Something Greater Than Solomon

Mar 20, 2014 • Don Willeman • Kingdom Perspective, Knowing God Series, 2014

King Solomon represents the glory days of the Old Testament nation of Israel. At no other time was the kingdom of Israel as prosperous as it was at the time of King Solomon. Indeed, even non-Jewish leaders such as the Queen of Sheba journeyed to Solomon to see his great wealth and wisdom.

In Matthew 12 Jesus says, “The Queen of the South [that is, the Queen of Sheba] shall rise up with this generation at the judgment and shall condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.” Here again we have the oft-repeated formula “something greater than….”. By using this phrase, Jesus is saying that even the height of the Kingdom of Israel was not as significant as Christ Himself. Believe it or not, there is a greater kingdom present with the presence of Christ– a kingdom greater than all the kings of Israel put together. Those kings were merely the opening act for the feature presentation of the King of kings, the truly anointed One, the Messiah.

We may escape judgement if we don’t listen to the great King Solomon, but we can never escape it if we don’t listen to the great King Jesus.

Something to think about from “The Kingdom Perspective.”