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Instead of How Great Thou Art.

© 2020 by RJ Dawson. All Rights Reserved.




  1. I know this is not the essence of your post but it was the comment that caught my eye. Why do you consider Solomon the first antichrist? I know he had his failings but not certain he didn’t resolve those by the end of his life. Thanks for your reply.


    • Thanks Donna. I go into this in-depth in my book. It involves several points. The main point is that Solomon has been inaccurately identified as the descendant of David referred to in Nathan’s prophecy of 2 Samuel, Chapter 7. I did a lot of research to come to this conclusion.

      The Lord later subjected my research to a test. Several years ago my book Real Christianity was used as a textbook in a Christian college and was required reading. When the students reached that particular section there was a bit of an uproar in that none of them believed what I wrote, mainly because it went directly against consensus opinion. The teacher decided to have each of them write an additional paper, alone and without any interaction from one another, researching my findings and attempting to prove them wrong. When the papers were presented each one came back in support of my position.

      The moral of this, I guess, is that Solomon has traditionally been given great press. His reign was seen as the glory of Israel. It was actually the opposite. He was a great sinner and idolater, and after he died the kingdom of Israel was split forever. He did much otherwise unreported damage. He had prophets killed. It should be obvious, then, that he greatly opposed the Lord, set himself up as supreme authority, did whatever he felt like doing, refused to honor the Law, and set a precedent in which every future king of Israel and almost every future king of Judah did likewise.

      One of the many interesting clues that he was the first antichrist is in this excerpt from my book:

      Seven different individuals are identified in Scripture with the exact title “son of David.” Five of them are actual sons of David, one is Joseph the carpenter, husband of Mary, and one is the Messiah Jesus. Only two of these seven are listed more than once—Solomon is listed seven times and our Lord Jesus fourteen times. Is this just coincidence? Doesn’t it appear as though Solomon is attempting to compete with the Lord? Did Solomon think he was the Messiah? In the original history of Israel (See 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 and 2 Kings), Solomon is never mentioned as the “son of David.” In the books of Chronicles he is called by this title five times. There is only one possible reason to call either Solomon or the Lord by the title “Son of David” or “Son of God.” It stems solely from Nathan’s prophecy.
      [© 2001 Real Christianity—The Nature of the Church by R.J. Dawson. All Rights Reserved.]

      Blessings to you.

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  2. i liked it then, and I still do. Plain sense, common sense, is too often considered to be nonsense.


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