When they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and turn from their sin because You afflict them, then hear in heaven: Solomon doesnt take it for granted that God would forgive and hear His repentant people. i. 24You have kept your promise to your servant David my father; with your mouth you have promised and with your hand you have fulfilled itas it is today. But, if anyone or if the whole people turn to God in repentance, may He forgive. 28:36, 64; 2 Kin. It was a prayer of such detail and texture that it offered a good match for the stunning architecture and ornamentation of the temple itself. I have built thee an exalted house, a place for thee to dwell in for ever." Then the king faced . (v. 1-2) Solomon blesses all of Israel. You have kept what You promised: Solomon first thanked and praised God for His past fulfillment of promises. As long as this did not slip into a superstitious misunderstanding, it was good to recognize a special place to come and meet with God. (True or False) Graciously, Solomon first allowed Adonijah to go free. Its location, Mount Moriah, was where God appeared to David, and also where Abraham . Disobedience, Pride, Self-Deception, Rejection, The Sanctity of Human Life in the Womb - Psalm 139, Caring for Each Other in the Body of Christ, Determining the Dates for Easter and Passover, The Magic Dresser (A Poem for Mother's Day), The Fruit of the Spirit and 1 Corinthians 13, Click here for more messages from the book of. But then Solomon goes on to pray this second prayer of dedication in verses 54-63. Known as an ambitious builder of public works, Solomon's crowning achievement was the building of the Temple. If you do not want that we track your visit to our site you can disable tracking in your browser here: We also use different external services like Google Webfonts, Google Maps, and external Video providers. How dreadful to pray a prayer of dedication for a new business if you are not going to run that business according to godly principles. There will be seven distinct petitions in this prayer of Solomon. i. However, before one petition is uttered he extols the greatness of the God to Whom he is praying. After seven years the Temple is completed and the magnificence of it is stunning. Click here to return to the Sermons page. 57May the Lord our God be with us as he was with our ancestors; may he never leave us nor forsake(BJ) us. The LORD said He would dwell in the dark cloud. 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Look at verses 59-60: And may these words of mine, which I have prayed before the Lord, be near to the Lord our God day and night, that he may uphold the cause of his servant and the cause of his people Israel according to each days need, 60 so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the Lord is God and that there is no other. Besides war and drought, there are various other calamities which may come upon a land. Follow Christ's journey to the Cross. b. And so Solomon begins with thanksgiving and praise for what God has done. Suddenly this great and beautiful temple becomes very small and insignificant in comparison with the One for Whom it is built. If God's people only repent! 25-30). When Your people go out to battle against their enemies, wherever You send them: Solomon prayed with the idea that God should answer the prayers for victory made in foreign lands towards the temple, but only when they battle as God sent them. He stood on the platform and then knelt down before the whole assembly of Israel and spread out . One is struck, moreover, with the fact that the language is far from new, and is full of quotations from the Pentateuch, some of which are almost word for word, while the sense of the whole may be found in those memorable passages in Leviticus and Deuteronomy. (Spurgeon). b. Create a "special and holy" place in your classroom where children can pray and talk about how holy and special God is. And then we not only pray for Gods continued presence but also for his direction. Hear from heaven Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You, that all peoples of the earth may know Your name and fear You: Solomon asked God to hear the prayer of the foreigner out of a missionary impulse. Look at verse 61: But your hearts must be fully committed to the Lord our God, to live by his decrees and obey his commands, as at this time. (1 Kings 8:61). We gather to worship God in the beauty of his presence. Was that a major accomplishment? Oh, let God now hear the prayer of His servant! You always can block or delete cookies by changing your browser settings and force blocking all cookies on this website. The sense that sin is all-pervading dominates, epitomised in one of the clearest biblical statements about sins universality (there is no one who does not sin, 2 Chronicles 6:36). Jerusalem: The End of the Road or Just the Beginning? Yet regard the prayer of Your servant and his supplication, O LORD my God, and listen to the cry and the prayer which Your servant is praying before You: that Your eyes may be open toward this temple day and night, toward the place where You said You would put Your name, that You may hear the prayer which Your servant makes toward this place. i. 6:36; Ps. When David died the people of Israel could look for a big change in the government of the land. B. V. 20-21 A Place For Cares - As Solomon prays, he asks the Lord to here the supplications of God's people. This was the early part of the reign of Solomon - his wise period . The priests took their positions, as did the Levites with the Lord's musical instruments, which King David had made for praising the Lord and which were used when he gave thanks, saying, "His love endures forever." Israel's God does make covenant. So the king and all the Israelites dedicated the temple of the Lord. It would have been easy for Solomon and the people to take the credit for the work that had just been accomplished. (BE) 53For you singled them out from all the nations of the world to be your own inheritance,(BF) just as you declared through your servant Moses when you, Sovereign Lord, brought our ancestors out of Egypt.. In the last petition Solomon deals with the worst situation which can befall a people. b. Through believing prayer like this, God promises and we appropriate. You can also change some of your preferences. We use cookies to let us know when you visit our websites, how you interact with us, to enrich your user experience, and to customize your relationship with our website. True a. I have filled the position of my father David, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised: Solomon recognized that his succession of David on the throne of Israel was a significant thing. In this refrain he speaks of the riches of the experience of faith. At the dedication ceremony, Solomon acknowledged the feebleness of his efforts compared to an infinite God: "Will God really dwell on earth with humans? 53For You separated them from among all the peoples of the earth to be Your inheritance, (AM)as You spoke by Your servant Moses, when You brought our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God.. Let the penitent be spared. And in the midst of a phenomenal celebratory service; the King of Israel prays a dedicatory prayer like none have ever heard before. 1:6; Ps. And when the priests withdrew from the Holy Place where they put the ark, the glory of the Lord filled the temple and all the people worshiped God. Solomon's prayer of dedication of the Temple. When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against You, when they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and turn from their sin because You afflict them, then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk; and send rain on Your land which You have given to Your people as an inheritance. 10. on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month --This was the last day of the feast of tabernacles. 30(N)And may You hear the supplication of Your servant and of Your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. Here Solomon acknowledges Gods work for their fathers in the past, and he seeks Gods continued presence and direction for his people in the present. And so we must always keep our outward focus as a church. DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE 231 devaluation of the temple.9 The Deuteronomist, writing after the temple's destruction, purportedly recasts the temple's significance, "For him the temple is little more than a place towards which one turns in prayer."10 Similarly, Weinfeld sees Solomon's prayer as evincing the deuteronomic demythologization of . A few short years after Solomon's prayer, God destroyed Israel as a nation. A couple will come to me and want me to dedicate their child to the Lord, and yet they are not living for the Lord themselves. a. Footnotes. Jesus told his disciples: Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. It took seven years for King Solomon to actually build the temple. We dedicate this sanctuary to be a house of prayer. Due to security reasons we are not able to show or modify cookies from other domains. Your hearts must be fully committed to the Lord or the dedication means nothing.. Thanks for visiting! a. If they are taken out of their land because of their sin! 26:34, 44; Deut. How would this be possible? What a sight! When was the last time? Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands (for Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court; and he stood on it, knelt down on his knees before all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands toward heaven); and he said: LORD God of Israel, there is no God in heaven or on earth like You, who keep Your covenant and mercy with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts. This was not a blanket request for blessing on every military adventure. How much less this temple which I have built! The greatness of Israel's God is seen in the facts that He has made all things and that He keeps covenant! Our church began back in 1948 when a small group of people had a vision for a church in the newly developing community of Plantation, Florida. The violation of this principle made Jesus angry. (1-2) All of Israel assembles at Jerusalem. In the land of Palestine the people were totally dependent on the "former" and the "latter" rains in order that there might be crops. How much less this temple which I have built! Let us pray. After placing the ark in its new home, a praise service broke out with instruments sounding out beautifully and voices raised . But the LORD said to my father David, Whereas it was in your heart to build a temple for My name, you did well in that it was in your heart. Because Solomon also prayed here: May he turn our hearts to him, to walk in all his ways and to keep the commands, decrees and regulations he gave our fathers. (1 Kings 8:58) Notice this is primarily a prayer for God to turn you. Hear in heaven Your dwelling place; and when You hear, forgive. If His people go to battle against their enemies, whether at home or in other countries, when they pray toward this place, may God hear them and maintain their cause. Want the Verse of the Day sent to your inbox? B. Solomon's prayer posture. (v. 6) Solomon is praying to the creator of the universe, who already owns all and knows all. Prayer for Gods people to remain fully committed to him (61-63). When was the last time you invited someone to go to church? And may You hear the supplications of Your servant and of Your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. 2.F orgiveness of trespasses (vv. To God be the glory forever! It is our "faith" with its own connotation. For this occasion Solomon has had a platform built which was five cubits wide and five cubits long and three cubits high. You are permitted and encouraged to reproduce and distribute this message provided that you do not alter the wording in any way and that you do not charge a fee beyond the cost of reproduction. Prayer for Gods name to be known among the nations (59-60). By submitting your email address, you understand that you will receive email communications from Bible Gateway, a division of The Zondervan Corporation, 3900 Sparks Drive SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 USA, including commercial communications and messages from partners of Bible Gateway. Love C.S. It's praying until we know we have laid hold of God. c. Nevertheless you shall not build the temple: Though Solomon built the temple and not David, we are reminded of the extensive preparations David made for the temple. There is no other God. If Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy: Many times in their history, Israel suffered defeat and could only cry out to God. Since God will not live in temples made by hands but only in temples that He constructs Himself, we that are saved have this same purpose, to be a witness of the glory of God to this world we live in! Wasnt it the donations of the people that made the building possible? Forgive(AF) and act; deal with everyone according to all they do, since you know(AG) their hearts (for you alone know every human heart), 40so that they will fear(AH) you all the time they live in the land(AI) you gave our ancestors. I. Thanksgiving and praise for what God has done (54-56). Do we take the credit for it? Many modern people close their eyes, bow their heads, and fold their hands as they pray, but the Old Testament tradition was to spread out the hands toward heaven in a gesture of surrender, openness, and ready reception. This is the great secret to power in prayer to take Gods promises to heart in faith, and then boldly and reverently call upon Him to fulfill the promises. Many times people want their pastor to come and pray a prayer of dedication for their new home or their place of business. get to know the Bible better! I. Solomon's Prayer of _____ of God (1 Kings 8:22-29) Sign up now for the latest news and deals from Bible Gateway! They built a larger sanctuary than they needed at the time because they trusted God would help them grow. So that all the peoples of the earth may know that the Lord is God and that there is no other. Solomons prayer has a global focus. 130:3; Prov. 1 Chronicles 22:19. How does Solomon overcome the difficulty of doing priestly work and not sinning by doing so? This glorious Temple built under the direction of King Solomon had as one of it's purposes to be a witness to the world in that day. 28Yet regard the prayer of Your servant and his supplication, O Lord my God, and listen to the cry and the prayer which Your servant is praying before You today: 29that Your eyes may be open toward this [a]temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, (K)My name shall be (L)there, that You may hear the prayer which Your servant makes (M)toward this place. Forgiveness of sins that had brought on drought (vv. 30:9]; Ezra 7:6; Ps. 1st Kings 8:22-53: Solomon's prayer at the dedication of God's people-temple. What a wonderful prayer to pray! How many people have you told about Jesus lately? >> When you pray with others in corporate prayer, make sure your heart, mind, and soul are echoing the words that are spoken. Famine came upon the land of Canaan several times during the course of sacred history despite the fact that this land was to be the land "flowing with milk and honey." Remember the kindness of David, Thy servant (2 Chron.6:42). Seeing God always forgives upon His people's repentance, can this forgiveness become rather common place to us? And there I have put the ark, in which is the covenant of the LORD which He made with the children of Israel.. Copyright 2019 by Zondervan. b. I have surely built You an exalted house, and a place for You to dwell in forever: Solomon rightly sensed that the presence of the cloud meant that God dwelt in the temple in a special way. When we gather for worship, the Lord meets with us, and we Solomon declares that he's built a house for God. Amen. The services of the dedication will continue for three days in succession, commencing on each day at 11:00 o'clock a.m. Tickets may be had at the watch house near the . Click on the different category headings to find out more. It was important to recognize that though God had a special presence in the temple, He was far too great to be restricted to the temple. PASTOR: Having been prospered by the good hand of our God, and enabled by his grace and power to complete this house of worship to be used for the glory of his name, we will now in his holy presence dedicate this sanctuary to him. Can one who is condemned by the state to the death penalty still be a "worthy partaker of the table of His Son"? Those who begin with the service of God, are likely to go on successfully in their own affairs. When He came to the temple and found the outer courts the only place where the Gentile nations could come and pray more like a swap meet than a house of prayer, He drove out the moneychangers and the merchants (Matthew 21:13). 28:21, 22, 27, 38, 42, 52, [1 Sam. Solomon has no basis upon which to request anything except God's beloved mercy. When a dispute came down to one word against another, Solomon asked that the temple would be a place to properly swear by. He had kept covenant with His people, and promised mercy to those who would walk in obedience ( 6:14 ). 63 Solomon offered a sacrifice of fellowship offerings to the Lord: twenty-two thousand cattle and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep and goats. By submitting your email address, you understand that you will receive email communications from Bible Gateway, a division of The Zondervan Corporation, 3900 Sparks Drive SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 USA, including commercial communications and messages from partners of Bible Gateway. When Solomon's construction was completed, the temple was dedicated. 8:1-66 The account of the Temple's dedication ceremony is organized concentrically: Solomon gathers the assembly (), blesses it (vv. Solomon prayed his prayer of dedication, and then the king and all the Israelites officially dedicated the temple to the Lord. We dedicate this sanctuary to be a light in this community proclaiming the good news of Jesus Christ to all who will hear. The temple was completed the 8 th month of 11 th year of reign. 20:9; Eccl. This referred to interpersonal disputes. 32-33) shows that he realized that Israel was to reach out and share the knowledge and blessings of God with Gentiles. It was the Lord who fulfilled all the good promises he had given through his servant Moses. It contains an important discussion of the nature of genuine repentance. Temple of Jerusalem, either of two temples that were the centre of worship and national identity in ancient Israel. The building and furniture of the temple were very glorious, but the dedication of it exceeds in glory as much as prayer and praise, the work of saints, exceed the casting of metal and the graving of stones, the work of the craftsman. You have kept what You promised Your servant David my father; You have both spoken with Your mouth and fulfilled it with Your hand, as it is this day.Therefore, LORD God of Israel, now keep what You promised Your servant David my father, saying, You shall not fail to have a man sit before Me on the throne of Israel, only if your sons take heed to their way, that they walk in My law as you have walked before Me. And now, O LORD God of Israel, let Your word come true, which You have spoken to Your servant David.. He speaks of a situation in which a man has sinned but the sin cannot be proved. Traffic and Tears on the Road to Jerusalem. This was made of either brass or copper and Solomon took his position on this platform. Nehemiah Chapter 12. Solomon's prayer. Not one word has failed of all the good promises(BI) he gave through his servant Moses. A church that loses its outward focus has lost its way. (1 Kings 8:62-63). that they may fear Thee all the days that they live in the land which Thou gayest unto our fathers. For less than $5/mo. Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 54:34 9.4MB) King Solomon . Although we gather as a church to worship Christ, we must always be thinking of those outside the church who still need Christ. (v. 5) God has chose Jerusalem and David. 24 You have kept The Ark of the Covenant is brought to the temple. Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like Construction of the Temple was begun in the _____ year following the Exodus., In return for cedar and fir from Lebanon, Solomon gave Hiram, king of Tyre:, The Temple required _____ years for construction. Then the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices before the Lord. This is a more general prayer of dedication and well-suited to the dedication of any home, building or business to the Lord. 22Then Solomon stood before (B)the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and (C)spread out his hands toward heaven; 23and he said: Lord God of Israel, (D)there is no God in heaven above or on earth below like You, (E)who keep Your covenant and mercy with Your servants who (F)walk before You with all their hearts. He was the son of King David and Bathsheba. (O), 31When anyone wrongs their neighbor and is required to take an oath and they come and swear the oath(P) before your altar in this temple, 32then hear from heaven and act. Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain You. This king does priestly work without violating the office of the priest as Uzziah later did. And a place for You to dwell in forever.. The importance of wisdom goes beyond just knowledge. 106:46; Acts 7:10, Ex. The mention of Gods hands (lit. That is his privilege and his duty. Will God dwell on the earth? This is Solomon's prayer. He prays best in public who prays most in private. 5. If there be famine, often the result of drought, or if there be pestilence, blasting or mildew, locust or caterpillar, siege by an enemy or any other plague or sickness if they repent and ask for forgiveness, may the Lord hear them. Let's pray that in whatever we do, that the Lord always gets the glory and ask that it will always shine through. If you are new here, be sure to subscribe by email or feed reader so that you don't miss any future posts. 11:28, 29], NKJV, Chronological Study Bible: Holy Bible, New King James Version, NKJV, Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible, Red Letter Edition: Bringing to Life the Ancient World of Scripture, NKJV, The Story: The Bible as One Continuing Story of God and His People, NKJV, Lucado Encouraging Word Bible, Comfort Print: Holy Bible, New King James Version, NKJV, Spirit-Filled Life Bible, Third Edition, Red Letter Edition, Comfort Print: Kingdom Equipping Through the Power of the Word, NKJV, Charles F. Stanley Life Principles Bible, 2nd Edition, Comfort Print: Growing in Knowledge and Understanding of God Through His Word. If I see a Bank of England note, it is a promise for a certain amount of money, and I take it and use it. And so your first thought should always be thanksgiving and praise to God for what he has done. I have surely built You an exalted house, You and the ark of Your strength. God's House must ever be known as a place of prayer and His people as a people of prayer. Solomon's prayer reminded his people that all of them had sinned against God (vv. Israel did not have a Nile river which made the whole land fruitful. He referred to God's name Yahweh 14 times, showing his concern for the reputation of Israel's God. Since these providers may collect personal data like your IP address we allow you to block them here. Jesus taught: Matthew 6:9 "Pray, then, in this way: 'Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name." Solomon's God was no dud. PASTOR: Holy, blessed and glorious Trinity; three Persons and one God: CONGREGATION: To you we dedicate this house. this temple for God, so did His represented presence in the form of the Ark of the Covenant (see 2 Chronicles 5:2-10).

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