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Genealogy of Jesus part: 7 Wise king Salmon · The Living Freed Podcast

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Hey y 'all! Hope you're having a great week because
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I definitely am. I'm feeling a lot better. The
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sun is out. It's not warm, so I will not be outside
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much. I did go for a walk with a friend, and
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that was a vibe. Super fun. But really not enjoying
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the cold weather. Now, I have heard that the
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farmers are predicting that we will have a very
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cold winter, possibly very snowy winter in North
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Kakalaki, and honestly, they've never been wrong,
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so I'm not looking forward to it. I am, however,
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looking forward to, you know... I might not love
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the cold weather, but it does kind of set the
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vibes for the holidays. You know, putting on
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your layers, choosing the outfits for those who
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have time and get to do that. It's just waking
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up in the morning like I have not this week been
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able to go to the gym at 6 a .m. because it's
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so cold and it's so dark and I wake up at like
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5 30 and I think I should really get up and go.
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But then I really don't want to get out of bed
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and put on my leggings or multiple layers and
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drive in the dark to the gym to then leave the
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gym with either the sun barely crisping over
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the horizon or not crisping over the horizon
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at all and it still be dark outside. Like it's
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not fun. Anyways, now that's definitely not what's
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out, but that's just my complaint about the cold
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weather and the vibes it's giving. Yeah. So what
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have I been up to? Well, we are supposed to go
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see Zootopia, me and my brother and my roommate.
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So looking forward to that, because I loved the
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first Zootopia. I don't know about y 'all, but
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I vibed with it. Like it's one of my favorites
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for sure out of the most recent cartoons. I say
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recent, it came out in like 2016, I think like
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a long time ago, but it's still, it's still one
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of my, like I would rewatch it. So we're going
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to see the second one. um i know i need to get
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back to the gym i'm just not feeling it in the
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cold weather i'm really not also the salon has
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been strangely empty for the holidays it's been
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really weird i've gotten to like chill out a
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little bit more kind of well no everyone's still
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just as talkative but i've gone to chill it a
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little bit more yeah um haven't done any holiday
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shopping yet and I am driving to Raleigh today.
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I'm gonna go hang out with my friend Rachel and
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I told my little niece that I would take her
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to ice cream or something via my cousin -in -law
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kind of pushing that so we're gonna do that.
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We're gonna go get ice cream hopefully. I need
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to text her mom and actually confirm that. And
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I'm gonna try to be productive with my days off.
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But yeah, I'm going to Raleigh for like the hundredth
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time. I should text my sister too and see if
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I should stop by or can stop by. Yeah, anyways,
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so going to Raleigh, doing all the things, gonna
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hang out with my friends because she got engaged
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like six weeks ago, I guess now, and I haven't
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gotten to see her in person, so I cannot wait
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to see her in that rock on her hand. and just
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have all the girly conversations because I love
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hearing about a proposal. I might be single,
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but I really do love hearing about my friend's
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proposal. So I'm pumped. I'm excited to see her
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and get to go to like one of my OG coffee shops
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in Raleigh. Like such a vibe. Haven't been there
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in a while. So I'm excited to just hang out with
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her, have quality time and do all the things.
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Okay. What is in? Let's literally talk about
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what's in. Still the holiday season. Have I done
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my Christmas shopping? No. I have not been productive
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at all. But the holiday season is in. The Christmas
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movies, hot chocolate, making cookies, Christmas
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parties, all the things. So fun. I'm really looking
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forward to it. What is out is long distant friendships
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because I just got off of the phone with Clara.
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And I have not talked to her I think since like
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October 8th. That's a long time y 'all, we're
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in December. Okay? Serena and I do a little bit
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better at talking with each other and not by
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much. We always say like, oh, are you free on
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this day? Okay. Y 'all, anyone who has a long
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distance friend or best friend will relate to
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this. You will text each other and be like, are
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you free Tuesday night? Yes. Okay. Let's talk.
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Then you try to talk or you forget you're supposed
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to talk. Or for example, one time I was headed
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into the movies and she called me and I was like,
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yo, I totally forgot that we were going to do
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a phone call tonight. I bought movie tickets
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to go see Wicked 2. Can I call you another day?
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Then there's times that like you miss each other's
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phone calls or you call and then something comes
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up And it's like hey, I'll call you right back,
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and then you never do um So long distance friendships
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are hard They're so hard, and you feel you're
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just keeping up via like social media, but then
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when you see each other It's like nothing ever
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changed So what is out is long distance friendships.
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They're just not fun. I don't enjoy them, and
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I miss my people I really really do Serena wants
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me to move to Florida and You hear the hesitancy
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in my voice every time I think of Florida I just
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think of that meme like the Florida man meme
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And I don't want to be associated with that and
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I'm probably the only person who associates Florida
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with that meme So it's just a me thing, but I
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really do every time I think about Florida I
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think of the Florida man meme and I don't want
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to tell people like yeah I live in Florida and
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then they're like, oh, you know, you know and
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bring up the latest thing that they've heard
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about Florida people I don't want to be associated
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with that. I say that but I have like some of
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my favorite people live in Florida um yeah anyways
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so and wait that's all that's out that's all
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i have i was about to get totally sidetracked
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on you and start talking about trips going into
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the new year but i'm not going to do that um
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anyways that's all i have for what's out you
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heard my what's in i don't know if there's anything
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else to catch you up on in my life except we're
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thinking about trying hinge again That would
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be crazy though. That is literally the definition
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of insanity is doing the same thing over and
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over again expecting a different outcome But
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I really am considering it Yeah, anyways, oh
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and I was talking to the client about How being
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single you really need like single girlfriends
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to hang out with and right now pretty much none
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of my friends are single like not a single one
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and so I really need to make friends that are
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single because It's getting lonely out here It's
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getting really lonely out here to like find people
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to spend time with and hang out with and now
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on top of all my friends moving Which is what
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I did to fill my time with was like hang out
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with my peeps. It's hard. Yeah, so If you live
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in Wilmington, I want to be best friends. I hit
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me up Yeah, anyway, so being single is great
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except for the fact that all my friends are in
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relationships and there's no one to hang out
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with Yeah Oh, and starting a book club. What
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else is in is starting a book club in January.
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Super excited for it. It's going to be fun. Also,
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totally forgot to mention, we just had our final
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Bible study semester dinner on Wednesday night
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and it was so fun. We did a soup theme where
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we had like four or five different types of soup.
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And one girl made cornbread and bought like those
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oyster crackers. We just ate our soup hung out
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and then we made these little charm things that
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go on your Bible and it's been viral So y 'all
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have probably seen it. It's all over social media
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so we did that and it was such a fun craft and
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just good conversation and I just am really thankful
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for this group of girls. I love my Bible study
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group. They're really good Solid people to be
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around and have the conversation. So yeah, we
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finished out the year We won't be meeting again
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till January, but it was awesome Okay, I have
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taken y 'all on a whirlwind of subjects in Rabbit
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Trails, so let's close this segment out and dive
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into the episode. So, we left off knowing Solomon
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was the son of David. Solomon is probably best
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known for wisdom. a gift he so humbly asked of
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from God. The second thing he's most known for
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is using that wisdom to identify a baby's true
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mother and three for keeping the peace. No, he
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did not begin his reign easy peasy lemon squeezy.
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He had to navigate a real powerful struggle with
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his half -brother whose name I won't even try
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to pronounce. Once David was like too old to
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rule one of his sons decided it was his job to
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take over the family business. He decided to
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throw himself a whole party and invited everyone
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except, believe it or not, Solomon and his mom.
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Solomon's mama was not having that, so she went
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to David and demanded he set it straight. Nathan
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the prophet comes in to the scene and says some
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things also. Basically, David... does as was
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requested and lets everyone know that Solomon
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is going to be king and is king now. Now listen.
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While this is all happening, the other son is
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still having his party and finds out the bad
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news while living it up celebrating himself.
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Honestly, that's low key so embarrassing for
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him. I guess this is why we shouldn't make assumptions.
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Okay, the party goers find all this out, kind
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of freak out, and leave the party. Honestly though,
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like what a buzzkill the other brother is like,
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holy crap Solomon is going to kill me and then
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proceeds to beg for his life from the king aka
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Solomon and in chapter 1 of first Kings and verse
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52 Solomon says if he will show himself a worthy
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man being his brother Not one of his hair shall
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fall from it from the not one of his hair shall
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fall to the earth But if wickedness wickedness
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is found in him, he shall die and then his brother
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goes to the head count and moves on with his
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life for a while. Solomon's butt has barely sat
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on that throne and we see him already greeting
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peace. Before his father David dies, David tells
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him in chapters two, verses three and four to
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keep the charge of the Lord your God, walking
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in his ways and keeping his statues, his commandments,
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his rules, and his testimonies. as it is written
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in the law of Moses, though you may prosper in
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all that you do, and wherever you turn, that
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the Lord may establish his word that he has spoken
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concerning me, saying, If your sons pay close
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attention to their way, to walk before me in
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faithfulness, with all their heart and with all
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their soul, you shall not lack a man on the throne
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of Israel. And that's just what he does. In chapter
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three, he marries Pharaoh's daughter to create
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an alliance in peace between Egypt and Israel.
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He's still walking with God and making sacrifices
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to God in his dream is where God meets him. This
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is where God granted is granting the famous request
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of wisdom. Really though, Solomon asked for discernment
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to know the difference of good and evil and that
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he wanted to govern God's people well and God
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really liked this so he gave it to him and more.
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Solomon asked this because he wanted to do well
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not for himself but it's very clearly clearly
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put that he um but that he wanted to do this
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for others and God saw his heart and motivation
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behind the request and God says in chapters 3
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verse 11 through 4 Because you have asked this
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and have not asked for yourself a long life or
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riches or the life of your enemies But have asked
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for yourself understanding to discern what is
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right behold I now do according to your word
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behold I give you I give you a wise and discerning
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mind so that none like you has been seen and
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none shall ever rise after you. I give you also
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what you have not asked, both riches and honor,
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so that no other king shall compare with you
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all your days. And if you will walk in my ways,
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keep my statues and my commandments as your father
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David walked, then I will lengthen your days.
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Okay. Because of all of this, all of Judah and
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Israel lived in peace and safety and are said
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to have multiplied like the sands of the sea,
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which should sound familiar to you. People ended
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up coming from all over to hear his wisdom. Solomon
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also wrote thousands of Psalms and Proverbs.
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Four years into his established reign, he decided
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it was time to build God a temple. And that is
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just what he did. It might have taken seven years
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to do it, but he did it, and he did it well in
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the eyes of God. After he finished decorating
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the temple, he had all the priests and leaders
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bring the ark out of Zion, which was the city
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of David, to the temple, which was in Jerusalem.
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In chapter 9, verses 3 through 7, God said to
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Solomon, I have heard your prayer and your plea,
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which you have made before me. I have concentrated
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this house that you have built by putting my
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name there forever. My eyes and my heart will
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be there for all time And as for you if you walk
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if you will walk before me as David your father
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walked with integrity of heart and uprightness
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Doing according to all that I have commanded
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you and keeping my statutes and my rules Then
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I will establish your royal throne over Israel
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forever as I promised David your father saying
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you shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel
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but Now this verse is important, but If you turn
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aside from following me, you, or your children,
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and do not keep my commandments and my statues
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that I have set before you, but go and serve
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other gods and worship them, then I will cut
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off Israel from the land that I have given them,
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and the house that I have consecrated for my
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name I will cast out of my sight, and Israel
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will become a proverb and a byword among all
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people. After this promise slash warning from
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God, Solomon continues on with his life and his
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wisdom. Even the Queen of Sheba sought him out
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to test him and was left super impressed by him.
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Y 'all, this man became so wealthy, like the
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man that owns Amazon type of wealthy, or maybe
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more so than that. Anyways, in chapter 11, we
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see his fall though. He allows the very thing
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that God warned him about to take him out. He
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married so many women and had so many mistresses.
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He specifically fell in love with women from
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the very nations God told him to stay the heck
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away from and Those women brought their idols
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with them. Also so ironic because in his family
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line His many greats grandfather Jacob his wife
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did the same thing bringing her idols from her
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father's house into his tents Anyways, let's
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get back on track. It's just always interesting
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how history continues to repeat itself Okay,
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so with Solomon, when he got old, his wife's
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actually turned his heart from God and towards
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their idols. So Solomon did what was evil in
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the sight and honestly, probably sigh of the
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Lord. He built temples for his wife's idols and
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allowed them to make sacrifices to them. And
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so God raised an adversary against him and that
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adversary coming from the house they called Edom.
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And what we know Edom is from is from the line
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of Esau, aka Jacob in Esau. But God said he would
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leave one tribe, not for the sake of Solomon,
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but for the sake of David. But even though Solomon
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turned his eyes and his heart from God and gave
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it to things of the world, God said he would
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still leave one tribe, not for the sake of Solomon
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though, but for the sake of how faithful David
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was, his father. So who was Solomon? He was the
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son of David. the King of Peace. He had divine
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favor and blessing from God. He started off strong
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wanting to honor God through his people and with
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the temple. He was also known for his wisdom,
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judgment, wealth, and power. But his downfall
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was the very thing God bluntly warned him about,
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that being idols. He allowed idols to sneak up
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on him and into his heart after running so fervently
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after God and wanting to honor him. He didn't
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change his way. He didn't show repentance the
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way his father David did, and for that it affected
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many generations down the line. But God still
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gave him a branch in the family so that God could
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keep his promises to his servants. Through Solomon's
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life, we can see you can live correctly and do
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everything right for most of your life, but that
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you have to be aware of what your heart and attention
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is focused on. If you're not careful, idols and
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sin will sneak up into your life so discreetly
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that you don't even notice. But also, through
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his life, we see that even though he didn't show
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repentance, we can, and that God is faithful
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and falls through on his promises even when we
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don't. Thanks so much for listening to the living
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