Solomon received great wealth, not by war, but by his wise and understanding heart given to him by God. This wisdom led queen of Sheba (located in Saudi Arabia) and others to give Solomon much riches.
Israel will continue to spiral downward away from their God but He will continue to hear their pleas for help and send them deliverers.
Many calls: to salvation; to a decision; to a ministry
What the cities of refuge were to Israel, sheltering the sinner from judgment, the Lord Jesus Christ is to us.
As believers, we have an amazing inheritance. In this story the Lord commands Jeremiah to buy a field from his uncle in his hometown of Anathoth. Jeremiah is unlikely to get any benefit from the field, but he is to buy it anyway. God uses this event to promise future restoration of Israel. Fields will again be bought and sold in the land. This is a message of hope and promise in a time of destruction.
