SOLOMON AND JESUS CHRIST
FRIDAY, FIFTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME 1 Kings 11:29-32,12:19; Ps 81:10-15; Mk 7:31-37 Solomon and the Mystery of Christ King Solomon started off very well and ended not so well. We say not so well because he realised his mistakes and sins and confessed them before his death. As we noted earlier in the week, in the early part of his reign, Solomon was a type of Jesus Christ, the man of peace and the Son of David. He had the good examples of his father, David, and his mother, Beersheba; though nothing much is written about her, her son witnessed to her unsung virtues. King Solomon foreshadowed the life of Jesus Christ. He was the son of David and the one who inherited the Davidic dynasty directly from David himself. He ruled the people of God in wisdom and peace for the greater part of his reign. His rule brought so much wealth, fame, and visibility to Israel as a nation. A central role of his functioning as a type of the Son of Man is the construction of the Temple in Je...