David wanted his son to build God's house but even more than this, he wanted his son to gain wisdom (I Chronicles 22:11-12). David knew that this type of "godly wisdom" (2 Corinthians 7:10) would bring his son true success (I Chronicles 22:13). David also supplied his son with the materials and resources needed to build God's house (22:14-16) as well as peaceful working conditions (22:18). In the end, Solomon was one of the wisest men to walk the face of the earth and he did complete God's house. However, we often forget the great sacrifice his father had to endure. To take this idea a step further, let us compare this idea to our relationship with our Heavenly Father. What "great pain" (22:14) the Father must have went through to give His Son up for us and to prepare a place for us one day to join Him.
In John 8, Jesus gets into a spat with some Jews who think he is demon-possessed. He really upsets the Jews when He tells them that He was present before Abraham was ever born (John 8:58-59). It is important that we always accept the deity of Christ. Anything else is approaching blasphemy.
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