KING SOLOMON’S DREAM: “I AM BUT A
LITTLE CHILD”
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ENOCH
(Gen 5:24)
And Enoch [Heb: initiated] walked with God: and he was
not; for God took him.
(Pro 22:6)
Train
up [initiate] a child in the way he should go [in the Bible]:
and when he is old, he will not depart [Heb: to turn off: put (away, down), rebel,
revolt, be sour, withdraw] from
it.
1.
Train
up = to narrow; fig. to initiate
or discipline: dedicate.
2.
child
= Heb: boy/girl from the age of infancy to adolescence. [When
patterns of behavior are initiated]
(Heb 11:5)
By
faith [Gk: belief] Enoch was translated
[Gk: transferred, lit. transported]
[i.e.,
raptured] that he should not
see
death; and was not found, because God had
translated him: for
before his translation he had this testimony, that
he pleased [Gk: to
gratify entirely] God.
KING
SOLOMON’S DREAM
(1 Kings 3:5-9) In Gibeon the LORD
appeared to
Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask
what I shall give thee.
And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great
mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth,
and in
righteousness, and in uprightness of heart
with thee; and thou hast
kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast
given him a son [(Solomon
himself)] to sit on his throne, as it
is this day. And now, O LORD my God,
thou hast made thy
servant [(me)] king instead of David my
father: and
I am but a little child
[“I AM BUT A LITTLE CHILD”]: I know
not how to go out or come in [1,2]. And thy
servant [(Solomon)] is
in the midst of thy people [like a
shepherd at peace] which
thou
hast chosen, a great people, that cannot
be numbered nor counted for
multitude. (1 Kings 3:9) Give therefore thy servant
an
understanding heart to judge thy people [3], that
I may discern
between good and bad [Heb:
evil]
[4]: for who is able to
judge
this thy so great a people?
1.
(John
10:9) I
am the door: by me [through
me] if any man enter in
[to Heaven], he shall be saved, and
shall go in and out, and
find
pasture [for the sheep,
Gideon’s
9,700 soldier-warriors; a happy place of peace and rest and nourishment
and comfort
(Heaven – family love)].
2.
(Rev 3:12)
Him
that overcometh [Gk:
to
subdue: conquer, prevail, get the victory] [over
his old natural man self] will I
make a pillar
[Gk: support post] in
the temple of my God, and he
shall go no more
out [shepherds; Gideon’s
300 soldier-warriors
exemplified by the 48 priest-boards of the Tabernacle]: and I
will write
upon him the name of
my God, and the name of the city of
my God, which is new Jerusalem, which
cometh down
out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new
name.
3.
(1
Cor 6:2,3) Do ye
not know that the saints shall judge
the world [Gk: kosmos;
“cosmos,” (universe)]? and
if the world [universe] shall be judged by you,
are ye
unworthy to judge the smallest matters? Know ye not that we
shall judge angels? how much more [the
little] things that pertain to this life?
4.
(Heb
5:12-14) For when
for the time ye ought
to be teachers, ye have need that
one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles [Gk:
utterances] of God;
and are become such as have need of milk,
and not of strong meat.
For
every one that [still] useth milk is
unskilful [Gk:
inexperienced, ignorant] in the
word
of righteousness [i.e., the Bible]:
for he is a babe [Gk:
fig. an immature Christian] [i.e.,
“among thorns…no fruit” Mark 4:7]. But strong
meat belongeth to them that are of
full age [Gk: complete], even those who by
reason of use [Gk:
habit, practice] have
their
senses [Gk: organs of
perception]
exercised
[Gk: practiced, trained] to discern [Gk: to separate thoroughly: to judge] both good and evil [unlike
Adam and Eve who were unable to discern the
difference between good and
evil].
(1 Kings 3:10-14) And the speech pleased
the
Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing. And God said unto
him, Because
thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for
thyself [1x]
long life; neither hast asked riches for
thyself [2x], nor hast asked the life of thine enemies;
but hast asked
for thyself [3x] understanding to discern judgment;
Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a
wise and
an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee
before thee,
neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee. And I have also
given thee
that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour:
so that there
shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days. And if
thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as
thy
father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.
LITTLE
CHILDREN
(Matt 18:1-5) At the same time came the
disciples [Gk: learners,
pupils]
[students] unto Jesus, saying, Who
is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? And Jesus called a
little
child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, And said,
Verily I say
unto you, Except ye be converted [Gk:
turn (again, back again, self, self about)],
and become as little children, ye shall
not enter into the
kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble
himself [from his mature
adult status to be] as
this little child, the same
is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoso shall receive
[Gk: accept]
one such little child in my name receiveth [Gk: accepts] me.
(Mark 10:13-16) And they brought young
children to him [Jesus], that he should touch them [Gk: to attach oneself to]:
and his disciples
rebuked [Gk: admonished:
forbid]
those that brought them. But
when Jesus saw it, he
was
much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer
[Gk: send]
the little
children to come unto me, and forbid them not:
for of such is the
kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not
receive the
kingdom of God as a little child, he
shall not enter therein [he
“shall in no wise enter therein” Luke
18:17]. And he took them up
in his arms, put his hands
upon
them [i.e., became attached to them], and blessed them.
Amen
Amen