Labor to Serve One Another
In the Come, Follow Me reading this week we have the story of King Rehoboam and the split between the tribes of Israel. The manual says this: “How would you describe the mistake King Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, made in 1 Kings 12:1–14? What Christlike attributes could have helped Rehoboam save his kingdom?” After King Solomon died, his son Rehoboam became king, and the people came to him with this request: “Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.” Solomon had been very demanding of the people, just as the prophet Samuel had prophesied to them about how a king would act: “This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots. And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set th...