{"id":381,"date":"2014-11-01T13:17:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-01T13:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/2014\/11\/01\/wisdom-was-not-enough-to-remain-pure-to-god\/"},"modified":"2014-11-01T13:17:00","modified_gmt":"2014-11-01T13:17:00","slug":"wisdom-was-not-enough-to-remain-pure-to-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/2014\/11\/01\/wisdom-was-not-enough-to-remain-pure-to-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisdom Was Not Enough To Remain Pure To God"},"content":{"rendered":"

2 Chronicles 1 \u2013 5<\/strong><\/a><\/h1>\n

Verse 1:10 is very key in Solomon\u2019s life:<\/p>\n

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Now\u00a0that I am their ruler,<\/em>\u00a0give me wisdom and knowledge to lead this\u00a0great<\/em>\u00a0people. Without such wisdom, who can govern such a great people?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

He did not go after the world view and this is great. It shows Solomon wanted to become a great leader and not just a powerful one. He did not want to rule with an iron fist, but rather rule fairly. This was wonderful and God honored the request.<\/p>\n

Verse 1:12 shows God\u2019s joy:<\/p>\n

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Because you thought of the welfare of My people,<\/em>\u00a0I have granted you this\u00a0exceptional<\/em>\u00a0wisdom and knowledge. In addition, I will give you riches and wealth and honor greater than any king ever has possessed or ever will possess.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Having been blessed by God I often wonder if this ended up being a curse. Solomon drifted from God\u2019s plan wildly as he got older. So I wonder if being blessed distracted Solomon from God. Or was he a product of dysfunction of his family? Did David\u2019s unfaithfulness with Solomon\u2019s mother cause a riff that was never repaired through blessings in Solomon\u2019s life?<\/p>\n

I look at how many family problems start and everyone thinks money will solve everything and even after the money comes the problems only deepen. The key is not \u201cblessings\u201d but rather a tight connection with God. When blessings do come, thankfully enjoy them but do not get distracted with the toys. KNOW THE SOURCE and give back in abundance.<\/p>\n

The rest of the reading is the details Solomon put into building a permanent temple of God. I look at how ornate this was and wonder if they were focusing too much ornate grandeur on the building removing focus from God. Like with Solomon\u2019s riches, this structure became a system in its own maintaining the glory of the building and missing God.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Verse 5;2 had me notice \u201cthe City of David\u201d:<\/p>\n

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Just as his father had done when he moved the covenant chest to Jerusalem,<\/em>\u00a0Solomon assembled all of Israel (the generals, the judges, and every tribal leader) to move the covenant chest of the Eternal from the city of David (also called Zion)\u00a0into the new temple<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The temple was in Jerusalem which has been called the city of David, yet here scripture differentiates between the two. Why is that? Also, I notice it\u2019s called \u201cZion\u201d which opens up a ton of other questions about Zionists verses Jews. Is there a difference? Are they a \u201cdenomination\u201d within the Jews like Methodists are to the Christian Church?\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2 Chronicles 1 \u2013 5 Verse 1:10 is very key in Solomon\u2019s life: Now\u00a0that I am their ruler,\u00a0give me wisdom and knowledge to lead this\u00a0great\u00a0people. Without such wisdom, who can govern such a great people? He did not go after the world view and this is great. It shows Solomon wanted to become a great … Continue reading “Wisdom Was Not Enough To Remain Pure To God”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}