THE REAL MEANING OF LIFE

https://biblehub.com/nkjv/1_kings/9.htm The temple has been built, furnished, and dedicated, and now God speaks to Solomon once again to promise that the throne would stay in his family forever. And as I read these words, they simply reaffirm to me the need to keep God’s law. Satan has been a busy beaver trying to destroy Christianity and to draw everyone away from God as much as possible. There are good people, people that call themselves Christians,… Continue reading

https://biblehub.com/nkjv/1_kings/6.htm Scripture doesn’t say, but short of Divine intervention, you know the Levites had to be constantly working on the portable temple, a tent with some fabric walls, to keep it in a state of repair and to shelter the Ark of the Covenant. Our country is this year celebrating its 250th birthday, and there are a few colonial structures from that time period still standing, but most are made of stone, not of woven… Continue reading

https://biblehub.com/nkjv/1_kings/4.htm These two chapters enlighten us as to the condition of Israel under the reign of Solomon and his preparation to build the temple. Most of the scriptures just contain factual data about Solomon’s military and about how well Israel was doing. Everyone was prosperous, Solomon’s wisdom was rubbing off on them, and how Solomon was working with the King of Tyre to get supplies for Temple. If I’m not mistaken, Israel has 40 years… Continue reading

Normally I try to study the Bible at least once a day, sometimes twice, then post my opinion on what I’ve read. Each day before Bible Study, I pray that the Lord sends His Spirit to me to teach me, because I no longer feel that I can trust “The Church, Inc.” And I am not talking about one individual denomination, I’m talking all denominations. This morning I was on Facebook, and there are a… Continue reading

https://biblehub.com/nkjv/1_kings/3.htm If you could have anything you wished for, what would it be? Money? A new car? A new house? Jewelry or new clothes? God came to Solomon in a dream and asked him what he wanted…anything, and God would give it. And Solomon asked for wisdom. Wisdom. Was wisdom on your list? There’s the age-old story of the genie in a bottle that comes out and grants you three wishes, then there is always… Continue reading

https://biblehub.com/nkjv/1_chronicles/28.htm Well, my last blog title was 1 Kings 1-2, and I got so wordy, I didn’t have room to cover it, so we’ll do it today. All of these books are documenting the events surrounding the death of David and the transition of the King of Israel to his son Solomon. Previously we had read where God didn’t want David to build the temple because of the blood he had shed, and the construction… Continue reading

https://biblehub.com/nkjv/1_kings/1.htm God’s Will will be done. Sometimes we thwart His Will and it takes longer to get done that what He had planned, but His Will will be done. We’ve seen it happen before, and we’re seeing it again. God clearly intends for Solomon to become King to follow David. Somewhere along the lines, man gave credit to the firstborn, perhaps because they were the eldest or maybe the wisest because they had been on… Continue reading

https://biblehub.com/nkjv/2_samuel/22.htm This is why you just can’t “read” the Bible, you must study it. Verse 1, “Then David spoke to the Lord the words of this song, on the day when the Lord had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul.” If this is a song, shouldn’t it be a psalm? And if this is a psalm, why wasn’t the psalm included after this chapter of Second… Continue reading

https://biblehub.com/nkjv/2_samuel/20.htm It doesn’t matter how good you are, how well you treat others, how much of a Christian you are, you will always have foes. They will either be arrogant and have no respect for you simply because of their own self-absorption, they will be jealous of you or your position, or they will think their views are superior to yours. All you have to do is look at our government, and no one president… Continue reading

https://biblehub.com/nkjv/psalms/41.htm These psalms were written by David while his army was at war with the men of Absalom. When David returned to Jerusalem after the death of Absalom, he was caught between a rock and a hard place. Even though Absalom was full of wickedness and had every intent to kill his own father, as he did his own brother, a parents love never wanes. No matter how bad your child becomes, you still love… Continue reading