1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,920 Speaker 1: Howdy and good morning, friends and faithful listeners, and welcome 2 00:00:03,080 --> 00:00:06,760 Speaker 1: to the Bible Explain podcast on this absolutely lovely Wednesday morning. 3 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:08,520 Speaker 1: I hope you all have been having a good start 4 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:13,120 Speaker 1: to your week so far. We are in Second Chronicles 5 00:00:13,119 --> 00:00:16,280 Speaker 1: today and we're going to talk about a few points 6 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:19,320 Speaker 1: actually that may make you scratch your head when you 7 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:22,360 Speaker 1: initially read it. There's a few things in here that 8 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:25,360 Speaker 1: I think people have a lot of questions about, specifically 9 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:29,520 Speaker 1: the amount of animals that are sacrificed. And also we're 10 00:00:29,520 --> 00:00:33,479 Speaker 1: going to talk about this little interesting verse where the 11 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:36,479 Speaker 1: author of Second Chronicles says that the arc of the 12 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:39,239 Speaker 1: Covenant is still in the Temple, even though at the 13 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:42,800 Speaker 1: time of the writing of Second Chronicles the temple had 14 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:47,000 Speaker 1: already been demolished from the Babylonians and the ark of 15 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:49,600 Speaker 1: the Covenant had been gone for about a century at 16 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:52,560 Speaker 1: this point. So what's with that verse? We'll talk about 17 00:00:52,600 --> 00:01:01,920 Speaker 1: all of that today. So we had our first freeze 18 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:04,679 Speaker 1: the other night, and before that happened, I had to 19 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:09,279 Speaker 1: go outside and get some of my plants because during 20 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:12,199 Speaker 1: the summer months, I actually take all of my plants 21 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:15,400 Speaker 1: outside because I free up space in my house because 22 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:17,840 Speaker 1: I've got way too many plants. So I had this 23 00:01:17,959 --> 00:01:21,080 Speaker 1: like little what are those called those hope plants? I 24 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:23,360 Speaker 1: forget the name of it, the hope thing. It's like 25 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 1: a leafy plant that has these weird looking flowers on it. 26 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:31,400 Speaker 1: That was outside. And then I had another thing that 27 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:33,800 Speaker 1: looks like a hope plant, but it has red flowers 28 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:36,920 Speaker 1: instead of white ones. That was outside too. Not to 29 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 1: mention all my succulents and herbs. I had to go 30 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:42,360 Speaker 1: get all that stuff because we had our first freeze 31 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:46,640 Speaker 1: last night. So yeah, I guess winter is starting. But 32 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:49,120 Speaker 1: I have a perfect item for you guys. The P 33 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:51,720 Speaker 1: forty ministry is Beanie. It is available in my shop 34 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:54,800 Speaker 1: for those cold, freezing winter days you're gonna want to 35 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:56,920 Speaker 1: keep your head nice and warm. And it's actually a 36 00:01:56,920 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 1: really nice hat. 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I'll be reading 44 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:23,440 Speaker 1: from the web versions, So grab your cup of coffee 45 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:25,040 Speaker 1: or your cup of tea, and also the version of 46 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:27,120 Speaker 1: the Bible that you prefer this morning, and let's give 47 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:32,040 Speaker 1: reverence to God's word together. Thus all the work that 48 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 1: Solomon did for Yaway's house was finished. Solomon brought in 49 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:38,840 Speaker 1: the things that David his father had dedicated, even the silver, 50 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 1: the gold, and all the vessels, and put them in 51 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:45,360 Speaker 1: the treasuries of God's house. Then Solomon assembled the elders 52 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:47,680 Speaker 1: of Israel and the heads of the tribes, the princes 53 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:49,840 Speaker 1: of the father's households, of the children of Israel to 54 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:52,839 Speaker 1: Jerusalem to bring up the arc of Yaway's covenant out 55 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:55,639 Speaker 1: of David's city, which is Zion. So all the men 56 00:02:55,639 --> 00:02:58,040 Speaker 1: of Israel assembled themselves to the king. At the feast, 57 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 1: which was in the seventh month, all the elders of 58 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:04,400 Speaker 1: Israel came, the Levites took up the ark. They brought 59 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 1: up the ark the tene meeting, and all the holy 60 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:09,680 Speaker 1: vessels that were in the tent. The levitical priests brought 61 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:13,160 Speaker 1: these up. King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, 62 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:16,840 Speaker 1: who were assembled to him were before the ark, sacrificing 63 00:03:16,919 --> 00:03:19,920 Speaker 1: sheep and cattle that could not be counted or numbered. 64 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:23,280 Speaker 1: For multitude, the priests brought in the Ark of Yahwa's 65 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 1: covenant to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the House, 66 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 1: to the most holy place, even under the wings of 67 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 1: the Cherubim. For the Cherubim spread out their wings over 68 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:34,840 Speaker 1: the place of the ark, and the Cherubim covered the 69 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:37,960 Speaker 1: ark and its poles above. The poles were so long 70 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:39,800 Speaker 1: that the ends of the poles were seen from the 71 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:42,360 Speaker 1: ark in front of the inner sanctuary, but they were 72 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:44,920 Speaker 1: not seen outside. And it is there to this day. 73 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 1: There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets 74 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:50,400 Speaker 1: which Moses put there at Horeb when Yahweh made a 75 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:52,440 Speaker 1: covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out 76 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:55,040 Speaker 1: of Egypt, when the priests had come out of the 77 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 1: holy place. For all the priests who were present had 78 00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:01,440 Speaker 1: sanctified themselves and didn't keep their divisions. Also the Levites 79 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 1: who were the singers, all of them, even asaf Hayman, 80 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:07,960 Speaker 1: Jennathin and their sons and their brothers, arrayed in fine 81 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:11,440 Speaker 1: linen with symbols and stringed instruments and harps, stood at 82 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:13,440 Speaker 1: the east end of the altar, and with them one 83 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:16,919 Speaker 1: hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets, when the trumpet 84 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:19,839 Speaker 1: tears and singers were as one to make one sound 85 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:22,800 Speaker 1: to be heard in praising and thanking Yahweh. And when 86 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:25,080 Speaker 1: they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and symbols 87 00:04:25,160 --> 00:04:28,080 Speaker 1: and instruments of music and praised Yahweh, saying for he 88 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:31,520 Speaker 1: is good, for his loving kindness endures forever. Then the 89 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:35,240 Speaker 1: house was filled with a cloud, even Yahway's house, so 90 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 1: that the priests could not stand to minister by reason 91 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:42,960 Speaker 1: of the cloud, for Yahway's glory filled God's house. In 92 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:45,279 Speaker 1: the last couple episodes, we talked about the building of 93 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:48,720 Speaker 1: the temple and how beautiful the temple was supposed to be, 94 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:51,599 Speaker 1: but we also talked about some various problems that happened 95 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:54,400 Speaker 1: with the building of the temple as well, or problems 96 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:58,920 Speaker 1: that could potentially happen in the future. See should definitely 97 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:00,440 Speaker 1: go back and listen to those so as if you 98 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:03,760 Speaker 1: haven't gotten a chance. But now everything is done with 99 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:05,680 Speaker 1: the temple, which is why it says in verse one. 100 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:08,799 Speaker 1: Thus all the work that Solomon did for Yaway's house 101 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:13,760 Speaker 1: was finished, and now the dedication of the temple begins. Solomon, 102 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:15,839 Speaker 1: it says, brought in the things that David his father 103 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:19,040 Speaker 1: had dedicated, even the silver, the gold, and all the vessels, 104 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:22,640 Speaker 1: and put them in the treasuries of God's house. Back 105 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:25,599 Speaker 1: in First Chronicles, we talked about how much prep work 106 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:30,040 Speaker 1: David did for the temple. David was kind of obsessed 107 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:32,359 Speaker 1: with the building of the temple, and he went so 108 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:36,280 Speaker 1: far as to acquire all of the building materials for 109 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:39,760 Speaker 1: the temple, to lay out the plans for the temple, 110 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:42,599 Speaker 1: to purchase where the temple was supposed to be built. 111 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:45,800 Speaker 1: So David was pretty obsessed with the building of the temple, 112 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:48,680 Speaker 1: and so of course before he died, he ended up 113 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:52,520 Speaker 1: dedicating a lot of his own personal things to the temple. 114 00:05:52,839 --> 00:05:57,360 Speaker 1: So to start the dedication process of the temple, it says, 115 00:05:57,400 --> 00:06:01,440 Speaker 1: Solomon brings all the things that David had set aside 116 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:04,720 Speaker 1: for the temple, all the gold, all the vessels, all 117 00:06:04,760 --> 00:06:07,640 Speaker 1: the silver, and he put them in the treasuries of 118 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:12,440 Speaker 1: God's house. So we know that the temple itself had 119 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:15,960 Speaker 1: these like side rooms. You couldn't get to them from 120 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:19,920 Speaker 1: inside the temple itself. They were almost like on the 121 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:22,280 Speaker 1: outside of the temple, so you'd have to walk outside 122 00:06:22,279 --> 00:06:24,599 Speaker 1: to actually get to the storehouses, but they were connected 123 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:27,719 Speaker 1: to the temple building, and that was where the priests 124 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:31,760 Speaker 1: would keep all of the dedicated things, anything that had 125 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:35,440 Speaker 1: meaning to the temple or the money that came in 126 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 1: from the people. So what's really funny about this is 127 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:42,560 Speaker 1: all of these things that David dedicated just went straight 128 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:47,279 Speaker 1: into the storehouses, like Solomon didn't even use it. And 129 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:49,520 Speaker 1: I don't really know why that's the case. I'm not 130 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:54,279 Speaker 1: exactly sure why David's stuff just got like thrown into 131 00:06:54,320 --> 00:06:56,680 Speaker 1: a side room. I don't know, but David put a 132 00:06:56,720 --> 00:06:58,920 Speaker 1: lot of effort, it sounds like into some things that 133 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:03,680 Speaker 1: Solomon didn't ever really end up doing. In verse two, 134 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:06,600 Speaker 1: it says then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and 135 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:08,400 Speaker 1: all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the 136 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:11,560 Speaker 1: father's households of the children of Israel to Jerusalem to 137 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:14,080 Speaker 1: bring up the Ark of Yahway's Covenant out of David's city, 138 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:18,400 Speaker 1: which is Zion. And that right there begins the most 139 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:22,640 Speaker 1: important part of the dedication of the temple, which is 140 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:27,480 Speaker 1: bringing the Ark into the temple. The ark was considered 141 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:32,080 Speaker 1: to be God's throne. It was literally where he sat. 142 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:35,000 Speaker 1: That's why the lid of the Ark was called the 143 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:38,280 Speaker 1: mercy seat. It was because it was God's seat, and 144 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:40,880 Speaker 1: of course God is merciful, so it was a mercy seat. 145 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 1: And so obviously God's house couldn't possibly be finished if 146 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:48,239 Speaker 1: God doesn't have his throne in there, which is why 147 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:51,840 Speaker 1: the most important aspect of the dedication of the temple 148 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:55,480 Speaker 1: was to bring the Ark of the Covenant up into 149 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:58,120 Speaker 1: the temple. And so that's what they do. All the 150 00:07:58,160 --> 00:08:01,240 Speaker 1: men of Israel assembled themselves to the king at the feast, 151 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:04,320 Speaker 1: which was in the seventh month. All of the elders 152 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:07,760 Speaker 1: of Israel came, the Levites, took up the Ark. They 153 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 1: brought up the Ark, the ten of Meeting, and all 154 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:13,040 Speaker 1: the holy vessels that were in the tent. The levitical 155 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:16,800 Speaker 1: priests brought these up. Now it sounds to me like 156 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:21,160 Speaker 1: Solomon actually did something correct that David had not done. 157 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 1: Remember back when David first brought the Ark of the 158 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:28,720 Speaker 1: Covenant into Jerusalem, David did not read the Old Testament 159 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:31,520 Speaker 1: laws of how the Ark of the Covenant was supposed 160 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:33,840 Speaker 1: to be handled, and so they just put it on 161 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:39,000 Speaker 1: this wagon and like wheeled it through the city, and 162 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:42,720 Speaker 1: God was not happy about that because they were directly 163 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:46,280 Speaker 1: disobeying a command from the Old Testament, like one of 164 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:49,800 Speaker 1: the most basic commands actually, which was to have the 165 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:54,560 Speaker 1: levitical priests actually carry the ark on their shoulders. And 166 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:56,280 Speaker 1: you might be like, well, what's the big deal, Like, 167 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 1: what difference does it make if it's on a wagon 168 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:01,320 Speaker 1: or if it's being carried by the priests. I'm not 169 00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:03,880 Speaker 1: going to get back into that today because I covered 170 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:07,040 Speaker 1: that in depth on a recent episode not too long ago, 171 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:09,959 Speaker 1: So I will link that episode about why it was 172 00:09:10,040 --> 00:09:12,280 Speaker 1: so important for the Levites to carry the Ark of 173 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:14,720 Speaker 1: the Covenant in the description, so you can go over 174 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:17,040 Speaker 1: there and listen to that episode once you're done with 175 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:21,200 Speaker 1: this one. But Solomon actually followed the Old Testament law here. 176 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:23,840 Speaker 1: This is like the one law that he actually followed 177 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:27,880 Speaker 1: in his lifetime. He didn't really follow that many laws, 178 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:30,240 Speaker 1: but he did follow this one. He had the Arc 179 00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:34,200 Speaker 1: of the Covenant carried correctly, as well as the entire 180 00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:37,839 Speaker 1: tent of Meeting that was the tabernacle that God had 181 00:09:37,880 --> 00:09:41,440 Speaker 1: told the Israelites to build some five hundred years before 182 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:44,280 Speaker 1: this in the wilderness. The ten of Meeting was essentially 183 00:09:44,320 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 1: the temple for the people, except the ten of Meeting 184 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:50,040 Speaker 1: was a tent and it was able to travel around 185 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:53,920 Speaker 1: wherever the people went. But now because there's like a 186 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:56,720 Speaker 1: brick and mortar building for the people to go to, 187 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:01,840 Speaker 1: the ten of Meeting was no longer necessary, according to Solomon, 188 00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:05,080 Speaker 1: and so the tene Meeting was torn down and brought 189 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:09,440 Speaker 1: into the Temple of God and probably just stored away forever. 190 00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:11,680 Speaker 1: And we don't know what happened to the ten of Meeting. 191 00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:14,800 Speaker 1: He was probably ultimately destroyed at some point in time, 192 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:17,360 Speaker 1: but it ended up never getting used ever again. And 193 00:10:17,400 --> 00:10:20,120 Speaker 1: that's kind of sad, actually, because the ten of Meeting 194 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:25,080 Speaker 1: was God's original design for his people for how worship 195 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:27,840 Speaker 1: was supposed to be done. And to see it just 196 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:31,240 Speaker 1: get stored away to eventually be destroyed, I don't know. 197 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:33,920 Speaker 1: There's something kind of sad about that. But at least 198 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:37,080 Speaker 1: Solomon did have it carried correctly, and all the holy 199 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:41,680 Speaker 1: vessels also were carried up to the new Tabernacle. It 200 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:44,960 Speaker 1: says the levitical priests brought all of these up. And 201 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:46,960 Speaker 1: after all of that is done, it says in verse 202 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:50,200 Speaker 1: six that King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel 203 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:53,559 Speaker 1: who were assembled to him, were before the Ark sacrificing 204 00:10:53,640 --> 00:10:56,480 Speaker 1: sheep and cattle that could not be counted or numbered 205 00:10:56,760 --> 00:10:59,720 Speaker 1: for multitude and not gonna lie. I think a lot 206 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:02,559 Speaker 1: of people people when they read that verse kind of cringe. 207 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:05,080 Speaker 1: They're like, oh, man, that is a lot of death 208 00:11:05,120 --> 00:11:09,440 Speaker 1: of animals. The cattle and the sheep sacrifice could not 209 00:11:09,559 --> 00:11:14,240 Speaker 1: be counted or numbered for multitude. Now, if you go 210 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:18,760 Speaker 1: to First Kings chapter eight, it talks more about some 211 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:21,880 Speaker 1: of these sacrifices that took place during the dedication of 212 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:25,640 Speaker 1: the temple. First Kings eight, starting in verse sixty two, 213 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:28,520 Speaker 1: says this, the king and all of Israel with him 214 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:32,640 Speaker 1: offered sacrifices before Yahweh. Solomon offered for the sacrifice of 215 00:11:32,640 --> 00:11:36,520 Speaker 1: peace offerings which he offered to Yahweh twenty two thousand 216 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:39,800 Speaker 1: head of cattle and one hundred and twenty thousand sheep. 217 00:11:40,679 --> 00:11:43,120 Speaker 1: So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated 218 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:48,920 Speaker 1: Yahweh's house. So that means that the people, everybody who 219 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:51,680 Speaker 1: was at this celebration of the dedication of the temple, 220 00:11:52,640 --> 00:11:57,000 Speaker 1: the individual people were bringing sacrifices to Yahweh. And Solomon 221 00:11:57,160 --> 00:12:03,120 Speaker 1: himself had sacrificed approximately one hundred and forty thousand animals. 222 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:08,280 Speaker 1: It turned out that because so many sacrifices of animals 223 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:11,200 Speaker 1: were taking place at this time, that the altar in 224 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:14,120 Speaker 1: front of the temple was too little. That's what it 225 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:17,480 Speaker 1: says here in First King's eight sixty four. The same day, 226 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:19,800 Speaker 1: the king made in the middle of the court holy 227 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:22,480 Speaker 1: that was before Yaway's house, for there he offered the 228 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:24,680 Speaker 1: burnt offering, the meal offering, and the fat of the 229 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:28,120 Speaker 1: peace offerings, because the bronze altar that was before Yahweh 230 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:32,000 Speaker 1: was too little to receive the burnt offering, the meal offering, 231 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:35,720 Speaker 1: and the fat of the peace offerings. Now he'll remember 232 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:40,320 Speaker 1: that when we talked about the building of the bronze altar, 233 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:45,240 Speaker 1: that thing was huge. That thing was big, and yet 234 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:49,320 Speaker 1: it didn't have enough space on it to handle the 235 00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:53,920 Speaker 1: amount of offerings that people and Solomon himself were offering 236 00:12:54,360 --> 00:12:58,680 Speaker 1: to God. And so you might be like, Jen, what 237 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:01,040 Speaker 1: the heck is going on here? Like this seems like 238 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:07,040 Speaker 1: a lot of sacrifices, like maybe needless sacrifices. And generally 239 00:13:07,080 --> 00:13:10,480 Speaker 1: I would agree with that because of what Leviticus talks 240 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:17,200 Speaker 1: about regarding sacrifices to God, specifically sacrifices of sheep, goats, 241 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:20,880 Speaker 1: or cattle of some sort. So let's read Leviticus one 242 00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:24,760 Speaker 1: one through four. Yahweh called to Moses and spoke to 243 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:27,520 Speaker 1: him from the tene meeting, saying, speak to the children 244 00:13:27,559 --> 00:13:29,800 Speaker 1: of Israel, and tell them, when any one of you 245 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:33,000 Speaker 1: offers an offering to Yahweh, you shall offer your offering 246 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:35,480 Speaker 1: of the livestock from the herd and from the flock. 247 00:13:36,160 --> 00:13:38,439 Speaker 1: If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, 248 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:41,440 Speaker 1: he shall offer a male without defect. He shall offer 249 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:42,920 Speaker 1: it at the door of the tene meeting, that he 250 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:46,120 Speaker 1: may be accepted before Yahweh. He shall lay his hand 251 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:48,720 Speaker 1: on the head of the burnt offering, and it shall 252 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:52,440 Speaker 1: be accepted for him to make atonement for him. And 253 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:54,560 Speaker 1: it pretty much went like that across the board for 254 00:13:54,679 --> 00:13:58,600 Speaker 1: most sacrifices, whether it was a burnt offering, a sin offering, 255 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:02,400 Speaker 1: a g to offering, and then peace offerings were a 256 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:05,240 Speaker 1: little bit different, but generally when somebody brought an offering 257 00:14:05,320 --> 00:14:09,400 Speaker 1: to God, it would be one animal. They would have 258 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:13,280 Speaker 1: to lay their hands on that animal, and then the 259 00:14:13,360 --> 00:14:17,000 Speaker 1: priest would slaughter that animal and what was the point 260 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:20,640 Speaker 1: of somebody laying their hands on the head of that animal. 261 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:25,720 Speaker 1: It was because it was a solemn thing. You know, 262 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:30,000 Speaker 1: animals are cute and sweet and innocent, and no sane 263 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:34,720 Speaker 1: person likes the death of an innocent creature. So when 264 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:39,120 Speaker 1: that person had to bring that innocent animal to be 265 00:14:39,280 --> 00:14:46,000 Speaker 1: sacrificed for their personal sin, they would essentially be transferring 266 00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:49,240 Speaker 1: that sin to the animal, and that would be a 267 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:52,960 Speaker 1: moment for the person to reflect when they put their 268 00:14:53,040 --> 00:14:58,800 Speaker 1: hands on that animal and have to kill something innocent 269 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:02,080 Speaker 1: in their place. It was supposed to be a solemn thing. 270 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:05,920 Speaker 1: And on top of that, it never says that somebody 271 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:10,400 Speaker 1: had to bring like five animals for their sin. They 272 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:14,120 Speaker 1: would just have to bring one one particular animal, unless 273 00:15:14,120 --> 00:15:16,400 Speaker 1: they are bringing birds, then it would have to be two. 274 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:18,320 Speaker 1: So the rules for birds were a little bit different. 275 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:20,880 Speaker 1: The person would not lay their hands on the birds. 276 00:15:21,080 --> 00:15:25,560 Speaker 1: The priest would perform the entire ceremony. But the birds 277 00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:30,080 Speaker 1: were generally for low income individuals to still be able 278 00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:34,480 Speaker 1: to gain forgiveness from God through the sacrifices, So birds 279 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:36,160 Speaker 1: were a little bit different. But when it came to 280 00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:40,240 Speaker 1: cattle and any animal of the herd, like sheep and goats. 281 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:43,680 Speaker 1: The hands would have to be laid on that animal, 282 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:47,520 Speaker 1: and it just was one one animal per person. But 283 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:50,720 Speaker 1: yet we read through the Old Testament people bringing multiple 284 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:55,920 Speaker 1: animals to be sacrificed. I would say, just based upon Leviticus, 285 00:15:56,560 --> 00:16:00,320 Speaker 1: that that was something unnecessary. Large amounts of animals were 286 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:04,720 Speaker 1: not needed to gain forgiveness with God. It just took 287 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:09,480 Speaker 1: one sacrifice. Now, obviously that sacrifice was imperfect because it 288 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:12,320 Speaker 1: was an animal, and then eventually you'd sin again, you'd 289 00:16:12,320 --> 00:16:15,040 Speaker 1: have to bring another animal to atone for that sin, 290 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:19,240 Speaker 1: which is why eventually all animal sacrifices were done away 291 00:16:19,280 --> 00:16:23,080 Speaker 1: with when Jesus came to earth and became the perfect 292 00:16:23,080 --> 00:16:25,920 Speaker 1: sacrifice for all of us to atone for all of 293 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:30,040 Speaker 1: our sins all the time. Essentially, so we don't do 294 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:33,680 Speaker 1: animal sacrifices now. But before Jesus came to earth, this 295 00:16:33,880 --> 00:16:38,360 Speaker 1: was how people would gain forgiveness from God was through 296 00:16:38,440 --> 00:16:42,960 Speaker 1: the animal sacrifices. Because the wages of sin is death. 297 00:16:43,520 --> 00:16:47,840 Speaker 1: Because we sin, death happens if you sin. That means 298 00:16:47,960 --> 00:16:51,920 Speaker 1: you have to die unless something innocent that has not 299 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:56,080 Speaker 1: sinned takes your place. And in the Old Testament, that 300 00:16:56,160 --> 00:16:58,880 Speaker 1: innocent thing would have been an animal, but in the 301 00:16:58,920 --> 00:17:02,520 Speaker 1: New Testament, that innocent sacrifice was the lamb of God 302 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:08,600 Speaker 1: or Jesus. So going back to Second Chronicles five, Solomon 303 00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:12,480 Speaker 1: offering all of these sacrifices about one hundred and forty 304 00:17:12,600 --> 00:17:17,679 Speaker 1: thousand for himself personally, like all these peace offerings, was 305 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:22,919 Speaker 1: very likely unnecessary. Here's what Hoseah six six says, and 306 00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:26,359 Speaker 1: actually Jesus himself quotes this verse on a couple occasions. 307 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:31,080 Speaker 1: It says, I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the 308 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:34,080 Speaker 1: knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings. That's from the 309 00:17:34,280 --> 00:17:37,840 Speaker 1: ESV version. And then again Psalm forty verse six, which, 310 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:41,679 Speaker 1: by the way, Psalm forty, my favorite chapter of the Bible, 311 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:45,200 Speaker 1: and also why P. Forty Ministries is named P forty 312 00:17:45,359 --> 00:17:49,080 Speaker 1: is for Psalm forty. Psalm forty verse six says, in 313 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:53,320 Speaker 1: sacrifice and offering, you have not delighted, but you've given 314 00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:57,119 Speaker 1: me an open ear. Burnt offering and sin offering you 315 00:17:57,160 --> 00:18:02,280 Speaker 1: have not required. So David got it. He understood that 316 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:06,720 Speaker 1: it wasn't sacrifice that God actually desired, but a heart 317 00:18:06,800 --> 00:18:11,400 Speaker 1: that actually loves him. That is what God truly does desire. 318 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:14,240 Speaker 1: So in the case of Solomon, offering all of these 319 00:18:14,280 --> 00:18:18,800 Speaker 1: sacrifices to God. If he was doing it for himself, 320 00:18:19,080 --> 00:18:22,800 Speaker 1: thinking that that would give him a better relationship with God, 321 00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:29,320 Speaker 1: it was fully unnecessary and just needless. Animal death. Will say, however, 322 00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:34,320 Speaker 1: if Solomon were offering these peace offerings for the benefit 323 00:18:34,400 --> 00:18:38,159 Speaker 1: of the people, then that's a different story, and it 324 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:40,560 Speaker 1: could be that that was exactly what he was doing. Actually, 325 00:18:41,160 --> 00:18:43,560 Speaker 1: in that case, it would have been fine to do. 326 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:47,880 Speaker 1: The peace offerings were a special type of offering where 327 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:50,879 Speaker 1: you would give only part of the animal to God, 328 00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:53,600 Speaker 1: and then another part of the animal, I believe would 329 00:18:53,640 --> 00:18:56,560 Speaker 1: go to the priest and the rest would go home 330 00:18:56,800 --> 00:19:00,080 Speaker 1: to you and your family, and it was a way 331 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:04,600 Speaker 1: to have peace with God and fellowship with God. Now 332 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:08,960 Speaker 1: we find out in Second Chronicles chapter seven that Solomon 333 00:19:09,080 --> 00:19:12,560 Speaker 1: held a huge feast for the people. It was a 334 00:19:12,600 --> 00:19:17,320 Speaker 1: week long feast where hundreds of thousands of people participated 335 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:21,920 Speaker 1: in this celebration in this feast. So if Solomon were 336 00:19:21,960 --> 00:19:25,840 Speaker 1: doing these peace offerings to dedicate them to the people, 337 00:19:26,760 --> 00:19:28,800 Speaker 1: then that means that part of the meat of those 338 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:32,280 Speaker 1: sacrifices would have gone to the people, and it could 339 00:19:32,320 --> 00:19:35,680 Speaker 1: be that's the way Solomon fed the people was by 340 00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:38,879 Speaker 1: doing this big peace offering and then giving the people 341 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:41,720 Speaker 1: the rest of the meat, thus providing all the meat 342 00:19:42,320 --> 00:19:46,320 Speaker 1: for this huge celebration that took place. And when it 343 00:19:46,359 --> 00:19:48,879 Speaker 1: comes to the people themselves, we don't know if they 344 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:52,200 Speaker 1: were offering multiple sacrifices. It could be that their hearts 345 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:54,800 Speaker 1: are in the right place and they really wanted to 346 00:19:54,840 --> 00:19:58,560 Speaker 1: offer like a sin offering to God because they knew 347 00:19:58,560 --> 00:20:01,000 Speaker 1: they had sinned, and so they brought their animal and 348 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:03,720 Speaker 1: they sacrificed it in the proper way. There could have 349 00:20:03,720 --> 00:20:07,960 Speaker 1: been so many people participating in this sacrifice that that's 350 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:11,520 Speaker 1: the reason that so many animals ended up being sacrificed, 351 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:16,600 Speaker 1: was because each individual person was bringing their sacrifice to 352 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:20,879 Speaker 1: God correctly. And it turns out that the priests couldn't 353 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:24,080 Speaker 1: even keep up with how many people wanted to bring 354 00:20:24,160 --> 00:20:28,560 Speaker 1: sacrifices to God, so they had to build new altars, 355 00:20:28,560 --> 00:20:31,760 Speaker 1: like quick little altars so there'd be enough space to 356 00:20:31,840 --> 00:20:37,160 Speaker 1: offer all of these sacrifices. But regardless, this big sacrifice 357 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:40,399 Speaker 1: takes place where every single person in Israel, it sounds 358 00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:43,760 Speaker 1: like is there offering their sacrifices. And it says in 359 00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:47,040 Speaker 1: verse seven of Second Chronicles five, our passage. For today, 360 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:49,879 Speaker 1: the priests brought in the Ark of Yahweis Covenant to 361 00:20:49,880 --> 00:20:52,399 Speaker 1: its place, into the inner sanctuary of the House, to 362 00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:55,280 Speaker 1: the most holy place, even under the wings of the Cherubim. 363 00:20:55,600 --> 00:20:57,879 Speaker 1: For the Cherubbms spread out their wings over the place 364 00:20:57,880 --> 00:21:00,399 Speaker 1: of the ark, and the cherubm covered the ark and 365 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:03,800 Speaker 1: its poles above. The poles were so long that the 366 00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:05,639 Speaker 1: ends of the poles were seen from the ark in 367 00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:07,800 Speaker 1: the front of the inner sanctuary, but they were not 368 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:11,000 Speaker 1: seen outside. And it is there to this day. And 369 00:21:11,080 --> 00:21:13,840 Speaker 1: at that you might be like, wait a second. Jen 370 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:18,720 Speaker 1: if Ezra wrote the Book of Second Chronicles after the 371 00:21:18,760 --> 00:21:22,320 Speaker 1: Babylonian captivity, when the temple was destroyed and the Ark 372 00:21:22,359 --> 00:21:25,639 Speaker 1: of the Covenant had been gone for about one hundred 373 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:30,000 Speaker 1: years at this point, how then could the Ark of 374 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:33,720 Speaker 1: the Covenant be there to this day? Well, the answer 375 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:37,400 Speaker 1: is found in First Kings, chapter eight four through eight. 376 00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:42,000 Speaker 1: So let's go over there and read these verses. They 377 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:43,919 Speaker 1: brought up y always arc the tene meeting and all 378 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:46,119 Speaker 1: the holy vessels that were in the tent. The priests 379 00:21:46,119 --> 00:21:48,840 Speaker 1: and the Levites brought these up. King Solomon and all 380 00:21:48,840 --> 00:21:51,600 Speaker 1: the Congregation of Israel, who were assembled to him were 381 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:54,159 Speaker 1: with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and cattle that 382 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:57,040 Speaker 1: could not be counted or numbered. For multitude, the priests 383 00:21:57,040 --> 00:21:59,560 Speaker 1: brought in the Ark of y always Covenant to its place, 384 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:01,800 Speaker 1: in to the inner sanctuary of the House, to the 385 00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:04,680 Speaker 1: most holy place, even under the Cherubum's wings, For the 386 00:22:04,760 --> 00:22:07,080 Speaker 1: cherubm spread their wings out over the place of the ark, 387 00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:09,320 Speaker 1: and the cherubm covered the ark and its poles above. 388 00:22:09,560 --> 00:22:11,240 Speaker 1: The polls were so long that the ends of the 389 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:14,199 Speaker 1: poles were seen from the holy place before the inner sanctuary, 390 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:16,479 Speaker 1: but they were not seen outside. They are there to 391 00:22:16,480 --> 00:22:19,080 Speaker 1: this day. You're probably getting deja vu because that is 392 00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:22,320 Speaker 1: literally word for word to what Second Chronicles five says, 393 00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:25,720 Speaker 1: which means that the author of Chronicles was quoting First 394 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:29,520 Speaker 1: Kings chapter eight. It is obvious that he was, because 395 00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:32,040 Speaker 1: you can't get that many words and that many sentences 396 00:22:32,359 --> 00:22:36,800 Speaker 1: perfectly aligned if you are not directly quoting somebody. So basically, 397 00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:40,200 Speaker 1: that's just a direct quotation from First King's chapter eight. 398 00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:43,320 Speaker 1: Not Ezra himself saying that the temple had not been 399 00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:46,680 Speaker 1: destroyed in his lifetime and that the Ark of the 400 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:48,840 Speaker 1: Covenant was still there. That is not what Ezra's saying, 401 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:52,240 Speaker 1: he is just quoting First Kings, chapter eight, and then 402 00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:55,640 Speaker 1: moving on in our passage for Today, Verses eleven through fourteen. 403 00:22:55,720 --> 00:22:58,199 Speaker 1: To conclude, it says, the priest had come out of 404 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:00,560 Speaker 1: the holy place, for the priests who are present had 405 00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:03,560 Speaker 1: sanctified themselves and didn't keep their divisions. And also the 406 00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:07,320 Speaker 1: Levites who were the singers, Asaf Hayman and Jeddathon, and 407 00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:09,760 Speaker 1: all their sons and their brothers arrayed in fine linen 408 00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:13,040 Speaker 1: with symbols and stringed instruments and harps. So all these guys, 409 00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:16,639 Speaker 1: Asaf Hayman and Jeddathon, you might remember those names, because 410 00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:22,000 Speaker 1: David had dedicated those guys to being singers. So now 411 00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:24,679 Speaker 1: they are no longer singers at the ten of meeting 412 00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:27,040 Speaker 1: or at the place where the Ark of the Covenant 413 00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:29,880 Speaker 1: was sitting, which was in Jerusalem under a tent. Now 414 00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:32,840 Speaker 1: these three men and all of their sons and everybody 415 00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:37,399 Speaker 1: else who were singers and instrumentalists with them, came to 416 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:41,120 Speaker 1: the temple to work. This was their new job. They 417 00:23:41,119 --> 00:23:43,919 Speaker 1: were going to be singers and worshipers at the temple. 418 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:47,600 Speaker 1: And they start singing. They were praising and thanking Yahweh 419 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:49,800 Speaker 1: is what it says in verse thirteen. They lifted up 420 00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:52,760 Speaker 1: their voice with the trumpets and the symbols and the instruments, 421 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:55,760 Speaker 1: and praised Yahweh, saying for he is good, for his 422 00:23:55,920 --> 00:24:00,840 Speaker 1: loving kindness indoors forever, and at that when the praise 423 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:03,639 Speaker 1: starts to happen. Notice it's when the praise happens, not 424 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:07,399 Speaker 1: the sacrifices like these multitudes of sacrifices that take place. 425 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:12,439 Speaker 1: It's when the praise starts, the worshiping begins. That is, 426 00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:19,359 Speaker 1: when God's presence fills the temple. God's presence came down 427 00:24:19,480 --> 00:24:21,560 Speaker 1: in the form of a cloud, is what it says, 428 00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:26,000 Speaker 1: so that the priests could not stand to minister by 429 00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:30,199 Speaker 1: reason of the cloud. For Yahweh's glory filled God's house. 430 00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:34,520 Speaker 1: That means that Yahweh has accepted the temple, but he 431 00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:39,600 Speaker 1: didn't accept it until the praise and worship started to happen. 432 00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:43,560 Speaker 1: And that shows how powerful praise and worship actually is. 433 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:46,680 Speaker 1: It's not about the things we do, the good works 434 00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:50,280 Speaker 1: that we do for God. It's about our heart toward Him. 435 00:24:50,359 --> 00:24:52,359 Speaker 1: So if you feel like you're at an impastorre, you 436 00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:54,199 Speaker 1: feel like God is like not listening to you and 437 00:24:54,240 --> 00:24:56,119 Speaker 1: you're like God, I do all these things for you, you know. 438 00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:58,080 Speaker 1: I go to church and I donate my money, and 439 00:24:58,119 --> 00:25:00,399 Speaker 1: I volunteer at this thing, and you I do all 440 00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:02,840 Speaker 1: these good things. Why aren't you listening to me? Why 441 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:06,200 Speaker 1: aren't you answering me? If you feel that way, maybe 442 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:10,719 Speaker 1: start worshiping God and praising him and thanking him. The 443 00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:14,919 Speaker 1: way these singers started to do that was when God 444 00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:19,520 Speaker 1: answered was once the praise and the worship started, which 445 00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:24,720 Speaker 1: really goes to show that God truly does not desire sacrifice, 446 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:33,320 Speaker 1: but he desires our hearts and our love for him. Well, 447 00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:36,840 Speaker 1: faithful listeners, I hope you learned something from today's episode. 448 00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:39,840 Speaker 1: If you did, then tell people that the Bible Explained 449 00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:42,119 Speaker 1: podcast exists because word of mouth is one of the 450 00:25:42,119 --> 00:25:45,880 Speaker 1: best ways for this podcast to grow. 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