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What’s in a Name?

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A name effects who we are, were we named after a wonderful family member, perhaps after a celebrity or a name that has some deep meaning? In the Middle East, in the past and in the present, the majority of people’s names were chosen for their meaning, and King Solomon was no exception. In fact he was unique because he was given many names, some by known sources (G-D) others by unknown sources.

We’ll try to go in order. Solomon’s original name had multiple meanings in Hebrew–peaceful, completion and fear–because all the days of his life his kingdom was peaceful, he completed the Temple that his father wanted to build, and bore G-D’s name and feared his G-D. Unlike the majority of us, it was G-D himself who named King Solomon, as king David recounts in the following verses.
1 Chronicles 22:9-11
See, a son shall be born to you; he shall be a man of peace. I will give him peace from all his enemies on every side; for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quiet to Israel in his days. 10 He shall build a house for my name. He shall be a son to me, and I will be a father to him, and I will establish his royal throne in Israel forever.’
Like the name Solomon, he also recieved the name Yedidiah (beloved of the Lord) from G-D. But then there are less popular names that Solomon had like Ithiel (G-D is with me) Proverbs 30:1, and Jakeh (ruler over the east).
Yedidiah was a name given to him by G-D, like the name Solomon, and going forward about 1000 yrs Jesus was also called Yedidiah, on more than one occasion, by the “voice of G-D.”

Matthew 3:17
“and behold, a voice from heaven said, ‘This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.'”

I suggest that this is further proof of the New Testament disclosing the Identity of Jesus. But it doesn’t stop there, the name Ithiel is slightly modified in the book of Isaiah when prophesising of the Promised Messiah’s arrival.

Isaiah 7:14
“Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.”

The two names are reasonably identicle with a change in purpose. With King Solomon, he was named Ithiel after G-D’s Holy Spirit (Wisdom) was given to him. In the New Testament it was only after Jesus left that the Holy Spirit was able to be imparted to his believers, because it belonged to him while he was among us. Therefore I also strongly suggest that this is evidence that the names are linked to the promised messiahship and when the Messiah recieved his wisdom. Furthermore in the Talmud it states:

Pg.955 Legends of the Jews, Louis Ginzberg
“Solomon fasted 40 days, that G-D should grant him wisdom, and as a reward for his modesty and humility his wish was fulfilled so that he became the Father of Wisdom”

Anyone who’s read the New Testament knows that Jesus also fasted 40 days after his baptism (ritual cleansing) and although the story has it that the holy spirit came down to him at the baptism, it is my opinion he recieved it after the 40 day fast (but makes little difference) the close proximity of the recieving of the Holy Spirit with the 40 day fast is further evidence that the New Twstament is trying to tell its readers, covertly, that Jesus was in fact King Solomon. These proofs are riddled throughout the New Testament and we will discover them together as time goes on.

Casual Conversation

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A casual conversation is sometimes best when discussing a serious matter such as claims of Solomon’s position as the “Promised Messiah”.
Solomon’s birth: King David was approached by his prophet Nathan and a conversation occured which was transcribed and recorded in the pages of 2 Samuel. Everyone knows the promise of 2 Samuel 7:14, “he will be my son and I will be his Father.” But few know that it was G-D that named Solomon (twice) not his mother or father. G-D promised King David that Solomon would build the Temple, he would come from his body etc. But how can we be positively sure that these verses refer to Solomon? Certainty can be established by King David’s words in
1 Chronicles 28:5-8 (one of three sections that details what G-D said to David through Nathan)
5 And of all my sons (for the Lord has given me many sons) he has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel. 6 He said to me, ‘It is Solomon your son who shall build my house and my courts, for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father. 7 I will establish his kingdom forever if he continues strong in keeping my commandments and my rules, as he is today.

I understand what anyone with common sence would say looking at this verse, “He didn’t keep G-D’s commandments”. But it’s important that I remind you that King David was chosen not for what people saw on the exterior (all his brothers looked more the part) he was chosen for what G-D knew about his heart.
King Solomon was chosen by G-D to be his son, 1 chron 28:5 is proof of that, he was also offered whatever he desired, 2 psalm and 1 kings 3:5 testifies to it. In Solomon’s old age he wrote Kohelet (Ecclesiates), in it he repented for his follies and extravagant lifestyle, we can only assume his repentance was accepted by the favour that G-D showed him. But he also prophesized of what was to come.

Ecclesiastes 4:13-16

13 Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who no longer knows how to take advice. 14 For he went from prison to the throne, though in his own kingdom he had been born poor. 15 I saw all the living who move about under the sun, along with that youth who was to stand in the king’s place. 16 There was no end of all the people, all of whom he led. Yet those who come later will not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

In these verses it is obvious (with the help of knowledge) that King Solomon is speaking about himself. An old but foolish king who doesn’t know how to take advice is Solomon, who in his old age went against G-D’s commandment, “You shall not take a wife from any other nation, for they will entice you to follow other gods. (from memory)” We all know he had many wives from other nations. We can also assume that a poor but wise youth who came out of prison to reign in the kingdom is Jesus, why, because it fits the story. Jesus was imprisoned; he came out to be crusified, died, was buried and was ressurected on the third day to sit at the right hand of G-D. Jesus is also followed by billions of people and rejected by most of his own people. I can’t think of anyone else that fits that profile better, can you? (Please comment if you disagree)
In conclusion to this post I say that Solomon was given  G-D’s wisdom, and this was the reason he could peer into men’s hearts (Which Jesus also did) if someone had G-D’s devine wisdom, wouldn’t u think he would see how his actions would effect not only him in his lifetime but all people throughout history? Something to ponder till the next post.

A Priest, a Rabbi and an Imam

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This might sound like a corny joke. But I truely spoke to a Priest, a Rabbi and an Imam about Solomon and this hypothesis. All of them were learned men in their own theology.

After a stenuous debate with the Priest he asked, “If it is the way you say, what is the benefit of knowing that King Solomon came back as Jesus?”

The Rabbi was only told about King Solomon and still much harder to convince. But he finally exclaimed, “King Solomon cannot be the promised Messiah for one reason alone, he’s dead and the Jewish people haven’t been redeemed yet. When the Messiah comes there will be perpetual peace. With Solomon there was only temporary peace.”

The Imam simply responded by saying, “That’s a unique idea. I haven’t heard that before.”

Each religious head was approached on what they were familiar with. The Priest with the “Old and New” Testaments, the Rabbi with the T’nach, the Torah and the Talmud, and the Imam with the Qur’an.

The punchline to this story is to illustrate how far we still have to go to convince people of the relevance of this material. And to the the questions that the Priest and the Rabbi put forward I have these answers:

1. The benefit of knowing that King Solomon was reincarnated as Jesus is that there is a very important test that is close at the door. A test that’ll be explained thoroughly in future posts. A difficult test to say the least, which can be averted with simple knowledge.

2. I will show, as some of the independent videos I’ve posted already have, that the Bible speaks of two lifetimes of the Messiah, not one. I have shown the first instance of this in my post about the foriegn priest Balaam and will continue to do so through out the Bible.
–As always I ask you to leave your positive or negative comments  thank you–