Sunday, November 10, 2024

But your son, your own flesh and blood—he is the one who will build the temple for my Name

 2 Chronicles 6:1-11

Then Solomon said, “The Lord has said that he would dwell in a dark cloud; I have built a magnificent temple for you, a place for you to dwell forever.”

Then he said: “Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who with his hands has fulfilled what he promised with his mouth to my father David. For he said, ‘Since the day I brought my people out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city in any tribe of Israel to have a temple built so that my Name might be there, nor have I chosen anyone to be ruler over my people Israel. But now I have chosen Jerusalem for my Name to be there, and I have chosen David to rule my people Israel.’

Nevertheless, you are not the one to build the temple, but your son, your own flesh and blood—he is the one who will build the temple for my Name.’

“The Lord has kept the promise he made. I have succeeded David my father and now I sit on the throne of Israel, just as the Lord promised, and I have built the temple for the Name of the Lord, the God of Israel. There I have placed the ark, in which is the covenant of the Lord that he made with the people of Israel.”

Why?

The Lord said he would dwell in a dark cloud. but the Lord said Son of David, he is the one who will build the temple in God's Name. Solomon did it.

Actually, God won't dwell in a human-made Temple but dwell in the dark cloud, the universal.

Because of the prayer of Solomon and God's blessing the Spirit comes down in this Temple. But a few years later when Israelites turned away from the Lord, the Spirit of the Lord left this Temple.

Actually, the Lord is like to be with us, for we are God's creation. His love endure forever.

How?

The Lord is a Spirit, no physical Temple can be the house of the Lord.


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