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Chapter
03
{Chapter
3 - What David Taught Solomon}
{Principal
from Deuteronomy 6:6-9: Parents Should Teach their Children Doctrine}
{Verses
1:10 - the Wages of Doctrine - David to Solomon}
1~~My
son,
forget
not my law/doctrine;
but
let your heart/'right lobe'
keep/guard
my commandments/precepts/
'categories
of doctrines' {mitzvah}.
2~~For
length of days,
and
'years of life'/long life,
and
prosperity/peace/'inner happiness' . . .
they
{the 'precepts of doctrines' in your soul}
shall
add to you.
{Note: Remember God's perfect timing. It is not necessarily a long life as we think of it, but from God's viewpoint, a full life. One that is abundant and lived under inner happiness.}
3a~~Do
not let mercy/'grace in action' {checed}
and
doctrine/truth {'emeth} leave you.
3b~~Bind them about your neck.
{Note: Many people carried their signet rings around the neck - so doctrine is "God's signet ring" by which we cash God's checks.}
3c~~Write them upon the "tablets of your heart/'right lobe' ".
{Note:
means to study doctrine, take notes, review the notes
and
metabolize the doctrine in the thinking part of your soul.}
4~~So
{a result}
shall
you find grace/favor {chen}
and
good understanding {towb sekel}
{about the will/design/plan of God}
in
the sight of 'Elohiym/Godhead
and
{in the sight of} man.
{Verses
5-6: Doctrine is the basis of Divine Guidance}
5a~~Trust
{batach} in Jehovah/God
with
all your 'right lobe'/heart.
5b~~And
do not lean
on
your 'own doctrine'/'human viewpoint thinking' {biynah}.
{Note: Batach refers to the 'Faith Rest Technique'. Originally it was a wrestler's term - to 'body slam your troubles to God'. We all start with 'human viewpoint'. From the bible, we learn 'divine viewpoint'. Lean on the Lord and His Word. Then you will know how to Walk in the Righteous Ways of God.}
6~~In
all of your Ways . . .
know
{yada`} Him {God},
therefore,
He shall level {yashar} your paths'.
{Note: This means that doctrine is paramount in your life when you know God. And how do you 'know God?' . . . by knowing His Thinking - which is in written form today - means to study bible doctrine. Finally, without God you have mountains in your paths - He will cut the barrier down to your size.}
{Verses
7-8: Protection from Mental Attitude Sins}
7a~~Be
not 'wise' {chakam} in your own eyes.
{Note: This is an idiom for pride and arrogance - and the whole string of mental attitude sins.}
7b~~Respect/'Be
in awe of' Jehovah/God.
{principal of 'Occupation with Christ'}
7c~~And
depart from 'the evil'.
{the Spirit filled life - salvation, rebound when necessary, take in
doctrine, apply it to life - overcomes evil, which here is
emphasizing your own 'old sin nature'}
8a~~It
shall 'lead to a healthy body'.
{idiom: literally: 'health to your navel'}
8b~~And
'strength in your body'.
{idiom again: literally: 'marrow to your bones'}.
{Note: The absence of arrogance and other mental attitude sins protects the physical body as well as your spiritual condition.}
{Verses
9-10: Doctrine Motivates Giving}
9~~Glorify
{kabad} Jehovah/God with your substance {hown},
and
with the firstfruits of all your increase.
{Note: There is no glory if your free will is not involved - you must want to give because He gave FIRST. The word INCREASE is the key. The only reason any believer ever 'increases' is because of God!}
{Note: The verse does not say 'tithes'. Tithing is NOT giving - it is taxation and is not a part of spiritual giving. Taxation was for believer and unbeliever alike in Israel. So 'tithes' was closer to our Income Tax situation today. Churches have NO RIGHT to ask you for a certain percentage! You give as God has graced you! And, if you are not a believer, you have no right to give! Spiritual giving is a PRIVILEGE for believers only and the amount is between the believer and the Lord and is no one else's business - period! They ask for a percentage out of ignorance and those who pay . . . pay out of ignorance of bible doctrine. Ignorance plus ignorance does not equal wisdom.}
10~~So
shall your barns be filled with plenty {material prosperity},
and
your presses shall burst out with new wine.
{two idioms for business prosperity}
{Verses
11-20: Blessings of Grace}
{Verses
11-12: First Blessing of Grace is Discipline}
{Quoted
in Hebrews Chapter 12:5}
11a~~My
son,
do
not reject the discipline of Jehovah/God.
11b~~Therefore,
do not loath His punishment.
12~~For
whom Jehovah/God loves
He
judges {yakach} . . .
even
as a father to the son in whom He delights {ratsah}.
{Note: How does God judge us? He judges by punitive actions. God treats us in grace even when He disciplines us. The very fact you are alive and suffering is Grace. If He gave any of us what we deserved, we would be dead and not hurting anymore!}
{Proverbs
Chapter 3: 13-18 See Revelation Chapter 2:7}
3:13~~Happinesses
. . . to the man who finds wisdom
and
the man that gains understanding {of doctrine} {tabuwn}.
{Note: Wisdom here is chokmah and would be epignosis in the Greek. Happiness STARTS with understanding doctrine! There are TWO types of happiness - 1) Inward - inner happiness and 2) Overt happiness. Both bound up in one package - doctrine in your soul}
14~~For
'its profit'/'the acquisition of it' {cachar}
{the 'it' is wisdom - which is the only knowledge that means
anything - God's Divine Viewpoint} . . .
is better than the profit/acquisition of money . . .
and
its gain {t@buw'ah} . . . than fine gold.
{believers should seek to gain doctrine, like most people seek
to gain Gold!}
{Verses
15-18: Doctrine is from God's Grace}
15a~~She
{doctrine} is more precious than jewels/rubies {paniyn}.
{not only a sign of wealth but of enjoyment of the things from
wealth}
15b~~And
nothing
{no detail of life - healthy, money, pleasure, success, popularity,
loved ones}
can
compare to her {bible doctrine}.
{Note: You can wipe out all details of life and still have happiness if you have the capacity for happiness in your life. But without the capacity for happiness that comes from doctrine, you will not be happy with any or all of these things.}
16a~~Long
life is in her right hand.
{concept of a FULL life as well as a long life. Doctrine can be the
basis of long life - but it will be the basis for a full, happy,
contented life.}
16b~~And
in her {doctrine's} left hand are riches and honor.
{You always get the right hand. But sometimes, you get the left
hand 'in time' also. This refers to riches and rewards in time by
advancing to spiritual maturity. There will also be rewards in
eternity future for the spiritually mature believer.}
17a~~Her {Doctrine's} Ways are pleasant ways.
17b~~And
her paths
are
pleasantness/prosperity/'mental stability' {no`am}.
{See
Revelation Chapter 2:7}
18a~~
She {Doctrine} is a tree of life
to
them that lay hold of her.
{Those who study and retain doctrine}
18b~~'And
happy are all that hold her'/'Receiving inner happiness . . .
the
one who hangs on to her {doctrine}'.
{Those with doctrine resident in the soul}
{Note: The tree of life in the garden is prohibited after the fall. Now doctrine is the tree of life. The key to happiness. The secret to happiness in this life is to 'eat of the tree of life' - resident and function in the Divine Dynasphere.}
{Verses
19-20: The Plan of God from Grace}
19a~~Jehovah/God
by wisdom
{Wisdom is 'His Thinking' - 'His Viewpoint' - 'His Word' - and the
Word became Flesh - Jehovah here is Jesus Christ - and it refers
to His Thinking - He 'thought' and the Earth came into existence}
has
established/'laid the foundation of' the Earth.
19b~~By
understanding,
He
has established the heavens.
{Note: The universe's creation was the mental operation of His mind - His Omniscience combined then with his Omnipotence and the universe was created - and we have His Mind in writing - bible doctrine.}
20~~By
His knowledge {the Omniscience of Jesus Christ}
the
waters are divided
and
the clouds drop down the dew.
{Two idioms for prosperity under an agricultural society - rain -
but what is the source of this prosperity? The thinking of God.}
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