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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah
The entire world is paying the price for Solomon's insubordination. If Israel had made these discoveries and advancements at the time of Solomon, all the issues with pollution would have been resolved before the rest of the nations adopted the technology. It would have been done at a time when the population was so small it wouldn't have had global ramifications to the climate and ecosystem. Also, having a superpower located in Israel would have eliminated the wars from the Babylonian empire, Medo-Persian Empire, Greek, and Roman empires. All those wars would have been held in check or completely avoided.
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I don't think we're paying a price for Solomon's failure, brother. This is a theology from the Local Church. That we, fallen man, have to attain to something and THEN God can fulfill a promise. That we, fallen man, must achieve something first for the Lord to come back.
This is not so. God is ALWAYS in control. Remember, God didn't want His people to have a King. He told Samuel that His people's desire for a King was a rejection of Him. Could He have changed His mind so quickly, and actually blessed Israel as a Kingdom under any man? There is only One King - and it is Christ Jesus the Lord. His is the Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory.
God told Rehoboam not to gather an army against Jeroboam, because "this matter is of Me." God caused the division, caused the break up of the human kingdom.... and God planned all along to sow His people amongst the nations. I'm convinced of it. He plans also to regather them... the twelve tribes rejoined. The stick of Jacob and the stick of Judah.
Is the Local Church right? Did Satan cause the "turmoil" that drew away so many from LSM's ministry? If he did, he was only able to do so because God allowed it. God has permitted it again and again. Why is that? Because this matter is of Him.
Jesus Christ is Lord and King!
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