‘AN EVERLASTING NAME’ (Isaiah 56:5b)
‘The Visit of The Queen of Sheba to Solomon’ Edward Poynter (1890)
Ever since King Solomon brought ‘apes and peacocks’ (I Kings 10:22b) to His wondrous court, all chimpanzees ( a species of great ape native to the forest and savannah of tropical Africa) have been schooled rigorously in the history of the great king’s land.
The most famous of the teachers of the chimpanzees was a stern scholar named ‘Co-Co’. (The chimpanzees called him by that name because he threw coconuts at any young, inattentive student with unerring accuracy.)
When Co-Co taught us it was not enough to have just one of the sacred scrolls of King Solomon, we had to come armed with at least one accompanying scroll – usually two.
When we came to study The Eleventh Scroll of THE WRITINGS, ‘The Book of Daniel’, Co Co insisted that we also bring our personal copies of ‘I & II Kings’, The Third Book of THE FORMER PROPHETS, and ‘Isaiah’, The First Book of THE LATTER PROPHETS. (Every chimpanzee, by the time he/she is twelve, has written out for him/her self a copy of all the sacred books of King Solomon’s GOD.)
CO-CO’S FIRST QUESTION ON ‘THE BOOK OF DANIEL’:
Illustrate the link between II Kings 20:16, 17 & 18, Isaiah 56: 4 & 5, and Daniel 1:1 – 7.
Co-Co’s favourite response was by Chi-Chi who later became a famous singer:
- 714 B.C.E. – The Prophecy of The Royal Eunuchs Deported to Babylon given to King Hezekiah after the visit of the ambassadors from The King of Babylon (II Kings 20: 16, 17 & 18).
- 606 B.C.E. – The Fulfilment of The Prophecy in The Deportation to Babylon of Daniel, Hananiah, MIshael & Azariah, Descendants of King Hezekiah (Daniel 1:1 – 7).
- 714 B.C.E. – The Consolation of The Royal Eunuchs (Isaiah 56: 4 & 5) written by Isaiah.
- 606 B.C.E. – The Consolation of The Royal Eunuchs (Isaiah 56: 4 & 5) read by Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael & Azariah students of their Holy Scriptures.
‘I will give Them An Everlasting Name That Shall Not Be Cut Off’ (Isaiah 56:5)
Next Week:
The Kings of Babylon Under Whom Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael & Azariah served as eunuchs.