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. Discover hidden
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treasures in God's word today.
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And today we're going to talk
about a story that we've heard
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about and even Hollywood has
talked about and it's dealing
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with the subject of the Queen
of Sheba. You find this story in
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I Kings chapter 10. You can
find it in a couple of parallel
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passages. Little bit
of additions and variation
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between the two. I Kings chapter
10 verse 1 and we'll be looking
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at this together. I Kings
chapter 10 verse 1: Now when the
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Queen of Sheba heard of the
fame of Solomon concerning the
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name of the Lord, she came to
test him with hard questions and
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she came to Jerusalem with a
very great retinue; with camels
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the bore spices, very much gold
and precious stones. And when
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she came to Solomon she spoke
with him about all that was in
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her heart. So this goes down
in history as an unusual story
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because first of all it's a
royal visit. Usually kings and
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queens send ambassadors,
they send messages, they send
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emissaries. When one king would
go and visit another king it was
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a sign of submission. You know
it's usually the lesser would go
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to and visit the greater. The
greater, like a mountain, would
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say I'm not going anywhere. If
you want to talk to me you come
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to me. I'm not saying that
Solomon had that attitude but
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the very fact that she came was
a tremendous honor when a queen
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comes to visit you. She came in
person. She had heard about the
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wonderful wisdom of Solomon and
she wanted to see it firsthand.
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You know it was back in May 2007
when Queen Elizabeth visited
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our country and she made a
royal visit. She was coming to
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commemorate the 400th
anniversary of a founding of an
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English town on our continent
called Jamestown. I was thought
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that was a very interesting
significance that the Queen of
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England comes for the 400th
anniversary of the celebration
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of the English settlement on our
shores. And it was a big event,
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you know. All the cameras got
out and they gave her, as you
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would say, a royal welcome. Now
as we prepare to study the story
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of the Queen of Sheba, I just
want you to know that this was
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the fulfillment of a prophecy.
If you've got your Bibles, turn
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to Psalm 72. We've talked before
about how King Solomon was
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really a type of Christ. Solomon
was the son of David just as
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Jesus is called the Son of
David. King David wrote some
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time before this happened,
his last psalm. You might be
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thinking the last psalm of
David was 150. David didn't
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write all of the psalms. He
wrote many of them. Asaph, the
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chief musician, wrote many
of them. But the last psalm of
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David is Psalm 72. It says so
right at the end of the psalm.
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And it says, verse 1, a psalm
for Solomon. David wrote a psalm
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for his son Solomon who he knew
would be king. We're not going
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to read all of this, but
just notice, it's a psalm for
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Solomon. Give the king
thy judgments O God and
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righteousness unto the king's
son. Solomon, like Jesus, was
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the son of David, the king of
righteousness. Go to verse 10:
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The kings of Tarshish and the
isles will bring presents. The
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kings of Sheba and Seba will
offer their gifts. Now this is
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David writing. Did that happen?
David was not only a psalmist
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and a king, he was a prophet.
The royalty of Sheba did bring
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gifts to Solomon. Yea kings
shall fall down before him and
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all nations will serve him. Now
this is not just prophecy about
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Solomon. This is a prophecy
ultimately about Jesus. And then
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you can read verse 15. And he
shall live and to him shall be
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given the gold of Sheba. There
you've got it again. To Solomon
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shall be give the gold of Sheba.
Sheba represented the gentile
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nations. To Christ the worship
and the recognition and the
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wealth of the gentiles come. And
then you read in Psalm 72, the
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last verse, verse 20, the
prayers of David the son of
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Jesse are ended. Now this is
the last psalm of David. I think
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that's interesting that the last
psalm of David he writes sort of
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as a will for his son, that he
would prosper, that he would be
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righteous and a prophecy that
other nations would come to him
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as long as he was faithful and
he could be a witness for them.
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So then you've got the record in
the Bible of this royal visit.
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You can also read the parallel
verse if you go to II Chronicles
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Chronicles comes right after
Kings, II Chronicles chapter 9
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verse 1. It also tells about
the visit of the Queen of Sheba.
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Now in our last study on
Solomon I told you that during
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this time in Solomon's history
it was the zenith or the highest
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part in the history of
King Solomon. And so kind of the
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cherry on the banana split, so
to speak, was the visit from the
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Queen of Sheba because it
represented the nations of the
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world coming to Israel to learn
about their God. What was the
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purpose for God calling Israel
as a nation? Because they were
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the chosen people he just said
you know I like you better than
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everyone else. No. He chose
them to be a nation of kings and
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priests that they might be
witnesses to the other nations.
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That they might share their
light. Their nation was to be a
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light on the hill for all
nations and when the Queen of
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Sheba came to Solomon because
she had heard about his God
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this was the ultimate
fulfillment of that prophecy
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of what God wanted from his
people, for all nations to flow
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unto them. Let me read this to
you first. II Chronicles 9 verse
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And the Queen of Sheba heard
of the fame of Solomon and she
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came to Solomon with hard
questions at Jerusalem with a
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very great company and camels
that carried spices and gold in
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abundance and precious stones.
And she came into the Solomon
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and spoke to him of all that was
in her heart and Solomon told
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her all her questions and there
was nothing hid from Solomon
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that he did not tell her. Is
there any prayer that you can
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pray to Jesus that he does not
have an answer for? Is there any
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question you might ask
Jesus that he is bewildered by?
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Is there any enigma too hard
for him, any conundrum he can't
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grapple with, or does Jesus know
all things? So Solomon, again,
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here is a type of Jesus who is
the real King of kings. And you
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must you know imagine what
it must have looked like, this
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armada of camels coming across
the desert because they'd heard
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about the wisdom of Solomon.
Now maybe before I go too far I
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should answer this question,
where is Sheba? Where is this
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nation, this country,
called Sheba. There's been some
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speculation about it. If you
talk to our Ethiopian friends
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they have a very rich tradition
that their land was the land of
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Sheba. And while there is some
truth to that, let me explain.
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You've got to look at the
map here. If you see the straits
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there that separate the Red Sea
from the Arabian Sea it's a very
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narrow strait and there
was country in southern Arabia
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called Sheba. You can see it's
the green territory there, but
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then also their kingdom reached
across that very narrow channel
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into Ethiopia. But the
royal residence was actually in
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southern Arabia. Matter of
fact Sheba means south country.
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It was the farthest south you
could go in Arabia and that's
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why it got that name. It was
a very rich country, not only
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because evidently they had
access to the mines of Ophir
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and the golden mines of Havilah,
but they controlled the naval
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trade that went from the
Indian ocean and the Pacific
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and the Arabian Ocean up into
the Mediterranean and Europe.
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All of that trade had to
go through that isthmus there.
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How many of you have heard about
the Somali pirates today? Well
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that's right there off that horn
of Africa. It's the same trade
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route that they're controlling
and that's why they're able to
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exploit it the way they do. Well
the country of Sheba controlled
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that. They got a tariff, they
got a tax from everybody that
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brought they goods. They had the
richest goods from all over the
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world came through them. They
also had an access to the gold
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mines of Africa. So it
was probably there in southern
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Arabia. But it was a
very wealthy country. Now that
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also means when you consider
where she was coming from, you
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take your little ruler on your
map when you get home and you'll
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find out that the trip was 1,400
miles. The fact that she was
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able to go, and that was
one way, she had to go home. One
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thousand four hundred miles
to hear somebody's wisdom, you
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must really treasure wisdom if
you're going to make a trip that
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far. And that is what the
Bible says is the most important
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thing. You need to commend
her. By the way, you know Jesus
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speaks about the Queen of Sheba.
If you ever want to know if
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something is legend of true,
find out what Jesus said about
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it. Jesus speaks about the
visit of the Queen of Sheba as a
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historical fact. I think you can
believe it. Matthew 12:42, Jesus
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says the Queen of the South,
that's what Sheba means, will
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rise up in the judgment with
this generation and condemn it
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for she came from the ends of
the earth. So when Jesus refers
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to the country of Sheba how
does he call it? The ends of the
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earth. I mean when you sent to
Sheba back then you came to the
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sea and it stopped. It was
as far south as you could go in
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Arabia. Christ says it was the
ends of the earth. To hear the
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wisdom of Solomon and then Jesus
said, a greater than Solomon is
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here. Now if I lived back in
Bible times during the time of
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Solomon, knowing what I
know now, I'd want to get there.
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I would want to see the temple
that he built. I would want to
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hear the wisdom of Solomon. I'd
like to look at Solomon and see
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if he looked more like David
or Bathsheba. But I'd like to be
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there. I'd like to hear, of
course, I have to speak Hebrew,
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but assuming I could, I'd like
to hear the gems of truth and
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wisdom and knowledge that poured
from his lips. He had to sit as
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a judge every day and hear all
kinds of very difficult cases.
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You remember the two women
that brought the baby and how he
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dealt with that? That was only a
small sample of what Solomon did
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to demonstrate his wisdom on
a daily basis. Wouldn't you want
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to hear Solomon? Jesus said,
A greater than Solomon is here.
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There was another Son of
David that was even wiser than
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Solomon and that's Jesus. That
other King. You have the wisdom
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of Jesus right here. Of course,
we've got a lot of the wisdom
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of Solomon here too don't we
in the Proverbs? So she came to
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hear it. Now you might ask
the question, how did she hear
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about Solomon? How'd she hear
about this wisdom. Well no doubt
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all of the sea traffic and the
caravans that came through her
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country. You can read for
instance in I Kings 9, that's
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the previous chapter, where
the Queen of Sheba appears in
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chapter 10; Then Hiram sent his
servants with the fleet seamen
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who knew the sea to work with
the servants of Solomon, these
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sailors went down there, and
they went to Ophir to acquire
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420 talents of gold. A talent's
about 60 pounds. From there they
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brought it to King Solomon.
So as these ships went back and
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forth they would have to stop at
the straits there where the tax
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collectors for Sheba lived
and she would hear these reports
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when they stopped to be
reprovisioned, about the wisdom
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and the glory of Solomon and
she'd see their ships going back
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with all this gold and she'd say
wow, what kind of king is this?
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What kind of king is this. And
she was searching for the truth.
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Now we don't know exactly what
the religion of Sheba was but it
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was probably a melting pot
of the religions of the world
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because it's often true that
when you have a country that is
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sort of on a trade route, they
would pick up some of the pieces
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of truth in religion from many
different belief systems. And so
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she probably had sort of a
potluck of different beliefs
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from the different gods of the
different nations and she was
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wondering what is the truth?
She heard little snippets and
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little quotes and reports about
the judgments of Solomon and the
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glory of Solomon and the wisdom
of Solomon. She thought this
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king knows the truth. He has
the truth. I want that truth.
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She cherished it more than
anything. You know so many in
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positions of leadership become
cynical. Like when Jesus stood
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before Pilate and he spoke of
the truth. There one wiser than
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Solomon was in the presence of
Pilate and that ruler said, Ah
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what is truth? Who can know?
And he didn't even wait for an
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answer from Jesus. How sad. Well
that wasn't the attitude of the
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Queen of Sheba. She was willing
to give everything and go to the
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ends of the earth to find
out what is truth. You know some
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things are absolute and there is
an absolute truth. I'm surprised
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how often I hear people say well
you know your truth is truth
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is true for you and then I got
my truth that's true for me and
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my truth is just as important as
your truth. It's like everybody
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has their own truth and whatever
you think is true is true.
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You make it true by believing
it. That's a very deadly belief,
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that every man can sort of just
create his own truth. Solomon
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said, there is a way that
seems right to a man but the end
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thereof are the ways of death.
There is only one truth friends.
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We cannot make our own, Amen?
So she had heard about this
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wherever the ships of
Tarshish sailed they carried the
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wonderful report of Solomon. Why
did she come all that distance?
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Well you can even look back to
some of Solomon's gems of truth.
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Solomon said in Proverbs 8,
verse 11: For wisdom is better
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than rubies and all things
that one might desire cannot be
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compared with her. Now we've
already read enough about the
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Queen of Sheba to know she was
fabulously wealthy herself. Just
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the constant income. You know
it's amazing. In Saudi Arabia
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today things now are sort of
like they used to be back in her
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day. You think how can they
get so wealthy out there in the
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desert? You ever wondered about
that. How many of you have seen
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some of the treasures of Dubai.
They've built an indoor, out
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there in the desert, they've
built an indoor maul with a snow
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skiing mountain. You've seen
some of the pictures floating
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around on the internet of that.
The tallest building in the
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world costing over a billion
dollars, I forget, it's some
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phenomenal amount. They're going
to build one there that's over a
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mile high now. In the desert.
They've got a gold plated
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Mercedes, some of these
sheikhs that live there. Largest
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airplane built is an airbus,
I forget what the number is.
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It's a double decker 747 is what
it is. It is a real airbus. One
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of these has recently been
purchased by a sheikh, one of
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the richest people in the world,
multibillionaire, I think he's
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paying three billion dollars,
he bought one brand new.
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He's going to outfit it as a
flying palace for him and his
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entourage and family. Out in
the desert. Dubai was becoming
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one of the most popular tourist
attractions until this economic
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unraveling that they've had
because all the oil money that
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was flowing in there. So just
to let you know it can happen.
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Out there in the desert,
controlling that flow of those
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continents through that strait,
through the caravan trade. She
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had lots of money. All the best
spices and the best clothes and
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the things from India and the
Orient came through her front
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yard and she got to take the
best of everything. But she was
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not happy. She wasn't satisfied.
She wanted to know what is
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truth. You know Jesus said
you'll know the truth and the
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truth will set you free. That's
what she cherished. She wanted
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that wisdom. She wanted that
knowledge. So her crews and her
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ambassadors had heard about it.
She could have sent somebody,
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but she wanted to see it first
hand. I Kings chapter 10: When
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she heard of the fame of Solomon
she wanted answers. You know I
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actually found a quote where it
says in Psalm 19 verse 10: More
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to be desired are they than
gold, speaking of the truth, the
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law of the Lord, yea then much
find gold, sweeter than honey
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in the honeycomb. She had gold,
she had the best food, she had
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the spices, but she wanted
truth. She head of Solomon's
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wealth, she heard of his works,
she heard of his wisdom and she
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heard about his worship. It says
she heard about the name of his
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God. She wanted to know about
his God. You know Josephus, the
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famous Jewish historian, he
talks about the Queen of Sheba.
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He gives a little additional
insight. Here's a quote from
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Josephus: When this queen, this
is from the writings of Flavius
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Josephus, when the queen heard
of the virtue and the prudence
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of Solomon she had a great mind
to see him. She being desirous
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to be satisfied by her
own experience and not by bare
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hearing, for reports thus are
likely enough to comply with a
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false opinion. She resolved to
come to him in order to have a
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trial of his wisdom while
she proposed questions of great
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difficulty and entreated that he
would solve their hidden meaning
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She had a long time to think
about those questions too during
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that caravan journey across the
desert 1,400 miles. Well it took
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Lewis and Clark to cover that
kind of distance, of course,
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then they were doing some of it
by river, it took them about a
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year to get to the west coast;
over two years round trip.
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So she wanted to know what
was the truth and she made that
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great journey. She not only
wanted to know, she wanted to
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know for herself. It's one thing
to say well you know my parents
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they had an experience with
the Lord, they were converted,
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they're Christians and so I'm
a Christian because they made a
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decision. Or my grandparents or
my great grandparents. And you
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are trying to ride on the
coat tails or the apron strings
00:19:55.48\00:19:59.58
of some experience that your
parents or grandparents had.
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You know, you have to admire
the Queen of Sheba because
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though she was a queen and she
could send somebody, she could
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have said Solomon could you
please text message me, but she
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didn't. She said I want to see
for myself. I want to experience
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for myself. Friends, do you want
your own experience with the Son
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of David, Jesus? Are you
satisfied to have it vicariously
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through several generations.
It's not going to be enough.
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You want to have it yourself,
it needs to be personal.
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Luke 11:31. I quoted Matthew.
Here's Luke's quote. The queen
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of the south will rise up in
judgment with the men of this
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generation to condemn them for
she, the Queen of Sheba, in the
00:20:44.55\00:20:47.82
judgment, sounds like she's
saved. Says she can rise up and
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condemn those who did not
appreciate the truth of Jesus.
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For she came from the ends of
the earth to hear the wisdom of
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Solomon and indeed a greater
than Solomon is here. God
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invites us to come and to
ply him with questions. In our
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prayers, in our meditations as
we read the word. It's okay to
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not understand everything.
That's why the Lord implores
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us to reason with him. Isaiah
chapter 1 verse 18: Come now
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says the Lord, Let us reason
together. He wants you to probe
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him with questions. Though your
sins be like scarlet they will
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be white as snow. Now there's
a question. How does that
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happen. Can a leopard change his
spots? Can an Ethiopian change
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his skin? That's a mystery.
Reason with him about that.
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How can I have a changed heart?
How can I be a new creature?
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Now there's the big question
we need an answer to, amen?
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Though they be red like crimson
they shall be as wool. Then
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another wonderful point I want
you to consider is she came all
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that way and Solomon was a
busy man. He's building temples.
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He was a great builder. And he's
involved in international trade.
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He had hundreds of wives and
concubines. I mean you know how
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many weddings you have to plan
for? You know how much time that
00:22:04.93\00:22:08.99
takes. He was busy. Okay you've
got another wedding today on
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your schedule. So here you've
got this busy king and she says
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I'd like to have an appointment
with you. He stops what he's
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doing and he gives her the time
that she needs. He receives her.
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He receives her. Who
does Solomon the son of David
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represent? Jesus the Son
of David. Christ even makes a
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comparison, doesn't he, between
Solomon and himself. Did Solomon
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stop and have time for her?
Does anything in the record that
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we read say that he was really
busy. He gave her all the time
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and attention she asked for.
A king. I mean that's a lot to
00:22:44.97\00:22:49.04
think about that Jesus would
have that kind of time to give
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us. If Solomon would give it
to Sheba. By the way she showed
00:22:53.57\00:22:58.14
she was interested. She came
seeking. She had put so much
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time and energy into seeking.
How could Solomon tell her no?
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When someone comes all that way.
You know sometimes I'll do an
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evangelistic meeting. I'll go to
another part of the world to do
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this evangelistic meeting. And
they'll be people who are living
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in a house or a hut right next
door to the stadium and they
00:23:17.78\00:23:21.38
don't come and it kind of
hurts me and I'll chastise the
00:23:21.42\00:23:24.57
neighborhood and say look I
came all the way from the United
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States to share with you. I want
you to walk the next 300 yards.
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And I kind of shame them into
coming. Whatever it takes, right
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When someone puts all that
energy and time into seeing and
00:23:37.64\00:23:42.27
spending a little time with
you, you want to see them. And I
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expect that she probably sent
riders out ahead before she came
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to announce her arrival
and to make sure that the king
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understood what her intentions
were and he received her. Jesus
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will receive you. Now. I've got
to stop right here. Oh by the
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way; Proverbs 18 verse 16,
again I'm quoting from Solomon's
00:24:03.51\00:24:08.93
wisdom: A man's gift makes room
for him and brings him before
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great men. When the messengers
came from the Queen of Sheba to
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Solomon and said you know there
is not just a little caravan.
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There is a big caravan and if
you're bringing 120 talents of
00:24:21.60\00:24:27.06
gold, 120 talents, one talent
60 pounds, 120 x 60 pounds,
00:24:27.09\00:24:32.48
someone quick, what's 120 x 60?
7200 pounds of gold. That would
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even make a camel tired. Where
you're carrying that much gold
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you not only have your caravan
you've got an armed escort.
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Then you've got all the
food that you need to take those
00:24:49.44\00:24:52.83
people across the desert.
She must have looked like the
00:24:52.87\00:24:56.19
children of Israel coming out of
Egypt. I mean it was a big deal.
00:24:56.23\00:25:01.18
When Jacob was going to meet
with his brother and his brother
00:25:01.21\00:25:06.13
was still miffed over
his stealing the birthright,
00:25:06.16\00:25:08.13
what did Jacob do before he
saw? He sent a gift out ahead.
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And the gift prepared the
way. Kind of softened his heart.
00:25:12.17\00:25:15.94
And so they said wow she's
bringing a lot of gifts and when
00:25:15.98\00:25:19.15
people came to see a king they
brought their gifts. That was
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very common. And so she came
bringing her gifts. Now I tell
00:25:23.20\00:25:27.71
what I wanted to say. In spite
of the romantic notions you
00:25:27.75\00:25:32.19
might have or movies that have
been produced it's a fable that
00:25:32.23\00:25:38.54
Solomon and the Queen of Sheba
had a love affair. That's a
00:25:38.57\00:25:44.99
video cover I captured off
line of Yil Brynner and Gina
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Lollobridgida. Anyone remember
them? My mom was actually in a
00:25:51.41\00:25:54.81
couple of movies with Yil
Brynner. That's not my mom
00:25:54.84\00:25:58.52
though. Hollywood always
wants to turn it into a romance.
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Matter of fact, even the story
of Moses in the 10 Commandments
00:26:03.74\00:26:07.03
they make it out like Moses
had some sordid affair with the
00:26:07.07\00:26:10.73
Queen of Egypt. Where is that
in the Bible? That's not in the
00:26:10.76\00:26:13.93
Bible is it, but you've all
seen the 10 Commandments, right?
00:26:13.97\00:26:18.64
There's nothing at all in the
text that says that Solomon and
00:26:18.67\00:26:22.95
Sheba had anything other than
an intellectual relationship.
00:26:22.98\00:26:26.94
She was coming seeking truth.
She had enough money she could
00:26:26.98\00:26:30.36
have any man she wanted. She
didn't need Solomon like that.
00:26:30.39\00:26:33.74
Now the Ethiopians have a
tradition that they had an
00:26:33.77\00:26:38.62
affair and she became pregnant
and she went back home and she
00:26:38.66\00:26:44.19
gave birth to a son and that
later Solomon sent the Ark of
00:26:44.22\00:26:48.10
the Covenant down and gave
it to the Ethiopians and the
00:26:48.14\00:26:51.61
Ethiopians claim, we've got
the real Ark of the Covenant
00:26:51.64\00:26:54.99
because Solomon gave it to the
son of the Queen of Sheba but
00:26:55.03\00:26:58.25
there are some Bible problems
with that. The Ark was still in
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the temple up until the time
of Hezekiah 100s of years later.
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So that fable doesn't go along
with the Bible. No offense to my
00:27:05.44\00:27:09.14
friends that may believe in the
Ethiopian tradition. But there
00:27:09.17\00:27:12.61
are all kinds of stories that
spring up. Everything you read
00:27:12.64\00:27:16.34
about the Bible, she was looking
for truth, she had questions.
00:27:16.37\00:27:20.04
Her interest was a mental
interest. Solomon had plenty of
00:27:20.07\00:27:24.08
wives also. Just because she
was a woman and he was a man. We
00:27:24.12\00:27:27.23
don't know. She might have been
80 years old. You know the Bible
00:27:27.26\00:27:30.36
doesn't say. There's a picture
for you. That ruins everything
00:27:30.40\00:27:33.47
doesn't it. She might not
have looked at all like Gina
00:27:33.50\00:27:36.93
Lollobridgida. It says that she
treasured truth. It doesn't say
00:27:36.97\00:27:42.75
she was some voluptuous
seductive queen. It just tells
00:27:42.78\00:27:47.11
us she was interested in truth.
So I just wanted to destroy
00:27:47.15\00:27:51.03
those romantic notions that
you may have had in your mind
00:27:51.07\00:27:54.88
because it really ruins the
real message of the story. She's
00:27:54.92\00:27:58.62
seeking for truth, she's seeking
for wisdom, she's seeking for
00:27:58.65\00:28:01.95
answers, she's seeking for God,
she's seeking for something that
00:28:01.99\00:28:05.59
can be trusted. It had nothing
to do with any kind of sensual
00:28:05.62\00:28:09.19
relationship. Now I've
just ruined it for you didn't I?
00:28:09.22\00:28:12.94
What was her response to what
she found? II Chronicles chapter
00:28:12.98\00:28:21.08
9 verse 3: And the Queen of
Sheba, she saw the wisdom of
00:28:21.11\00:28:26.36
Solomon and the house that he
built. Now do you mark in your
00:28:26.40\00:28:29.98
Bibles? I'm just wondering.
How many of you make any kind of
00:28:30.02\00:28:33.10
notation or marking in your
Bible just for your own personal
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By the way, it's okay to do
that. By the way, if you didn't
00:28:35.59\00:28:38.32
do that if nobody ever did
that your Bible would not have
00:28:38.35\00:28:41.04
chapters and verses. You know
how we got chapters and verses?
00:28:41.07\00:28:43.58
Somebody took a long trip and
they were reading their Bible
00:28:43.61\00:28:46.30
and they wanted to find things
again and so they put in chapter
00:28:46.34\00:28:49.00
numbers and verse numbers
and it helped them. Later it was
00:28:49.03\00:28:51.78
adopted by everybody. That's
why you've got marking in your
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Bible. You might circle some
words in here. What did she see?
00:28:55.76\00:28:59.79
Look at II Chronicles 9, I'm
reading verses 3-8: When she saw
00:28:59.83\00:29:04.21
the wisdom, you might circle the
word wisdom of Solomon in the
00:29:04.24\00:29:09.43
house that he had built and
the food, I've circled the word
00:29:09.46\00:29:14.62
house, I've circled the
word food of his table and the
00:29:14.65\00:29:18.61
sitting of his servants, you can
circle servants, even sitting of
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his servants, and the attendance
of his ministers, I've circled
00:29:23.23\00:29:28.82
ministers and their apparel and
his cup bearers, I highlighted,
00:29:28.85\00:29:34.09
and their apparel and his burnt
offerings that he offered up in
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the house of Jehovah. You know
you look at these things here
00:29:39.17\00:29:44.24
and this is really a picture of
what God wants us to see in the
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church. Notice what her response
was. There was no spirit in her.
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How many of you have a
different translation there for
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no more spirit? What does it
say? I'm reading now from the
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New King James. Does anyone have
it there's no more breath in
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their translation? It says there
was no more breath in her. The
00:30:06.25\00:30:10.44
word for spirit there is ruach.
In Hebrew it's the word breath.
00:30:10.47\00:30:14.63
It's the same word when God
breathed into Adam he became
00:30:14.66\00:30:18.30
a living soul. Same word. Have
you ever heard the expression
00:30:18.33\00:30:22.23
breathtaking? You know where
that word comes from, where that
00:30:22.27\00:30:25.86
expression comes from? This
verse. Have you ever heard the
00:30:25.89\00:30:30.58
expression I was breathless?
I waited breathlessly? It was a
00:30:30.61\00:30:34.84
breath taking view. It comes
from this verse where when the
00:30:34.88\00:30:39.04
Queen of Sheba saw the glory of
Solomon, she heard the wisdom of
00:30:39.08\00:30:42.89
Solomon, she saw the servants of
Solomon, the house that he built
00:30:42.92\00:30:46.70
She took all this in. She
was breathless. That's where the
00:30:46.73\00:30:50.17
phrase, the expression, comes
from. Lot of expression you use
00:30:50.21\00:30:54.38
come from the Bible. In the nick
of time, the skin of my teeth.
00:30:54.41\00:30:57.68
That's from the book of Job.
Turn the other cheek. Of course,
00:30:57.72\00:31:00.64
lot of expressions, as you know,
they come from the Bible and
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this is where that expression
comes from. Queen of Sheba
00:31:03.59\00:31:07.11
couldn't find any words other
than it took her breath away.
00:31:07.14\00:31:09.88
Have you ever heard a girl
say ah he took my breath away.
00:31:09.92\00:31:13.28
First time that's recorded
in history is when the Queen of
00:31:13.31\00:31:16.60
Sheba tried to explain what she
saw. Maybe that's why they wrote
00:31:16.64\00:31:19.21
a romance novel about it.
Solomon in his glory left her
00:31:19.24\00:31:23.50
breathless. It was a breath
taking experience. Now I'm going
00:31:23.54\00:31:28.78
break those things you circled
down a little bit. First of all,
00:31:28.81\00:31:34.02
she saw his possessions,
his provisions, his people, his
00:31:34.05\00:31:40.54
piety and his place. His
possessions, his provisions, his
00:31:40.58\00:31:47.00
people, his piety and his place.
And it was extraordinary. His
00:31:47.04\00:31:52.12
wisdom: Now whose wisdom
is it that Solomon's wisdom
00:31:52.15\00:31:57.27
represents? It's the wisdom
of Jesus. Romans 11 verse 33
00:31:57.30\00:32:01.96
speaking of Christ, it says O
the depth of the riches of the
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wisdom and the knowledge of God.
It's unsearchable, it's deep.
00:32:07.65\00:32:13.52
His house: Jesus said in John
14 you know this verse, verse 2:
00:32:13.56\00:32:17.86
In my father's house are many
mansions. You think that the
00:32:17.90\00:32:21.48
house of Solomon was better
than the mansions that Jesus is
00:32:21.52\00:32:25.03
preparing for us? Doesn't
the Bible say that we can't even
00:32:25.06\00:32:28.50
imagine that. She saw his food.
What kind of food does Jesus the
00:32:28.54\00:32:33.77
Son of David have? Christ said,
I am the bread of life. He who
00:32:33.80\00:32:37.89
comes to me will never hunger.
He who believes in me will never
00:32:37.92\00:32:41.98
thirst. Jesus said I am
the bread that came down from
00:32:42.01\00:32:44.00
heaven. So that's the food
in the house. The sitting of his
00:32:44.04\00:32:48.03
servants: Can you imagine what
it must have looked like? You've
00:32:48.07\00:32:51.41
probably seen some important
meetings where you've got these
00:32:51.44\00:32:54.66
assemblies of attendants from
all over the place. They've got
00:32:54.69\00:32:57.96
this new building they built in
Brussels for the European Union
00:32:57.99\00:33:01.35
and people from all over that
union come and they sit and it's
00:33:01.39\00:33:04.67
just very exquisite. It's a
beautiful design. It overwhelms
00:33:04.70\00:33:07.91
the sense of importance when you
see these leaders from all these
00:33:07.95\00:33:10.72
nations in the European
Union come together in this
00:33:10.75\00:33:13.35
beautifully designed building.
Probably pretty dangerous
00:33:13.39\00:33:15.92
prophetically what happens there
but that's a different point.
00:33:15.96\00:33:18.95
Can you imagine what it must
have looked like. You've heard
00:33:18.98\00:33:22.30
of King Arthur's round table?
Can imaging if Solomon invited
00:33:22.34\00:33:25.29
you for dinner. Have you ever
seen a nice spread for dinner?
00:33:25.32\00:33:29.21
That was really something to
behold. Can you imagine what it
00:33:29.24\00:33:32.58
will look like when you sit down
and Jesus serves us and we sup
00:33:32.62\00:33:36.63
with him in his kingdom? Who's
at that table sitting down with
00:33:36.67\00:33:40.44
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,
sitting down with King David and
00:33:40.48\00:33:45.32
the apostles? The Bible talks
about that in Revelation 5 verse
00:33:45.36\00:33:49.86
Then I looked and I heard
the voice of many angels round
00:33:49.90\00:33:54.17
about the throne and the living
creatures and the elders and
00:33:54.20\00:33:58.92
the numbers of them was 10,000
times 10,000 and thousands of
00:33:58.96\00:34:03.65
thousands, his ministers,
all around the throne and the
00:34:03.68\00:34:07.85
creatures and the leaders of
other worlds. If you think it
00:34:07.88\00:34:11.04
was glorious in Solomon's
cabinet, can you imagine what
00:34:11.08\00:34:14.17
it's like around Christ's table?
The Bible tells us that some of
00:34:14.21\00:34:19.13
the kings of antiquity, they sat
down and they had 27 other kings
00:34:19.16\00:34:24.05
that sat around them. The
royalty. Can you imagine what
00:34:24.08\00:34:28.22
it must have been like at
Solomon's table? And she sees
00:34:28.25\00:34:31.40
all this and he's trying to
really put on a show because
00:34:31.44\00:34:35.78
he's got a queen and it is
breathtaking. Because of course
00:34:35.82\00:34:40.09
Solomon was very rich as well.
And their apparel. What kind of
00:34:40.13\00:34:44.37
apparel do they wear in Jesus'
kingdom around the throne?
00:34:44.40\00:34:48.61
Revelation 4:4: Around the
throne were 24 thrones and on
00:34:48.64\00:34:52.62
the thrones I saw 24 elders
sitting clothed in white robes
00:34:52.65\00:34:55.92
and these aren't just any kind
of white robe. They're like the
00:34:55.95\00:34:58.97
white robes you read about
in Mark chapter 9 when Jesus was
00:34:59.00\00:35:02.26
glorified and his garments
became so white they couldn't
00:35:02.29\00:35:05.48
find words to describe it. It's
a different kind of white. It's
00:35:05.52\00:35:09.44
like a living white. It's like a
flaming sun. And so the garments
00:35:09.48\00:35:13.37
of Solomon's servants were
all clean. You didn't come with
00:35:13.40\00:35:16.69
stains into the presence of
King Solomon. And by the way, we
00:35:16.72\00:35:20.04
can't have stains when we come
into the presence of King Jesus.
00:35:20.08\00:35:23.50
That's what this life is for.
He's to prepare a bride without
00:35:23.53\00:35:28.40
spot or wrinkle or any stain,
right? Their apparel. And then
00:35:28.44\00:35:32.71
she saw his offerings to
the Lord. Revelation 8 verse 4:
00:35:32.74\00:35:35.93
And the smoke of the incense
were the prayers of the saints
00:35:35.97\00:35:39.73
ascended before God in the
angel's hand. Now you remember
00:35:39.76\00:35:43.63
before Solomon even built
the temple he went up to Gibeon.
00:35:43.67\00:35:47.47
You remember that study? And he
offered a thousand animals. Can
00:35:47.51\00:35:52.88
you imagine the billowing cloud
of this incense going up before
00:35:52.91\00:35:58.25
the Lord and the sacrifice.
Matter of fact, I read this
00:35:58.28\00:36:03.04
morning, but I haven't checked
on it that that word in Hebrew
00:36:03.08\00:36:06.87
is similar to the word holocaust
because there was an absolute
00:36:06.91\00:36:10.67
holocaust of offerings. And
I know you're going to think
00:36:10.70\00:36:13.74
that's kind of a grizzly word
but Solomon when he offered to
00:36:13.77\00:36:16.78
the Lord it was a generous,
a lavish, an outpouring of
00:36:16.81\00:36:20.49
offerings and they offered
animal sacrifice back then.
00:36:20.53\00:36:24.14
And there was a whole army of
priests bringing these offerings
00:36:24.18\00:36:27.95
to this enormous altar and
the smoke would just billow up.
00:36:27.99\00:36:30.89
You know Josephus says something
that's interesting, just an
00:36:30.93\00:36:34.59
amazing fact, a foot note, that
the record of history is that in
00:36:34.63\00:36:37.79
spite of the fact there were all
of these animals being brought
00:36:37.82\00:36:41.58
and sacrificed to Jehovah in the
temple of Solomon, they never
00:36:41.61\00:36:45.34
saw a fly there. No insect
ever entered the courtyard.
00:36:45.37\00:36:49.45
Now that's believable because
it says that when Solomon
00:36:49.48\00:36:53.49
dedicated his temple fire came
down from heaven, the glory of
00:36:53.53\00:36:57.47
God was there and that's a great
repellant I suppose for insects.
00:36:57.50\00:37:01.64
If you could just sell that in
a bottle of lotion, right? But
00:37:01.67\00:37:05.91
there were no insects they said
during that. So she saw all of
00:37:05.95\00:37:10.87
this and it left her absolutely
breathless. How did she respond?
00:37:10.90\00:37:15.79
This is beautiful. In
II Chronicles 9 verse 6.
00:37:15.82\00:37:19.56
Matter of fact I'm going to read
this to you actually not just
00:37:19.60\00:37:23.28
from my notes but I want to read
it to you from the scripture.
00:37:23.31\00:37:30.78
Turn in your Bibles there. Go
to verse 5. Then she said to the
00:37:30.81\00:37:36.35
king, it was a true report, and
by the way I think this is the
00:37:36.39\00:37:41.99
first time she speaks. It was
a true report that I heard in my
00:37:42.02\00:37:47.71
own land about your words and
your wisdom. What is it about
00:37:47.74\00:37:53.16
Solomon that she heard that
attracted her? His word. What is
00:37:53.19\00:37:57.31
it about Jesus that changes
lives and changes worlds and
00:37:57.34\00:38:02.83
countries? It's his word and
his wisdom. However I did not
00:38:02.86\00:38:08.13
believe their words and so I
came and saw with my own eyes.
00:38:08.17\00:38:12.39
Is it important for us to see
with our own eyes? Well you know
00:38:12.42\00:38:16.61
Jesus said, Blessed are those
who believe without seeing.
00:38:16.64\00:38:19.16
He said to Thomas you believe
because you've seen. Blessed are
00:38:19.20\00:38:22.93
those who believe his word
without seeing. But you know
00:38:22.96\00:38:26.23
when you live there on
the thoroughfare of all these
00:38:26.26\00:38:29.46
caravans you hear all kinds of
stories. She wanted to know it
00:38:29.50\00:38:33.04
was the truth. She wanted a
firsthand experience and you
00:38:33.07\00:38:35.89
can't really fault her for that.
You know you need to see for
00:38:35.93\00:38:39.15
yourself some things. Christ
said if I am lifted up I will
00:38:39.18\00:38:43.02
draw. You need to see. What
brought about the conversion of
00:38:43.05\00:38:47.32
Paul? Saul saw the Lord. The
thief on the cross was converted
00:38:47.35\00:38:51.08
when he saw the Lord. What is
it that Zacheus wanted when he
00:38:51.12\00:38:55.44
climbed the tree? He wanted to
see Jesus. When he saw him for
00:38:55.47\00:38:59.76
himself was his heart
transformed? When Moses lifted
00:38:59.79\00:39:03.09
up that serpent in the
wilderness and the people were
00:39:03.12\00:39:06.35
bitten by the venomous reptiles
what did they need to do to
00:39:06.39\00:39:10.57
live? They needed to look.
Can you look for someone else?
00:39:10.60\00:39:14.71
You've got someone sick in the
tent and say well I'll look for
00:39:14.75\00:39:17.59
you. Would that save you? Or did
you need to look for yourself?
00:39:17.63\00:39:20.44
We all need to see sometimes
something for our self. Now we
00:39:20.47\00:39:24.87
can see in his words. I'm not
saying you know that you've got
00:39:24.91\00:39:28.73
to see Jesus physically. But she
wanted a personal experience.
00:39:28.77\00:39:32.91
We need to really commend her
for that. I didn't believe till
00:39:32.95\00:39:37.73
I came and I saw. You come to
Jesus the Son of David and you
00:39:37.76\00:39:42.13
see. Come to him the way
you are. Indeed the half of your
00:39:42.16\00:39:46.66
greatness and wisdom was not
told me. You exceed the fame of
00:39:46.69\00:39:51.03
what I heard. When the enemies
of Jesus sent spies to try to
00:39:51.07\00:39:55.05
trap him they came back without
Christ being arrested. And they
00:39:55.09\00:39:59.04
said why have you not
brought him? You know what their
00:39:59.07\00:40:00.57
response was? Wow, never a
man spake as this man. They were
00:40:00.61\00:40:07.55
breathless. The words of Christ.
She said the half was not told
00:40:07.59\00:40:14.50
me. You know I remember the
story of Marco Polo after his
00:40:14.53\00:40:18.15
adventures in China and all that
he saw, incredible journey and
00:40:18.19\00:40:21.71
the time he lived there and
learning the language and going
00:40:21.75\00:40:25.61
around the nation of China and
the wonders of China and he came
00:40:25.65\00:40:28.80
back and he told the people
in Venice and Venice was in the
00:40:28.84\00:40:33.04
dark ages during this time. It
was like 1200 something. He told
00:40:33.08\00:40:36.72
them about this wall over 1000
miles long and they said Ah come
00:40:36.75\00:40:40.47
on, now that's another sailors
story. He says they use paper
00:40:40.50\00:40:44.33
money. That'd been the craziest
thing in the world. That's what
00:40:44.37\00:40:48.17
they said to him. And he was
telling them about their food
00:40:48.20\00:40:51.60
and silk and how they harvest
the worms and silk comes from
00:40:51.64\00:40:54.86
worms. They didn't believe it.
They knew they bought silk, they
00:40:54.90\00:40:58.18
didn't know where it came from.
And so as Marco Polo was telling
00:40:58.21\00:41:01.46
them all these stories, they
said you're a liar. Matter of
00:41:01.49\00:41:04.40
fact, on his death bed the
priest came by and they begged
00:41:04.43\00:41:07.27
Marco Polo to recant of his lies
and tales that he had told and
00:41:07.31\00:41:12.25
the only way he responded, he
said, recant? He said I haven't
00:41:12.29\00:41:17.45
told you the half of what I saw.
And you know so often when you
00:41:17.48\00:41:22.61
hear stories things are
exaggerated but every now and
00:41:22.64\00:41:25.74
then it's even bigger and
better than what you've been
00:41:25.77\00:41:28.80
told. Anything I might tell
you about Jesus the Son of David
00:41:28.84\00:41:33.90
or type of Solomon in his
kingdom, I can't come anywhere
00:41:33.93\00:41:38.44
near explaining it to you.
She said indeed the half of the
00:41:38.47\00:41:42.91
greatness of your wisdom was not
told me. You exceed the fame of
00:41:42.95\00:41:46.58
which I heard. Happy, notice
this. She said, happy, happy,
00:41:46.61\00:41:52.45
blessed. Happy are your men and
happy are these your servants
00:41:52.48\00:41:57.53
who stand continually before you
and hear your wisdom. Blessed be
00:41:57.56\00:42:02.58
the Lord your God who delighted
in you in setting you on his
00:42:02.61\00:42:06.36
throne to be king for the
Lord your God. She noticed that
00:42:06.39\00:42:10.20
Solomon was not the ultimate
king. Solomon taught her that he
00:42:10.23\00:42:15.07
was a servant of the real
King. Because your God has loved
00:42:15.11\00:42:19.32
Israel to establish them
forever. Spiritual Israel does
00:42:19.35\00:42:23.49
last forever and you can be part
of that. Therefore he made you
00:42:23.53\00:42:27.73
king over them, Jesus is king
over that people forever, to do
00:42:27.77\00:42:33.04
justice and righteousness. This
is an incredible declaration of
00:42:33.08\00:42:37.32
what she says about the goodness
of God. Now I want to go back
00:42:37.36\00:42:40.41
here and I want you to notice
something. Turn with me in your
00:42:40.44\00:42:43.86
Bibles to Deuteronomy 4 verse 5.
I see I've got a couple moments
00:42:43.89\00:42:47.28
left. Deuteronomy chapter 4
verse 5. That's of course the
00:42:47.31\00:42:54.80
last in the books of Moses. What
was the plan for God's people?
00:42:54.84\00:43:06.06
Moses is speaking. Surely I
have taught you statutes and
00:43:06.09\00:43:09.48
judgments just as the Lord my
God commanded me that you should
00:43:09.52\00:43:13.84
act according to them in
the land that you go to possess.
00:43:13.87\00:43:16.63
Listen, verse 6. Therefore be
careful to observe them, observe
00:43:16.67\00:43:21.47
my words, statutes and laws, for
this is your wisdom, notice the
00:43:21.51\00:43:26.28
word wisdom, and your
understanding in the sight of
00:43:26.31\00:43:29.44
the peoples who will hear. He's
talking about all these nations
00:43:29.48\00:43:34.23
around you, these statutes and
say surely this nation is a wise
00:43:34.26\00:43:39.21
and understanding people for
what great nation is there that
00:43:39.24\00:43:43.41
has God so near. The temple was
right there in Jerusalem with
00:43:43.45\00:43:47.97
the presence of God as the Lord
our God is to us and whatever
00:43:48.00\00:43:51.47
reason we might call upon
him he's right here to ask him.
00:43:51.51\00:43:54.71
Can you imagine any question
you got Solomon's right there in
00:43:54.74\00:43:59.30
your kingdom. And what great
nation is there that has such
00:43:59.33\00:44:03.49
statutes and righteous judgments
as in all this law that I set
00:44:03.53\00:44:07.52
before you this day. You hear
what Moses is saying. This is
00:44:07.55\00:44:11.68
the last message of Moses. He
said my goal for you is you've
00:44:11.72\00:44:15.87
got the best truth of any nation
you've got the truth around the
00:44:15.90\00:44:20.02
world. You are a nation of
priests. You are to be a light
00:44:20.06\00:44:22.91
to the world. When people
see your righteous judgments and
00:44:22.95\00:44:25.73
your statutes they're going to
say there is no people that have
00:44:25.76\00:44:28.76
the truth like these people.
By the way, you know virtually
00:44:28.79\00:44:31.71
every nation in the world, it's
civil law is based on the law of
00:44:31.75\00:44:38.35
Moses. I mean what nation is
there that doesn't at least go
00:44:38.38\00:44:42.26
by the last six commandments?
Don't steal, don't lie, respect
00:44:42.29\00:44:45.20
for marriage, of course we're
starting to lose some of that
00:44:45.24\00:44:48.08
here aren't we? Respect for your
parental authority, not coveting
00:44:48.12\00:44:52.90
everybody's suing everybody. I
mean, you know, you can see what
00:44:52.94\00:44:57.69
happens when that stuff
implodes. But virtually every
00:44:57.73\00:45:00.11
nation in the world used the law
of the Jews as the foundation
00:45:00.15\00:45:06.34
for social and civil and moral
law. What nation of the world is
00:45:06.37\00:45:10.91
there that has such righteous
laws. This is what the Queen of
00:45:10.94\00:45:15.45
Sheba did. Let me tell you what
I'm trying to say before I'm
00:45:15.48\00:45:19.85
done with the sermon, the
essence, the core. This story is
00:45:19.89\00:45:24.61
the peak example of what
God's will was for his people.
00:45:24.64\00:45:29.29
He wanted to bless them. He
said if you obey me, as they did
00:45:29.33\00:45:33.15
during this time of Solomon.
Now part II of Solomon or rather
00:45:33.18\00:45:37.53
in the next message on Solomon,
things take a turn. But at this
00:45:37.56\00:45:41.45
point they'd reached the actual
peak and the evidence of that
00:45:41.48\00:45:45.99
zenith was the other nations
were coming to find out about
00:45:46.03\00:45:50.14
their God. That was God's plan.
He didn't want to keep it just
00:45:50.18\00:45:53.57
among the Israelites. He wanted
it to disseminate all around
00:45:53.60\00:45:57.70
the world. And so she said,
you're blessed, happy, happy,
00:45:57.74\00:46:01.21
blessed. That's what God wants
for you when we obey his laws
00:46:01.25\00:46:06.13
and do his will. So as she
departs she probably gave him
00:46:06.17\00:46:10.55
some spices and gifts along
the way. Verse 10 of I Kings 10:
00:46:10.59\00:46:16.58
She gave the king 120 talents of
gold. That by our standards is
00:46:16.61\00:46:22.57
nine million two hundred
and sixteen thousand dollars of
00:46:22.61\00:46:27.45
gold. A very great store
of spices and precious stones.
00:46:27.48\00:46:32.07
No spice came anymore for
abundance that the king of Sheba
00:46:32.11\00:46:36.30
gave to Solomon. Whenever Israel
looked at their history they
00:46:36.34\00:46:41.58
never saw more and better gold
and spices and gems coming into
00:46:41.62\00:46:45.91
the treasury and into the nation
as when the Queen of Sheba came.
00:46:45.95\00:46:50.21
Everybody got a little of that
spice back then because there
00:46:50.24\00:46:53.34
was so much of it that
she brought in her caravans.
00:46:53.37\00:46:56.64
She gives a gift. You know she's
so thankful for all that God
00:46:56.68\00:47:00.34
has done for her she basically
unloads everything and says
00:47:00.37\00:47:03.19
you know I just want to bless
you. I want to give you a gift.
00:47:03.22\00:47:06.34
Thank you so much for answering
my questions. I know your God is
00:47:06.38\00:47:10.04
the true God and she took the
knowledge of Jehovah back to her
00:47:10.08\00:47:13.71
country to spread it everywhere
and that was God's plan.
00:47:13.75\00:47:19.21
Something else you notice. She
brought the best she had. Have
00:47:19.24\00:47:25.46
any of you had to buy a gift
for someone difficult? Can you
00:47:25.50\00:47:30.94
imagine trying to buy a gift for
Solomon. What you get him, an
00:47:30.98\00:47:35.48
electric razor. They don't have
electricity. What do you get
00:47:35.51\00:47:40.13
King Solomon when he's got
billions of dollars of money.
00:47:40.16\00:47:44.71
What do you think made Solomon
the happiest? The money and the
00:47:44.74\00:47:49.14
gold and spices that she gave
or the questions that she asked.
00:47:49.18\00:47:53.54
What did Solomon treasure
the most? His riches or wisdom?
00:47:53.58\00:47:57.13
What did Solomon ask for
when God said what do you want?
00:47:57.16\00:48:00.64
Wisdom. Seek first the kingdom
of God. That's what she did. His
00:48:00.68\00:48:04.74
righteousness, his wisdom. I
think Solomon was satisfied that
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she had come looking for wisdom,
looking for knowledge, looking
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for truth. He gave her as
much time as she wanted. Another
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point I don't want to rush past.
When she went to visit King
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Solomon she did not go alone
in her pursuit of truth. It says
00:48:20.62\00:48:24.83
she brought a very great company
a very great retinue of others
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with her and on your journey,
on your pilgrimage through this
00:48:29.20\00:48:32.90
life looking for truth is this a
journey we take one day, hop on
00:48:32.94\00:48:36.84
a plane, find out truth and come
home? Or are we on a caravan
00:48:36.87\00:48:40.73
right now crossing the
desert in this wilderness?
00:48:40.77\00:48:42.94
We're looking for truth every
day. There is absolute truth but
00:48:42.98\00:48:46.73
it's progressive in the way we
learn it and the more you walk
00:48:46.76\00:48:50.13
in the light the more God gives
you. You walk in the truth he's
00:48:50.17\00:48:54.09
given you he'll give you more,
amen? Bring others with you in
00:48:54.13\00:48:58.02
your search for truth.
Then finally what I think is
00:48:58.05\00:49:02.23
beautiful. The story's not quite
over yet. II Chronicles 9 verse
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12. You'll have to go
to Chronicles for this one.
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II Chronicles 9 verse 12: Now
King Solomon gave to the queen
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Wait a second. I thought she
was giving to the king. Now he's
00:49:16.38\00:49:21.15
given to her. Now King Solomon
gave to the Queen of Sheba all
00:49:21.19\00:49:26.58
she desired whatever she asked,
much more than she had brought
00:49:26.62\00:49:32.02
to the king. So she turned and
went to her own country, she and
00:49:32.06\00:49:36.78
her servants. Wait a second.
Whenever I hear about the story
00:49:36.81\00:49:41.12
of the Queen of Sheba I think
that she's the one who's asking
00:49:41.16\00:49:45.43
for knowledge. She comes
and she pays for her knowledge.
00:49:45.47\00:49:48.76
But before she heads back home
she says boy you've got some
00:49:48.79\00:49:51.64
things in this country we
just don't have out there in the
00:49:51.67\00:49:54.49
desert. We don't have cedar.
Can we take some cedar trees
00:49:54.52\00:49:57.55
back with us. He said all
that you want. He was a very
00:49:57.58\00:50:00.54
generous king. And she said you
know there's some spices that we
00:50:00.57\00:50:02.81
brought, but you've got things
here that we don't have and I
00:50:02.84\00:50:05.45
don't have. I don't know what
she asked for. I bet you that
00:50:05.48\00:50:09.06
she said can we have copy
of your law? I mean after this
00:50:09.10\00:50:12.61
whole trip do you think that she
left without a copy of the Torah
00:50:12.64\00:50:15.28
I think she said I would like
your sacred writings. Can we
00:50:15.31\00:50:19.49
take them back with us. And
along with provisions for the
00:50:19.53\00:50:23.63
trip. They had a long way to go
back home. But it said she left
00:50:23.67\00:50:27.07
with more than she brought. Did
I make that up of is that what
00:50:27.10\00:50:30.47
it says? I'm showing you my
notes. It's in the Bible too.
00:50:30.50\00:50:35.21
Does it mean she left with more
money? It doesn't say money.
00:50:35.24\00:50:40.59
But she left with more. What
does a woman represent in the
00:50:40.63\00:50:45.91
Bible analogy/prophecy. How many
times have you heard me ask that
00:50:45.94\00:50:50.66
question? A woman is a type of
the church. When we come to the
00:50:50.69\00:50:55.37
house of God we're seeking
wisdom aren't we? And we bring
00:50:55.41\00:51:00.35
our gifts. But do we leave with
more than we bring. That's the
00:51:00.38\00:51:06.06
way it ought to work. When you
come to worship God and he gives
00:51:06.10\00:51:10.05
you of his Spirit and he gives
you of his wisdom, you open the
00:51:10.09\00:51:13.62
Bible and read you're going to
leave with more than you brought
00:51:13.66\00:51:17.35
You can't out give God. You know
this is a principle that you
00:51:17.39\00:51:20.84
should never forget whatever the
category. Whether it's talking
00:51:20.88\00:51:24.13
about spiritual truth or your
time or your means. Whenever you
00:51:24.17\00:51:28.69
give anything to others or God.
Jesus said it's more blessed to
00:51:28.72\00:51:32.56
give than receive. She came
and she unloaded her caravan in
00:51:32.60\00:51:36.40
Solomon's kingdom. She
stored her treasure in the old
00:51:36.43\00:51:40.36
Jerusalem, right? When she left
she said blessed, blessed, happy
00:51:40.39\00:51:46.62
She was enriched, she was
satisfied. She left with more
00:51:46.65\00:51:49.43
than she brought. You and I are
to store our treasures in the
00:51:49.47\00:51:53.20
New Jerusalem. We bring them
before our King Solomon. We'll
00:51:53.23\00:51:57.69
end up receiving more than
we give. She went home. She came
00:51:57.72\00:52:01.41
kind of bewildered pondering all
these questions, perplexed, a
00:52:01.45\00:52:05.10
little anxious. She
left breathless, overflowing.
00:52:05.14\00:52:09.18
She had enough memories to last
her a lifetime. She took the
00:52:09.22\00:52:12.25
knowledge of the true God back
down to the straits there of
00:52:12.28\00:52:16.14
the Arabian Sea and the Red Sea
and everybody that came by she
00:52:16.18\00:52:19.60
would talk about the true
God Jehovah. She wasn't confused
00:52:19.63\00:52:23.02
about what the truth
was anymore. She became an
00:52:23.05\00:52:26.35
ambassador for the God of
heaven because of the witness of
00:52:26.38\00:52:30.00
Solomon. Now that's God's plan
for his church. When people come
00:52:30.03\00:52:34.62
into our church do they say what
the Queen of Sheba said when
00:52:34.66\00:52:39.19
they behold our apparel, the
righteous robes of Christ, our
00:52:39.23\00:52:42.86
food, the bread of life? When
they come to our church and they
00:52:42.89\00:52:46.20
behold the setting, the order,
of his servants and the way
00:52:46.24\00:52:49.48
things are done. They say surely
God is in this place. Wouldn't
00:52:49.52\00:52:53.08
you like to have a visitor come
to our church and say what the
00:52:53.11\00:52:56.64
Queen of Sheba said? Have a
breathtaking experience when
00:52:56.67\00:53:00.74
they come to the house of God.
Amen? And she saw their offering
00:53:00.77\00:53:04.47
before the Lord, the sacrifice
of them self and their praise.
00:53:04.50\00:53:08.87
That I believe is God's plan
for his church. Final question:
00:53:08.91\00:53:13.71
She prepared a long time for
that journey to go to Jerusalem
00:53:13.75\00:53:18.51
to meet the son of
David. Probably spent months
00:53:18.55\00:53:20.58
preparing for that journey. She
packed, she loaded, she thought
00:53:20.62\00:53:25.16
about what it would mean to make
that journey. Are you preparing
00:53:25.20\00:53:29.71
for a journey to the New
Jerusalem now? I'm hoping that
00:53:29.75\00:53:33.57
you'll be able to put yourself
in the place of this noble queen
00:53:33.61\00:53:38.04
and say like that woman, I want
to be part of God's people that
00:53:38.07\00:53:42.24
prepare for this trip to the
New Jerusalem and are willing to
00:53:42.28\00:53:46.88
invest everything to know what
is and to live by what is truth?
00:53:46.91\00:53:51.48
Jesus the Son of David is
the truth that will set us free.
00:53:51.51\00:53:54.97
Can you say Amen friends. I
thought it would be good for us
00:53:55.00\00:53:58.77
to close our service by singing
an anthem. You'll find it in
00:53:58.80\00:54:02.66
your song books as number six
and we're going to sing praises
00:54:02.69\00:54:06.03
to God. Now I will excuse myself
from the platform because I'm
00:54:06.07\00:54:09.13
going to prepare for a baptism.
And if your able to stay by
00:54:09.17\00:54:12.33
we'll be having a special
baptism for a young lady in just
00:54:12.37\00:54:15.29
a moment. O Worship the Lord.
Let's stand together as we sing.
00:54:15.32\00:54:18.21
¤ ¤
00:54:18.24\00:54:26.11
O worship the Lord In
the beauty of holiness.
00:54:26.15\00:54:35.06
Bow down before
Him, His glory proclaim;
00:54:35.10\00:54:41.80
With Gold of obedience
and incense of lowliness
00:54:41.83\00:54:49.76
Kneel and adore Him;
the Lord is His name.
00:54:49.80\00:54:57.15
Low at His feet lay
thy burden of carefulness;
00:54:57.18\00:55:04.34
High on His heart He
will bear it for thee,
00:55:04.38\00:55:11.47
Comfort thy sorrows and
answer thy prayerfulness,
00:55:11.50\00:55:18.58
Guiding thy steps as
may best for thee be.
00:55:18.61\00:55:26.42
Fear not to enter His
courts in the slenderness
00:55:26.46\00:55:33.87
Of the poor wealth thou
wouldst reckon as thine.
00:55:33.91\00:55:41.53
Truth in its beauty
and love in its tenderness,
00:55:41.57\00:55:49.42
These are the
offerings to lay at His shrine.
00:55:49.46\00:55:57.24
These, though we bring them
in trembling and fearfulness,
00:55:57.28\00:56:04.41
He will accept for
the name that is dear;
00:56:04.44\00:56:11.37
Mornings of joy give
for evenings of tearfulness,
00:56:11.41\00:56:20.83
Trust for our trembling,
and hope for our fear.
00:56:20.87\00:56:29.80
Please be seated. Just
before we have the baptism
00:56:29.83\00:56:38.69
let's just bow our heads and
we'll pray and thank the Good
00:56:38.73\00:56:42.38
Lord for the sermon
we heard this morning.
00:56:42.42\00:56:45.40
Gracious Father in heaven,
we want to think you so much for
00:56:45.44\00:56:49.18
the story of Solomon. We
appreciate the way Pastor Doug
00:56:49.21\00:56:53.69
has taken us through this
history of this man's life and
00:56:53.72\00:56:57.66
we pray that the things that
we've heard this morning and
00:56:57.69\00:57:01.55
the lessons that we have learned
the spiritual lessons that we
00:57:01.59\00:57:05.63
can apply to our own lives.
And as the Queen of Sheba was
00:57:05.67\00:57:09.76
was willing to go many, many
miles to hear the wisdom that
00:57:09.80\00:57:14.28
you had given Solomon, may we
be willing to go, as it were, to
00:57:14.32\00:57:18.70
the ends of this earth that we
might find that same wisdom, the
00:57:18.73\00:57:23.08
of salvation through
Jesus Christ. Thank you so much
00:57:23.11\00:57:27.42
Lord that you give us your word
which is a lamp unto our feet
00:57:27.45\00:57:30.94
and a light unto our path and
we praise you for this and give
00:57:30.98\00:57:34.44
you all the praise, all
the thanks for you are worthy.
00:57:34.47\00:57:36.54
In Jesus' name we pray, Amen.
00:57:36.58\00:57:40.27
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