Read: Ecc. 11: 7-12:14; 1 Kings 12; 2 Chron. 10-11:17
Solomon can be pretty depressing. He concludes that everything we do is meaningless so fear God and obey his commands for this is our duty. Solomon needed the joy of the Lord and Jesus. LOL.
In the Kings and Chronicles we read of the split of Israel. I think it is interesting to note that though Rehoboam didn’t choose the wisdom of the aged but foolishly chose the advise of his young friends, he was still a king of David’s lineage. Jeroboam was also raised up by God as his adversary. He was a type of the Anti-Christ. Look at how closely he tries to imitate the real. His name even sounds like Rehoboam’s.
He establishes his own place of worship with priests who were not Levites. He makes golden calves which he sets up at the gates of the entrance and exit of his capital city. He tells the people that these are the ones that delivered Israel from Egypt. Anyone who knew the real story would know that was not true. This tells me that no one was retelling the story of their deliverance and since the people didn’t have a copy of the book of Moses, they would believe anything they were told. How important it is to know scripture! He also built pagan shrines to accommodate those who didn’t want to worship God so they could all coexist in harmony. Sound familiar? And, to make it official, he imitated the Feast of Tabernacles with his own festival in the eighth month instead of the seventh. The devil is so uncreative, he only counterfeits the real.
The Levites left their land in Israel to move to Judah to serve the Lord. For three years they maintained the right kind of worship.
Lord, may we know your Word so we aren’t deceived by the devil’s counterfeit.
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