Thank you Pastor Scott Griswold!
Yes, most certainly Queen Sheba was greatly impressed by Solomon as per the words of 2 Chron 9:5-8.
Yet, it seems Solomon was tremendously impressed by Queen Sheba as well as per the words of 2 Chron 9:12, 16, 20. Quoting parts of my comment from yesterday's blog re 2 Chron 8:
"1) Re 2 Chr 8:6 and Solomon's building activities in Lebanon: Notice the words of 2 Chr 9:16, 20, "the house of the forest of Lebanon!" Consider the great Temple ruins at Baalbek in Lebanon! They were, I believe, built upon the order of Solomon by his chief building contractor Jeroboam. Please, consider the pictures and the words at this link: http://tinyurl.com/c9quhf2 "
It seems likely that in order to serve that temple in Baalbek, the same services of the "divisions of the priests..." appointed by David and Solomon must also have been utilized. Continuing my quote:
"2) Re 2 Chr 8:14 and the order of the priests, "according to the order of David his father, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their service:" Please find some details re the dates pertaining to the timing of the services provided by these "divisions of the priests...!:" http://tinyurl.com/d93n5j7 "
Lastly, commenting upon your words "There will come a time when we cannot buy or sell if we want to worship God in His ordained way by keeping the Sabbath..."
Again by quoting from my comment of yesterday:
"3) Perhaps God has a most special message to those of us who claim to be among God's own Advent People in re to the importance of keeping His annual feasts as once and for all proclaimed to be kept "for ever?!!!" Cf. Ex 12:14, 17, 24; Lev 23:14, 21, 31, 41! And... Not to forget, as Solomon also did per 2 Chron 8:13! That is, in contradistinction to such feasts as were introduced by the heathen people and even by Jeroboam, the king of Israel! [Cf. 1 Kings 12:26-33!]
"Please consider Ellen Harmon's vision and the message given her in the form of 50 Scripture texts written upon a slate with gold letter engravings. It seems to me that the importance of keeping all of God's own Sabbaths and all of God's feasts is the overall message given us, even us at this very time, by means of that experience of Ellen Harmon as she was being struck with dumbness in consequence of her hesitation to believe the vision given her by the angel. An experience that has many similarities to that of Zecharias, the father of John the Baptist!: Please consider the thoughts found under this link: http://tinyurl.com/cd3yukw
"Could it be that we are, as a people of God, likewise being struck by dumbness? That is, such that we are not being heard by very many people in the Western world of today?"
Could it be that we, mesmerized as we may be by our own ideas re "the ceremonial laws" being nailed to the cross... Could it be that we too, most all of us, have been hesitating to believe the clear words of the angel of God as written in the Holy Scriptures? Could it be that somehow we too are being struck dumb by the angel of God until such time as we believe the clear words as written once and for all... "for ever?"
By the way, today [still Fri Apr 26, 2013 at my location albeit Sabbath morning sunrise is already happening in the Far East] happens to be, per my current understanding of God's own calendar, the First Day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Accordingly, per God's own ordinances, tomorrow morning, the morning following upon the beginning of the Seventh Day Sabbath, will be the proper time for the Omer sacrifice, that is, the Waving of the Sheaf offering that is to be brought on the 1st of the 50 days of Counting the Omer towards the Day of the Sabbaths, that Day of Pentecost... That Seventh Day Sabbath upon which the outpouring of the Holy Ghost was experienced as per Acts chapter 2!!! For details, please consider this link: http://tinyurl.com/bnqdoxp
May I suggest that, in a symbolic sort of a way, this post of mine is a First Fruits offering, a Waving of the Sheaf, being brought before our Creator and before the People of the Lord of Hosts, as the sun of this Seventh Day Sabbath keeps rising around our planet... A Seventh Day Sabbath defined as centered upon Jerusalem, the Holy City of God.
Are we, I and you, willing to accept the showers of blessings that our Creator is desiring to pour over His own People, the Advent People that are His own? That is, those People who are indeed desirous of keeping all of the Creator's Sabbaths - as exactly defined in the Holy Scriptures... and as Solomon did, the wisest among kings, per 2 Chron 8:13? Sola Scriptura...
Consider it! Selah!