Is ancient wisdom better than modern thought?
Well when it comes to God's word spoken through inspired men and especially men who he gifted with wisdom, the wisdom of King Solomon then I would think one would take note.
To know the mind of God is to search out his Word with the light of His Spirit placed on it's pages.
The Book of Ecclesiastes are the words penned by King Solomon at the end of his amazing life.
The King asks in Eccl.12 that the youth remember their Creator in the days of youth (v1) Interesting that He did not say remember "the Lord thy God" or some other form of God's reference, rather he said, Creator. He said that the youth do this while the evil days had not yet come, nor the years draw nigh, when a time would come when they would say, "I have no pleasure in them; While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain: in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the window be darkened. (v.1-4) Read all of Ecclesiates 12....believe me you need it.
What can we extrapolate from this? God says while the times are good and the sun shines normally and the moon and stars are out and the clouds disappear after a rain, that during these good times we better remember who makes them and He's our Creator, before all this disappears or changes.
What do we see today? A darkening of the sun, changes in the heavens, changes in the weather and even the strong man bows to it's effects. Dark days.
Then he warns of the dread to come.... lack of food, birds not singing, no real music, fear among people, peoples desires failing and all forms of support on this earth failing...leading to death.
Sad it is, the King's warning for the future and yet we live in those times now, dark they are. The question is, our are youth getting the message? Do they have parents who warn? Or do they just hear peace and safety coming from our mouths and the preachers of today that say, don't worry darling it will be ok. Does the King lie then? Does he say don't worry darling, it will be ok? No....and this is where the failing comes today. Peace and safety is telling someone that it will all be ok and then NOT saying to the youth to remember the Creator.
So why remember the Creator? Well what did God create? How did he create it? How long did it take to create it? And if he warns us to remember does he not believe that we would forget the Creation and the Creator? The answer is yes... that is why he says "Remember". Just like in the 4th commandment it says, Remember. Do you or are you told to forget it?
We have forgotten the whole creation story from day 1 to day 7, especially day 7. It is much easier to learn and remember pagan/atheistic scientists theories on the earth's evolution and it's state of existence than search the scriptures ourselves for the truth. We don't want to truly remember the Creator and His creation story because we might find we are not honoring him like HE wants us to.... So we delude ourselves with thoughts of peace and safety and say to our selves and others that really God knows my heart so it's ok, right? Remember that the Word of God says our hearts are carnal and sinful and our own ways are not to be trusted. God says "my thoughts are not your thoughts nor are my ways your ways". Get it? King Solomon was not lying he was warning the future youth. So ancient wisdom does take precedence over modern illumined thought.
Part 1 of Was King Solomon lying to us?
Friday, April 14, 2017
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