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King Solomon’s Advice to Young People

Ecclesiastes 12:1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them. JOHN TRAPP (1601-1699): To remember God is … Continue reading

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David and His Nephew Joab – Part 25: Joab’s Final Lesson

Psalm 37:12,13; 1 Kings 2:10,12-23 The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming. So David slept with his fathers, and was … Continue reading

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David and His Nephew Joab – Part 23: Old Age

1 Kings 1:1-15 Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat. Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young … Continue reading

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Searching for Wisdom in a Foolish World

James 3:17; Job 28:20; Proverbs 1:1-7 The wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. Whence then cometh wisdom? and where … Continue reading

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Solomon’s Worldly Extravagance & His Son’s Stupidity

1 Kings 7:1,2,9-11; Ecclesiastes 2:4-11 Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house. He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon….Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had taken … Continue reading

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Prophetic Symbolism: The Two Pillars of Solomon’s Temple

2 Chronicles 3:3,17; Matthew 12:42; Matthew 16:13-18 Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God…And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other … Continue reading

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