nine ruling dynasties, 19 kings.

While the southern kingdom was only ruled by the descendants of David. 20 kings. The baby mentioned in this story represents the lineage where the Messiah would come from the line of David from the two tribe kingdom. There are many pictures contained in this narrative of all these subsequent kings. Our third application would be the antitypical picture.

The lesson for the Church. A lesson for the Gospel age. The Gospel age is divided into seven periods. The first period of the church we would say is under Judaism. While the second period of the church was under pagan Rome.

The first church is from is Ephesus and that’s from Revelation 2:1:7 and that’s from 33 to 73 AD. 33 would be the death of our Lord and 73 would be the fall of Masada, and you subtract those, you get a period of 40 years. The second church is Smyrna and that’s Revelation 2:8, 11 and that’s from 73 to including 3:13. From the death of our Lord 33 AD to the adoption of Christianity by Constantine in 3:13 is a total of 280 years old or two hundred and eighty prophetic days.

The time of this is two hundred and eighty days is the time of human gestation. From 33 AD to 30 to three hundred and thirteen is two hundred and eighty days or forty weeks. Seven times forty is 280. The ten tribe kingdom Israel the nation the northern kingdom had no good kings. 0 they were all bad kings representing the beast or the Catholic Church.

This is also depicted in Revelation 13:1 and 2 where the ten horns that are on the beast horns represent civil governments that were ruled by or in contact in concert with the beast papacy. So let’s read Revelation 12:18 through 13:2 Revelation 12:18 Then the dragon took his stand on the sand of the seashore, and I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having having 10 horns and seven heads, and on his horns were 10 diadems, and on his heads were blasphemous names.

And the beast that I saw was like a leopard, and its feet were like a bear’s feet, and its mouth was like a lion’s mouth, and the dragon gave it his power and his throne and great authority. We see the dragon representing pagan Rome giving his authority to the newly united pagan and Christian empire of Constantine.

In Revelation 13, when the papal beast emerges from the sea, it is described in ways directly drawn from Daniel chapter seven. Probably this is to show that papacy was the heir to the accumulated empires that preceded. Had 10 horns like Rome, a leopard body like Greece, feet of a bear like Medo, Persia and a mouth as a lion like Babylon. The sequence of these Symbols in Revelation 13 is the reverse of the sequence in Daniel. Perhaps this is to show that papacy grew out of the accumulated powers from Rome back to Babylon and thus incorporated its preceding pagan beliefs.

So the beast is the as Catholicism, the Roman Catholic Church. The seven heads are seven successive empires that ruled over Rome. The ten horns representing that it continues. The countries of Europe dominated or were in league with papacy during the Christian age, and the ten tribe kingdom Israel, the northern kingdom had no good kings.

There’s the correspondency. They had no good kings. They were all bad, representing the beast or the Catholic system. While the two tribe kingdom, the southern kingdom started out with King Rehoboam. There were only eight good kings.

And this in the south and this also includes King Solomon. So the southern kingdom represented Protestantism. So let’s recap King Solomon’s legacy. King Solomon judged between two prostitutes that gave birth to babies three days apart, and only one baby lives.

And both claim the child to be theirs. The Catholic Church has claimed many things, but most importantly it claims to be God’s representative on earth and the only true conduit to obtaining salvation. The two women being prostitutes would represent King Solomon’s sad legacy of a divided kingdom. His kingdom would be divided into the ten tribe northern kingdom of Israel and the two tribe southern kingdom of Judah. The child born would represent the rightful heir.

The lineage that the Messiah would be born through. During the Gospel age, the ten tribe kingdom had no continuous lineage. Thus it represents Catholicism, the Roman Catholic Church. It had no heirs to the kingdom. The two tribe kingdom is a succession from the Divinic line and has a successor that would represent the Messiah.

Solomon’s Administrative Offices In First Kings the fourth chapter, verses 1 through 19 we are proposing that First Kings 4:1:6 represents the heavenly because it talks about the office at each official ad, how the kingdom will be officiated, or the attributes of a heavenly kingdom, while in 1st Kings 4:7, 19 represents the earthly because each official name is associated with a specific portion of land and location. This is the confirmation. This gives us confirmation and gives us additional details of how this kingdom will work or additional details to Jacob’s ladder. We know the heavenly kingdom is a picture of the earthly from Matthew 6, verse 10. Matthew 6:10 thy kingdom come they will be done on earth as it is done in heaven.

We will see that the first list of the administrative offices has 12 names, while the second list of administrative offices also has 12 names with that are associated with land and location. Let us examine the definition of each name mentioned to determine their role.

The definition or meaning of Solomon is peaceful or peaceable. Solomon represents Jesus and is the King of Peace represented in the Messianic age. Azariah or God has helped. Azariah was the third high priest after Zadok. Jesus is number two in the kingdom.

God being number one, then third in the kingdom would be the church represented by Azariah. Elihoth and El Ahagai son of Shisha, were secretaries. These two represent the Old and the New Testament. As Revelation 20, verse 12 states and I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God, and the books were opened, and another book was opened, which is the book of life and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books according to their works. Jehoshaphat son of Ehud the name Jehoshaphat, which means Yahweh, has judge, signifies the importance of the divine judgment.

Acts 17:31 because he has fixed the day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead. The judgment day spoken here is the Messianic age. The name Ben Yah can be understood as Yahweh has built, or Yahweh has established in accordance to the covenant God has made the law covenant being a picture of the new covenant which stems from the all encompassing Abrahamic covenant.

Zadok and Ab Abathar are two prominent priests in the history of Israel, serving during the reigns of King David and King Solomon. Their roles play an important part in the United Kingdom and the Temple worship once again Trying to tying these two kings together. King David the Gospel age. The development of the church as a church, as symbolic priests. The first age of redemption for the church with King Solomon.

The Messianic age as the second age of redemption to reconcile the world of mankind back to God. Both these ages have their specific work, but are tied closely together concerning the church and mankind’s ultimate reconciliation to God. The name Azariah has its roots in the Hebrew language. That means God has helped or God’s help. It is associated with strength, courage and divine assistance.

Isn’t this what the kingdom is all about? Helping the sin sick, depraved world of mankind up the highway of holiness? Zabid, identified as the son of Nathan, a prophet during David’s reign and Solomon’s era. Zabit helped had held dual roles as both priest and advisor to King Solomon. The church will be both priests, teachers and advising during the kingdom.

The name Asherah is a Hebrew name that means brother of a prince, brother of a song. He is mentioned as King Solomon’s steward. Music is unique to humans because it facilitates social bonding and cohesion. We are all born with a predisposition for music which develops systematically and is refined by listening to more music. Music is an inherent part of human life.

It transcends cultures, languages and generations and has a profound impact on our emotions, thoughts and behaviors. Thus, mankind will learn how to live in harmony harmony music with each other and thus have a cohesive bond that will transcend all of mankind’s unique differences. Adornium, son of Ebed. His name means My Lord is exalted. Adornium served as a tax collector in the United Kingdom of Israel during the reign of King Solomon.

How is God exalted? By reconciling the world of mankind back to the image and likeness of God, as in Genesis 1, verses 26. Genesis 1:26. Then God said, let us make man in our image according to our likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over every wild animal of the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

The image of God was lost. That’s perfection. But the likeness to know, to experience evil as well as good is going to be gained or is gained. During the 6000 years of sin and death in the kingdom, both the image and law, the likeness of God will be acquired. Now we have Solomon’s administrative offices.

The earthly in 1st Kings 4:7 through 7 through 19, the 12 names mentioned in 1st Kings 4:7, 19 are the gen are the governors over all Israel who provided food for the king and his household. Each made provisions for one month of the year. We notice in the previous list no land is mentioned, and in this list the name is associated with land. Thus we are proposing that this is an earthly picture.

We notice each group is responsible to the king for one month a year. A similar picture is when Pharaoh had a dream of seven fat cows and seven league cows and the same for corn. This seems counterintuitive, but the seven fat cows represent the gospel age when mankind has no reliance on God and the kingdom. The seven lean years will be when mankind will have to rely on God totally in order to obtain life. All Egypt relied on Pharaoh to feed them during those seven lean years.

This system helped sustain the entire kingdom’s economy and social structure, ensuring stability and prosperity. It reflects the administrative administration that will be wise and considerate during this time. In King Solomon’s case, it benefited all the citizens of Israel, and in the larger picture of the kingdom, it will benefit all of mankind.

In conclusion, the events of King Solomon’s life have many levels of understanding. Foreshadowing past and present future events. The history of Israel’s and Judah’s kings reveal a pattern of faithfulness and rebellion. While some kings pursued God and led to reforms, others turned to idolatry, bringing judgment upon their kingdoms. Each specific story highlights the consequences of their actions, teaches the importance of obedience and faithfulness to God’s commandments.

Two women who were prostitutes representing King Solomon’s kingdom being split or divided and their unfaithfulness to God, and incorporating true worship, and incorporating true worship of God. They integrated both true and idolatry worship. What is the lesson for us in the kingdom?

Satan will be bound and the truth will cover the land as the waters cover the sea. The point being, during the thousand years that what will be the deception? The deception will not be a false religion that will be done away with. Because truth will cover the land as the waters cover the sea. The deception will be that sin was not eradicated out of each individual during this time.

The parable of the wise and foolish virgins is during the gospel age. What is the difference between the two groups? Both were virgins. The wise have been trying to give their oil away, preaching the good news of the kingdom for the past 2000 years. While the foolish have held back.

The wise have been out there in the marketplace getting their experiences. One thing I cannot do is give you my experiences, and you can’t give me your experiences. We can trade stories though. But we can’t give each other our experiences and that’s what is needed in the parable of the sheep and the goats.

It is not that the goats are sinful and they just. It’s. It’s not that they’re sinful. They just don’t do anything to help their fellow man. They take in the blessings of the kingdom and don’t reciprocate in the kingdom.

All will enter the little season, and those that haven’t learned the lesson of helping others and just take in their blessings or have others help them for gain, their characters will be manifest because of the head. Knowledge is not all it takes. There is a practical application that goes along with it. In science class, you had both class and lab.

Class is the time of learning and lab is the time of the practical application of what you have learned, putting it into practice. In other words, in order to pass in the little season, you will need an A in both classes, both in knowledge and in experience. I believe the same holds for the church today as we leave this convention. Of course, we still have one more day left and the rest of today. But as we leave this convention, let us contemplate our failures and our victories to see where we can do better in both classroom study and our practical lab experience.

Helping one another along this narrow way.

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