More About Solomon And Sheba

Q: What does the Bible say about Solomon and Sheba?

The story of Solomon and Sheba illustrates the glory of God's wisdom and the seeking nature of mankind. The story of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, found in 1 Kings 10, serves as a powerful testament to the wisdom and grandeur of King Solomon, a type of Christ. The Queen represents the desire of the nations to seek out the true King, as she travels a great distance to witness Solomon's wisdom and the splendor of his kingdom. Solomon's interaction with her illuminates how Christ welcomes seekers, as He himself said, 'Him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.' Through her visit, we see a foreshadowing of gentiles responding to the gospel and being drawn to Christ's wisdom and glory.

Q: Why is Solomon considered a type of Christ?

Solomon symbolizes Christ through his kingship, wisdom, and the establishment of the temple. Solomon is recognized as a type of Christ because he embodies many attributes that point to the greater King, Jesus Christ. He is the son of David, heir to the throne, and his reign is marked by peace and wisdom. Just as Solomon built the temple, symbolizing God's dwelling among His people, Christ fulfills this in a greater way as He establishes His kingdom and becomes the temple of God through His incarnation. Additionally, Solomon's wise judgments, such as in the case of the two harlots, illustrate the divine wisdom that Christ exemplifies in His ministry. Ultimately, Solomon's life serves to direct our attention to the ultimate hope found in Christ, the true King.

Q: How do we know Christ is greater than Solomon?

Christ’s divine nature and redemptive mission surpass Solomon's earthly kingship and wisdom. In the New Testament, Jesus explicitly teaches that 'a greater than Solomon is here,' indicating His superiority over Solomon. While Solomon was renowned for his wisdom and wealth, Christ possesses divine wisdom and the authority to provide salvation. His teachings outshine human wisdom, and His redemptive work on the cross provides eternal life, which no earthly king could offer. Furthermore, Solomon’s reign was characterized by the limitations of earthly power, whereas Christ’s kingdom is eternal and transcends all earthly rulers. Through His life, death, and resurrection, Jesus fulfills the true purpose of kingship and wisdom that Solomon only foreshadowed.

Q: Why is it significant that Sheba was welcomed by Solomon?

Sheba's reception by Solomon signifies God's grace to the lost and the inclusivity of Christ's kingdom. The Queen of Sheba's visit to Solomon, despite her being a Gentile and a woman, highlights the openness of God's kingdom to all seekers. Sheba's journey to inquire about Solomon's wisdom symbolizes the longing of the nations to know the true King. Solomon's willingness to communicate and share with her reflects the heart of Christ, who came to seek and save the lost, regardless of their background. Her acceptance and the gifts she presented also illustrate how those who encounter the true King are transformed and drawn to give in response to His grace. This narrative demonstrates the richness of God's mercy, extending even to those outside of Israel, echoing the gospel's call to all people.

a. A. Pay attention to the words on
the last verse. me. Did you mean that as you sang
it? More about the Lord Jesus on
his throne? We saw that this morning. riches
in glory, all his own. More of his kingdoms sure increase,
the more of his coming Prince of Peace. You mean that? All
right. Then we'll talk more about Solomon
and Sheba. That's what we're going to look
at tonight. Back to 2 Samuel. Look first at 2 Samuel, chapter
12. We'll look back there. I had such a good time this morning
studying that story about Solomon and Sheba
with you, and I believe some of you enjoyed it as well. I think so. I think the Lord
blessed us. I had such a good time, I just
could not get it off my mind, and some of you came up afterwards
and suggested some other things along those lines to me. And as I tried to rest this afternoon,
and could not, for thought after thought pouring into my mind
about Solomon and Sheba, more things. more scriptures kept
being suggested to my mind and heart, I thought, well, we're
just going to have to stay on that subject. And let's take
that. I hope that this is a message from the Lord.
2 Samuel 12. Now, my wife and I were discussing
at the dinner table Solomon and his life. She made the comment that if
you just looked at Solomon and all his riches and all his pomp and show and all of that,
you would think that that doesn't fit a believer because all of
that just doesn't That's not the way the believer lives and
so forth. And this woman coming, all the
people coming before him. This is why all the scriptures
testify of Christ. Christ said, they are they which
testify of me. This is why everything that is
written is written for the purpose of pointing us to Jesus Christ. Not to show us what a great man
Solomon was. but to show us a greater than
Solomon, whom Solomon represents. See, everything—every person,
every place, everything—has reference to Christ. Everything. If we
had eyes to see and understood the mysteries, we'd see Him in
every line. People say we make too much of
Christ. We bring Him out of the—we don't
bring Him out enough. The Scripture says all. And in
all, in all the Scripture, Christ preached and began at the law,
the books of Moses and the prophets and the Psalms, and expounded
the things concerning himself. That's the whole Bible. Everything. And especially the
lives of prominent persons in the Scripture. They're not written
so that we might admire men. No way. But they're types of
the Lord Jesus Christ. We've already seen that. Adam,
the first man, is one of the clearest types of Christ. And
we've seen Abel. He was a type of Christ. Enoch,
Noah, Shem, Abram, go on. Every man. We're going to see
more. We're going to see Joseph, Isaac. Types of Christ. These are why these stories were
written. They are they which testify of
me," Christ said. Solomon, his whole life, everything
about the man, God recorded to show us Jesus Christ. That's the whole reason. Were
he not a type of Christ, his life and his times would have
no real purpose for us. We couldn't relate to that. All his pomp and his show and
his riches and his honors and his glory, it must be a picture
of Christ, or else his life would not be consistent with a believer,
would it? Believers don't live like that. Right? It has to be a picture
of Christ. All right, let's talk a little
more about Solomon and about Sheba. Two questions, if you
take a note, and a few points under each question. Now, who
was Solomon? is who was this man, Solomon?
Look at 2 Samuel 12, verse 24, and David comforted Bathsheba,
his wife. Now, there's no connection between
the Queen of Sheba and Bathsheba. These names don't ... no connection
there. You know, there may be, but I
haven't seen it. At any rate, don't get hung up
there. David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her,
and lay with her, and she bare a son, and called his name Solomon. The Lord loved him." Who was
Solomon? The son of David. The son of the king. That's who
Solomon was. The son of the greatest king
that ever lived, King David. The son of David. That's who
Solomon was. What's Christ called? What's his prophetic name? Son
of David. Son of David. That's what the
Jews knew who the Christ would be. That was his title. The Son of David, who shall ascend
the throne of his father David. The Son of David. He's the Son
of David in the flesh, actually. Son of a king. Yet the Son of
God. The King. The King of glory.
And Solomon, not only is the son of the king, Solomon was
the heir to the throne. He's the one that David, or yeah,
David made king over his people and set him on
the throne. David had other sons, but Solomon
was the one. He was heir to the throne. And
Jesus Christ is called the heir of all things. Son of the king,
Look at verse twenty-five there, and it says that David's sent
by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and Nathan the prophet came in
and called his name Jedidiah. You know what that means? Beloved
of the Lord, the beloved son. That's what Solomon That's what
the prophet called him, his name. Call his name Jesus again. Call him Emmanuel, God with us. Beloved. Our Lord said, this
is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased. The only begotten,
well-beloved son. Then over to 2 Samuel 7. 2 Samuel
chapter 7. Who was Solomon? He's the son
of the king. He's the heir to the throne.
He's the beloved of the Lord, and he's the son of promise. 2 Samuel 7, look at verse 12. Our Lord is speaking to David,
and he says in verse 12, When thy days be fulfilled, and thou
shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after
thee. Here's that seed again we're
hearing a lot about. thy seed after thee, which shall
proceed out of thy bowels, I will establish his kingdom." Verse
14, I will be his father, he shall be my son. That's God talking
about the Son of David. If he commit iniquity, I'll chasten
him with a rod of men, with the stripes of the children of men.
You say, how does that apply to Christ? He was made sin for
us, right? He was made to appear as if he
were us, the sinner that had committed sin, and God chastened
him with a rod of man, the rod of justice, the stripes of the
children of man. They're the ones that laid stripes
on him. But it pleased the Lord to bruise our son of David for
us, who was made sin. But, he said, my mercy, verse
15, shall not depart away from him. Oh, no. Look quickly at Psalm
89. Psalm 89. I thought of this passage
immediately, thinking about the son of David. Psalm 89. And keep
your place back there in 2 Samuel. Psalm 89. Look at verse 4. Psalm 89, 4. Got it? The Lord is talking to David
again. He says, Thy seed will I establish forever and build
up thy throne to all generations. Think about it. Verse 29, His
seed also will I make to endure forever. His throne is the days
of heaven. If his children forsake my law
and walk not in my judgments, they break my statutes, keep
not my commandments I will visit their transgression with a rod,
their iniquity with strife. Nevertheless, my lovingkindness
will I not utterly take away from him, nor suffer my faithfulness
to fail. My covenant will I not break,
nor alter that which is gone out of my lips. Once have I sworn
by my holiness, I won't lie unto David. His seed shall endure
forever, his throne as the sun before me, established forever
as the moon, and a faithful witness in the heaven." That's Christ,
isn't it? He's the son of promise. And
who is Solomon? He's the son of the king. He's
the heir to the throne. He's the beloved of the Lord.
He's the son of promise. He's the son of the fallen woman. We read that back there in 2
Samuel. What verse was it? It was 2 Samuel chapter 12. Yeah. That he was born of Bathsheba.
a sinful woman. Right? Son of a fallen woman. Listen, Solomon's existence was
because of sin. Right? Solomon came into this
world because of one man's sin. Solomon was made flesh because
of one man's sin. Do you see? I, Solomon, he was made flesh. He was made in the likeness of
sinful flesh. He was numbered with the transgressors. He was made flesh. Why? Because
of sin. Right? He was born of a woman.
He was a sinful woman, yet he himself had no sin. There's where
the type differs. Right? And the Scripture says
he was numbered with the transgressors. In Matthew chapter one, you don't
have to turn there, but in Matthew chapter one, where it gives the
lineage of the son of David, of Christ himself, it lists Tamar,
who was a harlot. It lists Rahab, who was a harlot.
It lists Bathsheba. Sinful people. But he was numbered
with a transgressor. That's who Solomon, he was born,
was a sinful mother. A sinful mother. And who is Solomon,
son of the king? He's the builder of the temple. Look back at 2 Samuel 7. It said
that in verse 13. Our Lord said to David that his
son, verse 13, shall build a house for my name. I will establish
the throne of his kingdom wherever he shall build the house of God,
the temple of God. One of these days, I'm going
to do a study on the temple, Solomon's temple, spiritual eye. You'd think the tabernacle was
something. Why don't we do a study on that temple, Solomon's temple. See, the temple, Deborah, eclipsed
the tabernacle in all its glory. The temple, everything in it
had purpose and meaning and pointed to Christ. And there's John Bunyan,
I think, that had You know, page after page on
Solomon's temple, spiritualize it. I had to do a lot of reading
to bring that to you, but it's glorious. I remember reading
it years ago, and it's just glorious, a picture of Christ, who is—or
the church, which is the temple, and Christ, who is Solomon, the
builder of it, the builder of God's house. Who is Solomon? He's the wise judge over all. And all that he learned, he learned
from his father David. I will show you that. Let's look
at 1 Kings chapter 3. 1 Kings. Keep your place in 2 Samuel.
All right? Keep your finger there. We'll
keep coming back there. 1 Kings chapter 3. Look over there. Solomon was the wise judge over
overall, all the people. And look at 1 Kings chapter 3,
look at verse 25. You remember this story. You
remember when the two harlots came into Solomon, and they both
had children, they had, both were, had, gave birth to children,
and one of the children was smothered during the night. Remember that
story? Both these women slept in the same bed, and one of the
children was smothered. One of the ladies rolled over
on top of the child, and the child died, and they brought
the living child to King Solomon to judge over them. And look at what happened here. And they both told their stories,
and King, verse 25, Solomon said, verse 24, the king said, Bring
me a sword. And they bought a sword before
the king, verse 25, and the king said, Divide the living child
in two, cut him in half, cut her in half, give half to the
one lady and half to the other. Then spake the woman whose the
living child was the real mother of the child said no no no no
don't do that oh my lord give her the living child give it
to her give it to her don't slay it let it need to be mine or
that don't let i mean don't let don't slay it lord let her have
it but the other one said no let's let's divide the child the king answered and said no
give the child to the first one. It's hers. And Israel, verse
28, heard of the judgment which the king had judged, and they
feared the king. They saw that the wisdom of God
was in him to do judgment. Now, where'd he learn this? From his daddy. Let me show you. 2 Samuel. 2 Samuel, chapter 19. Solomon learned this judgment
from his father. What he had seen his father do,
that's what he did in this case. He said, "'Seems to me,' when
they came with his child, "'Seems to me I remember Daddy dealing
with something like this. How'd he do it?' Oh yeah, I remember. Look at 2 Samuel 19. This is
the story of Mephibosheth, who was fooled by that servant of
David look at the second Samuel chapter nineteen verse twenty
nine the king said the king of Mephibosheth didn't come up to
see the king when the king when King David came into town he
was lame wasn't he and I think it was Ziba wasn't that his name
yeah Ziba. Ziba spoke evil against Mephibosheth
and tried to make it look like Mephibosheth was a traitor to
David. You remember that story? All
right, look what happened here. Verse 29, And the king said unto
Mephibosheth, Let's not talk about this any more. I have said
it, you and Ziba divide the land. I don't know who's telling the
truth. He knows. But King David said, both of
you got a story to tell, you just divide the land between
you. Look what Mephibosheth said unto
the king, verse thirty, Lord, let him take it all. My lord,
the king has come back. You're the one I want. Let him
have this stuff. Who do you think David knew was
right? Who do you think, what do you
think he thought? Mephibosheth's the faithful one. Where did Solomon
learn his wisdom? From his daddy. Listen to this.
Listen. John, chapter 5, verse 19. Listen to this. Then answered
Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son
can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do.
What things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. Listen to this, I'm not drunk.
It says, The Father hath judged us, so doth the Son. The Father
hath life in himself, given to the Son hath life in himself.
The Father hath raised up the dead, and quickeneth them, even
so the Son quickeneth whom he will. And the Father hath given
him authority, the Son, to execute judgment also, because he is
the Son of Man. He's the wise Judge over all.
That's who Solomon is, just like his daddy. Just like his daddy. Who is Solomon? Look at 1 Kings,
chapter 2. 1 Kings, chapter 2. Who is Solomon? Well, he is the
slayer of the king's enemies. He's the one that put to death
all the enemies of King David. 1 Kings, chapter 2. Now, Joab appeared to be a faithful
servant to David. At times he was, at first he
was, but you know, John, later on, he was a sorry rascal. He slayed innocent blood, Joab
did. And David's last charge to Solomon,
look at verse 5. Thou knowest also what Joab the
son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains
of the hosts of Israel, Abner the son of Meir. Remember when
he slew Abner, that innocent man, and went up and kissed him,
and slew him? 6 And unto Emesa the son of Jethar,
whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the
blood of war upon his girdles about his Verse 6, Do therefore,
according to thy wisdom, don't let his hoary head go down to
the grave in peace. And Stan, later on, Solomon,
took Joab and killed him. Flew him. Read on. You remember Shimei? Remember
that fellow that cussed David one day? He ain't going to get
away with cussing again. Oh, the king's merciful. The
king put off his judgment for a while, but you can count on
it. You cuss the king, you're going to get killed. Right? Now or later. Look at it. Verse
8, Behold, thou hast whipped the Shimei, the son of Gura,
of Benjamite, of Behulah, which cursed me with a grievous curse,
and it all went on with Menaeum. But he came down to meet me at
Jordan, and I swore to him by the Lord, I won't put you to
death with a sword. I won't. I won't. But somebody
will. Now, therefore, hold him not
guiltless. Thou art a wise man. Knowest
what thou oughtest to do unto him. His holy head, don't let
it come to the grave without blood." Solomon took Shimei one day and
slew him, and all the rest of the king's enemies slew him. Solomon is a slayer of the king's
enemies. He's a slayer of our enemies,
isn't he? greater than Solomon, slayer
of the king's enemies. Look at 1 Kings 4. Who is this Solomon? Well, he's
the protector of the people. Do you remember reading this
this morning? 1 Kings 4, look at verse 25. It says, "...Judah and Israel
dwelt safely, confidently, every man under his vine." Whose vine? What vine? One vine. Under his vine, Solomon's vine,
under his fig tree, from Dan to Beersheba, all the days of
Solomon, everybody was safe. You see? Huh? How greater than Solomon in all
that? Do you see? He's the protector of the people.
Who is Solomon? Solomon was the greatest king
ever. Look at verse 24. It says that
he had dominion over all the region on this side of the river.
On this side of the river, Stan. The river of death. On this side
of the river, he had dominion. Greater than Solomon. even to
Asa over all the kings. He's the Solomon. Who is Solomon? He's the king of kings. That's who he is. And he reigns
over all on this side of the river. And he has peace on all
sides round about him. He has obtained peace, our Solomon. greatest king ever and the wisest.
Look, verse 29, God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding
much, largeness of heart. That's a big heart. As the sand
that's on the seashore, Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of
all the children of this country, all the wisdom of Eden. He's
the wisest man to ever live. Did you see how greater than
Solomon and all that? Hello, a greater than Solomon
is here. And you're hearing about him
tonight. I'm not talking about Solomon tonight. We're not here in honor
of Solomon. We're here in honor of a greater
than Solomon. One more thing before we go. Solomon, the country that he
reigned over, was huge. Many cities. And Solomon appointed
some men, some officers, over these cities and to go down and
it says they prepared food for the king and for his people.
They took care and set the tables and fed the people and all that.
You want to guess how many he had? Twelve. Look at verse seven. Solomon had twelve officers over
all Israel. They provided victuals. Solomon just up for one day.
Let's see, how many am I going to choose? I'm going to choose
me out some men. We're going to feed the folks. How many? Let's see. Twelve sounds like
a good number. Sounds like a good number. I
don't know where I came up with that, but twelve. Twelve choice
men. All right, that's who Solomon
is and more. Well, who is Sheba? Turn over
to 1 Kings chapter 10 again. That's what we looked at this
morning. First Kings 10, this story of Sheba. Who is Sheba?
Well, we saw that she, first of all, was a woman. She was
a woman. And women don't get aggravated,
because the Scripture says this, that the woman is the weaker
vessel. Right? That's what Peter said. The woman
is the weaker vessel. This woman, she's a woman. Sheba
was a woman. She was weak. And being a woman,
flesh and blood, she was a sinner. Right? A sinful woman. A weak
woman. A sinful woman. And she was nothing
to Solomon. She was nothing to Solomon. Solomon
had many women. What does he need, Stan? There's
one more. Huh? And I'm not poking fun at
Solomon's sin. I'm trying to show you a picture
here, a spiritual picture. What did he need was one more
woman. He had 300 wives and a thousand
concubines, and here comes another one. King, there's a woman here to
see you. Another one? I'll not have another one. Yes,
he did. That was the way of Solomon.
He loved women. The Scripture says that he loved
many strange women. Isn't that a picture of our Lord?
You were a stranger in a pilgrim, Barbara Ross. But this great
King with largeness of heart took another one in. There's
Mary, there's Lydia, there's so on and so forth. Here comes
Barbara. Another woman? Bring her in. Bring her in. I'll have audience
with her. He takes in the weak, takes in
the sinful. Our Lord is a friend of sinners.
He's a lover of the unlovely. Didn't he say? You know, I said
this morning that Sheba had no promise of getting—that's not
her name. She, I don't—they didn't ever
say her name. It's just Queens. Her name's not important. But
we call her Sheba. But I said this morning that
she had no promise that she'd get a hearing with King Solomon. She heard about him. She said,
I gotta go see him and talk to him. She had no promise. He didn't
invite her. But you know something? I bet
you somebody said to her, I bet you somebody said, he won't have
you. He's too great a king. He's too
busy. I bet you somebody else said,
I believe He will. I've heard that He will. I've
heard He'll hear anybody that comes to Him. I've heard that
anybody that comes to Him, He will know why it's cast out.
Huh? And that's exactly what she found
from Solomon. She came to Him, no promise that
He'd receive her. He said, Come on in. Who's here?
Sheba and Sheba weren't here yet. But, King, you've got some
appointments here. You've got—King, you're on your
way to an important meeting. He stopped what he was doing.
Bring her in. I'll talk to her." Ah, boy. "'Him that cometh to me I will
in no wise cast out,' he said. Weak and sinful though we be,
the King will take us in. And though we're just another
weak and sinful person, the King will have audience with us Who
was Sheba? She was, though she was just
a woman, she was a queen. Just a sinful woman, yet she
was a queen. She was just a woman who happened
to be a queen. And we're sinners, yet. You know
what I'm going to say next? Queen, Queen Nancy. So if you
feel like a queen, you are to our greater Solomon. You're his
queen. He's the king. You're his bride. That makes you queen. Huh? Sure. Kings and priests under
a royal priesthood. You remember what he turned old
Jacob's name into? Jacob means chief. You know who
Terence changed his name to? Israel. You know what that means?
A prince with God. From a cheat to a prince. From
a sinner to a son of God. From just an old rotten no good
person to a king in the king's household. A prince. Who was
Sheba? She was a seeker of Solomon. That's who she was. A woman? yet a queen and a seeker. Somebody told her about Solomon.
She heard of him with the hearing of the ear, and she had to see
him for herself. Right? She came to see him, though she
was a woman. She came a great distance. We
saw that this morning. And listen to this. Listen. Listen. She was you. She was just a woman. week, but she came. She was seeking
after Solomon. I bet you she was married. I guarantee you she was married.
There's no mention of her husband, is there? No mention. There's no mention that her husband
had any interest whatsoever in Solomon. No. But these things and these persons
did not keep her from seeking after Solomon. Though she was
weak, though she was sinful, though she was married and her
family cared not for Solomon, it didn't keep her from seeking
him. She came. She heard. She had to see him.
She came. And I know, you know, being married,
she probably was persecuted by her husband for going to see
Solomon. You reckon? King Sheba, whoever he was, probably
said, where are you going? She said, I'm going to Israel
to see Solomon. All that way? Why? I've got to see Solomon. I've
heard about it. I've got to see him for myself.
Well, what's that check you're writing? It's a gift for Solomon. That's too much. Honey, we can't
afford that. Oh dear, it ain't enough. I'd like to give it all." From
what I hear about this song. And he probably persecuted her
for spending so much time while she's gone. You were sure gone
a long time. Where you been? Been with Solomon. Isn't a month long enough? Stayed
gone two. Two months. And probably got
tired of hearing about this fellow Solomon when she got home. He
said, Solomon, Solomon, Solomon, that's all I hear about these
days. Then you got anybody better to
talk about than Solomon? She said, no. If you saw him, you'd talk about
him too. Yes, it's ma'am. If she was married,
that's what happened. I ain't making that up. If she
was married, that's what happened. If you'd only, honey, if you'd
come with me like I asked you to and you'd seen him like I
saw him, you'd talk about him too. He's all that interests me from
this day forward. She was a seeker of Solomon.
You know what else? She was a seeker of Solomon.
You know what else she was? He's a finder. She found him. She heard him. She came. She
saw. She believed. She was granted
entrance, granted audience, communion with the greatest king on earth,
a sight of his glory, a seat at his table, a partaker of his
food, his blessing. She went away from that place
knowing Solomon and admiring him. loving him. And it says that he shall become
admired in all his saints. Do that in a second. He shall become admired by all
his saints. She left that place a knower
and a lover of King Solomon. How about you Shebas? How about
you? Sheba? Sheasley? Huh? Sheba Parks, Sheba Ross, Sheba
William, Sheba Hodges, all you Shebas out there. You know him,
you love him, you admire him. He's your husband. Here's another
thing about Sheba. Who was Sheba? And what happened
to Sheba? Well, look at 1 Kings chapter
10. Look at verse 10. Says verse
10, she gave the king 120 talents of gold and spices, very great
store, and precious stone. There came no more such abundance
of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
She gave the biggest offering up to that point. I told you her husband said,
that's too much. We can't afford that. She was giving this to Solomon. That's who she was giving it
to, Solomon. After seeing his glory, after
being so enamored with him, and seeing his beauty and his glory,
and seeing the temple, and after Solomon told her about the temple
and all about it, the purpose of the temple, she wanted to
contribute. She wanted to do something for
the king and for this worthy cause. So she gave generously,
sacrificially. Now, you think, what could she
give to this king? You remember seeing what all
he had? What could she contribute to this king? What could she
do for him? You know, really, Roberta, it was the biggest that's
ever been given, but he didn't need it, did he? What could she
do? Well, she did what she could.
She gave sacrificial, but let me tell you something. She went
away richer than she came. Look at verse 13. King Solomon
gave unto the queen. Oh, wait a minute. She gave to
him a big gift. Did she now? You ain't going
to have a gift, Solomon. Look at verse 13. The king Solomon
gave unto the queen of Sheba all she desired. What further
she asked beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty?
As a matter of fact, he gave her more than she asked for,
more than she bargained for. Remember, she asked him many
questions, and it says he told her more than that. He knew what
things she had need of even before she asked. And it says that he gave her
whatever she asked and more beside, beside that he gave of her his
royal bounty. She came with a few camels for
gifts for Solomon. She went away with five wagon
loads of goods and came home. Her husband, he didn't deride
her for that, did he? Where have you been? Like Ruth,
wasn't it? Whose field did you gleam in
today? Boaz. Where have you been? I told you I was going to see
Solomon. He's rich. And now we're rich. I'm rich.
You'd be rich, too, if you knew it. He made me rich. I came home richer than I left. Well, what else about Sheba?
I want you to turn to Hosea, OK? You need to see this, and
I'll quit with these verses here in Hosea. The book of Hosea,
right before the book of Jonah. Hosea. Jonah. After the book
of Daniel, now can you find it? I was doing that for my sake. I was trying to find it. Hosea,
what about Sheba? Well, I believe Sheba went home
a saved woman. Somebody asked me that today.
Well, what about, you think that Sheba was saved? I'm just about
positive of it. Well, why? Well, the Lord said
it in Luke 11. Remember reading that today? He said, The queen of the south
shall rise up in the judgment against this evil generation. Right? Didn't he say that? He
said that. And let me ask you this. Let
me just ask you a question. What do you suppose that Solomon
talked with her about for several days? Politics? Huh? When Solomon was taking Sheba,
the queen of Sheba, in to see the temple and see the sacrifices
going on and on, what do you reckon? What do you suppose that
he talked to her about? Sheba? You live down there in
Sheba, don't you? That's an idolatrous place. They
worship a God after their own imagination. They don't worship
the true and living God, the God of Israel. You know, there's
one Lord and one God who reigns over all. There's not many, like
they say down there. They're worshiping idols down there.
They're works of men's hands. And you've been worshiping right
along with them. There's one God, and you need to know Him.
To know Him is to have eternal life. And she was only one way
to worship Him. And it's in the place that God
has chosen. the way God has chosen, blood, without the... And on
and on he went, saying, yes, he did, and told us the blood
sheba that maketh atonement for the soul. God has told his people
that from the beginning. What do you think this temple's
all about? That we might impress everybody? No, it's a picture
of the temple of God that's going to dwell with men. The tabernacle
of God, God's Son, in whom is beauty and riches and honor and
glory such as we've never seen before. Redeemer. Sheba, I know
my Redeemer liveth, and he shall stand on this earth at the latter
day. And it's Him, His blood, that we're making these sacrifices
all about. He's going to come, and on and
on he went. You reckon? What do you think he talked to
her about? He talked to her for several
days about his God, about true worship, about the sacrifices
she saw going on, about the temple, about her idols. Sheba, you can't
worship an idol. The Lord our God's one God. Thou
shalt have no other gods before thee. And Solomon communed with
her concerning all things. He communed with her about his
God, about his Christ, about her sin. Sheba, God's holy. You're a sinner. I'm a sinner.
We're sinners. We need a Savior. And we can't do it ourselves.
Not by works of righteousness, which we do, Sheba, but it's
going to be according to His mercy that He saves us. His blood
is going to be according to His Son, our Savior, the Christ,
the Messiah who's to come. Yes. Where did Solomon learn
this from? His daddy. His father. Right? And he told her. Did David know
anything about the Redeemer? Solomon did too, and what did
he talk to her about? He talked to Sheba about Him,
about the truth. And she heard the truth, and
the truth set her free from her idols. And she went away from
there, having heard from the very lips of Solomon himself
about the one greater than Solomon. Rejoicing in God her Savior,
a greater than Solomon, and she went away," Hosea 14, she went
away from that place saying this. This is the very words out of
her mouth, I guarantee it. Verse 8, she went away saying,
"'What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard Him
and observed Him.'" Do you see? Did you see that?
Let me read it again. What have I to do anymore? She was from an idol-worshipping
place. She put away her idols. She's not going to go back down
and worship idols now. Why? She heard Solomon. She observed
Solomon. And I have to believe her greater
than Solomon. Greater than Solomon. What have I to do anymore with
idols? And that's what If we say it,
we can't hear of anything else. We can't have anything to do
anymore with anything else, any idol worship. We've heard him
and observed him, and nothing else will suffice, really. Let's
sing a hymn in closing that just fits perfectly with the message. Hymn number 329. 329, and I can picture Sheba sitting down
before Solomon's throne there, and oh, what hurt words she heard
him say. Happy place, so near, so precious. Remember when it said that, she
said, happy are the men who sit all the time at your feet. happy are the people. Well, sitting
at the feet of a greater than Solomon is a better place to
be. Let's sing this in closing. Stand with me. Sitting at the feet of Jesus
Oh, what words I hear Him say Happy place so near, so precious
May you find me there each day Singing at the feet of Jesus I would look upon the planets. Oh, His love has been so gracious. It has won my heart at last. The second one is the last. Sitting at the feet of Jesus. At the feet of Jesus, there I
lay my sins aside. All right, here it is.

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