King Solomon, If you don’t know…..

or are confused About What To Do With Your Life?

King Solomon, Her Greatest Compliment (RePost Favorite)

What would you consider to be the greatest compliment a woman could give to a man courting her?

King Solomon, Meaning and Purpose of Life (Re-post Favorites)

Wondering, confused, or just need a brief wise reminder about the meaning and purpose of life?

King Solomon, Riddle of Two Sons Vying to Inherit a Kingdom (Re-Post Favorite)

 

Which son won?

King Solomon, Proverbial Promises, vs. ?

Do Proverbs promise too much?

Briefly,

King Solomon Proverbs are the Old Testament ABC’s Wisdom Advice for morality and individual control of oneself to achieve living a long and full life, barring uncontrollable circumstances a person may be confronted in life.

One thousand years later, the New Testament records the life and message of Jesus Christ is to “Love One Another,” will lead to a better living life and death on earth?

The purpose of this post is to promote understanding the limits of man’s epistemology to believe they will ever be capable to provide a better blueprint for life other than to Trust in the Lord, while living a wise and loving moral life.

King Solomon

Long life is in [wisdom’s] right hand. In [wisdom’s] left hand are riches and honor.(Proverbs 3:16)

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. (Ecclesiastes 3:11)

What’s My Point?

Reading the news today provides numerous opportunities to write posts to point ou the failings of man’s wisdom and love by comparing proverbs, which gave wise advice and if followed, may have avoided or prevented the sad happenings.

However, the question arises, do proverbs promise too much, or in other words, are not realistic in real life?

To answer this question, I read an essay titled, Do Proverbs Promise Too Much, which contained this following statement.

“If one does not make human knowledge wholly dependent upon the original self-knowledge and consequent revelation of God to man, then man will have to seek knowledge within himself as the final reference point. Then he will have to seek an exhaustive understanding of reality. Then he will have to hold that if he cannot attain to such an exhaustive understanding of reality, he has no true knowledge of anything at all. Either man must then know everything or he knows nothing. This is the dilemma that confronts every form of non-Christian epistemology.36 “

In My Opinion

Sadly, although the Bible message of wisdom and love is the best blueprint to build a moral life, not everyone will spend the time to read the instructions. Even though, by following the advice, it will lead them to understand how to build a hopefully longer life on earth that leads to peace, joy, and comfort in both good and bad times they may experience.

Trust in the Lord, not man’s epistemology, is the key instruction on every social blueprint for life instructions in the Bible. The more time we study the blueprint details, the better we will understand how to build a better life, to avoid pitfalls, during our limited lifespan on earth.

If Interested,

Read the essay in the Source Link below.

You Decide

Do Wisdom Proverbs promise too much or too little practical advice to lead a moral life that leads to riches and honor in life?

He is not the God of the dead but of the living” (Matthew 22:32). Was the moral life and teachings of Jesus Christ a good example and wise advice for both living and dying?

Has any of man’s non-Christian epistemology, based on history, provided to date, better advice and answers for Creation of life and death on earth than the Bible?

Regards and good will blogging

Source Link

Do Proverbs Promise Too Much?

https://www.andrews.edu/library/car/cardigital/Periodicals/AUSS/1996-2/1996-2-13.pdf

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King Solomon, Life

Compare two wise philosophies of life, in my opinion.

King Solomon, Bad Behavior Genes (u/d)

Are bad people born with bad genes?

King Solomon, Wise or Foolish,Only? (u/d)

 

Why do I  try to stop my young grandchildren from using the words dumb or stupid?

King Solomon, Favorite Wisdom Advice

If I had to choose my favorite Solomon Wisdom verses of advice for living, it would be these two.

King Solomon, Oaths to God vs.Laws of Man

What is a wise thing to do when there is a conflict between laws or ideologies of  God and man?

King Solomon, Deep Bluebird Thoughts?

Funny Wisdom? Would King Solomon approve these modern times proverbs? You decide?

Source: deep thoughts

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Was King Solomon a Jerk? (Revisited)

 

I read a post today of a male blogger who divulged his manly advice to women in a blog titled Is This Why Women Fall for Jerks.

King Solomon, “I’m Just a Girl”

Is this comment an indication of a girl’s attitude of unfairness in life of yin or yang,  or perhaps a clue to her state of  spirituality?

King Solomon, Making Choices Advice (Revisited)

We all have to make many choices every day in life. Some are easy to make quickly like the above sign to remove your shoes . 

King Solomon, Praise and Scorn.

What would King Solomon discern if he was either praised or scorned? 

King Solomon, Youth is the Best Time in Life to……

 

Learn Wisdom. (Revisited)

King Solomon, USA Repeat Performance of Folly? Part One

 

Is the USA on a path to replicate the history of past failed nations?

In a previous post, I referred to a blogger’s post,  Solomon as a Political Leader, and challenged readers to  compare Solomon’s reign to our present election issues.  In this series of posts, I will relate segments of the bloggers post to current USA events and compare political policies.

King Solomon on the Future 

Since no one knows the future, who can tell someone else what is to come? (Ecclesiastes 8:7)

However, history has been known to repeat over time. You decide if the USA is repeating the same follies as recorded in history and whether or not the USA will also fail as a nation after reading this post.

Why Study History? Past and Present.

The purpose of historical inquiry is not simply to present facts but to search for an interpretation of the past.  It is commonly acknowledged that an understanding of the past is fundamental to an understanding of the present.

Comparison of King Solomon’s to USA  Economic Policies  

Excerpt King Solomon’s 

“However, there are also hints in the text that strongly allude to some glaring inadequacies in Solomon’s economic expertise. For example, 1 Kings 9.11 mentions Solomon ceding 20 cities in Galilee to King Hiram as payment for timber and gold imported from Tyre. Such a payment method implies that Solomon’s state treasury had a serious fiscal deficit, despite all the alleged wealth accrued through international trade and tribute.” 

King Solomon on Debt

Do not make a habit of striking hands, of going surety for debts. If you have no resources to settle them, why should your bed be taken from under you! (Proverbs 22:25, 26)

USA Comparison of  ‘Serious Fiscal Deficit’ of Tribute (Taxes)

USA current National Debt is approaching $20 Trillion.

This years 2016 Deficit is $687 Billion, a 34 percent increase from last year.

USA –  Comparison of  ‘ceding 20 cities’ and ‘international trade.’

USA cities are not being ceded to our debtors (yet) same as King Solomon ceded Israel cities to  pay his debt. However, USA farmland, real estate, and businesses are being bought up in a fire sale by foreign interests because of President Obama, and the Hillary Clinton’s belief in open borders and globalism.

If interested, read these two previous posts about USA international trade agreements are ceding US assets to foreign interests.

King Solomon, Globalism and Millennials, Clinton or Trump? HERE  

King Solomon, Rare Wealth, Fair Trade, Post Fifteen HERE

In My Next Post

I will compare King Solomon’s past Domestic Policies to present USA policies.

Regards and goodwill blogging.

Sources

Solomon as a Political Leader HERE

Why Study History HERE

King Solomon, Best Answer of Reason Why? (Repost)

What answer would you give?

King Solomon’s Yin and Yang Thought

Ancient religions believed in both Gods and Goddesses. For example, King Solomon’s Goddess of Wisdom. King Solomon’s Seal design includes two triangles to signify the perfect union of men and woman.

King Solomon, Guard Your Daughter’s Heart (Re-post)

Two gone, two more to go?