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So Abijah rested with his fathers, and they buried him in the City of David. The temple was then dedicated to God (5:2-7:22; see notes on 1 Kings 8:1-9). [If] My people who are called by My name humble themselves. It is always good for Christians to walk humbly with our God (Micah 6:8). Solomon prayed to God for blessing and favor on his people and on this holy dwelling place. God expects, that if his people, who are called by his name, have dishonoured his name by their iniquity, they should honour it by accepting the punishment of their iniquity. This is false, as an unwillingness to stop sinning is a probable sign of unbelief. 9 And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days. And many times when the warning came, I felt that they were totally unnecessary. He promised to grant the petitions of the people, as Solomon had requested, if they manifested a true heart for Him (2 Chronicles 7:12-14). Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to prayer made in this place. With such a glorious temple, Israel would be tempted to forsake the God of the temple and make an idol of the temple of God. a. Verse 7. Hosea 14:4; Isaiah 53:5, 57:18-19; Psalm 41:4); at other times it relates to physical healing (e.g. When they saw the fire of God come down from heaven thus they did not run away affrighted, but kept their ground in the courts of the Lord, and took occasion from it, (1.) The game employs an open world design, with a day-and-night time cycle that often affects in-game events, including quests, enemy strength, and item availability. To be clear, these are Gods words spoken to Solomon, King of Israel. i. The heart that is thus filled with a holy awe and reverence of the divine glory, the heart to which God manifests himself in his greatness, and (which is no less his glory) in his goodness, is thereby owned as a living temple. They must be humble themselves under his hand, must pray for the removal of the judgment, must seek the face and favour of God; and yet all this will not do unless they turn from their wicked ways, and return to the God from whom they have revolted. On October 31, 1904, Evan Roberts' heart was aflame as he writes in Wales. God blessed the temple and filled it with the glory of His presence, but He would cast it out of His sight if the kings of Israel forsook the LORD. In this way God testified his acceptance of Moses (Lev 9 24), of Gideon (Judg 6 21), of David (1 Chron 21 26), of Elijah (1 Kings 18 38); and, in general, to accept the burnt-sacrifice is, in the Hebrew phrase, to turn it to ashes, Ps 20 3. If he hoped for the benefit of God's covenant with David, he must imitate the example of David. I. No. II. His death was our life, and he was made sin and a curse that we might inherit righteousness and a blessing. Site by Mere. I have heard thy prayer. The Gospels Four avenues of repentance are mentioned that will lead God to forgive and restore. And God will heal the land. That God accepted Solomon's prayer appeared by the fire from heaven. Most of these things we had before, 1 Kings 8 and 9. 4 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the Lord. In 2 Chronicles 7:14, we note three precepts that are consistently called for by God throughout Scripture: humility, hunger and holiness. The record of it is read and thought of with an interest that is undiminished by the lapse of time. This answer seems to have come many years after the actual dedication of the temple. 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General Epistles Copyright 2002-2023 Got Questions Ministries. And the people stole back into the city that day, as . Romans 13:7 Render them their due, respect and honor, Romans 13:3 Support good, punish the evil, Romans 13:4 Execute justice upon the evil. The priests could not enter the house of the LORD: This repeats the occasion first described in 2 Chronicles 5:14. c. They bowed their faces to the ground on the pavement, and worshiped and praised the LORD: The people responded with a combination of reverence and worship. Tragic. He will always forgive one who is truly sorry and sincere in their repentance. Likewise, the land referred to was the land of Israel. When and how was Israel conquered by the Assyrians? The glory of God filling the house, the cloud of God and all of this glorious experience and God is saying, "Now, Solomon, don't forsake Me." And I'm sure Solomon in his heart was saying, "Oh God, I could never forsake You. They kept the feast of the dedication of the altar seven days, from the second to the ninth; the tenth day was the day of atonement, when they were to afflict their souls for sin, and that was not unseasonable in the midst of their rejoicings; on the fifteenth day began the feast of tabernacles, which continued to the twenty-second, and they did not separate till the twenty-third. (e) I will cause the pestilence to cease and destroy the beasts that hurt the fruit of the earth, and send rain in due season. #4 and heal their land. Especially in the days of David and Solomon, and the kings after them, one of the consequences of turning from God to worship idols was that the land would begin to suffer from famine, as promised by God for disobedience as a way to bring them to repentance. Nay, they had reason to say that in this God was good. EDITORS NOTE: Steve Gaines is president of the Southern Baptist Convention and pastor of Memphis-area Bellevue Baptist Church. Prophets . Many Christians in America are praying for a fresh spiritual awakening and revival among those of us who know Jesus Christ. 21 And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and unto this house? ii. 1 7), and after a day of sacrifice too, as then, and gave him a peculiar answer to his prayer. Nevertheless, the same God who made this promise to Israel still reigns in the heavens and will still respond to His humble praying people today. The manner in which these disobedient people have been destroyed is truly astonishing: no nation was every so highly favoured, and none ever so severely and signally punished. (Clarke), 2021 The Enduring Word Bible Commentary by David Guzik ewm@enduringword.com, The Whole Bible If my people shall humble themselves, and pray, If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. National mercy is then promised, that God will forgive their sin, which brought the judgment upon them, and then heal their land, redress all their grievances. The Lord. Major Prophets The grateful return made to God for this gracious token of his favour. God would establish Solomons kingdom if he fully obeyed Gods Word (2 Chronicles 7:17-18). Nothing but continued fidelity can do that. (Morgan). As the people of God humble themselves, pray and seek the face of God, they must also turn from their wicked ways. We can be much more confident of His attention to our prayers when we offer them in the name of Jesus, the Son of David. Historical Books Luke-Acts The gracious answer which God immediately made to Solomon's prayer: The fire came down from heaven and consumed the sacrifice, v. 1. The king and all the people offered sacrifices in abundance, v. 4, 5. And now the same thing happened as God's glory fills the temple. The characteristics of the reign of Asa. Brethren, we want renewed appearances, fresh manifestations, new visitations from on high; and I commend to those of you who are getting on in life, that while you thank God for the past, and look back with joy to his visits to you in your early days, you now seek and ask for a second visitation of the Most High. (Spurgeon). 22 And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point But if you turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and you shall go and serve other gods, and worship them; then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and I will make it to be a proverb and a byword among the nations. So the victory that day was turned into mourning for all the people. "Though they have taken deep root, and taken root long, in this good land, yet I will pluck them up by the roots, extirpate the whole nation, pluck them up as men pluck up weeds out of their garden, which are thrown to the dunghill." But he set before him death as well as life, the curse as well as the blessing. Minor Prophets This remedy is as applicable today as it was in postexilic Israel and in the days of Israels monarchy. 1 Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the Lord filled the house. ", God responded to Solomons prayer with a special revelation. Jehovah, the supreme and self-existent Deity (Exodus 3:14), the God of nature, who can "shut up heaven," "command the locusts," "send pestilence" (ver. Usernames should only contain letters, numbers, dots, dashes, or underscores. (2 Chronicles 7:17-22) Gods warning to Solomon. Major Prophets It was good of God to appear to Solomon the first time; it was even better of God to grant a unique appearance to Solomon the second time. To the suffering of Christ. 1. Solomon went on in his work, and prosperously effected all he designed for the adorning both of God's house and his own, v. 11. As a further evidence that God accepted Solomon's prayer, still the glory of the Lord filled the house. They had offered sacrifices before, but now they increased them. "1 Chronicles: An Introduction and Commentary" Volume 10 (Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries) (Leicester, England: Inter-Varsity Press, 1994), Spurgeon, Charles Haddon "The New Park Street Pulpit" Volumes 1-6 and "The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit" Volumes 7-63 (Pasadena, Texas: Pilgrim Publications, 1990), Trapp, John "A Commentary on the Old and New Testaments" Volume 1 (Genesis to 2 Chronicles) (Eureka, California: Tanski Publications, 1997). 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