It's been 2000 years since
the glorious light of the cross
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illuminated a world veiled in
darkness and confusion about the
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character of God. And
still today the greatest need of
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mankind is a revelation of God's
love as revealed in the life of
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Christ. Amazing Facts presents
the Everlasting Gospel with
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Pastor Doug Batchelor coming
to you each week from Sacramento
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Central Church
in sunny California.
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Discover hidden
treasures in God's word today.
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For the next few weeks I'll be
addressing a new series dealing
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with a character in the Bible
that sort of represents the
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pinnacle in the history of God's
people and that's King Solomon.
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King Solomon. Today will be
Solomon Part-I, The Son of David
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Now I thought this would be a
worthy study because the life of
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Solomon had a lot of parallels
with Jesus himself. Jesus was
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called the Son of David. And
there are a lot of things we can
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learn. Also I think everybody
knows Solomon was the wisest man
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who's ever lived next to Jesus,
that's probably safe to say.
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Author of the book of
Ecclesiastes, most of the
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the proverbs, the Song of
Solomon and even some of the
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Psalms it is believed. So we're
going to spend some time talking
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a little bit about Solomon.
Today we're going to get from
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the birth of Solomon to where
he is coronated. And it's a very
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interesting history. Solomon was
born into the world in the midst
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of a scandal. I think everybody
knows about the story of David's
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sin. David was at home in
Jerusalem while the soldiers in
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the army were out fighting with
the Ammonites. They had besieged
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the capital of Rabbah. David
thought well I don't need to be
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there. A siege sometimes lasts
for years. I'm going to go back
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to Jerusalem. I've got some desk
work to do. And one day while
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wandering on the roof of
his house, he spied a beautiful
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woman from his vantage point
looking into the court yard and
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seeing what he probably wasn't
supposed to see and instead of
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turning away, he kept looking.
And you know that's one of the
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characteristics of a man of
God and a woman of God. Job said
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I've made a covenant with
my eyes. Why should I behold
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another man's wife. We need to
know how and when to close our
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eyes and turn away, especially
in the age of popups. You've got
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to know how to close your eyes
and turn away. Well David saw an
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unexpected popup on his screen.
He wasn't responsible for that.
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He was just walking on his roof.
But he then kept looking and he
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went beyond that and pretty soon
it turned into adultery and when
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she was invited to the palace it
was told that she was the wife
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of Uriah one of his loyal
soldiers, one of the mighty men
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in David's army. He had gone
through thick and thin with him.
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But he didn't care and got
involved in this scandal. He was
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sowing wild oats and then
praying for crop failure and it
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didn't work out that way and she
became pregnant. Then he tried
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to cover it up by getting Uriah
to come home and do a little
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R and R with his wife so nobody
would know, except David and
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Bathsheba and the Lord. But
Uriah had more integrity than
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David. He said you know I
can't go home and spend time
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celebrating with my wife when
the soldiers are still in the
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field and the battle is not won.
And after several attempts he
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could not get Uriah to go home.
He said it's not time for me to
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do that. How can I go back
to my troops that are living out
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there in the mud in the field
and the blood and the battle
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and say I was back home in the
palace and with my wife. And so
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David then signed a
death warrant and he sent it by
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Uriah's own hand to Joab and it
said set Uriah at the forefront
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of the hottest battle and then
retreat and leave him behind so
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that he is smitten and he dies.
Joab didn't know exactly what
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was going on but he obeyed the
king's order. He put Uriah at a
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wall where he knew brave men in
the city were protecting things
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and they charged the wall and
then Joab had everyone retreat
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and leave Uriah and his platoon
there by themselves and they
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fell under a hail of arrows and
they died. Well then David took
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Bathsheba, had a quick wedding,
as soon as she finished the
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minimal period of mourning and
it was amazing how that first
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baby came in seven months, he
says, tongue in cheek. And David
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was hoping nobody would
know. But pretty soon Nathan the
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prophet came and through
a series of a parable David
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basically condemned himself and
Nathan the prophet said because
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you've done this thing
and you've given cause for the
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enemies of God to blaspheme, the
child that is born in connection
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with your sin will die. So that
baby, that first son of David
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and Bathsheba died; innocent
baby died because of their sin.
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Now you might think, that
doesn't sound fair. Well first
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of all sin is not fair and
by the way Jesus was an innocent
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baby too who died because of our
sin. Isn't that right? Christ is
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like that first baby as well
in that he died because of the
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scandal and the sin. There
was a big cover up that they
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attempted and it didn't work.
Well David prayed for that baby
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seven days on his face and still
whatever the sickness was it was
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terminal. But then after a
period of time the Bible tells
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us that David went to comfort
his wife. Solomon is born. David
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repented thoroughly of what
had happened. God forgave David.
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And to show David and Bathsheba
that they were forgiven he gave
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them another baby. The Bible
says in II Samuel 12 verse 24:
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Then David comforted Bathsheba
his wife. Now look at that.
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First when David took Bathsheba
it calls her the wife of Uriah.
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After David is forgiven... and
you know in pastoring you always
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run into these circumstances
where people have all these
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convoluted marriage
relationships and all the
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baggage from multiple mixed
families and some folks come and
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they'll say Pastor Doug, I've
been divorced and married two or
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three times and we've got this
blended family and I read what
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the Bible says about divorce
and remarriage. Can I be a
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Christian? And they wonder. Can
I get a new beginning? Well the
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Bible doesn't say that this is
the unpardonable sin. There's a
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lot of sin that often is
involved in those breakups
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and those wounded relationships.
But I think about the Samaritan
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woman at the well who came
to Jesus and the Lord revealed
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you've had five husbands, you're
living with a man now you're not
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married to and yet in spite of
all of that he revealed to her
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he was the Messiah and he used
her to tell others in the town
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that he was the Messiah.
You come to the Lord the way you
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are. I remember a pastor
told me one time when I tried to
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figure out some of this
marriage counseling, the
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conundrums that you run into
and he said you can't unscramble
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scrambled eggs. You come to the
Lord the way you are, where you
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are. And Jesus is about
new beginnings. So when David
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repented, now I want to say this
for the record, what David did,
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adultery, is a sin, murder
is certainly a sin. And I know a
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lot of people in the church that
want to sin like David sinned
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but they don't want to repent
like David repented. David spent
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seven days on his face weeping
in agony like Jesus in the
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Garden of Gethsemane because of
his sin. So if you're wanting to
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be forgiven like David and
you want to sin like David you
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should be willing to repent like
David. That's the part that's
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often left out. People like the
grace but they don't want the
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repentance. Well David
thoroughly repented and God said
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through Nathan the prophet,
you've been forgiven and then
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it says he comforted his wife.
From that point one, Uriah's
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dead, what's Bathsheba going
to do? She was probably partly
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involved. It doesn't say he
raped her. She was involved in
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the sin. Bathsheba was forgiven,
David was forgiven and from that
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point on he looked them as a
husband and a wife. David went
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and comforted his wife Bathsheba
and they had another child.
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Now if I were God I never would
have planned this king who was
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to be a type of Christ to come
from a scandalous relationship
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like this. Solomon was born. But
you look at the family tree of
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Jesus. Have you ever done that?
You know all those begats that
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you read about there in Luke
and in Matthew. There's a reason
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they're there. And it tells us
in the family tree of Jesus and
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that DNA he's got all kinds of
sordid people. You've got Rahab
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the harlot, Tamar who dressed
up like a harlot and seduced her
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father-in-law and got pregnant.
You've got Ruth the Moabitess.
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Some other multiple
nationalities involved
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there. Not only do you have
Rachel and Sarah and Rebecca
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but in there you've got
Bathsheba in the family tree
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of Jesus. So this tells us about
God's mercy. And the name that
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they gave the boy is Solomon.
Solomon means his peace.
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In Jewish if you want to say
peace to somebody what do you
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say? Shalom. It's related to
that. It means his peace or the
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peaceful one. God had made peace
with David. Nathan, who had
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condemned David because of his
sin and exposed David because
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of his sin, he gave a nickname
to Solomon, and he called him
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Jedidiah, which means Jehovah's
darling. Now one reason for this
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is David was so crushed that
Solomon's older brother had died
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because of the sin, God wanted
to reassure him of his mercy.
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And he said that he was going to
do great things. Matter of fact,
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the word David means well
beloved. Bathsheba means the
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seventh daughter or the daughter
of satisfaction, the daughter of
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completeness or satisfaction.
The seventh daughter. In the
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other language, the Hebrew,
it comes out with that meaning.
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And so that's a little bit
of the background of what the
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background of what the names
mean. Now I want to talk for a
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moment about the family tree,
very interesting, of Solomon.
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I already mentioned a little
bit about the background of
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Bathsheba, but some people
think that because Bathsheba was
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involved in this scandal with
David that she was just some...
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I'm trying to find an
appropriate word for church.
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The first thing that came
into my mind was bimbo, but that
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didn't sound right in church.
That she was just you know
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some empty-headed woman that
David saw and she just had no
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brain. That's not at all true.
First of all, her son Solomon,
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you already know, was the wisest
man who ever lived next to Jesus
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so all that DNA didn't come
from David. It tells us about
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Bathsheba in II Samuel 11 verse
The servants of David said to
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David is not this Bathsheba the
daughter of Elam, the wife of
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Uriah the Hittite. All right who
is Elam? You do a little work
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there. You look in chapter 23
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of II Samuel verse 34: Elam
the son of Ahithophel. Elam was
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in David's army. His father was
Ahithophel the Gilinite. Now who
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is Ahithophel? This is
the grandfather of Bathsheba.
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Listen to this. He was the
counselor for David, the primary
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counselor for David. He was
to David with, oh man my mind's
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going blank now. What's that
guy who gave all the counsel to
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President Bush? Carl Rove, thank
you very much. He's only been
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resigned for a year now and
I can't remember his name. Carl
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Rove was like the mastermind of
all the strategic decisions that
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Bush did, they say. I guess
no one disputes that. Ahithophel
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was the brains behind David. If
you can imagine that. David was
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smart enough by himself. The
Bible says regarding the counsel
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of Ahithophel it says it was
as if one had inquired of the
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oracle of God. So was all the
advice of Ahithophel both with
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David and with Absalom. Now this
is the grandfather of Bathsheba.
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He was smart. So she was
not only beautiful she was
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intelligent and later on today
you're going to find out that
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she thought ahead and actually
saved the kingdom for her son
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because she thought ahead.
Solomon was not the only son.
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Of course, he had an
older brother he never knew.
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I mentioned during Sabbath
School today most people don't
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know that I've got a brother
buried here in town that I never
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saw. His name was Patrick.
My father was married before he
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married my mother to a
lady named Irene. They died in a
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plane crash coming from
Southern California to Northern
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California and went here. Still
the urn. They're buried right
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here in Sacramento at the
Sacramento cemetery here in
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town. Solomon not only had that
older brother that he didn't
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know about. Do you know
he had three other brothers?
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Most people don't know that.
It tells you in I Chronicles 3
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verse 5: These were born to
David in Jerusalem. Shimea and
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Shobab and Nathan and Solomon,
four of Bathshua the daughter of
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Amiel or Elam, same name. Now
we don't know if one of those
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four was the one that died,
whether they had named that
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child or not. It's not clear.
But at least he had two or
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three other full brothers.
A little bit about David. Now
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the seed or the line of
David is mentioned in prophecy.
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Go back a few years when it's
talking about the son of David.
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If you look at I Chronicles
17 verse 11; let me give you the
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background. When David was alive
when you wanted to go to church
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where did you go? Did they have
a temple yet? No, they had no
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temple meaning that all through
the period of the patriarchs and
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the judges they still had that
tabernacle. How old was that
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tabernacle that Moses had built
in the wilderness? Well it was
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getting pretty tattered.
Hundreds of years had gone by.
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Now David had become very
successful. He had strategic
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relationships with the king of
Tyre. The king of Tyre sent down
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craftsmen and builders and
cedar from Lebanon. They built a
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beautiful palace for David and
one day David is sitting in his
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palace, this is before
the episode with Bathsheba,
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and he's saying to himself...
You know it may have been just
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after that but it's before
Solomon was chosen. It's not
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fair that I'm dwelling in a
house of cedar. I've got this
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palace and the ark of God
is still in a tent. We need to
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build a real permanent dwelling
place for God's temple. So while
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he was pondering this Nathan the
prophet came to him and David
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said to Nathan, Nathan it's just
not fair that here I'm dwelling
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in a palace and the ark of God
is in a tent. And Nathan said do
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all that's in your heart.
David was accumulating all this
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fabulous wealth from all these
nations he had conquered and the
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tribute that was pouring in
to his treasury. He said we can
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build the biggest most beautiful
temple in the world to Jehovah.
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And Nathan said, God is
with you. Well after Nathan left
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the word of the Lord came
to him. Don't ever forget this.
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Was Nathan a prophet? Is
everything a prophet says
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a prophecy? No. Nathan was just
talking with David as a friend.
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And he said do all that's in
your heart. The Lord is with you
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After he walks out the word of
the Lord says, Wait Nathan, slow
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down. You better go back
and talk to David. I don't want
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David to build my temple. I've
got other plans. So Nathan goes
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back. Now speaking under
inspiration the word of God...
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See I want you to remember that
because some people think every
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time a prophet said anything
that it was a prophecy; that
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prophets weren't people that
could sit at the dinner table
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and say please pass the bread
and that's a prophecy, write it
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down. I mean, you know,
they were normal people. And
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sometimes they talked with
people and not everything they
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said was a prophecy. And I think
we sometimes misunderstand that
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gift. You know where I'm going
with that, right? Yeah, okay.
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I Chronicles 17, he's now given
a message from God. Verse 11.
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And he said you will not build
me a house David because you're
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a bloody man. It shall be that
when your days are fulfilled
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that you must go be with your
fathers, translation, when you
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die, that I will set up your
seed, your descendants, after
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you who will be of your sons and
I will establish his kingdom.
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He will build me a house
and I will establish his throne
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forever. Who was he talking
about? Who is the son of David
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that was to build the house.
Solomon? Is that the only one?
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Or is that a dual prophecy. Did
David have a literal son named
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Solomon that built the temple?
But is that a fuller prophecy
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about Jesus the son of David?
Didn't Christ say destroy this
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temple made with hands and in
three days I'll raise it up and
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he spoke of his body. Isn't the
church called the temple of God?
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Didn't he also build another
kind of house? And, by the way,
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the temple of Solomon and the
reign of Solomon, did they last
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forever? No. Listen to what
it says here continuing with the
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prophecy. I will be his father
and he will be my son. I will
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not take away my mercy from him
as I took it away from him who
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was before you, namely King
Saul. I will establish him in my
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house and in my kingdom
forever and his throne will be
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established forever. Now who
is Nathan talking about? Is he
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talking about Solomon or Jesus?
Ultimately this prophecy is
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talking about Christ who would
last forever. Now I will say
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more about that in a future
program. Most scholars believe
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that after Solomon was born
David really blew it with his
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older kids. Have you read about
that? He was so busy when the
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first litter of kids were born
with his 10 wives. He was out
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fighting battles and conquering
kingdoms and running from Saul
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and all of this was going on
that he really didn't have a lot
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of time to give them personal
attention. Amnon his firstborn
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raped his sister Tamar. Absalom
got mad and killed his brother
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Amnon. Then Absalom rebelled.
He tried to become king and
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there were all kinds of problems
And of course he had one child
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that died. Matter of fact, one
scripture says at no time had
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David ever tried to counsel
or resist or rebuke or chastise
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his boys. And they were
just really spoiled and out of
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control. By the time David
went through his repentance and
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Solomon was born, David said
you know this one really needs
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guidance. I need someone who can
take over after me. And they saw
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a lot of promise in the child.
You know how they looked at
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Moses as a baby and they said he
was a beautiful child. Sometimes
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you can just look and see
those bright eyes and they're
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alert and sharp. And
David committed the care and the
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raising and the tutoring of
Solomon to Nathan the prophet.
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Most scholars believe that.
That's why Nathan gave him the
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nickname. Nathan also was
there to ensure that Solomon was
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placed on the throne. So
God chose Solomon to be king in
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David's place. You can read
about this. David did it himself
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I Chronicles, you have your
Bibles? I Chronicles 28 verse 4:
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David is speaking: However
the Lord God of Israel chose me
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above all the house of my father
of all Jesse's sons, of all the
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tribe of Judah from a shepherd
to be king over Israel forever.
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And you jump down a few verses.
And he says, of all my sons, for
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the Lord has given me many sons,
he has chosen my son Solomon.
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So who chose Solomon? God did.
He has chosen my son Solomon
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to sit on the throne of the
kingdom of the Lord over Israel.
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Now he said to me, it is your
son Solomon who will build my
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house and my courts for I have
chosen him to be my son and I
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will be his father. Moreover
I will establish his kingdom
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forever if he is steadfast to
observe my commandments and my
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judgments as it is this day. But
you know whenever God has a plan
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the devil has a counterfeit and
the older brothers of Solomon
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they got wind that Nathan the
prophet had said that the Lord
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had chosen Solomon. They said
well you're just saying that
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because you like him. You're
just saying that because you're
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his tutor. He's not the oldest.
Amnon is dead. It should be the
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next. Absalom is dead. It should
be Adonijah. And a battle began
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to develop over the throne about
who was going to be next in line
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and so Adonijah who was the
younger brother of Absalom, that
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ought to tell you something,
he began to say what's this
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nonsense about Solomon? He's
a bookworm. What does he know
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about soldiers? He had a name
peace. How could he fight wars?
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And they began to disdain
Solomon. Bathsheba, how can you
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pick the son of Bathsheba?
She was the illegitimate wife of
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David. She can't be chosen. It's
like when Judas said, Why would
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you let Mary touch you? Jesus
often did things in an unusual
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way. I mean, why would Jacob
pick Joseph? He's the youngest,
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instead of Reuben. Why did God
pick Moses the youngest instead
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of Aaron the oldest? God often
picks the black sheep sometimes
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to do his work. So a conspiracy
developed. There was a family
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feud, you might say, a
conspiracy in the family.
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Now if you have your Bibles I'd
invite you to turn to I Kings
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chapter 1, go to verse 5.
You find this all in I Kings.
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I Kings really starts to
get into Solomon and his life.
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Then Adonijah the son of
Haggith exalted himself saying
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I will be king. And he prepared
for himself chariots and
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horsemen and 50 men to run
before him. That's the kings
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did. Have you ever seen these
limousines going up the street
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and they've got... I remember
seeing this in Africa. I don't
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see this as much in the U.S.
they had six secret servicemen
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in front running, six secret
servicemen dressed in black
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behind and it was the president
that was going up the street.
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We saw it from our hotel in
Cameroon. And they were running
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along and everywhere they went
those guys had to really hoof
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too, in their black suits in
the hot equatorial sun. Can you
00:24:04.18\00:24:07.43
imagine that? Well the kings
used to have these men that
00:24:07.47\00:24:10.59
ran before them, sort of to
announce they were coming, clear
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the road, secure the area. So
Adonijah started to grandstand
00:24:15.25\00:24:19.34
like he was going to be next
in line. He started to try and
00:24:19.37\00:24:23.51
position himself that way. And
pretty soon he got a conspiracy
00:24:23.55\00:24:27.85
together. He got the military,
Joab, who had been general for
00:24:27.89\00:24:32.16
David. He got the priest
Abiathar, he got the army, he
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had the state, he had the church
He said we're going to have a
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big party and I'll coronate
myself. Now can you find a story
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in the Bible where somebody else
wanted to preempt Jesus as king?
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What is his name? Lucifer or
Satan. He wanted the position
00:24:50.16\00:24:56.89
that really belonged to Jesus.
So what happened? Go with me to
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I Kings chapter 1 and I'm going
to read a little bit of this
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story and you need to understand
how Solomon came into the throne
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I don't have time to read
it all. Notice it says here in
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verse 6: And his father had not
rebuked him at any time saying
00:25:18.06\00:25:22.03
what have you done and why have
you done so. He was a very good
00:25:22.06\00:25:26.00
looking man. This is Adonijah.
Was Lucifer good looking?
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His mother had borne him after
Absalom. And so he gets Joab
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and Abiathar the priest and
they help him. And so verse 9:
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Adonijah sacrificed sheep and
oxen and fattened cattle at the
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stone of Zoheleth and he
has a big party and he invites
00:25:45.97\00:25:49.18
everybody to this party to
coronate him except he doesn't
00:25:49.22\00:25:52.36
invite Bathsheba because they've
already gotten word that David
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and the Lord had chosen Solomon.
He doesn't invite Nathan.
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He doesn't invite another
priest who is behind Solomon.
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He doesn't invite Solomon. So
when word gets out that they're
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having a big party, they're all
saying long live King Adonijah
00:26:07.41\00:26:11.95
Bathsheba says I've got to go
talk to the king or we're dead.
00:26:11.99\00:26:16.63
So Bathsheba knocks on the door
and she comes in to see the king
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I'm in verse 15: And the
king is very old and Abishag the
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Shunammite was serving him.
Now do you know that story? When
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David got old with the last
sickness before he died, they
00:26:29.15\00:26:32.66
figure it may have been
congestive heart failure,
00:26:32.70\00:26:34.27
he just couldn't stay warm. And
you know when you get old you
00:26:34.30\00:26:38.67
often have these electric
blankets on your legs. You're
00:26:38.71\00:26:40.86
just cold all the time
which makes me worry because I'm
00:26:40.89\00:26:42.97
cold all the time. So what they
did is they said what are we
00:26:43.01\00:26:45.60
going to do for David? They
didn't have electric blankets
00:26:45.64\00:26:48.19
back then and they
hadn't invented rubber hot water
00:26:48.23\00:26:50.75
bottles yet because they hadn't
discovered South America and
00:26:50.79\00:26:53.47
latex. So what they did is they
said let's search through the
00:26:53.50\00:26:56.15
kingdom. Let's find a
beautiful young virgin with good
00:26:56.18\00:26:59.10
circulation and we'll have her
cuddle the king under the covers
00:26:59.14\00:27:02.96
to try and get him to warm up
and stop trembling. And so that
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is what they did. And so here
Bathsheba comes in now and this
00:27:06.71\00:27:10.10
once dashing young king that
she had had an affair with is
00:27:10.13\00:27:13.45
snuggling the Shunammite girl.
He never knew her the Bible says
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By the way, a little bit
of interesting information.
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Did you ever read the Song
of Solomon? It talks about the
00:27:22.34\00:27:26.39
Shunammite and Abishag was
supposed to be beautiful. She
00:27:26.43\00:27:31.18
was still a virgin. And they
wonder if Solomon wrote this
00:27:31.22\00:27:35.91
for Abishag who is still younger
than him. So that's just the
00:27:35.95\00:27:40.55
commentators speculating about
that. And so Bathsheba comes in
00:27:40.58\00:27:45.22
and she bows before the king and
she says My Lord, verse 17: You
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swore by the Lord your God
to your maid servant saying
00:27:49.90\00:27:54.16
assuredly Solomon your son will
reign after me and he'll sit on
00:27:54.19\00:27:57.53
my throne. And now look,
Adonijah has become king and my
00:27:57.56\00:28:00.80
Lord the king David you don't
know this. And he sacrificed
00:28:00.83\00:28:04.18
oxen and fatted cattle and sheep
in abundance and he's invited
00:28:04.22\00:28:07.53
all the king's sons,
Abiathar the priest and Joab the
00:28:07.57\00:28:10.81
commander of the army. But
Solomon your servant, he is not
00:28:10.85\00:28:14.72
invited. And as for you O Lord
my king the eyes of all Israel
00:28:14.76\00:28:18.71
are on you that you should tell
them who will sit on the throne
00:28:18.74\00:28:22.66
after him. You know people
look to their leaders to give
00:28:22.69\00:28:27.51
guidance in making decisions.
Otherwise it will happen that
00:28:27.55\00:28:31.93
when my Lord the king rests with
his fathers that I and my son
00:28:31.97\00:28:36.31
Solomon will be counted as
offenders. They'd be executed.
00:28:36.35\00:28:40.07
No question about it because
David had said that. So David
00:28:40.11\00:28:43.76
said... and then Nathan comes in
and he confirms everything that
00:28:43.79\00:28:47.32
Bathsheba said. Then David
called Bathsheba back in, I'm in
00:28:47.35\00:28:51.81
verse 28, so she came in to the
king and stood before the king.
00:28:51.85\00:28:55.83
And the king took an oath and
said, As the Lord lives who has
00:28:55.87\00:28:59.76
redeemed my life from every
distress, Just as I swore to you
00:28:59.80\00:29:03.46
by the Lord your God of Israel
saying assuredly Solomon your
00:29:03.50\00:29:07.15
son shall be king after me and
he will sit on my throne in my
00:29:07.19\00:29:12.00
place, so certainly I will do
today. Now it didn't look good.
00:29:12.03\00:29:16.80
David is old. Can he fight
battles anymore physically?
00:29:16.84\00:29:21.19
The general is with Adonijah.
The church is with Adonijah.
00:29:21.22\00:29:24.78
They're having a big party
in the palace and everybody's
00:29:24.81\00:29:28.30
toasting him. It looks like it's
a coup and there is no way out
00:29:28.34\00:29:32.73
of it. What is David going to
do, this old man in bed having
00:29:32.77\00:29:37.20
to be snuggled by some girl to
keep him warm? Yet he said God
00:29:37.23\00:29:40.74
has told me Solomon is going
to be king and there's nothing
00:29:40.77\00:29:44.89
Adonijah or anyone can do to
stop the word of God. David had
00:29:44.92\00:29:48.39
something that Adonijah didn't
have. He had the confidence of
00:29:48.42\00:29:52.20
the people and authority. He was
the king. He was still alive. He
00:29:52.24\00:29:55.98
was still the king. I
think it's interesting. Maybe I
00:29:56.02\00:29:59.27
shouldn't say anything
about this but you know we just
00:29:59.31\00:30:02.50
finished the election this week
and all of a sudden I'm hearing
00:30:02.53\00:30:06.13
people refer to Obama as the
president and he's the president
00:30:06.17\00:30:09.82
elect, correct? But we still
have a president. He's still in
00:30:09.85\00:30:13.47
office. You know what I'm
saying? You can't have two
00:30:13.51\00:30:16.72
at one time and Adonijah was not
the king. And so David said I'm
00:30:16.76\00:30:21.39
going to make this happen today
and listen to what he does to
00:30:21.43\00:30:25.83
show that he still has that
authority. Then Bathsheba bowed
00:30:25.87\00:30:29.54
with her face to the earth...
I'm in verse 31 of I Kings
00:30:29.57\00:30:33.18
chapter 1. She did homage to the
king and said let my lord king
00:30:33.21\00:30:38.14
David live forever. She's
talking about eternal life there
00:30:38.18\00:30:41.77
because he was an old man. And
the king said call to me Zadok
00:30:41.80\00:30:45.22
the priest, Nathan the prophet,
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada.
00:30:45.25\00:30:49.60
Now Benaiah was in charge
00:30:49.63\00:30:51.82
of the king's honor guard. And
so they came before the king.
00:30:51.85\00:30:56.27
And the king said to them, Take
with you the servants of your
00:30:56.30\00:31:01.33
lord, have Solomon ride on my
own mule. Take him down to Gihon
00:31:01.36\00:31:05.92
that's where they officially
anointed the kings. There let
00:31:05.95\00:31:10.04
Zadok the priest and Nathan
the prophet anoint him king over
00:31:10.08\00:31:13.99
Israel. Do it right now. Blow
the trumpet and say long live
00:31:14.03\00:31:17.83
king Solomon that you will come
up after him and he is to come
00:31:17.87\00:31:21.54
back from where he is anointed
with his procession. He will sit
00:31:21.57\00:31:25.20
on my throne. He will be king
in my place today, for I have
00:31:25.24\00:31:30.25
appointed him to be ruler
over Israel and Judah. Now what
00:31:30.28\00:31:35.22
mattered more? Adonijah wanting
to make himself king or what the
00:31:35.26\00:31:39.59
father said was going to be
king. What authority does Jesus
00:31:39.62\00:31:43.24
have that he is the son of God?
Because he said he was or do you
00:31:43.27\00:31:48.02
find places in the Bible where
God says he is. How many times
00:31:48.05\00:31:52.34
did God the Father say this
is my beloved Son from heaven
00:31:52.38\00:31:56.59
the voice of God. Three times.
It talks about once in the book
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of John, the mount of
transfiguration and at the
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baptism of Jesus. God the Father
said, This is my beloved Son.
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There have been many false
Christs, many false prophets.
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And so they did that. Verse 36:
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada
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answered the king and said, Amen
may the Lord God of my lord the
00:32:19.82\00:32:25.73
king say so too. As the Lord has
been with the king, king David,
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even so may he be with Solomon
and make his throne greater than
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the throne of my lord king David
and Zadok the priest and Nathan
00:32:35.26\00:32:39.07
the prophet and Benaiah the son
of Jehoiada and the Cherethites
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and the Pelethites went down
and they had Solomon ride on the
00:32:42.97\00:32:46.76
king's mule. By the way
did Jesus ride on a colt into
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Jerusalem when he was coronated?
The Son of David. Lot of
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parallels you can find between
Solomon and Jesus. By the way,
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were there questionable things
that seemed to surround the
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birth of Jesus regarding his
father and his mother and their
00:33:07.36\00:33:11.81
relationship? It's kind of
dubious origins. They used to
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question the genealogy of Jesus
because of the way that Jesus
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was conceived. And so he rode
after he was anointed. He went
00:33:24.13\00:33:31.92
from the spring where he
was anointed he rode on a mule
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the king's mule into Jerusalem
and all the people shouted
00:33:35.42\00:33:38.78
around him. You know he probably
rode through the eastern gate
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which is the same gate that
Jesus came through years later
00:33:41.72\00:33:45.31
when he did what was called
the triumphal entry of Christ.
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Zadok the priest took the horn
of oil from the tabernacle, the
00:33:50.29\00:33:54.16
holy oil. Christ was anointed
with the Holy Spirit. By the way
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what does the word Christ mean?
I told you this a couple weeks
00:33:58.02\00:34:01.82
ago. The word Christos means the
anointed, Messiah is the Jewish
00:34:01.86\00:34:05.62
way of saying the anointed.
Solomon was anointed with the
00:34:05.66\00:34:09.43
oil from the tabernacle. Christ
was anointed with the Holy
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Spirit that came from the throne
or the temple of God. And they
00:34:13.38\00:34:17.22
blew the horn and all the
people shouted long live king
00:34:17.26\00:34:20.57
Solomon. And all the people
went up after him and the people
00:34:20.60\00:34:23.82
played flutes and they rejoiced
with great joy so the earth
00:34:23.85\00:34:28.00
seemed to be split with their
sound. Now, there's another
00:34:28.04\00:34:32.20
party going on back in Jerusalem
Adonijah and all the guests
00:34:32.23\00:34:36.14
who were with him... This
all happened very quickly. Final
00:34:36.18\00:34:40.66
movements will be rapid ones.
They heard all the noise as they
00:34:40.70\00:34:44.75
were finishing eating and when
Joab, he heard the sound of the
00:34:44.79\00:34:48.24
horn, he said why is the city in
an uproar. Just like a general,
00:34:48.27\00:34:51.20
he heard the horn, he thought
it's a battle, like Joshua said
00:34:51.24\00:34:54.49
to Moses. What's the noise
in the camp. He thought it was a
00:34:54.52\00:34:57.73
war. And while he was still
speaking, Jonathan the son of
00:34:57.76\00:35:00.90
Abiathar the priest came in and
Adonijah, that pompous, arrogant
00:35:00.93\00:35:04.95
son, he said come in for you're
a prominent man and bring good
00:35:04.98\00:35:09.23
news. Counterfeit good news.
It wasn't good news because they
00:35:09.27\00:35:13.48
weren't going along with
the word of God. And Jonathan
00:35:13.52\00:35:17.16
answered and said to Adonijah,
O no, our lord king David has
00:35:17.20\00:35:22.05
made Solomon king and the
king has sent with him Zadok the
00:35:22.08\00:35:26.03
priest and Nathan the prophet
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada
00:35:26.06\00:35:29.93
the most prominent people in the
kingdom, and the Cherethites and
00:35:29.97\00:35:33.20
the Pelethites, these were the
honor guard, and they have made
00:35:33.24\00:35:36.59
him ride on the king's mule and
Zadok the priest and Nathan the
00:35:36.63\00:35:39.90
prophet have anointed him king
at Gihon and they have gone up
00:35:39.93\00:35:43.31
from there rejoicing, thus the
city is in an uproar. This is
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the noise that you heard.
Solomon sits on the throne of
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the kingdom. While you're
partying and calling yourself
00:35:50.87\00:35:54.91
king Solomon's on the throne.
And sometimes I think the devil
00:35:54.95\00:35:58.69
wants to be king of this world
but he forgets Jesus is on the
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throne. And I have to remind
myself of that. I don't know
00:36:02.29\00:36:05.33
about you but sometimes I start
to worry and I'll give you a
00:36:05.36\00:36:08.95
word picture that helps me. Try
to picture if you can God up in
00:36:08.98\00:36:12.43
heaven wringing his hands with
worry. Do you ever think God
00:36:12.47\00:36:15.74
wrings his hands because he's
anxious about anything? Oh no,
00:36:15.78\00:36:19.88
what will I do? Does God fret?
Is he on the throne? Does he
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have authority? Is he sovereign?
Has he lost control? Solomon
00:36:25.61\00:36:31.97
sits on the throne. Moreover the
kings servants have gone in to
00:36:32.01\00:36:37.05
bless the lord king David saying
may God make the name of Solomon
00:36:37.09\00:36:41.78
better than your name and may
he make his throne greater than
00:36:41.82\00:36:46.58
your throne. This is what the
Father says about Jesus. Then
00:36:46.61\00:36:50.58
the king bowed on his bed.
Even David bows before Solomon
00:36:50.62\00:36:54.52
because you can't have two kings
at one time. David made himself
00:36:54.55\00:36:59.51
nothing that Solomon might be
exalted. Also the king has said
00:36:59.55\00:37:03.51
blessed be the Lord God of
Israel who has given one to sit
00:37:03.54\00:37:07.44
on my throne this day while my
eyes see it. Usually a king dies
00:37:07.47\00:37:11.65
before he gets to see it. Now
what do you think happened at
00:37:11.69\00:37:16.68
Adonijah's party? Do you think
they kept celebrating? You ever
00:37:16.71\00:37:21.78
heard the expression the party's
over or party poopers. When
00:37:21.82\00:37:26.26
Jonathan came in he was a party
pooper that day. They said here
00:37:26.30\00:37:30.71
you are all celebrating that
you're the king and the real
00:37:30.74\00:37:34.10
king is now sitting on the
throne and everybody at this
00:37:34.14\00:37:38.59
party is going to be on a
list that they are following the
00:37:38.63\00:37:42.01
wrong king. They're following
a counterfeit king, they're
00:37:42.05\00:37:45.39
following an imitator,
an imposter, someone who is
00:37:45.43\00:37:48.67
usurping the throne and just
being there could mean you're on
00:37:48.71\00:37:54.00
the wrong list. People got out
of that party so fast. They did
00:37:54.04\00:37:59.35
a dine-and-dash. They didn't
even leave a tip. And the guests
00:37:59.39\00:38:04.30
who were with Adonijah were
afraid and they rose up each one
00:38:04.33\00:38:09.24
and went his way. And Adonijah
was afraid of Solomon so he
00:38:09.28\00:38:14.84
arose and he went and he took
hold of the horns of the altar.
00:38:14.88\00:38:18.95
He asked for mercy. Solomon said
we'll see if you're a worthy man
00:38:18.99\00:38:23.03
If you're a worthy man you're
not going to have anything to
00:38:23.06\00:38:25.95
worry about. He ended up dying
because he tried to conspire one
00:38:25.99\00:38:28.84
more time. Matter of
fact, Adonijah asked Bathsheba,
00:38:28.87\00:38:35.07
he said you think now that
David's died, soon as David died
00:38:35.11\00:38:39.44
Adonijah said could I have
Abishag. Solomon knew what he
00:38:39.47\00:38:43.73
was up to. Adonijah was figuring
if I could get David's wife then
00:38:43.77\00:38:47.48
I could you know have a little
bit of credibility and I can try
00:38:47.51\00:38:51.17
one more time. Solomon's younger
I can get the force and we can
00:38:51.20\00:38:55.22
try and assassinate him. Solomon
was very wise. He knew what was
00:38:55.26\00:38:59.24
up and he had to kill his
own brother. I don't think he
00:38:59.28\00:39:02.83
enjoyed that but for the safety
of the kingdom. What's going to
00:39:02.86\00:39:05.56
happen to Lucifer? Is Jesus
going to have to deal with him?
00:39:05.59\00:39:08.22
Then you go to some of the final
words of David. Solomon had the
00:39:08.25\00:39:18.95
endorsement of the father
and the Bible says that he was
00:39:18.98\00:39:23.44
firmly established on the throne
Then before David dies, I Kings
00:39:23.48\00:39:28.76
chapter 2 verse 1, we're almost
done here. Now the days of David
00:39:28.79\00:39:34.04
drew near that he should die
and he charged Solomon his son
00:39:34.07\00:39:38.19
saying, I go the way of
all the earth. David was very
00:39:38.23\00:39:42.62
pragmatic about it and if the
Lord tarries you're all going
00:39:42.65\00:39:47.20
the way of all the earth.
Be strong therefore and prove
00:39:47.24\00:39:51.57
yourself a man and keep the
charge of the Lord your God to
00:39:51.61\00:39:55.28
walk in his ways, to keep his
statutes and his commandments
00:39:55.31\00:39:58.95
his judgments and his
testimonies. If you knew you
00:39:58.98\00:40:02.79
were going to die in a week,
I've got a lot of parents here
00:40:02.83\00:40:05.73
today, and you were going
to write a letter to your kids.
00:40:05.76\00:40:08.81
Have you ever thought about
that? Maybe you've got your will
00:40:08.85\00:40:11.61
made out and you've got a
closing message. Sometimes you
00:40:11.65\00:40:14.35
hear about parents that discover
they're terminal and they'll
00:40:14.38\00:40:18.25
video something for their kids,
a message of encouragement.
00:40:18.28\00:40:21.83
I heard a story in the news
about this professor that found
00:40:21.86\00:40:24.95
out as a young man he was dying
from pancreatic cancer. I don't
00:40:24.99\00:40:28.13
know Karen, I can't remember
his name. He became very popular
00:40:28.16\00:40:32.17
and he sort of began to let
everyone know that he sort of
00:40:32.20\00:40:35.31
had final classes. He was
teaching the students. He had
00:40:35.34\00:40:38.38
final message for his wife, for
his children. What would your
00:40:38.41\00:40:43.02
final words be to your children?
Well this is the final message
00:40:43.05\00:40:47.54
of David. He knows he's terminal
What can you tell someone who's
00:40:47.58\00:40:52.16
going to be king in your place?
The most valuable counsel he
00:40:52.19\00:40:56.48
could give his son. David was
pretty smart himself. You know
00:40:56.52\00:41:02.28
what he says? Be strong and
prove yourself a man. Be manly.
00:41:02.32\00:41:06.83
You don't hear a lot of
that anymore. People aren't even
00:41:06.86\00:41:11.31
even sure what their sex is any
more. But my father was a red
00:41:11.34\00:41:15.04
neck from Oklahoma and I just
grew up this way, men are men.
00:41:15.08\00:41:18.46
And I think one of the best
things a man could tell his son
00:41:18.49\00:41:21.62
is be a man. A woman can
tell her daughter, be a woman.
00:41:21.66\00:41:27.61
And you ought to know what
that means. I'm sorry friends.
00:41:27.65\00:41:33.67
It's the truth. Be a man.
He didn't have to define that.
00:41:33.70\00:41:38.76
Be brave, be courageous, be
a leader, be determined, have
00:41:38.80\00:41:42.88
integrity, be a man. The
greatest want in the world is
00:41:42.92\00:41:46.65
the want of men that will
not be bought or sold, that will
00:41:46.69\00:41:49.81
stand for the right though the
heavens fall, that are as true
00:41:49.85\00:41:52.94
to duty as the needle is to
the pole. That's what he meant.
00:41:52.98\00:41:59.37
Prove yourself a man. Keep
the charge of the Lord your God.
00:41:59.41\00:42:03.24
walk in his ways and keep his
statutes, his commandments, his
00:42:03.27\00:42:07.71
judgments, his testimonies as it
is written in the Law of Moses.
00:42:07.74\00:42:12.88
Obey the Lord he's saying. That
you might prosper in all that
00:42:12.92\00:42:16.95
you do, wherever you turn.
If you make that a priority in
00:42:16.99\00:42:20.22
your life that the word of God
is going to be your guide and
00:42:20.25\00:42:23.45
didn't Solomon say that? The
word should be a lamp unto our
00:42:23.48\00:42:27.12
feet. Consider him in all your
ways; he will direct your paths.
00:42:27.15\00:42:30.75
The Lord will prosper you
wherever you turn. That the Lord
00:42:30.79\00:42:35.42
may fulfill his word which
he spoke concerning me. David's
00:42:35.45\00:42:39.87
saying not only for your sake
but for my posterity. That if
00:42:39.91\00:42:44.30
your sons take heed to
their ways to walk before me in
00:42:44.33\00:42:47.34
truth with all their heart, with
all their soul, you shall not
00:42:47.37\00:42:52.77
lack a man to sit on the throne
of Israel. Look in I Chronicles
00:42:52.80\00:42:57.85
28. Some more final words of
David. And thou Solomon my son
00:42:57.89\00:43:03.04
he says know the Lord God of
your father and serve him with a
00:43:03.08\00:43:07.21
perfect heart. There are
some final words. Know the Lord.
00:43:07.25\00:43:12.67
What's eternal life? It comes
from knowing God. For the Lord
00:43:12.70\00:43:17.33
searches the heart. He's saying
know him with your heart and
00:43:17.37\00:43:20.95
with a willing mind for the
Lord searches the hearts and
00:43:20.99\00:43:24.50
understands the imaginations and
the thoughts. Not only obey him
00:43:24.54\00:43:28.32
on the outside, serve him on
the inside. If you seek him he
00:43:28.36\00:43:32.13
will be found of you, but if you
forsake him, he will cast you
00:43:32.17\00:43:36.15
off forever. Now these are the
official final words of David.
00:43:36.18\00:43:40.61
You find them in II Samuel 23
verses 1-5. I won't read it all.
00:43:40.64\00:43:45.16
Now these are the last words of
David. Thus said David the son
00:43:45.20\00:43:49.78
of Jesse, the sweet psalmist of
Israel. The God of Israel said,
00:43:49.81\00:43:54.57
the rock of Israel spoke to me.
Here's what David says. He who
00:43:54.61\00:43:59.33
rules over men must be
just, ruling in the fear of God.
00:43:59.37\00:44:03.47
He will be like the light of
the morning when the sun rises,
00:44:03.50\00:44:07.06
and a morning without clouds.
He starts to go back to his
00:44:07.09\00:44:10.66
days as a shepherd. Like the
tender grass springing out of
00:44:10.69\00:44:14.19
the earth by clear shining after
a rain. Although my house is not
00:44:14.23\00:44:19.29
so with God, in other words you
know I failed in my house. But
00:44:19.32\00:44:24.35
he goes on to say yet he
has made with me an everlasting
00:44:24.38\00:44:28.75
covenant and ordered in all
things and secure. For this is
00:44:28.79\00:44:33.15
all my salvation and all
my desire. Will he not make an
00:44:33.19\00:44:37.17
increase? So David closes his
final words talking about the
00:44:37.20\00:44:41.31
kind of a reign that a king
ought to have. The last point
00:44:41.34\00:44:45.95
here is David lived to see
Solomon settled in the throne
00:44:45.99\00:44:51.20
an undisputed king. I
Kings chapter 2 verse 12. Then
00:44:51.24\00:44:56.39
Solomon sat on the throne of his
father David and his kingdom was
00:44:56.42\00:45:00.82
firmly established. Nobody
was ever able to dethrone him.
00:45:00.85\00:45:06.20
Solomon reigns for 40 years
and it's undisputed. You know it
00:45:06.23\00:45:10.83
reminds me of Jesus the son of
David who is firmly established
00:45:10.86\00:45:15.14
and even though there are those
at one point who contest his
00:45:15.18\00:45:19.26
leadership ultimately every knee
will bow and every tongue will
00:45:19.29\00:45:23.03
confess. You can read that in
Philippians chapter 2 verse 9.
00:45:23.07\00:45:27.06
Therefore God has highly exalted
him. Was there a king in Israel
00:45:27.09\00:45:31.05
that was more exalted than
Solomon? Therefore the Lord God
00:45:31.08\00:45:34.85
has highly exalted him and
given him the name that is above
00:45:34.89\00:45:39.46
every name, that at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow, of
00:45:39.49\00:45:42.92
those in heaven, of those on the
earth, of those under the earth
00:45:42.95\00:45:46.35
and that every tongue should
confess that Jesus Christ is
00:45:46.38\00:45:50.98
Lord to the glory of God the
Father. Jesus is not only our
00:45:51.01\00:45:55.31
Lord but he's our King.
When that thief was dying on the
00:45:55.35\00:45:59.57
cross he turned to Jesus and he
said, Lord remember me when you
00:45:59.61\00:46:03.63
come into your what? Kingdom.
You're not only a Lord, you're a
00:46:03.66\00:46:07.65
King. And Jesus is on his
throne right now. He is firmly
00:46:07.69\00:46:11.13
established and even though the
devil is disputing the territory
00:46:11.16\00:46:14.81
of this world, the same thing
that happened to Adonijah is
00:46:14.85\00:46:18.46
going to happen to him. Like
Solomon, our Jesus is a king of
00:46:18.49\00:46:22.50
peace. He's the Prince of Peace.
And the question is have you
00:46:22.54\00:46:26.31
allowed him to sit on the throne
of your heart? Have you crowned
00:46:26.35\00:46:30.51
and coronated him as the king
of your life? You know what, I
00:46:30.55\00:46:33.72
thought that would be an
appropriate way for us to close
00:46:33.75\00:46:36.85
our service today. We're going
to crown him as the undisputed
00:46:36.89\00:46:41.29
King of our hearts. We're going
to be singing 223, Crown Him
00:46:41.32\00:46:45.69
With Many Crowns and Mrs.
Nina will lead the band and
00:46:45.72\00:46:48.87
she'll tell us when
to join along in song.
00:46:48.90\00:46:51.19
Please stand!
00:47:23.76\00:47:24.87
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Crown Him with many crowns,
The Lamb upon His throne;
00:48:06.37\00:48:18.76
Hark! how the heavenly anthem
drowns All music but its own!
00:48:18.79\00:48:30.77
Awake my soul and sing
Of Him who died for thee;
00:48:30.80\00:48:43.01
And hail Him as thy matchless
King Through all eternity
00:48:43.04\00:48:55.11
Crown Him the Lord of
love! Behold His hands and side,
00:48:55.14\00:49:07.24
Those wounds, yet visible
above In beauty glorified;
00:49:07.28\00:49:19.35
No angel in the sky
Can fully bear the sight,
00:49:19.38\00:49:31.84
But downward bends his wondering
eye At mysteries so great.
00:49:31.87\00:49:43.84
Crown him the Lord of peace!
Whose hand a scepter sways
00:49:43.87\00:49:55.80
From pole to pole,
that wars may cease,
00:49:55.84\00:50:02.23
And all be prayer and praise.
00:50:02.27\00:50:07.62
His reign shall know no
end, And round His pierced feet
00:50:07.66\00:50:20.18
Fair flowers of Paradise extend,
Their fragrance ever sweet.
00:50:20.21\00:50:32.94
Crown Him the Lord of
years, The Potentate of time,
00:50:32.98\00:50:45.02
Creator of the rolling
spheres Ineffably sublime!
00:50:45.05\00:50:56.71
All hail! Redeemer, hail!
For thou hast died for me;
00:50:56.75\00:51:09.59
Thy praise shall never,
never fail Throughout eternity.
00:51:09.63\00:51:22.44
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Amen! How many of you would like
to say thank you to Miss Dina
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and the band for that majestic
song. And how many of you would
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like to say I want Jesus to
be my King and I'd like to crown
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him Lord of my life? Let's bow
our heads together as we close
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with prayer. Dear
Almighty Father in heaven,
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Lord we come before you as your
humble subjects recognizing that
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you are the King of the cosmos
and that Jesus is enthroned as
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the Lord of all. Lord we would
like to acknowledge him as our
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king in our lives and our hearts
and minds. And I pray that we
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could be found at the right
coronation in that glorious day
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when Jesus comes. Please bless
us each one that we may fully
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surrender our lives to thee
knowing that we can trust you.
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And may we follow your counsel
as it comes from the lips of
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David that we're willing to
be honorable, to obey you, to
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surrender our lives to you
and follow your word. Bless each
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person here. We pray that
you will pour out your Spirit in
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every life that Jesus will be
the leader and the Lord of our
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lives. Also we pray your
continued blessing on the school
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and each student, the families
represented. Be with us through
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this Sabbath day, Lord. We
praise you for your goodness
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and ask all of this in the name
of our King Lord Jesus. Amen.
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Hello friends. I'm Doug
Batchelor. For more than 40
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years Amazing Facts has been a
ministry of evangelism reaching
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people where they are, changing
lives with the powerful message
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of hope and purpose found
in the Bible. As disciples of
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Christ we here at Amazing
Facts have accepted the great
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the world. What began as a 15-
minute radio program has been
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blessed by God to grow into a
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ministry. These are truly
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any of this without
your continued partnership.
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Amazing Facts has been a
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Investing in Amazing Facts is
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I'm so thankful for what's
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It's changing people's lives.
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Amazing Facts has touched my
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I'm a product of the
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I'm one changed life.
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I'll never be the same.
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Thousands of lost souls are
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We believe that through
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and our sacrificial giving that
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around the world
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Armageddon, 666, the
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agencies feature story after
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pages of Holy Scripture.
But what is fact and what is
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fiction? Amazing Facts
Ministries, respected around
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the world as a source of
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an exciting 10-disk DVD series
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The central theme of all
prophecy is salvation. There's
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nothing that you can do
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This 20-part seminar is packed
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screen. Call now. In
a world surrounded by
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urging them to find the
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