A BIG DISCOVERY
Praise God. I got it. I got my answer. Solomon is NOT in the blood line of Jesus. This truth is so great that it will shatter your mind. Luke 3:31 holds the key to this very important discovery.
In my post "Just Thinking" I had expressed concern about Solomon being in the lineage of Jesus. He is NOT. At least, he is not in his bloodline. Look in Luke 3:31 and note the following sequence: Salmon (who married Rahab), Boaz, Jesse, David, NATHAN (not Solomon), Mattatha, etc.
The great truth is the following: Genetically, Jesus comes through the blood line of Mary, through David's other son: Nathan.
The reference to Solomon in Matthew (as I had mentioned in Just Thinking) refers to the line of Joseph. Got that. Joseph the husband of Mary. Joseph is not the genetic father of our Lord. Amen. Thank you Lord. I love you for revealing this truth to me. It puts my mind at peace. One more proof that there is no contradiction in scripture.
Note to Rev 2:17: That should answer your question to me this morning big time. God will not remove his mercy from David's son. The reference is not to Solomon.
I'm so glad that you got your piece of mind. Praise the Lord!
To be honest, that puts my mind at piece too.
I don't think I should be writing when I'm sleepy anymore, I always end up with mistakes.
That particular bloodline was excluded from the throne of David because of their apostasy.
Solomon was certainly the heir to the Davidic Covenant and in his righteous days, before his own apostasy, he forshadowed Christ in his act of building the temple and as teacher of wisdom.
Nevertheless, his reign took on a quite different character.
Every Blessing in Christ
Matthew
2Sa 7:12 And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
2Sa 7:13 He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
2Sa 7:14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:
2Sa 7:15 But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
1Ch 22:9 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.
1Ch 28:5 And of all my sons, (for the LORD hath given me many sons,) he hath chosen SOLOMON my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.
1Ch 28:6 And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.
1Ch 28:7 Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day.
1Ch 22:10 He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.
What do you make of that?
I'm confused.
Who can compare and explain
2Samuel 7:14 and 1Chronicles 28:7
1 Chron 28:7 deals with God's unconditional promise of the eternal establishment of the Davidic throne. This is ultimately fulfilled in Christ.
God Bless
Matthew
The promise to Solomon in II Chron 28:7 is conditional. This is key. Moreover I will estalish his kingdom for ever, IF HE BE CONSTANT TO DO MY COMMANDMENTS AND JUDGEMENTS, AS AT THIS DAY.
Was Solomon constant? Never. We know better than that. In verses 9 and 10 David is giving him a personal commandment possibly because he was much concerned.
Read the history of Solomon, you will notice that he spent more time building his own palace before he even started the temple. He built palaces for his wives who turned his heart away. Solomon is a type of the believer in the millennium who will lose his salvation, because it is conditional on works.
Need I tell you that Solomon in the latter years of his life used the temple for witchcraft later on in his life. He is a type of the liberal christians in that he married Pharoah's daughter and allowed all kinds of idol worship in the temple. The masons refer to the key of solomon, and many in the occult consider Solomon as a master magician.
Back to the kings of Judah, Jechoniah an evil king was finally cursed, and God said not one of his descendants would sit on the throne of David. This Jechoniah was a descendant of Solomon as you see in Matthew chapter 1, and his line was cut. God does not play games, and there is no contradiction in scripture.
There is a fine line that we should walk when we interpret these scriptures. Solomon's promise was conditional and he failed big time. David's promise was unconditional. Abraham's promise was unconditinal.
The real promise would be fulfilled in the true Son of David who obeyed the Father and only spoke what the Father gave him. That is why he qualified as Son of David, as Bartemaus the blind called him.
I hope this clears things up a bit.