Herbert W Armstrong

Solomon knew the seven laws of success, but his life may have ended in failure. Why? If the, mystical genie of Aladdin's lamp suddenly appeared before you, what would your wish be? Something strangely reminiscent of that Middle Eastern fable actually happened in the life of ancient King S ...

To pay a debt to the king of Tyre, Solomon required that the Israelites pay more taxes. With this extra revenue he also built a part of the wall around Jerusalem and repaired and fortified several cities to the northwest and north. Most of the hard labor on the cities was done by Canaanites living i ...

Solomon wrote in Proverbs: "Wisdom is the principal thing; Therefore get wisdom. And in all your getting, get understanding" (Proverbs 4:7, New King James Version, through out). Do you know what is one of the most overlooked sources of useful, practical wisdom in God's Church? The Bible ...

My friends, very few of us know anything about the World Tomorrow. We don't know too much about the world today and the why of it and what's causing all of the eruption in this world today. You know, it's amazing when you come to understand. Why this world could be in such darkness today and l ...

Abiathar the priest, standing before angry king Solomon, expected to be executed because he had told the people of Israel that Adonijah should be their king. God's Sentence. "You are guilty of treason!" Solomon exclaimed to Abiathar. "But I won't put you to death now because you s ...

General Epistles - Lecture 5 - James 1 - Wisdom - Donald L Ward ...

QUESTION: "Please explain Proverbs 27:14 - 'He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.'" ANSWER: This short biblical verse represents just one proverb among many. Solomon actually spoke 3,000 in all, although only a p ...

In the early years of Solomon's reign the top of Mt. Moriah began to look much different than it did about a decade before. Then there was only a threshing floor there. The threshing operations had been removed so that David could build a special altar. (II Samuel 24:15-25.) Lay a Firm Foundation ...

Proverbs For Today - Solomon Shares Wisdom ...

Here's how to think "BIG"! How to have real wisdom to make the right decisions. Read and USE these vital principles. Authorities now confess to "giant blunders" in coping with the twin threats of famine and over population and the growing danger of a hydrogen-bomb war. And that ...

Ancient Israel - Lecture 27 - David and Solomon - Richard H Paige ...

OK tonight I want to jump ahead a little bit so we don't get Psalmed to death too much in the same area and for several reasons I'd like to skip ahead to the Song of Solomon. In the future I plan to cover some of the Proverbs and then go back and get some more of the Psalms then jump ahead and g ...

Israel's Golden Age provides a glimpse at the peace and prosperity of Jesus Christ's millennial rule. The rags-to-riches story - everybody loves one. That is what happened about 3,000 years ago to an entire nation, when Israel ascended to supremacy in the Near East. Only five centuries earlier t ...

Here's how you can better understand the Book of Proverbs! MOST people think they understand the Book of Proverbs - but they really do not! Have you noticed that the first nine chapters of Proverbs are not the proverbs of Solomon at all? These chapters are only an introduction to them. Have you no ...

Well good morning everyone; you know a husband and wife were having a discussion one evening and the husband said to the wife; "You know I think men have better judgment than women do" and the wife responded; "well could be, you married me and I married you", maybe tomorrow you will get it. Maybe yo ...