1 00:00:02,759 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: Life Audio. For more resources to help you in your 2 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:10,720 Speaker 1: walk with Christ, please visit us at Bible Study Headquarters 3 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:15,280 Speaker 1: dot com. You're listening to the Chapter a Day Audio Bible. 4 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:19,320 Speaker 1: I'm John Stangey, and today we're in First Chronicles, chapter 5 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:23,160 Speaker 1: twenty two, and we'll be reading from the New English translation. 6 00:00:25,239 --> 00:00:28,680 Speaker 1: David then said, this is the place where the temple 7 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:31,760 Speaker 1: of the Lord God will be, along with the altar 8 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:37,440 Speaker 1: for burnt sacrifices for Israel. David ordered the resident foreigners 9 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:40,400 Speaker 1: in the land of Israel to be called together. He 10 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:43,919 Speaker 1: appointed some of them to be stonecutters to chisel stones 11 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:48,280 Speaker 1: for the building of God's temple. David supplied a large 12 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:50,720 Speaker 1: amount of iron for the nails of the doors of 13 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:55,280 Speaker 1: the gates and for braces, more bronze than could be weighed, 14 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 1: and more cedar logs than could be counted. The Sidonians 15 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:03,240 Speaker 1: and Tyrians had brought a large amount of cedar logs 16 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:08,520 Speaker 1: to David. David said, my son Solomon is just an 17 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:12,039 Speaker 1: inexperienced young man, and the temple to be built for 18 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:15,679 Speaker 1: the Lord must be especially magnificent, so it will become 19 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:20,240 Speaker 1: famous and be considered splendid by all the nations. Therefore, 20 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:24,840 Speaker 1: I will make preparations for its construction. So David made 21 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:30,200 Speaker 1: extensive preparations. Before he died. He summoned his son Solomon 22 00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:32,640 Speaker 1: and charged him to build a temple for the Lord 23 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 1: God of Israel. David said to Solomon, my son, I 24 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 1: really wanted to build a temple to honor the Lord, 25 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:43,200 Speaker 1: my God. But the Lord said to me, you have 26 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:46,400 Speaker 1: spilled a great deal of blood and fought many battles. 27 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:49,840 Speaker 1: You must not build a temple to honor me, for 28 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:52,440 Speaker 1: you have spilled a great deal of blood on the 29 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:56,400 Speaker 1: ground before me. Look, you will have a son who 30 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 1: will be a peaceful man. I will give him rest 31 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 1: from all his enemies on every side. Indeed, Solomon will 32 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:07,560 Speaker 1: be his name. I will give Israel peace and quiet. 33 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:11,120 Speaker 1: During his reign. He will build a temple to honor me. 34 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:14,840 Speaker 1: He will become my son, and I will become his father. 35 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:21,000 Speaker 1: I will grant to his dynasty permanent rule over Israel. Now, 36 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 1: my son, may the Lord be with you. May you 37 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:27,360 Speaker 1: succeed and build a temple for the Lord your God, 38 00:02:27,639 --> 00:02:31,000 Speaker 1: just as he announced you would. Only May the Lord 39 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:34,440 Speaker 1: give you insight and understanding when he places you in 40 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:37,640 Speaker 1: charge of Israel, so you may obey the law of 41 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:42,160 Speaker 1: the Lord your God. Then you will succeed if you 42 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:46,200 Speaker 1: carefully obey the rules and regulations which the Lord ordered 43 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 1: Moses to give to Israel. Be strong and brave, don't 44 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 1: be afraid, and don't panic. Now look, I have made 45 00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:58,520 Speaker 1: every effort to supply what is needed to build the 46 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:02,840 Speaker 1: Lord's temple. I've stored up one hundred thousand talents of gold, 47 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:07,200 Speaker 1: one million talents of silver, and so much bronze and 48 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:11,320 Speaker 1: iron it cannot be weighed, as well as wood and stones. 49 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:16,480 Speaker 1: Feel free to add more. You also have available many workers, 50 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 1: including stonecutters, masons, carpenters, and an innumerable array of workers 51 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:27,000 Speaker 1: who are skilled in using gold, silver, bronze and iron. 52 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:31,079 Speaker 1: Get up and begin the work. May the Lord be 53 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:35,240 Speaker 1: with you. David ordered all the officials of Israel to 54 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:39,600 Speaker 1: support his son Solomon. He told them, the Lord your 55 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 1: God is with you. He has made you secure on 56 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 1: every side, for he handed over to me the inhabitants 57 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:49,800 Speaker 1: of the region, and the region is subdued before the 58 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:53,600 Speaker 1: Lord and his people. Now seek the Lord your God 59 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:57,920 Speaker 1: wholeheartedly and with your entire being. Get up and build 60 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:01,440 Speaker 1: the sanctuary of the Lord God. Then you can bring 61 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:04,120 Speaker 1: the ark of the Lord's covenant and the holy items 62 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 1: dedicated to God's service into the temple that is built 63 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 1: to honor the Lord. Let's pray, Lord, we thank you 64 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:16,840 Speaker 1: for your word, and we thank you for the privilege 65 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 1: of looking at this passage of scripture today, as you 66 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:22,719 Speaker 1: made preparation for the temple to be built, and you 67 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:26,919 Speaker 1: inspired David to make those preparations, and through David you 68 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:31,800 Speaker 1: encourage Solomon to complete that task. Lord, We're grateful that 69 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:34,840 Speaker 1: you did that. We're grateful for what it symbolizes and 70 00:04:34,839 --> 00:04:37,840 Speaker 1: what it represents. We know Lord that when we look 71 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:40,560 Speaker 1: back at these passages of scripture that speak of your 72 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 1: temple being built, we realize that they give us a 73 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 1: picture of the fact that one day you would be 74 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:50,040 Speaker 1: building your church, which is not a mere physical building, 75 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:53,400 Speaker 1: but it is a body of believers, a group of 76 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 1: people who have come to faith in your son Jesus Christ, 77 00:04:57,040 --> 00:05:00,200 Speaker 1: and are being built up as the temple of the 78 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:05,719 Speaker 1: Holy Spirit. You live within us, You indwell us. You 79 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:09,560 Speaker 1: are present with us, and we're grateful for these things. Lord. 80 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:13,120 Speaker 1: Thank you for taking outcasts like us and bringing us 81 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:15,960 Speaker 1: into your family. And we pray Lord that throughout the 82 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,279 Speaker 1: course of this day, that our hearts would be warmed 83 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:20,680 Speaker 1: with the truth of that knowledge, that we would be 84 00:05:20,839 --> 00:05:23,599 Speaker 1: encouraged in the knowledge of the fact that you want 85 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:26,560 Speaker 1: us near to you, and you accomplish that as you 86 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:30,320 Speaker 1: inspire our hearts to trust in your son, Jesus Christ. 87 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:33,400 Speaker 1: We're grateful for all these things, and we're grateful for 88 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:35,720 Speaker 1: the privilege of being able to look at your word today. 89 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:39,720 Speaker 1: We thank you for this all in Jesus' name. Amen.