07-01-2014, 03:32 PM
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Re: $16,000 Dog
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Originally Posted by shazeep
you know, we point at these guys, and mutter, me included; but what about the inventory of Solomon? Now that is OT, and i'm still frequently perplexed by some of the stories there--like, how to take them...was that inventory to show how much Solomon was blessed, or to show where his interests lie? I don't recall many 'qualifying' verses in those passages; multitudes of the nation starving or whatever...um, i guess all that wealth was taken from the kingdom...hmm. I also don't recollect any verses about him doing anything constructive for the public with the treasure?
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Solomon was the King of Israel. Pastors are not Kings over a kingdom of sheep nor do they use car salesman tactics to get rich.
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