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J. Vernon McGee · Citado em PreceptAustin
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Vernon McGee - God has promised that in the Davidic line there would not be a time when there would not be a ruler. There is no ruler around on this earth today who can claim to be in David’s line. But there is One sitting at God’s right hand who is in David’s line, and He has been told, “… Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool” (Ps. 110:1; see also Heb. 10:12–13). (See Thru the Bible) John
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Vernon McGee - I notice that an interpretation that one gets in Israel today is that Solomon married these different women from various other countries for political advantage. Your father-in-law is not apt to make war against you. So this was one of the ways in which Solomon brought peace to the land. A man would not come up to fight against a country in which his daughter was the queen. I do not know whether this reason for Solomon’s many wives is true or not. I have a notion that it is partly accurate. Under any circumstance, it was against God’s command. King Solomon married a certain ‘Pharaoh’s daughter’ for whom he built a special palace, since she could not live in David’s palace ‘because the places the ark of the LORD has entered are holy’ (1 Kings 7:8; 9; 24; 11:1; 2 Chron. 8:11). Solomon’s marriages with this woman and other foreign women were eventually to lead to his downfall. Such intermarriage with other peoples had been forbidden by the Law of God and the wives gradually drew ‘his heart after other gods’ (1 Kings 11:4–6). Solomon’s Violation of God’s Commands Note the general categories of God’s commands to His people o Worldly alliances/affiliations o Marriage o Worship Did Solomon violate God’s commands from Deut 7 or Deut 17? Which ones? o Accumulated horses (1Ki 4:26) o Accumulated horses from Egypt (1Ki 10:28) o Accumulated gold for himself (1Ki 9:28, 10:2, 10, 11, 14, 16-18, 21, 22, 25)(What happened to the gold? 1Ki 14:25-26, Pr 23:5!!!) o Did not destroy the Canaanites utterly (instead enslaved them) (Ex 23:31-33, Dt 20:16-17) o Eventually had many wives and concubines (1Ki 11:3) o Married a foreign wife who likely worshipped another god Note - while Egypt wasn’t technically one of the forbidden Canaanite peoples for intermarrying…if getting horses from Egypt was specifically forbidden is it safe to say God would frown on getting a wife from there? o Did not destroy the high places (1Ki 3:3) THOUGHT - Learn from these sad lapses in Solomon's life (note the paradox of the wisest man in the world making some of the most foolish decisions in real life!) by seeking to live according to 2Co 6:14-18+ and 2Co 7:1+! RON DANIEL - Pharaoh's Daughter Early in Solomon's reign, he had formed a marriage alliance with Pharaoh, the king of Egypt (1Ki 3:1). This was a common practice among royalty to maintain peaceful relations between kingdoms. After all, there is lots of incentive not to start a war with your neighbor if he's your wife's dad...She had been living in Jerusalem during the building projects, but not in David's palace. Solomon had decided that because the ark of the covenant had been in that place, it was holy. It seems to me that Solomon had to be aware that this was not a marriage he should be getting into. But then again, I'm always amazed at the stories I hear about people getting married. Often, people disappear from church for a long time, and then finally come back months or years later, but now they're married. They are often self-conscious or embarrassed about who they married. "He/she is an unbeliever... we fell into sin... I knew you wouldn't approve... he/she's got problems... my parents told me it was wrong..." Hello? If you're embarrassed or uncomfortable about who you're marrying, maybe there's a problem? 2Cor. 6:14-16+ Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness? Or what harmony has Christ with Belial, or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever? Or what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God... What was Solomon thinking? She's too unholy to live in David's house? And yet he still married her? Amazing! 1 Kings 9:25 Now three times in a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar which he built to the LORD, burning incense with them on the altar which was before the LORD. So he finished the house. three times in a year: Ex 23:14-17 34:23 De 16:16 2Ch 8:12,13 offered burnt offerings: Ex 30:7 1Ch 23:13 2Ch 26:16-21 29:11 34:25 peace offerings on the altar: Heb. upon it which was before, So he finished the house. 1Ki 6:38 2Ch 8:16 Related Passages: 2 Chronicles 8:12-15+ (EXPANDS ON SOLOMON'S OFFERINGS 3 TIMES PER YEAR) Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of the LORD which he had built before the porch; 13 and did so according to the daily rule, offering them up according to the commandment of Moses, for the sabbaths, the new moons and the three annual feasts–the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks and the Feast of Booths. 14 Now according to the ordinance of his father David, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites for their duties of praise and ministering before the priests according to the daily rule, and the gatekeepers by their divisions at every gate; for David the man of God had so commanded. 15 And they did not depart from the commandment of the king to the priests and Levites in any manner or concerning the storehouses. SOLOMON KEPT THE THREE REQUIRED FEASTS Now three times in a year - This undoubtedly refers to the three feasts all males were required to attend annually, the feasts of Unleavened Bread (Passover), Pentecost (Weeks), and Booths (Succoth, Tabernacles). Solomon offered burnt offerings ('olah) and peace offerings (selem/shelem) on the altar (mizbeah) which he built to the LORD, burning incense (qatar) with them on the altar (mizbeah) which was before the LORD. So he finished (shalam) the house - Solomon was keeping the required feasts, but was he also being diligent to keep watch over his heart, knowing (as he himself wrote) that out of it come the springs of life (Pr 4:23+). Orthodoxy can lull one into the deceptive snare of thinking he is on good terms with the thrice Holy God! Raymond Dillard comments on the parallel passage 2 Chronicles 8:12-15+ - The author expands his source (1 Kgs 9:25) with emphasis on the detailed observance of the Mosaic commands (Lev 23:1–37; Num 28–29) and Davidic prescriptions (1 Chr 23–26); he specifies the three annual feasts mentioned in Kings and adds the observance of weekly sabbaths and the new moon. The text is ambiguous regarding the extent of the king’s participation; it could cover any degree of involvement from simply decreeing the observances to personal officiation in the worship. (See 2 Chronicles, Volume 15 - Page 65) J. Parker: (Quoted in Biblical Illustrator) -- Solomon was great in burnt offerings. Do not men sometimes make up in burnt offerings what they lack in moral consistency? Is not an ostentatious religion sometimes the best proof of internal decay? It ought not to be so. The outward and inward should correspond. The action should be the incarnation of the thought. It is beautiful to look upon the Church engaged in much church-building and in strenuous endeavours against public sin; yet we must never forget that all this may possibly coexist with internal loss, decay, corruption. All action does not spring from life. Sometimes we try to make up by complex mechanism what is wanting in real vitality. It is often easier to offer burnt offering than to do some deed of moral heroism. RON DANIEL - Solomon's Offerings -- It seems that Solomon is maintaining his routine of sacrifices and worship. And yet, day by day, his heart is growing more and more distant from the Lord. THOUGHT - Are you going through the motions religiously speaking (going to church on Sunday, dropping a few coins in the offering plate, etc), and yet you find that your heart is beginning to drift away from devotion to Jehovah? If so, be very wary, because a slow drift can end in a big disaster. Jesus warned the church at Ephesus "I have this against you, that you have left your first love." (Rev 2:4- see commentary) Bob Utley on he finished the house - This phrase is a little strange at this point. It seems the temple was finished and consecrated in chapter 8 (cf. 1 Kgs. 9:3). The timing of this is confused because (1) The temple was said to be finished in the eighth month (cf. 1 Kgs. 6:38), but not dedicated until the seventh month (cf. 1 Kgs. 8:2; 2 Chr. 7:10), eleven months later. (2) The temple was built in seven years but this verse implies it was not dedicated until the twentieth year (1 Kgs. 9:10). Possibly there were two dedications or an annual dedication or covenant renewal ceremony. Related Resources: What is the Feast of Tabernacles / Booths / Sukkot? | GotQuestions.org What is the Feast of Weeks? | GotQuestions.org What was the Feast of Firstfruits? | GotQuestions.org Burnt Offerings, Leviticus 1 - Bob Utley Altar the brazen altar, also called altar of burnt offering, altar by door of Tabernacle, or altar of shittim wood, covered with bronze (cf. Exodus 27) this distinguished it from the incense altar (golden altar) in the Holy Place (cf. Exodus 30) coals from brazen altar were taken to incense altar brazen altar was right in the middle of the entrance of the Tabernacle altar had horns which were its most sacred part; the blood was applied to the horns (cf. Exod. 30:10) The horns were possibly for: symbol of hands to hold up the offering symbol of strength or prevailing power (Deut. 33:17; 2 Sam. 22:3.) later, anyone who grabbed the horns of the altar was safe until his case was decided by the court (1 Kgs. 1:50-51; 2:28) The Offering bullock without blemish which was mentioned first because of its importance and cost, Lev. 1:3 male goat or sheep, Lev. 1:10 turtle doves or young pigeons, Lev. 1:14 (provision for the poor) Place of Burnt Offering was at the door of the Tent of Meeting Laying on of the Hands ‒ this was only for the bulls, not for goats, sheep or birds, Lev. 1:4 the offerer did this himself (not the priest) many feel it was a symbolic action of the transferring of guilt some believe it meant that this animal comes from this particular individual the sacrifice was to be presented in the offerer's name the fruit of this sacrifice belongs to the one who placed his hands on the animal Slaughtering bull ‒ "before the Lord" by the man making the sacrifice. The offerer had to kill, skin, and cut up the animal. The priest's role (except in case of public sacrifices) began when the man brought the animal to the altar. sheep or goat, Lev. 1:11 ‒ "on north side of altar before the Lord." This designated a specific place for these lesser animals. bird ‒ The priest killed and offered this sacrifice. The offerer had to remove the bird's crop. Handling of the Blood animals The priest threw blood against the altar, and sprinkled it round about the altar. The life of the animal was in the blood (cf. Gen. 9:4; Lev. 17:11). Life already belonged to God, therefore, the blood represented no part of the gift of the man. The bird's blood was drained on the side of the altar and not consumed in fire. See above "Offering, B." and "Slaughtering, E." Handling of the Flesh bull, Lev. 1:6 The offerer skinned the offering; the priest could keep the skin (cf. Lev. 7:8) the offerer cut it into pieces The priest placed the offering on the altar in an arrangement as it was when alive The legs and entrails were washed with water from the laver The priest burned the whole animal on altar See above, "B., Offering" and "E., Slaughtering." Occasion of Burnt Offerings Feast of Tabernacles, Booths Day of Atonement Feast of Weeks, First Fruits, or Pentecost Feast of Trumpets Wave Sheaf (Leviticus 23) Feast of Unleavened Bread, Passover Beginning of months, New Moon Sabbath Significance of Burnt Offering A gift to God Seen as the most valuable kind of sacrifice It seems to deal with the concept of sin in general or thanksgiving Most perfect representation of sacrificial idea Symbolic offering of one's life Represents complete consecration of the life of an individual to the service of God Graded value of offering bull sheep ‒ goat birds This shows that anyone conscious of spiritual need could approach God. God made provision for all men. Special Instructions for Priest, Lev. 6:8-12 Burnt offering remained all night on hearth of the altar Fire was to be kept burning continually under a burnt offering Instructions involving the Priest's dress Instructions involving the removal of the ashes Ancient sacrifices were offered to appease an angry deity feed a deity communicate with a deity praise a deity foster a sense of forgiveness or reconciliation PEACE OFFERING - Bob Utley Introduction Why communion offering covenant sacrifice corporate offering concluding sacrifice It expressed thankfulness to God because of fellowship with God, family, and friends. It was usually the final act in a series of sacrifices in which reconciliation had been established. The burnt offering expressed the costliness of obedience, while the peace offering expressed the joy and happiness of fellowship with God. Male or female but without blemish Varieties of offering from herd; male or female the distinction that was made between the sheep and the goat was because of the fat of the tail of the sheep (1) lamb of flock ‒ male or female (2) goat of flock ‒ male or female Ritual Presentation of offering Laid hands on offering Killed it at door of the Tent of meeting Identification of sacrifice was the same as the burnt offering Sprinkling of blood around altar Burning of choice parts on altar to God (1) fat (sheep-fatty tail) symbolized prosperity (2) kidneys, lobe of liver symbolized the seat of the will and emotions (3) fatty portions placed on offerer's burnt offering or on morning lamb offering Thanksgiving offering included (Lev. 7:11-14) unleavened cake mixed with oil unleavened wafers spread with oil fine flour mixed with oil Priest's Portion, Lev. 7:28-34 Breast belonged to priest as a wave offering Waving involves the placing of the offering upon the offerer's hands and the priest's hands. It showed the offering offered by the offerer to God, and then its reception back by the priest. Right thigh belonged to officiating priest Heave offering was lifted to God and received back by the priest Offerer's Portion, Lev. 7:15-18 A Thanksgiving Offering shall be eaten on day of giving, Lev. 7:15 A Votive (vow) or Freewill Offering shall be eaten on day of offering or on the next day, Lev. 7:16 This portion was all that was not given to God and by God to the priest God symbolically eats with the offerer and his family and friends in this offering This offering stresses that fellowship relationships have been restored Ancient sacrifices were offered to appease an angry deity feed a deity communicate with a deity praise a deity foster a sense of forgiveness or reconciliation 1 Kings 9:26 King Solomon also built a fleet of ships in Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom. built a fleet of ships: 2Ch 8:12,17,18-11:4 Ezion-geber: 1Ki 22:48 Nu 33:35 De 2:8 Eloth: 2Ki 14:22 Related Passages: 2 Chronicles 8:17 Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the seashore in the land of Edom. 1 Kings 10:22 For the king had at sea the ships of Tarshish with the ships of Hiram; once every three years the ships of Tarshish came bringing gold and silver, ivory and apes and peacocks. King Solomon also built a fleet of ships in Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea (see RED SEA), in the land of Edom. Ezion Geber was a seaport at the head of the Gulf of Aqabah. Solomon constructed a commercial navy that operated out of this port. The Hebrew crews in Solomon's navy were replaced by men from Phoenicia, which was famous in history for its seafarers (10:11). This fleet of ships were for trade with Arabia, India, and the east coast of Africa. John