WEBVTT - 2 Chronicles 2

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<v Speaker 1>I'm John Stangey, and today we're in Second Chronicles, chapter two,

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<v Speaker 1>and we'll be reading from the message. Solomon gave orders

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<v Speaker 1>to begin construction on the house of worship in honor

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<v Speaker 1>of God and a palace for himself. Solomon assigned seventy

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<v Speaker 1>thousand common laborers, eighty thousand to work the quarries in

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<v Speaker 1>the mountains, and thirty six hundred foremen to manage the workforce.

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<v Speaker 1>Then Solomon sent this message to King Hiram of Tire

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<v Speaker 1>send me cedar logs the same kind you sent David,

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<v Speaker 1>my father, for building his palace. I'm about to build

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<v Speaker 1>a house of worship in honor of God, a holy

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<v Speaker 1>place for burning perfumed incense, for setting out holy bread,

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<v Speaker 1>for making whole burnt offerings at morning and evening worship,

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<v Speaker 1>and for Sabbath, New Moon and Holy Day's services of worship,

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<v Speaker 1>the acts of worship required of Israel. The house I

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<v Speaker 1>am building has to be the best, for our God

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<v Speaker 1>is the best, far better than competing gods. But who

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<v Speaker 1>is capable of building such a structure. Why the skies,

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<v Speaker 1>the entire cosmos can't begin to contain him and me?

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<v Speaker 1>Who am I to think I can build a house

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<v Speaker 1>adequate for God? Burning incense to him is about all

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<v Speaker 1>I'm good for. I need your help. Send me a

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<v Speaker 1>master artisan in gold, silver, bronze, iron, textiles of purple, crimson,

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<v Speaker 1>and violet, and who knows the craft of engraving. He

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<v Speaker 1>will supervise the trained craftsman in Judah and Jerusalem that

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<v Speaker 1>my father provided. Also send cedar Cyprus and algum logs

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<v Speaker 1>from Lebanon. I know you have lumberjacks experienced in the

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<v Speaker 1>Lebanon forests. I'll send workers to join your crews to

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<v Speaker 1>cut plenty of timber. I'm going to need a lot

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<v Speaker 1>for this house I'm building is going to be absolutely stunning,

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<v Speaker 1>a showcase temple. I'll provide all the food necessary for

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<v Speaker 1>your crew of lumberjacks and loggers, one hundred thirty thousand

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<v Speaker 1>bushels of wheat, one hundred twenty thousand gallons of wine,

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<v Speaker 1>and one hundred twenty thousand gallons of olive oil. Hiram,

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<v Speaker 1>King of Tire, wrote Solomon in reply It's plain that

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<v Speaker 1>God loves his people. He made you king over them.

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<v Speaker 1>He wrote on blessed be the God of Israel, who

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<v Speaker 1>made heaven and earth, and who gave King David a

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<v Speaker 1>son so wise, so knowledgeable, and shrewd, to build a

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<v Speaker 1>temple for God and a palace for himself. I've sent

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<v Speaker 1>you hurim Abi. He's already on his way. He knows

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<v Speaker 1>the construction business inside and out. His mother is from

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<v Speaker 1>Dan and his father from Tire. He knows how to

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<v Speaker 1>work in gold, silver, bronze, iron stone and wood, in

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<v Speaker 1>purple violet linen and crimson textiles. He is also an

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<v Speaker 1>expert engraver and competent to work out designs with your

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<v Speaker 1>artists and architects, and those of my master David, your father,

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<v Speaker 1>Go ahead and send the wheat, barley, olive, oil and

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<v Speaker 1>wine you promised for my work crews. We'll log the

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<v Speaker 1>trees you need from the Lebanon forests and wrap them

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<v Speaker 1>down to Joppa. You'll have to get the timber up

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<v Speaker 1>to Jerusalem yourself. Solomon then took a census of all

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<v Speaker 1>the foreigners living in Israel, using the same census taking

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<v Speaker 1>method employed by his father. They numbered one hundred fiftyfty

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<v Speaker 1>three thousand, six hundred. He assigned seventy thousand of them

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<v Speaker 1>as common laborers, eighty thousand to work the quarries in

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<v Speaker 1>the mountains, and three thousand, six hundred as foremen to

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<v Speaker 1>manage the work crews. Let's pray, Lord again, we thank

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<v Speaker 1>you for the privilege of looking at your word, and

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<v Speaker 1>as we look at this passage together today, we're reminded

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<v Speaker 1>of the desire that you placed in David's heart and

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<v Speaker 1>now in Solomon's heart, that this temple be used as

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<v Speaker 1>a place to honor your name, where you would be worshiped,

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<v Speaker 1>and that you and thoughts of you and the worship

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<v Speaker 1>of you would be at the center of the culture

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<v Speaker 1>of the people of Israel. And Lord, we pray that

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<v Speaker 1>that would be the case in our lives as well.

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<v Speaker 1>As you grant us the gift of your wisdom through

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<v Speaker 1>faith in your son Jesus Christ, we pray that you

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<v Speaker 1>would be central to our lives. We pray Lord that

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<v Speaker 1>every aspect of our lives would be conducted in such

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<v Speaker 1>a way that it's clear that you are on the

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<v Speaker 1>forefront of our minds always. Lord, we pray that that

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<v Speaker 1>would be the case. Today. We pray that would be

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<v Speaker 1>the case every day. And we're thankful Lord for your

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<v Speaker 1>love toward us and how you have always demonstrated great

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<v Speaker 1>love for your people. Lord, we love you, and we

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<v Speaker 1>thank you for this day, and we commit this day

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<v Speaker 1>to your care and pray this all in Jesus' name. Amen.