Segueing from girls to gold, Jesus continues to present Himself as a wiser Solomon who tries the hearts of men.
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The “forming” section of Matthew 24-25 views things from an earthly, priestly perspective. The “filling” section views things from a heavenly, kingly perspective. Jesus has described the king’s house and the king’s virgins, and now He describes Solomon’s gold. The primary allusion now becomes evident: it is the laws for Israel’s kings in Deuteronomy 17:14-20, laws that the Herods, like Israel’s kings before the captivity, were violating.
