The old testament documents halorts and their ways a couple of times and yesterday these two harlots had me on hook.
These ones were not just in the same 'proffesion" , they were economically mindful to even share a house.
To them, individual privacy didn't seem like a thing they prized , they were bare with each other;so much so that they had access to each others children.
Then one day , there's death in their house .
Now they are facing both a legal fight on whose child is alive and an enemity.
A separation that would alter their coexistence.
Thing with harlotry especially if conception happens is, the uncertainty of fatherhood. In such case ,the woman knows she'll have to solely shoulder the parental responsibility .
So let's unpack a few thoughts that sat heavy on me yesternight.
1️⃣Both babies were safe at their mother's breasts.
Then one mother turned and laid her whole body on their baby ,it died .
Imagine a mother waking up to find her own flesh was the instrument that killed her babyðŸ˜ðŸ˜well,that's what our own righteousness and strivings of the flesh produced ,death, so God called it filthy rags .
Paul records in Ephesians 6 that to be able to withstand in the evil day ,one of the armoury you will need to put on is the breastplate of righteousness.
It is the positional stand in Sonship. And it is imputed to us . We wouldn't have gotten it any other way .
Gal 4:6 Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts... crying Abba father
The breastplate of righteousness guarantees our security in Him as sons .
When your breastplate is on , how you are "sleeping" is not on you but on your father ,Unlike the harlot who wanted to clear her mess using trickery .
2️⃣Another thing to look into is the sharp sword Solomon asked for .That was what he needed to use to effect justice to the two warring mother's .
Now , Paul echoes again about the sword ⚔️ take the Sword of the spirit which is the Word of God . The Word of God is living,it is active , it is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart." See how quickly the King established who the mother to the living child was.The sword will always come to cast down every argument that tries to exalt itself against the knowledge of God.
3️⃣Another thing to look into is that fact the baby died on day three .
The same number of days that changes rather reversed the trajectory of a man's history's.
First,this case was the GRAND REVEAL of the kings wisdom.
So when Paul is saying Christ became to us the wisdom of God,the grand display of it was in the execution of our redemption from the kingdom of darkeness , translating us into the kingdom of the son of His love .
All this in 3 days of his death , resurrection, ascension and glorification.
Day three,came with the fulfillment of what Isaiah prophesied "Gods pleasure would prosper in His hands. God's will had now found one who fully satisfied it.
We were now justified and at peace with God.
4️⃣Another factor to look into is ,when the baby was being swapped , his mom was sound asleep , she heard nothing , until when she woke up to realise no,this is not mine child.
The king would have condemned her for oversleeping and not keeping an eye on her baby but he treated her as one who was awake the whole time by offering her an instantaneous verdict in her favour .
5️⃣Another factor to consider is Boldness .The audacity and courage the true mom had when she woke up to go face the king seeking justice ,you and me can boldly come to the throne of Grace , there we find grace and mercy to help us in time if need . Infact the King tells us to fear not, there's a table laid out for us
6️⃣Finally, let's look at the same mom back at home .
She had a guarantee that as long as she in the house, it was her baby who's there with her .The justice executed gave her a guarantee and security.
Because where the word of a king is there is power .
Here's the best thing about this story,that we have the Holy spirit as a guarantee of our inheritance,like the woman left the kings chambers with a surerity that this is my son
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Jude 1:1 reminds us that we have been preserved in Christ .
🤎In Christ. 🤎 in Him we no longer need to shoulder the weight and bear the cost of the seed 'conceived' in harlotry.
🤎In Christ🤎is where we are kept. Not by vigilance. Not by performance. Not by staying awake through the night .
🤎In Christ🤎 where our treasure is .
✨no thief can steal
✨no rust or moth can destroy
We began when they were in an abode , we end by telling you Christ is our abode .
