Thank you very much.
Thank you.
Alright, it's about that time.
We'll go ahead and get started here.
Welcome to Pure Words Baptist Church.
Go ahead and find our seats.
And pull out your hymnals.
We'll open up to our first song for the evening.
It's song number 397.
Song 397.
Little is much when God is in it.
on 397.
We'll go ahead and start there on the first.
In the harvest field now ripen.
There's a work for all to do.
Hark the voice of God is calling.
calling to the harvest calling you little as much when God is in it labor
not for wealth or fame there's a crown and you can win it if you'll go in
Jesus name does the place your call to labor seem so small and little known it
is great if God is in it and he'll not forget his own little is much when God
is in it labor not for wealth or fame there's a crown and you can win it if
you'll go in Jesus name are you laid aside from service body worn from toil
and care you can still be in the battle in the sacred place of prayer little is
much when God is in it labor not for wealth or fame there's a crown and you
can win it if you'll go in Jesus name when the conflict here is ended and our
race on earth is run he will say to all the faithful welcome home my child well
done little is much when God is in it labor not for wealth or fame there's a
crown and you can win it if you'll go in Jesus name
and brother Edward you want to pray for this evening
and then I go to flipping your hymnals to slumber 56 on the 56 and we all get
to heaven number 56
go and start there on the first seeing the wondrous love of Jesus seeing his
mercy and his grace in the mansion's bride and bless it he'll prepare for us
a place when we all get to heaven what a day of rejoicing that will be when we
all see Jesus will sing and shout the victory while we walk the pilgrim
pathway clouds will over spread the sky but when traveling days are over not a
shadow not a sigh when we all get to heaven what a day of rejoicing that will
be when we all see Jesus will sing and shout the victory let us then be true
and faithful trusting serving every day just one glimpse of him in glory will
the tools of life repay when we all get to heaven what a day of rejoicing that
will be when we all see Jesus will sing and shout the victory onward to the
prize before us soon his beauty will be hold soon the pearly gates will open we
shall tread the streets of gold when we all get to heaven what a day of
rejoicing that will be when we all see Jesus will sing and shout the victory
man great scene so at this time we'll go ahead and go over the announcements for
the evening so go and grab your bulletins you didn't grab one this
morning or when you walked in I just raised your hand we'll have brother
James bring them around to you the top left of our bulletin we have our service
times listed underneath that we also have our churchwide soul winning times
and the respective leaders and we have our stats listed underneath there so in
the bulletin we have eight salvations to date and we added some more this morning
which brought us to 14 we went out today and we had seven more that shoots us up
to 21 so we are currently at 21 salvation so great job soul winning we
do have that thousand salvation mark this year and I have a good feeling
about this year I think I think we're hitting it this year for sure all right
but definitely a good job so when you just keep up the hard work there on the
next page be in prayer for our expecting lady we have sister Corinne Darnell
she's expecting in June and I believe it's a little girl so congratulations to
them be in prayer for her and the developing little girl that good some
upcoming guest preachers today January 23rd we have brother Ben Naim he came
down here with his family so definitely it's been a blessing having him thank
them for coming down and yeah just thank all the gentlemen that come down and
preach for us and then just lastly um if you do have any prayer requests email
those that into the church at pure words Baptist at gmail.com and we do
have listed here brother Edward Camino is definitely still being prepared for
him and his in his mother and just their their health in general and it's
everybody else that's out sick all that crud that's still going going around be
in prayer for everybody and then lastly we are still doing the the New Testament
challenge for the month of January so if you could quote or read the entire New
Testament by in one month you will receive a special prize there at the end
and I know we got a good handful of good chunk of people knocking it out so
praise the Lord for that just finish that up finish it up nice and strong and
we'll have some prizes for you but that is the announcements for the evening go
ahead and pull your hymnals back out and we will turn to song number 64 64 shall
we gather at the river
before shall we gather at the river and before we sing this song I did think of
another announcement so up at steadfast Baptist Church they are having a
soul-winning conference I believe brother been going seminar conference
it's taking place on a Thursday Friday and Saturday you know the dates off the
top of your head
okay it's in March yeah so it's coming up just I mean he's been announcing it
in his thermans but I definitely wanted to make everyone aware of that so
definitely something to look forward to you could go up and support you know be
a pure words up there for pure words but definitely keep that in mind it's
full-winning seminar here coming up with steadfast Baptist Church but we are here
in your hymnals it's song number 64 shall we gather at the river we'll go
ahead and start there on the first shall we gather at the river where bright
angel feet have trod with its crystal tide forever flowing by the throne of
God yes we'll gather at the river the beautiful the beautiful river gather
with the Saints at the river that flows by the throne of God on the bosom of the
river where the Savior King we own we shall meet sorrow never need the glory
of the throne yes we'll gather at the river the beautiful the beautiful river
gather with the Saints at the river that flows by the throne of God there we
reach the shining river lay we every burden down grace our spirits will
deliver and provide a robe and crown yes we'll gather at the river the beautiful
the beautiful river gather with the Saints at the river that flows by the
throne of God soon we'll reach the shining river soon our pilgrimage will
cease soon our happy hearts will quiver with the melody of peace yes we'll
gather at the river the beautiful the beautiful river gather with the Saints
at the river that flows by the throne of God all right so at this time go
ahead and pull out your Bibles and turn your Bibles to 1st Kings chapter number
2 1st Kings chapter number 2 my brother James come read for us and we'll go
ahead and pass the offering plate
1st Kings chapter number 2 and the Bible reads now the days of David drew
nigh that he should die and he sorry and he charged Solomon his son saying I go
the way of all the earth be thou strong therefore and show thyself a man and
keep the charge of the Lord thy God walk in his ways to keep his statue and his
commandment and his judgment and his testimony as it is written in the law of
Moses that thou mayest prosper and all that thou doest and whithersoever thou
turnest thyself that the Lord may continue his word which he's fake
concerning me saying if thy children take heed to their way to walk before me
in the truth with all their hearts with all their souls there shall not fail
thee said he a man on the throne of Israel moreover thou knowest also what
Joab the son of Zoriah did to me and what he did to the two captains of the
host of Israel unto Abner the son of Nerer and unto Amasa the son of Jethur
whom he slew he shed the blood of war in peace and put the blood of war upon his
girdle that was about his loins and in his shoes that were on his feet
do therefore according to thy wisdom and let not his forehead go down to the
grave and eat but show kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the gilt the Gileadite
and let them be the those that eat at thy table for so shall they came to me
when I fled because of Absalom thy brother and behold thou hast with thee
Shemihai the son of Gera a Benjamite of Bihurim which cursed me with a grievous
curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim but he came down to meet me at
Jordan and swear I swear to him by the Lord saying I will not put thee to death
with the sword now therefore hold him not guiltless for thou art a wise man
and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him but his forehead bring thou
down to the grave with blood so David slept with his father's and was
buried in the city of David and the days that David reigned over Israel were 40
years seven years reigned he in Hebron and thirty and three years reigned he in
Jerusalem then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father and his
kingdom was established greatly and Adonai the son of Hagith came to
Bathsheba the mother of Solomon and she said come astile peacefully and he said
peacefully he said moreover I have somewhat to stay
unto thee and she said say on and he said thou knowest that the kingdom was
mine and that all Israel set their faces on me that I should reign how be it the
kingdom is turned about and has become my brothers for it was his from the Lord
and now I asked one petition of thee deny me not and she said unto him stay
on and he said speak I pray thee unto Solomon the king for he will not say
thee nay that he give me a bishag the humanite the wife and Bathsheba said
well I will speak for thee unto the king Bathsheba therefore went unto King
Solomon to speak unto him Brad Nijah and the king rose up to meet her and
bowed himself unto her and sat down at his throne and caused a seat to be set
for the king's mother and she sat on his right hand then said then she said I
desire one small petition of thee I pray thee say me not nay and the king said
unto her ask on my mother for I will not say thee nay and she said let a bishag
the Shumanite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife and King Solomon
answered and said unto his mother and why dost thou ask Abishag the Shumanite
for Adonijah ask for him the kingdom also for he is mine elder brother even
for him and for Abiathar the priest and for Joab the son of Zoriah then King
Solomon swear by the Lord saying God do so to me and more also if Adonijah have
not spoken this word against his own life now therefore as the Lord liveth
which hath established me and set me on the throne of David my father and who
hath made me in house and promised Adonijah shall be put to death this day
and King Solomon sent by the hand of the Niah the son of Jehoiada and fell upon
him that he died and unto Abiathar the priest said the king get thee to Anath
unto thine own field so thou art worthy of death but I will not at
this time put thee to death because thou barest the ark of the Lord God before
David my father and because thou hath been afflicted in all wherein my father
was afflicted so Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest under the
Lord that he might fulfill the word of the Lord which he spake concerning the
house of Eli and Shiloh then tidings came to Joab for Joab had turned after
Adonijah through though he turned not after Absalom and Joab fled unto the
tabernacle of the Lord and caught hold on the horns of the altar and it was
told King Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the Lord and
behold he is by the altar then Solomon sent the Niah the son of Jehoiada saying
go fall upon him and the Niah came unto the tabernacle of the Lord and said unto
him thus saith the king come forth and he said nay but I will die here and
the Niah brought the King word again saying thus said Joab and thus he
answered me and the King said unto him do as he has said and fall upon him and
bury him that thou mayest take away the innocent blood which Joab shed from me
and from the house of my father and the Lord shall return his blood upon his
head own head who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he and slew
them with the sword my father David not knowing thereof to wit Abner the son of
the host of Israel and Amasa the son of Jethro the host of Judah their blood
therefore return upon their head of their blood therefore return upon the
head of Joab and upon the head of his feed forever but upon David and upon his
feed and upon his house and upon his throne shall there be peace forever from
the Lord and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and fell upon him and slew him
and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness and the king put Benaiah
the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host and Zadok the priest did the king
put in the room of Abiathar and the king sent and called for Shimei and said
unto him build thee and house in Jerusalem and dwell there and go not
forth then any wither for it shall be that on the day thou goest out and
passeth over the Brook of Kidron thou shalt not know for certain that thou
shall surely die thy blood shall be upon thine own head and Shimei said unto the
king the saying is good as my lord the king hath said so I thy servant so so
will thy servant do and Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days and it came to pass
at the end of three years that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto
Akish son of Mahalka king of Gath and they told Shimei saying behold thy
servant be in Gath and Shimei arose and saddled his ass and went to Gath to
Akish to seek his servant and Shimei went to went and brought his servants
from Gath and it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath
and was come again and the king sent and called for Shimei and said unto him did
I not make thee to swear by the Lord and protested unto thee saying no for a
certain on the day that thou goest out that thou goest out and walketh abroad
with their wither that thou shalt surely die and thou saidest unto me the word
that I have heard is good why then hast thou not kept the oath of the Lord and
the commandment that I have charged with thee charged thee with the king said
moreover to Shimei thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to
that thou didst to David my father therefore the Lord shall return thy
wickedness upon thine own head and King Solomon shall be blessed and the throne
of David shall be established before the Lord forever so the king commanded
the Naya the son of Jehoi to which went out and fell upon him that he died and
the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon
let's pray
I'll put this here
all right first Kings chapter 2 is where we're going to start out and if you
would look over at verse 10 where the Bible read so David slept with his
fathers and was buried in the city of David in the days that David rained over
Israel were 40 years seven years reindeer heme brawn and thirty and three
years reigned he in Jerusalem then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his
father and his kingdom was established greatly so following the reign of David
Solomon takes the throne his son the son of Bathsheba and the kingdom is
established greatly the Bible says here Solomon what you'll notice about him if
you study the character of Solomon in the Bible is that he is a another type
of Christ and I use the word another because there are many types of Christ
in the Old Testament Solomon being one of them but specifically I think Solomon
pictures Christ in the millennium I think if you were to kind of study his
reign and obviously there are some pictures of the first coming of Christ
in Solomon's life but I think his reign is a type of the millennial reign of
Christ and so that's why my sermon this evening is Solomon's reign in light of
the millennium Solomon's reign in light of the millennium if you're wondering
what is the millennium what do I mean by that the millennium or the millennial
reign of Christ or Christ's kingdom is a 1,000 year period that is coming in the
future it'll happen after Daniel 70th week which is the final seven years
before Christ's kingdom returns revelation chapter 20 refers to this it
says basically that the first resurrection lived and reigned with
Christ a thousand years so there's coming an era in which Jesus is gonna
literally rule the planet it's actually gonna happen it's not something
metaphorical or figurative there are people out there who call themselves a
millennial meaning they don't even believe that Jesus will actually rule
and reign on this earth but the Bible clearly teaches that this will occur one
day see we're gonna die and go to heaven but then we'll come back at the Battle
of Armageddon when Jesus you know riding the horse etcetera this you know he
destroys the New World Order and sets up his kingdom a literal 1,000 year reign
of Jesus is coming on this earth towards the end of that 1,000 year period Satan
is loosed from hell for a season he deceives people then engages in the
Battle of Gog and Magog in which he's destroyed wiped out and then we move
into the new heaven a new earth and all of eternity but this sermon is going to
explain to you or demonstrate rather that Solomon's reign has several
different parallels with the reign of Jesus Christ that there are several
parallels between Solomon's reign and Christ's coming reign over this earth
is coming Kingdom on this earth head over to first Kings one which should be
you know very close to where you're at right now you'll notice the board up
here and the reason why I wanted to use this is just so I can kind of give you a
broad overview of the points I'm gonna make that way it's all not just mental
you can actually see it outlined for you visually so I'm gonna just go ahead
and move this real quickly like so everybody can see it a little bit better
and I think the room is small enough to where you should be able to see it even
in the cheap seats as they say
so the first point I wanted to make and we're gonna read some verses in first
Kings chapter 1 but the first point I wanted to make is that Solomon's reign
is kick-started with a trumpet followed by the destruction of his enemies and we
see the same thing with the millennial reign or Christ's kingdom commences
through a trumpet followed by the destruction of Christ's enemies and
we'll notice this look at verse 38 in first Kings 1 verse 38 where the Bible
reads so Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada
and the Carathites and the Pelethites went down and caused Solomon to ride
upon King David's mule and brought him to Gihon and Zadok the priest took an
horn of oil out of the tabernacle and anointed Solomon and they blew the
trumpet and all the people said God save King Solomon Solomon begins his reign
with a trumpet sound now think about this try and pay attention here to what
I'm about to say Solomon becomes the king during a time period in which
Adonijah the son of Hagith who's also the son of David had exalted himself it
was a self exaltation into a position of authority so again Solomon becomes king
during a time in which Adonijah his half-brother exalted himself into a
position of authority David had been unaware of this at the time and it was
Solomon who becomes the king during this period like I said in which Adonijah had
exalted himself into a seat of authority look at verse 41 and Adonijah and all
the guests that were with him heard as it as let me back up here and Adonijah
and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of
eating and when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet he said where of is this
noise of the city being in an uproar and while he had spake behold Jonathan the
son of Abiathar the priest came and Adonijah said unto him come in for thou
art a valiant man and bring his good tidings and Jonathan answered and said
to Adonijah barely our Lord King David hath made Solomon king so David makes
Solomon king as Adonijah begins the self-appointed reign puts himself in
that position but what I want you to notice is Jonathan kind of as a side
note here he's being flattered by Adonijah that's why he says come in for
thou art a valiant man bringing good tidings he's trying to flatter him it's
an insincere comment that he's making to puff him up keep a finger in first Kings
one where you're actually put keep a finger first Kings chapter two look at
Revelation 11 with me if you would revelation chapter 11 a trumpet sounds
signaling the start of Solomon's reign and he displaces Adonijah we see in the
end times this is exactly like the start of Jesus Christ's reign the seventh
trumpet sounds and Jesus displaces who the Antichrist so Adonijah would be a
parallel or maybe a picture of the Antichrist in this particular scenario
and Solomon would be a picture of Jesus and you'll notice that in Revelation 11
where I had you turn in verse 15 revelation chapter 11 look at verse 15
where the Bible read and the seventh angel sounded and there were great
voices in heaven saying the kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of
our Lord and of his Christ and he shall reign forever and ever you might ask the
question what is the exact starting point of Christ's kingdom on this earth
I believe it's when the seventh trumpet sounds at that moment the second that
the seventh trumpet begins I believe the kingdoms I mean it says it that's what
the text says the kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our
Lord and of his Christ some would ask well is it a actual audible trumpet I
really don't that possibly maybe it's it's being blown in heaven or something
like that but my point still stands you have a trumpet the seventh trumpet
sounding and then you have the reign of Christ beginning well Solomon's reign
began with a trumpet and of course we know that Solomon displaced Adonijah
just as sure as Jesus displaces the Antichrist go back to 1st Kings 2 if you
would 1st Kings chapter 2 so that's the first component when we look at the
start of both of these kingdoms is you have a wicked person being displaced the
Antichrist and Adonijah you have a trumpet in both scenarios as well which
I think is relevant but we also have the destruction of adversaries and this
makes me really happy because I know that the reprobate God hitters of this
world are gonna get what's coming to them eventually even if it doesn't
happen right now and the first guy to get nuked in Solomon's Kingdom is
Adonijah and we'll read about it in 1st Kings 2 verse 23 1st Kings chapter 2
verse 23 says then King Solomon swear by the Lord saying God do so to me and more
also if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life just to give
you some context what he's referring to is when Adonijah had asked to marry
Abishag he asked it basically to marry Abishag in order to marry his way to the
throne and the thing is by this point he had already been displaced and here he
is again trying to weasel his way into authority so that's why Solomon is very
upset verse 24 now therefore as the Lord liveth which hath established me and set
me on the throne of David my father and who hath made me in house as he
promised Adonijah shall be put to death this day and King Solomon sent by the
hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada and he fell upon him that he died he asked
Bathsheba to marry Abishag and that was his way of marrying his you know way
into the into authority that's what he was attempting to do that was his method
to marry his way into authority after already conceding power Solomon
recognizes this attempt at his own exaltation and he takes care of him he
slays him that's it he's done there are a couple of other people when James was
reading the chapter you might have noticed who also get what's coming to
them Joab is slain in 1st Kings 2 verses 30 and 31 what happened with job well
Joab was guilty of murder he murdered Amasa and Abner and so he's done right
Solomon takes him out Shimei who at one point had cursed David well Solomon told
him hey don't leave the city limits he leaves anyway to go chase some servants
and so Solomon takes him out as well what does this remind me of well like I
said we have the adversaries we have the enemies getting wiped out here at the
very beginning of this rain well Jesus Christ himself said and those who
believe that Jesus would you know he's all love and rainbows all the time and
never gets angry or anything like that they I'm sure have cut this verse out of
their Bible but in Luke 19 it says but those mine enemies which would not that
I should reign over them bring hither and slay them before me those are the
words of Christ that's what Jesus said and when he made that statement I
believe what Solomon did during his reign wiping out these adversaries
wiping out these enemies is reminiscent of what Jesus Christ said would happen
when he sets up his kingdom on this earth that those who would not have him
to reign over them are going to be slain they're going to be wiped out evil will
be eradicated is the point I'm trying to make the God haters the reprobates I
believe those who had taken the mark of the beast in their right hand or forehead
they're done when the millennium is when the millennium starts when Jesus sets up
his reign his kingdom it's over for them we also know that it doesn't end there
the Battle of Armageddon this happens at the tail end of Daniel 70th week when
Jesus comes back with us and we get to watch him destroy the Antichrist armies
we get to watch him wipe out the New World Order he he destroys he wipes out
the Antichrist New World Order that one world government system he's gonna set
up on this earth which by the way is really just a counterfeit of Christ's
kingdom itself the New World Order the globalist government that the Antichrist
will set up as a counterfeit of the millennium in and of itself the beast
and the false prophet are thrown into the lake of fire we know the devil is
locked in hell for a period of a thousand years before he's loosed for a
season Gog and Magog happens and then he's thrown permanently into the lake of
fire but we see that regarding Solomon he takes out Adonijah he takes out
Shimei Joab also if you paid attention to the chapter James was reading Abiathar
the priest was thrust out of that office which was a fulfillment of a prophecy
that had been uttered going all the way back to the time of the sons of Eli and
so my point is we see judgment at the beginning of Solomon's reign both
kingdoms start with a trumpet sound during the self-appointed reign of an
adversary and then you also have the destruction of enemies you have the
destruction of adversaries you have these people being wiped out basically
you have both Solomon and Christ cleaning house before we really get into
the main portion of their reigns respectively and so I wanted to note
that on the board so again the purpose of this is just to show you the
parallels so you can visualize it for yourself and the first thing I wanted to
note on the board is that we've got the trumpet sounds in both instances and
enemies being slain so I'm gonna write that here as the first picture we're
gonna look at this evening trumpet and then enemy slain you say I can't read
that well this is the best I can do for you Solomon will be green Christ's
kingdom will be noted in blue we have trumpet slash enemies slain and for
those of you watching at home and you can't see the board why you got to come
to church if you can't see it but I'm just reiterating my points on there
you're not missing much if you can't see the board all right folks at home so
don't get too upset about that here's my next point
Solomon builds the temple we know that he builds his temple Solomon's temple is
what it's often referred to and Jesus actually the Bible says will build a
temple for his reign and I believe that during the millennial reign of Christ
there will be an actual physical temple in Jerusalem from which Christ will reign
and rule over the entire world I won't go to the scriptures but we all know it
Solomon built the house of God right everybody knows that that's you know one
of the real big distinctions of his reign is that you know one of the
distinct aspects I should say of his reign is that he built the house of God
what else did he do though we know that the Ark of the Covenant was placed
inside that temple where in the holiest of all so the temple of God had an
innermost sanctuary which contained the Ark of the Covenant and that Ark of the
Covenant obviously that portion of the sanctuary is a figure of heaven itself
there is an Ark of the Covenant in heaven there's a throne all those things
actually exist in heaven so the temple was an earthly figure of heavenly things
but the Ark of the Covenant was a picture of God's presence so that being placed
inside the temple of God I think points us to the fact that Jesus who is God
obviously that would constitute Jesus would constitute the presence of God he
will reign from a temple as well during the millennium look at Zechariah 6 if
you would Zechariah chapter 6 as I said the Bible teaches that Jesus will
construct a temple for his own reign that's where he's gonna rule the entire
planet from and I can't wait for this day I'm very excited for the millennium
I'm excited for Jesus Christ to set up his kingdom on this earth and we can see
what righteousness actually looks like a righteous government I should say what a
righteous government actually looks like it seems that our current government
gets more satanic by the day and so I tell you what I'll be welcoming this
perfect government when it's finally set up on this earth but I had you turn to
Zechariah 6 look at verse 12 this is where I would get this doctrine from it
says and speak unto him saying thus speak at the Lord of hosts saying behold
the man whose name is the branch and he shall grow up out of his place and he
shall build the temple of the Lord some would say well that's talking about
Zerubbabel's temple and I would say yeah probably right but see there's a concept
called dual fulfillment that you'll note in Scripture which is that sometimes
particular portions of your Bible especially dealing with prophecy have
multiple fulfillments and so yes the book of Zechariah talks a lot about the
temple that will be built following the captivity of Judah for 70 years the
Babylonians ruled over them but I also think that we can make an application
for the millennial reign of Christ and here we have the branch an obvious
reference to Jesus and we see that the building of the temple is attributed to
the branch and so it's Jesus who will build this temple I believe that he's
gonna rule from himself for the 1,000 year kingdom that he sets up on this
earth look at verse 13 even he shall build the temple of the Lord and he
shall bear the glory and shall sit and rule upon his throne and it shall be a
priest upon his throne and the council of peace shall be between them both
Jesus will rule on his throne he will have all authority over the entire
planet and he's gonna be a priest upon his throne what does that really mean
well that means that he's going to be both priest and King Jesus will be both
priest and King that reminds me of Melchizedek who was an Old Testament
theophany a fancy theological word for appearance right an appearance of Christ
who's who Melchizedek was the temple that you read about described in the
book of Ezekiel starting in chapter 40 this is another example in your Bible of
dual fulfillment because that temple that's described in the book of Ezekiel
is both the temple that gets rebuilt following the captivity of Judah and in
some instances it's also pointing to a temple that will be present that will be
around that will exist during the reign of Christ himself the Bible tells us
this in Ezekiel chapter 43 it talks about the place of Christ's throne in
this temple described in the book of Ezekiel go to 1st Kings 4 if you would
flip backwards to 1st Kings chapter 4 and for this sermon there will be a lot
of flipping back and forth between Old Testament and New Testament sort of a
Bible study tonight I you know got some things off my chest in the morning and
so we're going to do a Bible study this afternoon Luke chapter 1 says as you
turn to 1st Kings chapter 4 and behold thou shalt conceive in thy womb and
bring forth a son and shall call his name Jesus famous cluster of verses here
he shall be great and shall be called the son of the highest and the Lord God
shall give unto him the throne of his father David and he shall reign over the
house of Jacob forever and of his kingdom there shall be no end so Jesus
kingdom will never end and the Bible also tells us that Jesus will be given
the throne of his father David well that's like Solomon as well Solomon was
also given the throne of his father David now I what I really think this is
in reference to is the Davidic covenant the promise that was made to King David
that his descendants would be kings forever and so that's what I think it's
referring to in Luke 1 what it says that he's gonna get the throne of his father
David will see the fulfillment of that Davidic covenant again the promise that
was made to David that his descendants would be kings for all of eternity that
is fulfilled in Christ in that way he receives the throne of David well
Solomon also did so that's another parallel that we see between Solomon's
reign and Christ's reign and I'm gonna put this on the board just so you can
visualize it for yourself so again we've got Solomon building the temple well
I'll just start with Jesus first so quick so Jesus builds the temple and
sits on David's throne and I'll just say slash David's throne and then we
also see the same thing with Solomon he's supposed to be green I forgot so
Solomon does the exact same thing he builds a temple as well and he also
sits on David's throne and I'll just put slash throne all right but let's
move on now to another parallel that we see between Solomon's Kingdom and
Christ's coming Kingdom which is this Solomon had authority figures under him
well Christ's Kingdom will also feature authority figures under him as well look
at 1st Kings where I had you turn chapter 4 and verse 7 1st Kings 4 and
verse 7 and notice what the Bible says and Solomon had 12 officers over all
Israel which provided vittles for the king and his household each man his
month in a year made provision 1st Kings 4 lays out Solomon's cabinet if you want
to call it that and we see an outline basically of those who are in authority
a portion of his authority structure his cabinet his administration is kind of a
modern way that we would describe this are these 12 officers who are over all
of Israel it says that they provided vittles for the king what this means is
that they provided food for him that's what the vittles is talking about it's
talking about food for the king and for his household it says each man his month
in a year made provision so these 12 officers are almost like tax collectors
and what they do is they provided vittles or food for the king and his
household each month now this doesn't mean that they had no work to do for 11
months out of the year but rather I'm sure that for those 11 for the 11 month
period in which you know they weren't necessarily giving the food over to the
king and his household they were probably gathering it and working hard
to provide vittles for the ruler of their kingdom turn to Isaiah chapter 32
if you would Isaiah chapter 32 and when I think of these 12 officers who are
over all Israel as it says in 1st Kings chapter 4 I think of what Jesus said in
Matthew 19 when he said verily I say unto you that ye which have followed me
in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory he
also shall sit upon 12 thrones judging the 12 tribes of Israel the 12 tribes
will very likely have different responsibilities than the 12 officers so
not every type or picture or figure is perfect but I think you kind of see the
same thing in the sense that you've got 12 officers who have certain
responsibilities under Solomon and Jesus says that the disciples will have 12
thrones ruling over a regenerated Israel during Christ's Kingdom and I think that
the Apostle Paul is probably the one who replaces Judas when it comes to this 12
disciple sort of lineup that Jesus is referring to in Matthew chapter number
19 here's my theory I think during the millennium what happens is the 12
thrones are the 12 disciples including Paul who rule over Israel and then we
rule over other parts of the world so there might be someone in this room who
gets to rule over Texas there might be somebody in this room who gets to rule
over Florida and the thing you say well what about Babylon I thought Babylon's
totally destroyed well Babylon could just be one city which I mean the Bible
describes it as a city so maybe it's New York City and you get to rule over Texas
while you watch New York City be desolate and burn to a crisp that
sounds like a pretty good deal to me but my point is that I think we'll be ruling
outside of the land of Israel that nation of Israel outside of Jerusalem
and it'll be that particular land of Israel where the 12 disciples rule from
12 thrones over the 12 tribes who are regenerated meaning they're in their
glorified bodies and so what this tells me is that there are different levels of
authority in Christ's Kingdom just like there were levels different levels of
authority in Solomon's Kingdom as well say how are we going to when are we
going to find out what exactly our authority is or what that looks like or
who will be reigning over during Christ's Kingdom will be ruling in
reigning with Jesus when do we get to know what our responsibilities will be
well that I believe will occur at the judgment seat of Christ at the judgment
seat of Christ Jesus will analyze all the works you've done it'll be
determined your works will determine how much authority you have during the
millennium and I'm sure that there are going to be certain people who have very
little authority and there are going to be others who rule over many different
cities that's all going to be determined by your everyday life right now that's
what will determine how much you get to rule over during the millennium first
Kings 4 says so King Solomon was king over all Israel I had to turn to Isaiah
32 I'm just going to quote this for you it says King Solomon was king over all
Israel and these were the princes which he had and it goes on from there naming
all the princes we see that same structure regarding Christ's Kingdom
look at Isaiah 32 verse 1 what's the structure by the way Solomon's the head
of the kingdom he's the ruler and he's got princes under him look at Isaiah 32
it says behold a king shall reign in righteousness and princes shall rule in
judgment so we've got a king we've got a ruler we've got someone in authority
but we also have princes as well so this king will reign in righteousness who's
that referring to none other than Jesus it's talking about Jesus and then
princes will rule under him well those would be believers those would be us who
are saved and basically if you've done many mighty works for God then you'll be
able to rule over many cities during this time period Jesus the Bible tells
us will make us kings and priests talks about that in the book of Revelation
multiple times we will reign under him on this earth it's going to happen one
day and so you have to keep this in mind when you struggle to find motivation to
go out soul-winning or if there is ever a time where you you get plagued with
laziness and maybe you don't want to get up out of bed and make a
soul-winning time or get up out of bed and make it to church on a Sunday
morning the work that you do for the Lord matters right now everything is
consequential everything has eternal ramifications when it comes to serving
God serving the Lord Jesus Christ has very real eternal ramifications meaning
that what you do now what you sow now you'll reap later the more you decide to
serve God the more all in it the more you decide to say you know what I am all
in the more hours that you put in laboring for Christ it's going to pay
off later when you're given much authority during his reign look at 2nd
Chronicles if you would 2nd Chronicles chapter 9 2nd Chronicles chapter 9 so
another parallel that we see I believe is we have a king with princes in
Solomon's kingdom and in Christ's kingdom we also have a king who is Jesus
with princes who will be the believers and their level of authority is
determined by their works so I'll just go ahead and note that here on the board
king with princes for Solomon and the same concept exists in Christ's kingdom
where there will be a king who is Jesus the king of kings the Lord of Lords and
princes as well prince can be synonymous with King basically somebody who's in
authority here's my fourth point as we continue this Bible study my fourth
point is people sought the wisdom of Solomon during his reign and will also
see that people will seek to be taught by Jesus Christ so in other words
they'll be seeking the wisdom of Christ during his reign that's another parallel
that you'll notice between Solomon's kingdom and Christ's kingdom I had you
turn to 2nd Chronicles 9 look at verse 22 2nd Chronicles chapter 9 in verse 22
it says and King Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom
and all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his
wisdom that God had put in his heart you might be familiar with the Queen of
Sheba and the story of her traveling to go and see for herself the wisdom of
Solomon and and what he would say proving him with questions we see here
that the kings of the earth that talks about in 2nd Chronicles chapter 9
sought the presence of Solomon so they can hear his wisdom obviously so that
they can acquire knowledge from him and listen to him speak and hear what he has
to say Solomon prayed for wisdom God gave it to him as a blessing he didn't
pray for riches or anything like that but rather he was lauded by God for
praying for wisdom and he was blessed for doing so and God gave him this
wisdom and we see that it was just so marvelous in a sense I mean people
wanted to go and listen to him speak everybody from all over the world
traveled with certain kings I should say traveled to go hear the wisdom of
Solomon it says he spake 3,000 Proverbs think of the knowledge and the intellect
associated with that claim the amount of intelligence that he had up here
meanwhile our president is a demented pervert who can barely string a sentence
together it's embarrassing this is the most obvious statement I've ever made in
my life but I'd rather have Solomon can we get somebody who's at least like a
quarter of the has the quarter of the intelligence that Solomon has that would
be great instead we have a brain and of that named Joe Biden turn to Isaiah 2 if
you would Isaiah chapter 2 this was a smart guy and his intelligence his
intellect attracted the leaders of this earth who traveled to go meet him people
wanted to hear what he had to say likely so that they can acquire that knowledge
we'll never have that kind of knowledge that Solomon had it was a supernatural
thing I believe that God gave him but I think we can still take a principle from
this I do want to try and make a few applications as we go along here there
seems to be this ideology in Baptist culture where people almost glory in
foolishness you know I mean you've heard it before it seems to be popular in the
old IFB they think it makes them seem humble when it really doesn't they'll
get up and say well I'm just a country bumpkin I can barely understand my Bible
I just played a banjo every day and I don't know about one plus one or two I
think I don't know it's like that's not what we should be as Christians we
should be and you know you want to be a an effective ambassador for Christ seek
wisdom sink seek knowledge intellect be someone that is attractive to others in
the sense that they want to hear what you have to say you know and that takes
study and reading different books and things of that nature and it takes a
long time to get there but we should be a people who are known for wisdom people
of wisdom I think that's a principle we can get from that obviously Solomon
prayed for his wisdom came from God and it was an unbelievable amount of
intellect that he had so I'm not I'm not saying that should even be a goal for us
because I don't think it's realistic but still the principle is we should be a
people of wisdom now Isaiah chapter 2 here's the parallel with Christ's
kingdom it says in verse number 2 and it shall come to pass in the last days that
the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the
mountains and shall be exalted above the hills and all nations shall flow unto it
and many people shall go and say come ye and let us go up to the mountain of the
Lord to the house of the God of Jacob and he will teach us of his ways and we
will walk in his paths for out of Zion shall go forth the law and the word of
the Lord from Jerusalem out of Zion will go forth what the law the law of God will
be back when Christ reigns on this earth and we and and the Bible says in Isaiah
chapter 2 that people will seek to be taught of God people will be will seek
to be taught of the Lord Jesus Christ it says many people shall go and say come
and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord to the house of the God of Jacob
and he will teach us of his ways so in other words they're seeking out Christ's
wisdom just as sure as there were people during Solomon's time who sought his
wisdom so that's a parallel I think we can observe between Christ's kingdom and
Solomon's kingdom so I'm gonna note that on the board Solomon's wisdom was sought
during his reign Solomon's wisdom sought past tense because it already
happened and then we've got Christ's wisdom which will be sought in the
future and that is an infinite amount of wisdom folks you want to talk imagine
hey I'm gonna go hang out with Jesus and and and hear him expound the
scriptures to me how cool would that be you know I always wish I was on the the
walk to Emmaus and listening to him go through the scriptures and and like
point out every single portion of the Old Testament that figured him or that
was a picture or symbol of Christ what an awesome walk that would have been but
we'll get to do something similar in the millennium when we go and see Christ's
wisdom so Christ's wisdom will be sought that's a parallel that I think is
apparent when you look at both of these kingdoms let's look at the fifth point
now that I have for you if you would turn to Isaiah 11
so during before I get into my fifth point during Christ's kingdom Christ's
wisdom will be sought people are going to want to learn from him they're gonna
want to be taught of Christ just like Solomon's wisdom was sought during his
kingdom but here's something for you to take home with you the populace is gonna
go to want to hear Christ during his kingdom during his reign so essentially
you're gonna have church for a thousand years that's what's going on here look
if you don't like church you better start liking it because if you're saved
this church is gonna last a thousand years and really going all the way into
eternity because the Father will reign it will will dwell with us on the new
heaven a new earth so get ready for a thousand years of church my friend man
this sermons lasting a really long time you how about a thousand years and you
know what it's not gonna be a social club it's not gonna be fantasy football
roundtable hour where everybody's talking about the Dallas Cowboys or I
guess I'm in Houston my bad Houston Texans but they suck so Dallas frankly
you know they're bad too but my point is let's not get going to the NFL now right
my point is that look many people are gonna are gonna go to the house of God
so they can learn more about Jesus and that ought to be the exact same goal
that we have as Bible believing Christians today when we walk through
the through that door that we come here and it's not about gossip it's not about
you know trying to exalt yourself it's not about looking spiritual it's not
about any of those vain things but rather it's about coming here listening
to the Word of God being preached and ultimately learning more about Jesus
that's what it's all about that's what it's about to learn more about Christ
because it's all about Christ it's all about Jesus it always will be and during
the millennium it'll be all about Christ as well his wisdom will be sought
after and I'm looking forward to that day if I haven't told you already turn
to Isaiah chapter 11 here's my fifth point Isaiah chapter 11 is where I'd
like you to turn my fifth point is this Solomon's reign will be a time of safety
just as the millennium will be also a time of safety security peace as well
first Chronicles 22 I'm going to quote this for you it says behold a son shall
be born to thee who shall be a man of rest and I will give him rest from all
his enemies round about for his name shall be Solomon and I will give peace
and quietness unto Israel in his days when Solomon reigned his kingdom enjoyed
peace quietness security safety when Christ reigns we will also enjoy with
him as we rule and reign with Jesus peace quietness safety security there
will be no more wars that we have to worry about armed conflict will be a
thing of the past the era of Solomon was known for security that was like this
but it was really just a figure of the kingdom that is to come later on which
is Christ's kingdom and think of the blessing that's associated with peace
and the Bible likens it to a blessing the opposite is also important to note
and what I mean by that is a time of incessant warfare is God's judgment on a
nation for example when King Asa transgressed and he didn't rely on the
Lord get a faith problem what was the judgment that was dulled out toward him
it was this thou shalt have wars that's what God said to him thou shalt have
wars and I feel like somewhere you know in heaven obviously God said that about
America thou shalt have wars thus for the majority of this nation's existence
seemingly this country has been entangled in military conflict after
military conflict we all know about the military industrial complex we know
about all these foreign wars in the Middle East that the United States has
stuck its nose in for the benefit of weapons manufacturers and this constant
state of warfare characterizes American culture because God's not blessing this
nation the ultimate blessing will come during Christ's kingdom where there
won't be a military industrial complex they'll just be Jesus and us ruling with
him and a time of peace Isaiah 32 tells us and my people shall dwell in a
peaceable habitation and ensure dwellings and in quiet resting places
so the millennium is referenced as a time of peace a peaceable habitation
quiet resting we see this word rest associated with Christ's kingdom as well
I had you turn to Isaiah 11 well let's look at verse 6 and these are some
interesting verses here about the millennium Isaiah 11 verse 6 the Bible
reads the wolf also shall dwell with the lamb so we have a wolf literally
dwelling with a lamb that is different and the leopard shall lie down with the
kid and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together and a little child
shall lead them and the cow and the bear shall feed their young one shall lie
down together and the lion shall eat straw like the ox and the sucking child
shall play on the whole of the asp and the weaned child shall put his hand on
the cockatrice's den they shall not hurt nor destroy at all my holy mountain for
the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea
and in that day there shall be a root of Jesse which shall stand for an ensign of
the people to which shall the Gentiles seek notice and his rest shall be
glorious so what do we have going on here wolves dwelling with lambs you've
got the cows and the bears feeding lions no longer a carnivore and the asp it
said the asp is a snake by the way so that's what it's referring to when it
uses that terminology their asp talking about babies playing where snakes are
typically found that sounds insane to us right now during this time imagine
letting your kids go play in a pit of snakes probably not gonna happen
probably we wouldn't work out very well for them but during the millennium it'll
be perfectly fine because elements of the curse will be removed during
Christ's reign over this earth certain elements of the curse lifted when Jesus
reigns on this earth and so we'll see a time of peace unlike anything this
planet has ever seen that's what's gonna happen that's what awaits those who are
saved those who are alive as Jesus sets up his kingdom but at the end of Isaiah
11 what I really wanted to hone in on is when it says his rest shall be glorious
it uses that word rest rest is what the globalists are trying to convince people
their government will offer them that's what they're offering hey we need a
world government to provide the earth with rest peace security but it's
actually going to be a false sense of security when the Antichrist sets up his
kingdom that will be a false sense of security but in reality Christ's rule
will be when we see true security and true peace on this earth people out
there to make themselves feel good talk about how they're striving for world
peace well good luck with that it's never gonna happen but if you want world
peace Jesus will give it to you through his kingdom so get saved and you can
reign with him get saved and you can reign with him I'll note this on the
board so we have safety slash peace as an element of both kingdoms we've got
safety and peace here in Solomon's kingdom that's what characterized it and
we see the same thing regarding Christ's kingdom and by the way there are so many
other parallels that I could talk about but I'm just limiting it to six so let's
turn back to first Kings chapter 4 if you would first Kings chapter 4 Zechariah
8 if you read that there's a portion of that chapter where it refers to the
streets being filled with boys and girls playing it basically what it's trying to
convey is that it's gonna be so secure that kids will be playing in the streets
and it won't there won't be any anxiety basically attached to that because it's
a time of peace the parents will let their kids play in the streets without a
care in the world no problems whatsoever and you know what a concept in some
neighborhoods that doesn't exist because of the crime rate look at first Kings
4 verse 25 it says in Judah and Israel dwelt safely every man under his vine
and under his fig tree from Dan even to Beer Sheba all the days of Solomon if
you study the scriptures about Solomon's kingdom and Christ's kingdom you'll
notice that I forgot to write this safety and peace oh no I did never mind
you've got safety and peace with Christ's kingdom you've also got it with
Solomon's kingdom we know that he's a man of rest Christ's kingdom is also
connected to that word rest but we also see an interesting phrase that is
connected to Solomon's reign it says that Judah and Israel will dwell safely
every man under his vine and under his fig tree now that phrase there under his
vine under his fig tree is also found in Micah chapter 4 which is about the
millennial reign of Christ there's a special significance to this phrase so
turn if you would to Micah chapter 4 and we'll look at it Micah chapter 4 and
keep in mind that phrase under the vine under the fig tree Solomon's kingdom is
an era where Israel will dwell safely under the vine every man under the vine
and under the fig tree that same verbiage is used in Micah chapter 4 Micah
chapter 4 when you get there look at verse 3 Micah chapter 4 and verse 3
let's look at the usage of that phrase under the vine and fig tree in Micah 4
verse 3 where the Bible reads and he shall judge among many people and rebuke
strong nations afar off and they shall beat their swords into plowshares and
their spears into pruning hooks nation shall not lift up a sword against nation
neither shall they learn war anymore side note the anti-gun people I talked
about in the morning they'll rip this verse out of context I've seen them do
it many times see you know God's anti-gun you're not supposed to defend
yourself like you'd study the chapter okay it's about the millennium look at
verse 4 but they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree
and none shall make them afraid for the mouth of the Lord of hosts has spoken it
so that same exact verbiage used to describe Christ's kingdom Solomon's
kingdom just to recap it's a time of peace men as well under the vine under
the fig tree Christ's kingdom a time of peace where people are under the vine
under the fig tree they're being protected is the point it's it's in
reference to security and and and peace and they're not being any wars anymore
Zechariah 3 also uses this verbiage it refers to the iniquity being removed
from Israel we know that'll happen I already talked about during this stage
when Christ's enemies are slain that's when iniquity is removed from the land
as is described in Zechariah chapter 3 and then every man will dwell under his
vine under his fig tree because it'll be a time of peace and safety and there
won't be any wars anymore let's turn back to first Kings chapter 4 and I'll
get into my final point for the evening first Kings chapter 4 so far we've
talked about how both kingdoms commenced with a trumpet sound during the time in
which an adversary was reigning in Solomon's case it was Adonijah the son
of Hagith and David and Christ's kingdom we know that it started with a trumpet
the seventh trumpet and the Antichrist was reigning Antichrist was
reigning at the time we know that enemies were slain in both cases in
Solomon's kingdom here's a parallel that Solomon built the temple of God and sat
on David's throne and Jesus according to Zechariah 6 will build a temple that
he'll reign from during his kingdom and sit on David's throne according to Luke
1 in reference to the Davidic covenant you've got a king with princes
constituting the authority structure of Solomon's kingdom and the Bible also
talks about in Isaiah 32 Christ's kingdom featuring him as the ultimate
ruler with princes who will be us as believers God will make us kings and
priests the Bible says Solomon's wisdom was sought after by the populace during
Solomon's kingdom and Christ's kingdom will also feature a time in
which his wisdom is sought after and of course it's a time of safety and peace
Solomon's kingdom a time of safety and peace men dwelling under the vine and
under the fig tree and we see the exact same attribute that is connected to
Christ's kingdom as well and here's the final point before I wrap it up here's
the final point nations submit to Solomon during his reign and offer him
gifts and the exact same thing occurs in Christ's kingdom in that nations will
submit to Jesus his authority and also they will offer him gifts as well first
Kings chapter 4 says in verse 21 and Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from
the river under the land of the Philistines and under the border of
Egypt they brought presents and served Solomon all the days of his life so when
Solomon reigned over Israel there were other nations as well that submitted to
him and they offered him gifts they were serving him they were in submission to
him offering him presents or gifts to the king of Israel from the land of the
Philistines the border of Egypt foreshadowing Christ reigning over the
entire earth and Christ also being offered gifts during his reign I'll
quote this for you in Zechariah 14 it says and the Lord shall be king over all
the earth in that day shall there be one Lord in his name one Jesus will
reign over this entire planet the Bible tells us in multiple places see right
now the god of this world Satan he has his tentacles if you will all over the
leadership of this planet every government he's got demons who were
controlling the politicians of this world and he's using these politicians
as pawns to advance his agenda but eventually when that's wiped out it'll
be Jesus reigning over this entire planet and the kings and priests will
actually be righteous during his reign and Christ will be at the apex of his
own authority structure while the redeemed are also reigning with him
under his authority Zechariah chapter 14 also if you were to go read it on your
own time you'll notice that it refers to a punishment for those who don't
celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles this is further proof that God's law will be
implemented during Christ's reign as he rules over the earth that'll be the
authority that he's executing is punishing people for not following his
law you say well what does that really how is that possible they're gonna be
unsafe people during Christ's kingdom all right it'll be those who perhaps
didn't get saved and survived the wrath of God but they didn't necessarily take
the mark they'll make it in and Christians who got saved during the
wrath of God they will make it into the millennium and they'll be having
children I'm sure and those kids may or may not choose to accept the gospel so
you'll have unsafe people during the millennium but my point is this the
Feast of Tabernacles I believe will be celebrated during Christ's Kingdom what
is that well the Feast of Tabernacles according to Leviticus 23 is a
particular feast that the children of Israel had to partake in that
commemorated God's presence when he dwelt with them in the wilderness so
supposed to be a celebration or designed to commemorate God's presence dwelling
with Israel well obviously Jesus it's God's presence and he'll be dwelling in
Jerusalem during his reign so it makes sense for that feast to be celebrated in
Zechariah chapter according to Zechariah chapter 14 but my main port the main
point that I'm trying to make is this we're gonna rule and reign with Christ
and he's gonna rule over the entire planet and also be offered gifts just as
Solomon had other nations outside of Israel submitting to him and they
offered him gifts look at Psalm 72 if you would and we'll see this outlined
Psalm chapter 72 the bottom line is this every knee shall bow every tongue shall
confess that Christ is Lord it will happen whether they loved him or hated
him in this life it's going to happen this planet will one day finally fully
acknowledge the authority of Jesus and he's gonna rule with a rod of iron you
see the first coming of Christ Jesus was meek and merciful and he came to this
earth to be a sacrifice for us who he died on the cross was buried and rose
again to pay the penalty for our sins and it'll be at the third coming if you
will where he's not necessarily me but rather he'll be executing judgment and
wrath he's gonna rule this entire planet with a rod of iron the Bible talks about
a sword coming out of his mouth to smite the enemies Psalm 72 is where I had you
turn look at verse 8 Psalm 72 this is another example of dual fulfillment
where you can say it's pointing to Solomon but ultimately Christ it says in
verse 8 he shall have dominion also from sea to sea and from the river under
the ends of the earth verse 9 they that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before
him and his enemies shall lick the dust these people who hate the Lord who hate
God who mocked Jesus well there'll be a time where they lick the dust there'll
be a time where all of God's pent-up frustration and anger is finally poured
out against them and they're gonna wish that they got saved when they had the
opportunity to do so
look at verse 10 we see Dominion from sea to sea river under the ends of the
earth this applies to King Jesus verse 10 the kings of Tarshish and of the
Isles shall bring presents the kings of Sheba and Seba notice shall offer gifts
when it brings up these nations it's basically trying to convey that extreme
portions of the earth so basically all nations will offer Jesus gifts just as
we see that Solomon was offered gifts as well look at verse 11 yay all King shall
fall down before him all nations shall serve him Christ will rule over the
entire planet and the nations will submit to him just as we saw nations
submitting to Solomon and that'll be what I note as the final parallel
between these two kingdoms you have nations submitting here in Solomon's
reign and offering gifts slash gifts and then we see the exact same verbiage
applied to Christ's Kingdom in Psalm 72 where nations submit to him and the idea
that Jesus will be reigning over the entire planet is found in multiple
scores of scriptures but Psalm 72 does mention the gifts and it makes sense
because I believe there's a dual fulfillment in Psalm 72 involving both
Solomon and Jesus let's turn if you would to first Kings 10 and we'll be
done that'll be the last passage that we look at first Kings chapter 10 and then
I'll wrap it up so just as King Solomon received presents and gifts so too will
King Jesus just as the surrounding nations had been submitting to Solomon
his authority we see the same thing happening with Christ's Kingdom he rules
over this entire planet the Bible makes that clear Matthew 12 I'll quote this
for you Jesus said this he said the Queen of the South shall rise up in the
judgment with this generation and shall condemn it for she came from the
uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon and behold a greater
than Solomon is here here's a unifying fact about every type of Christ in the
Old Testament Jesus is greater because they're obviously a picture of him
they're figuring him and Christ is greater Jesus himself said a greater
than Solomon is here when he was incarnated on this earth that was a
time in which a greater than Solomon was on the planet was on the earth and it'll
happen again when he sets up his kingdom on this earth we missed out on that first
incarnation but we get to see is the first coming we missed out on the first
coming we get to see the third coming and it's possible that we might see the
second coming which is the rapture if the tribulation occurs in our timeline
now as much wisdom as Solomon had and I talked a little about how the intellect
that he had was such that people traveled to go listen to him speak and
learn from him as much wisdom as he had as much intellect and knowledge that he
had Queen the Queen of Sheba going to listen to what he had to say hey a
greater than Solomon like I said was incarnated on this earth the wisdom of
Christ is unimaginable we can't even fathom how much knowledge Jesus has it
is infinite it is infinite knowledge his first coming what he was meek he was he
was lowly nothing wrong with that but he was meek and lowly and and and came not
to condemn the earth but rather to save men from their sins but it'll be at the
beginning of his kingdom when he wipes out his enemies when the wrath of God is
poured out on this world the planets gonna see another side of Christ the
planet will see another side of the God that we worship it'll be his anger it'll
be his wrath now praise God for those who were saved we're not gonna see that
side of him we're saved we'll be in heaven when God pours out his wrath on
this earth and when we come for Christ's kingdom we're not gonna be the ones who
were slain it's his enemies that are gonna be to destroy it's his enemies
that will be wiped out as he sets up his kingdom for the state we'll get to rule
and reign with him praise God for that praise God for the gospel praise God for
eternal life praise God that he'll make us kings and priests unto him one day
that we get to rule with Jesus over this entire planet let's use that as
motivation to say hey we're gonna let's serve God as much as possible let's get
many souls saved let's turn many to righteousness let's read our Bibles
let's get the sin out of our lives so we can have as much authority as as we
possibly can during this time because what we do on this earth matters what we
do has eternal ramifications that's the point I'm trying to drill home for you
this evening some would say well okay this is kind of cool how do I apply it
that's how realize that there's eternity coming in the future it will happen and
you don't want to not accomplish as much as you could have and then you know not
receive the rewards that you could have gotten for all of eternity think of this
life versus eternity it's a vapor it's such a small infinitesimal amount of
time compared to all of eternity 1st Kings 10 is where I had you turn look at
verse 4 and when the Queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom and the house
that he had built and the meat of his table and the sitting of his servants
and the attendance of his ministers and their apparel and his cup bearers and
his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the Lord there was no more
spirit in her and she said to the king it was a true report that I heard in
mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom how be it I believed not the
words until I came and my eyes had seen it and behold the half was not told me
thy wisdom and prosperity exceeded the fame which I heard the Queen of Sheba
heard through the grapevine of the acts of Solomon and she was impressed enough
to travel to see his kingdom and what she says there in verse 7 is I think
really powerful she says the half was not told her of his wisdom of his
prosperity it exceeds what she had heard it exceeds perhaps the rumors that have
been swirling where she dwelt and when she came and saw it firsthand when she
was an eyewitness to what Solomon was accomplishing over Israel she said the
half was not been told the half has not been told her everything that he was
doing in Israel well the same thing applies for us and it applies for Jesus
it applies with regard to Christ's kingdom the half has not yet been told
what Christ's kingdom is gonna look like the wisdom and the intellect and the
knowledge that he's gonna disperse all over the world and this earth will be
filled with the knowledge of God the Bible talks about in Hebrews 8 and other
places during this kingdom the half has not been told of what we still have yet
to witness from this point going on into eternity the half has not been told what
Christ's reign will look like yes Solomon's kingdom I think helps us maybe
visualize or conceptualize it a little bit but ultimately the half has not been
told yet of what Christ's reign on this earth will look like just as the Queen
of Sheba's perception of what Solomon's kingdom really was like was ultimately
just the tip of the iceberg our perception of the millennium of Christ's
reign on this earth is actually just the tip of the iceberg compared to what it
will be in reality so as we read the Bible and we look at some of these
stories we read and we learn about some of these stories whether it's in the Old
Testament or the New Testament you think about the Exodus of the children of
Israel and their time in the wilderness and the setting up of the ancient nation
of Israel and then you look at you know these miracles of the New Testament the
ministry of Christ on this earth the first coming of Christ his earthly
ministry we read about all these things and perhaps the thought might enter your
mind that says man I feel like we kind of missed out and in a sense we did miss
out on those things but we can still read about them we can still read about
them but here's my point there's still a lot left for us to experience the half
has not yet been told the half has not yet been told about the prosperity that
we're going to witness with regard to Christ's kingdom the knowledge the
intellect that will go forth and disseminate all over the planet as a
result of Christ's kingdom we have so much that we have to look forward to
there's so much yet to be revealed there's so much doctrine yet to be
revealed there's so much that we have yet to witness and and that ought to
give you a little encouragement I gives me encouragement for sure yeah we might
have missed out on some of these stories in the sense that we weren't there but
we will be there for the rapture we will be there for the millennial reign and we
will be there for the new heaven and new earth as we dwell with Jesus and God the
Father forever the best part here's what I'm trying to drill in for you this
evening as we wrap it up the best part of your personal Christian journey if
you will it's still to come the half has not yet been told so here are Solomon's
I should say here is or here are some parallels between Solomon's kingdom and
Christ's kingdom we have Solomon's reign kick-starting with a trumpet followed by
the destruction of adversaries we have Jesus's kingdom Christ's kingdom
starting with the seventh trumpet and the destruction of adversaries as well
with the Battle of Armageddon and the enemies being slain like it talks about
in Luke 19 Solomon builds a temple for his reign and we see the same thing in
Zechariah 6 with Jesus building the temple Solomon had authority figures
under him Christ's kingdom will feature authority figures under Jesus Solomon
sought I should say people sought the wisdom of Solomon during his reign and
the same thing will occur with Christ people will seek to learn from Jesus
will go up to listen to him teach them doctrine during his reign Solomon's reign
was also known as a time of safety and peace the millennium is also known as a
time of safety and peace both kingdoms are going to feature a time in which
people dwell under the vine and under the fig tree and finally nations submit
to Solomon and offer him gifts and the same thing will occur according to Psalm
72 when it comes to Christ's kingdom and that nations the entire planet will
submit to him and offer him gifts as well so I think these six points
outline for us the parallels between Solomon's kingdom and Christ's kingdom
and here's what we can apply to our lives it's this the half has not yet
been told what we get to experience the millennial reign all of eternity don't
feel like you missed out on too much there's a lot left there's more of this
story that we all get to see play out in real time so let's bow our heads for a
word of prayer father we thank you for these passages in scripture that
outline for us types and pictures and ultimately they give us a figure of what
will come in the future and I just pray Lord that you would help us to just
look for more of these in the Old Testament we know that there's so many
symbols in the Old Testament that point us to Christ and help us to find them
also Lord help us to remain consistent and diligent and working hard so that
when it's time for us to rule and reign with Christ that we'll have many cities
that will have authority over and in Jesus name I pray amen
all right so go ahead and pull out your hymnals we'll sing our last song the
evening summer four hundred and twelve four hundred and twelve onward Christian
soldiers
let's start there on the first onward Christian soldiers marching as to war
with the cross of Jesus going on before Christ the royal master leads against
the flow forward into battle see his banner go onward Christian soldiers
marching as to war with the cross of Jesus going on before at the sign of
Satan's oh stop please on then Christian soldiers on to victory
hell's foundations quiver at the shout of praise brothers lift your voices
loud your anthem praise onward Christian soldiers marching as to war
with the cross of Jesus going on before like a mighty army move the Church of
God brothers we are dreading where the Saints have trod
we are not divided all one body we one in hope and doctrine one in charity
onward Christian soldiers marching as to war with the cross of Jesus going on
before the last onward then ye people join our happy throng
blend with ours our voices in the triumph song glory Latin honor unto
Christ the key this through countless ages man and angel
see onward Christian soldiers marching as to war with the cross of Jesus going
on before man with that you are dismissed good evening
you