1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:03,040 Speaker 1: Hi, their faithful listeners, Welcome to the Bible Explain podcast 2 00:00:03,120 --> 00:00:14,560 Speaker 1: on this lovely Monday morning. Well, happy November everybody. I 3 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:17,800 Speaker 1: hope that you had a good weekend and good Halloween 4 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:21,560 Speaker 1: if you guys celebrate. I am just appalled that it's 5 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:28,080 Speaker 1: already November, absolutely appalled. I cannot believe that it's already 6 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:30,440 Speaker 1: as cold as it is. I feel like summer just 7 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:32,960 Speaker 1: didn't happen, like I don't know where it went, but 8 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:36,800 Speaker 1: suddenly summer was just gone, like after five days, and 9 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:40,400 Speaker 1: now the snow comes again. But you know what, I 10 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:42,360 Speaker 1: don't like snow, but I wouldn't trade it for the world, 11 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:45,720 Speaker 1: because I am extremely thankful to be where I'm at. 12 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:47,960 Speaker 1: I'm thankful to be near my parents. I'm thankful to 13 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 1: be near my church family. I wouldn't trade any of 14 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:53,639 Speaker 1: it for a warmer location. Let's go ahead and read 15 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 1: Second Chronicles, chapter six one through twenty one. I'll be reading, 16 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 1: as always from the web. I hope that you guys 17 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:02,040 Speaker 1: have your cup of coffee or you a cup of 18 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:05,360 Speaker 1: tea ready on this very cold morning. I have mine 19 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:07,880 Speaker 1: right here, so share it with me, and also grab 20 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 1: your Bible out of the version that you prefer let's 21 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:12,319 Speaker 1: go ahead and read this prayer that Solomon gives in 22 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:15,480 Speaker 1: dedication of the temple to God once again. This is 23 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:21,119 Speaker 1: Second Chronicle sixth one through twenty one. Then Solomon said, 24 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 1: Yahweh has said that he would dwell in thick darkness. 25 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:25,720 Speaker 1: But I have built you a house and a home, 26 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:28,679 Speaker 1: a place for you to dwell in forever. The king 27 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:31,000 Speaker 1: turned his face and blessed all the assembly of Israel. 28 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:34,640 Speaker 1: And all the assembly of Israel stood. He said, blessed 29 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:36,760 Speaker 1: be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who spoke with his 30 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 1: mouth to David my father, and as with his hands 31 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:41,560 Speaker 1: fulfilled it, saying, since the day that I brought my 32 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:43,720 Speaker 1: people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no 33 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:45,880 Speaker 1: city out of all the tribes of Israel to build 34 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:48,200 Speaker 1: a house in that my name might be there. I 35 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:50,680 Speaker 1: chose no man to be prince over my people Israel. 36 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:53,600 Speaker 1: But now I have chosen Jerusalem that my name might 37 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:55,920 Speaker 1: be there. And I have chosen David to be over 38 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:58,520 Speaker 1: my people Israel. Now it was in the heart of 39 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 1: David my father, to build a house for the name 40 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 1: of Yahweh, the God of Israel. But Yahweh said to 41 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:05,280 Speaker 1: David my father. Whereas it was in your heart to 42 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:07,280 Speaker 1: build a house for my name, you did well that 43 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:09,840 Speaker 1: it was in your heart. Nevertheless, you shall not build 44 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 1: the house. But your son, who will come out of 45 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:13,960 Speaker 1: your body, he shall build the house for my name. 46 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 1: Yahweh has performed his word that I spoke. For I 47 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:19,200 Speaker 1: have risen up in the place of David, my father, 48 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:22,119 Speaker 1: and sit on the throne of Israel, as Yahweh promised, 49 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:24,400 Speaker 1: and have built the house for the name of Yahweh, 50 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:26,840 Speaker 1: the God of Israel. There I have set the ark 51 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:29,440 Speaker 1: in which is Yahways covenant which he has made with 52 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:32,399 Speaker 1: the children of Israel. He stood before y always alter, 53 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:34,600 Speaker 1: in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and 54 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:37,440 Speaker 1: spread out his hands. For Solomon had made a bronze 55 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 1: platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, 56 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 1: and set it in the middle of the court. And 57 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:45,200 Speaker 1: he stood on it and knelt down on his knees 58 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:47,680 Speaker 1: before all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his 59 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:50,840 Speaker 1: hands toward Heaven. Then he said, Yahweh, the God of Israel, 60 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:53,520 Speaker 1: there is no god like you in heaven or on earth. 61 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:56,680 Speaker 1: You who keep covenant and loving kindness with your servants 62 00:02:56,720 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 1: who walk before you with all their heart, who have 63 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:01,560 Speaker 1: kept with your servant, David my Father, that which you 64 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:04,359 Speaker 1: promised him. Yes, you spoke with your mouth, and you 65 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:07,799 Speaker 1: have fulfilled it with your hand as it is today. Now, Therefore, 66 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 1: Yahweh the God of Israel, keep with your servant, David 67 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 1: my Father, that which you have promised him, saying, there 68 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:14,840 Speaker 1: shall not fail you, a man in my sight, to 69 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:17,240 Speaker 1: sit on the throne of Israel, if only your children 70 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:19,880 Speaker 1: take heed to their way, to walk in my laws, 71 00:03:19,919 --> 00:03:22,840 Speaker 1: as you have walked before me. Now therefore, Yeahweh, the 72 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:25,520 Speaker 1: God of Israel, Let your word be verified which you 73 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:28,960 Speaker 1: spoke to your servant, David. But will God indeed dwell 74 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:31,680 Speaker 1: with men on earth? Behold, Heaven and the heaven of 75 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 1: heavens can't contain you how much less this house which 76 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 1: I have built. Yet have respect for the prayer of 77 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 1: your servant and to his supplication. Yahweh my God, to 78 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 1: listen to the cry and to the prayer which your 79 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 1: servant prays before you, that your eyes may be opened 80 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:48,960 Speaker 1: toward this house day and night, even toward the place 81 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:50,520 Speaker 1: which you have said that you would put your name. 82 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:52,720 Speaker 1: To listen to the prayer which your servant will pray 83 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 1: towards this place. Listen to the petition of your servant 84 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:59,600 Speaker 1: and of your people, Israel, when they pray toward this place. Yes, 85 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 1: from your dwelling place, even from heaven, and when you 86 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:08,040 Speaker 1: hear forgive. In the last chapter, we talked about Solomon 87 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:11,800 Speaker 1: beginning the dedication of the temple. Everything has been complete. 88 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:13,960 Speaker 1: The ark of the Covenant is now in its place 89 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:16,360 Speaker 1: inside the temple, and we talked about that, and we 90 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:20,680 Speaker 1: talked also about how God actually came and accepted the 91 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:24,560 Speaker 1: temple by having his presence fill the temple in the 92 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 1: form of a cloud. 93 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:27,919 Speaker 2: And this cloud was so thick. 94 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:31,160 Speaker 1: That the priests who had actually dedicated themselves and were 95 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 1: clean for the service of the temple, they were not 96 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:37,840 Speaker 1: able to go into the temple, even though they were 97 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:41,640 Speaker 1: considered holy and clean in the eyes of God. Because 98 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:44,960 Speaker 1: of God's rich presence inside the temple, even the priests 99 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:49,800 Speaker 1: weren't able to enter. And so this spurs Solomon to 100 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:53,000 Speaker 1: say a speech to Israel and say a prayer to 101 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:54,200 Speaker 1: God publicly. 102 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:55,880 Speaker 2: And that's where we leave off today. 103 00:04:55,880 --> 00:05:00,960 Speaker 1: In second Chronicles six, verse one, which says Solomon said, 104 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:03,880 Speaker 1: Yahweh has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. 105 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:06,359 Speaker 1: But I've built you a house and a home, a 106 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:10,960 Speaker 1: place for you to dwell in forever. So God dwells 107 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:15,520 Speaker 1: in the thick darkness. That's talking probably about the cloud 108 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:19,840 Speaker 1: that God's presence is associated with a lot of times 109 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:22,479 Speaker 1: when we see God in the Old Testament, it's in 110 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:26,159 Speaker 1: the form of a cloud. For example, the cloud that 111 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:29,000 Speaker 1: filled the temple right here, and also the cloud that 112 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:33,480 Speaker 1: led Israel in the wilderness some five hundred years before this. 113 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:37,560 Speaker 1: God is often associated as a cloud, and so when 114 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 1: Solomon says that God dwells in the thick darkness, he 115 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:44,320 Speaker 1: very likely is referring to this cloud that he's actually 116 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:48,000 Speaker 1: looking at that is filling the temple right at this moment. 117 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:50,679 Speaker 1: He says, but I've built you a house and a home, 118 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:54,839 Speaker 1: a place for you to dwell in forever. Now, Solomon 119 00:05:55,200 --> 00:05:58,719 Speaker 1: was very excited about this temple, as you can see, 120 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:01,440 Speaker 1: he truly believed it was a place where God's presence 121 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:06,800 Speaker 1: could live forever, live among his people. Solomon understood that 122 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:10,240 Speaker 1: God truly did want to live among his people because 123 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:13,040 Speaker 1: that was God's prime goal from the very beginning, Like 124 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 1: when he created people, his goal was to live with them. 125 00:06:17,279 --> 00:06:20,359 Speaker 1: He wanted to dwell with his people, but then because 126 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:22,720 Speaker 1: of sin, you know, people kind of messed all of 127 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:27,360 Speaker 1: that up. But even so God's prime objective still stands, 128 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:30,320 Speaker 1: which is to live with his people. So you can 129 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:34,559 Speaker 1: see multiple times God has tried to do this. Most 130 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:37,960 Speaker 1: famously was in the wilderness. God actually was with his 131 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:41,280 Speaker 1: people on a day to day basis, leading them through 132 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:43,760 Speaker 1: the wilderness in the form of a cloud by day 133 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:46,919 Speaker 1: and a pillar of fire by night, and then his 134 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:50,240 Speaker 1: presence settled on the mountain. But the people just didn't 135 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:54,479 Speaker 1: want God near them, and so they basically told Moses, 136 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:57,440 Speaker 1: They're like, get God away from us or we will die. 137 00:06:58,080 --> 00:06:59,919 Speaker 1: Like you go talk to God, We're gonna go do 138 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:04,160 Speaker 1: a thing over here. So the people never wanted God 139 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:07,600 Speaker 1: to live with them, but God has tried on multiple occasions. 140 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:11,880 Speaker 1: So now once again God has accepted this house that 141 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:15,360 Speaker 1: Solomon built because he wants to live with his people. 142 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 1: But the thing that Solomon didn't understand is that this 143 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:22,560 Speaker 1: was not a house God was going to live in forever. 144 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:25,160 Speaker 1: In fact, God didn't stay in this house for very 145 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:30,360 Speaker 1: long because almost immediately the people started corrupting the temple 146 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:34,160 Speaker 1: by bringing in idolatry and other really weird things, and 147 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:38,200 Speaker 1: God left the temple because his home became corrupted with 148 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 1: sin and idolatry and all sorts of really crazy things. 149 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 1: As we're going to find out in the Book of Ezekiel, 150 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:48,600 Speaker 1: God actually shows Ezekiel everything going on inside the temple. 151 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 2: So no, God does not stay in the temple for 152 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:51,320 Speaker 2: very long. 153 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:54,680 Speaker 1: It is not his permanent home like Solomon thought it 154 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:58,200 Speaker 1: was going to be, because as people kick God out 155 00:07:58,280 --> 00:08:00,960 Speaker 1: of his home, he leaves. 156 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:03,880 Speaker 2: You know, God does not stay where he's not wanted. 157 00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:07,360 Speaker 1: There's a verse in the Book of James that says, 158 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:11,040 Speaker 1: come near to God, and he will come near to you. 159 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:14,560 Speaker 1: God does not stay where he's not wanted. That doesn't 160 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:17,160 Speaker 1: mean he doesn't love people or that he abandons people, 161 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:22,160 Speaker 1: but it just means that when people reject God, God 162 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:25,040 Speaker 1: will let them have what they want and he will leave. 163 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:28,520 Speaker 1: And that's what ended up happening. Every single time God 164 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:32,760 Speaker 1: tried to dwell with his people, the people rejected God 165 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:36,599 Speaker 1: and didn't want him there, and so he left the vicinity. 166 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:38,800 Speaker 1: And that, of course was going to happen very soon 167 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:42,960 Speaker 1: in this temple, and God was not going to live 168 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:45,920 Speaker 1: there forever. But you know, Solomon was very, very excited 169 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:48,680 Speaker 1: about this temple and believed that it was going to 170 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:52,240 Speaker 1: be a place of worship where God could live among 171 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:55,600 Speaker 1: his people forever. So the king, after this in verse three, 172 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:58,720 Speaker 1: turns his face and blessed all the assembly of Israel. 173 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:02,320 Speaker 1: And all the assembly of Israel stood. And so now 174 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:08,120 Speaker 1: Solomon begins his speech and prayer to God. He starts 175 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:11,440 Speaker 1: with the speech. He says, blessed be Yahweh, the God 176 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:14,920 Speaker 1: of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David, my father, 177 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 1: and has with his hands fulfilled it, saying, since the 178 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:20,440 Speaker 1: day that I brought my people out of the land 179 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:22,880 Speaker 1: of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the 180 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:25,280 Speaker 1: tribes of Israel to build a house in and that 181 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:27,880 Speaker 1: my name might be there. And I chose no man 182 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:30,280 Speaker 1: to be prince over my people Israel. But now I 183 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:32,719 Speaker 1: have chosen Jerusalem that my name might be there, and 184 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:36,200 Speaker 1: I have chosen David to be over my people Israel. So, 185 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:39,839 Speaker 1: as you guys know, David Solomon's dad, really had an 186 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:43,760 Speaker 1: obsession with the temple, really wanted it to be built, 187 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:47,480 Speaker 1: even purchased the land that would be built on, and 188 00:09:47,559 --> 00:09:51,880 Speaker 1: he purchased that land in Jerusalem. Now, David had already 189 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:57,240 Speaker 1: chosen Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, mainly because Jerusalem 190 00:09:57,320 --> 00:10:01,200 Speaker 1: was a very good location in Israel, pretty central, so 191 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:04,800 Speaker 1: it was a good place for politics to be done, 192 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:10,560 Speaker 1: for worship to be done, and so David initially chose Jerusalem. Now, 193 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:14,920 Speaker 1: I don't know if God chose Jerusalem because David chose it, 194 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:17,800 Speaker 1: like just out of mercy to David, or if God 195 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:23,280 Speaker 1: had told David previously that David should go to Jerusalem 196 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:25,960 Speaker 1: to build the Temple and set up his kingdom there 197 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:28,800 Speaker 1: and the government there. I don't know if God chose 198 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:31,800 Speaker 1: it and told David to go to Jerusalem, or if 199 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:34,400 Speaker 1: David chose it and God chose it because of his 200 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:38,320 Speaker 1: love and mercy for David and for Israel. I don't know. 201 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:43,080 Speaker 1: But regardless, you can definitely tell that God chose Jerusalem, 202 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:46,080 Speaker 1: like even to this day, it is evident through the 203 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:51,480 Speaker 1: three Abrahamic religions who right now are vying for their 204 00:10:51,559 --> 00:10:54,960 Speaker 1: peace of Jerusalem. The Christians want it, the Jews want it, 205 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:59,360 Speaker 1: and the Muslims want it. They're all fighting over Jerusalem 206 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:01,880 Speaker 1: because it's a special place, and we know it's a 207 00:11:01,920 --> 00:11:07,080 Speaker 1: special place. It is the place where Jesus chose to die. 208 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:10,400 Speaker 1: We know that Jerusalem is special, and so God clearly 209 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:14,160 Speaker 1: did choose Jerusalem to put his name there. 210 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:15,200 Speaker 2: Not to mention. 211 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:19,160 Speaker 1: In the Book of Revelation, it says that after the 212 00:11:19,240 --> 00:11:21,680 Speaker 1: old heaven and the old Earth pass away and Jesus 213 00:11:21,679 --> 00:11:24,079 Speaker 1: makes a brand new heaven and new Earth, He's going 214 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:28,280 Speaker 1: to make a brand new Jerusalem that's gonna like float 215 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:30,200 Speaker 1: in the sky, or it's gonna come out of the 216 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:34,920 Speaker 1: sky like this big, beautiful jewel. And only certain people 217 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:38,959 Speaker 1: are going to be allowed in the new Jerusalem. Only 218 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:41,560 Speaker 1: people who are sons and daughters of God are going 219 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:44,640 Speaker 1: to be allowed in that city. And it's literally called 220 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:49,160 Speaker 1: the New Jerusalem. And God says that that city is 221 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:52,120 Speaker 1: never going to make him angry ever again, that the 222 00:11:52,120 --> 00:11:55,080 Speaker 1: old Jerusalem, you know, this one where Solomon built the temple. 223 00:11:55,920 --> 00:11:59,080 Speaker 1: That Jerusalem made God angry every single day, is what 224 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:02,640 Speaker 1: he says in Jeremiah. Since the foundation of Jerusalem, I 225 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:06,120 Speaker 1: have been so ticked off at that city because of 226 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:10,160 Speaker 1: their lack of morals and their constant sin against me 227 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:14,520 Speaker 1: every single day. But someday there is going to be 228 00:12:14,559 --> 00:12:17,520 Speaker 1: a new Jerusalem where my name will be and that 229 00:12:17,559 --> 00:12:19,800 Speaker 1: city will never make me angry, and the people who 230 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:22,560 Speaker 1: are in it will be righteous who will worship me 231 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:27,320 Speaker 1: truly every single day. Long story short, there's something special 232 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:30,800 Speaker 1: about Jerusalem, and we just know that in our hearts 233 00:12:30,840 --> 00:12:36,160 Speaker 1: because God chose Jerusalem. Yahwaeys said to David, my father, 234 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:38,960 Speaker 1: in verse eight, whereas it was in your heart to 235 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:41,320 Speaker 1: build a house for my name, you did well that 236 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:43,760 Speaker 1: it was in your heart. Nevertheless, you shall not build 237 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:45,719 Speaker 1: the house. But your son, who will come out of 238 00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:48,680 Speaker 1: your body, he shall build the house for my name. 239 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:52,760 Speaker 1: Now Solomon, of course believed himself to be that son. 240 00:12:53,120 --> 00:12:57,120 Speaker 1: But we've talked about how David and Solomon may have 241 00:12:57,200 --> 00:13:01,760 Speaker 1: misunderstood the prophecy from God. There. God was probably talking 242 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:04,920 Speaker 1: about Jesus, you know, because Jesus was from the line 243 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:08,520 Speaker 1: and lineage of David, and God said that Jesus was 244 00:13:08,559 --> 00:13:11,280 Speaker 1: going to build him a house, which that is absolutely true, 245 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:15,120 Speaker 1: because Jesus is and was the foundation of the Church, 246 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:20,520 Speaker 1: and every single Christian, every true believer of Jesus, makes 247 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:23,720 Speaker 1: up a piece of that church. And that's where the 248 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:26,880 Speaker 1: Holy Spirit now lives is in each one of us 249 00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:30,280 Speaker 1: who has accepted Jesus as our savior. So the Holy 250 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:33,360 Speaker 1: Spirit no longer lives in the temple made with human hands, 251 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:35,880 Speaker 1: but lives in each one of us. So things are 252 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:39,160 Speaker 1: different now with the New Testament. But in the Old Testament, 253 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:42,600 Speaker 1: the Holy Spirit didn't live in people. He lived in 254 00:13:42,679 --> 00:13:45,960 Speaker 1: a temple made with human hands. And so that's why 255 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:49,720 Speaker 1: the temple was so special. It was a special place. 256 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:54,679 Speaker 1: But regardless, people were going to corrupt the temple and 257 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:58,079 Speaker 1: cause the Holy Spirit to leave. But for the time being, 258 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:01,840 Speaker 1: the Holy Spirit is in the temple, has accepted the temple, 259 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:06,440 Speaker 1: and has placed his name in Jerusalem. Even if David 260 00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:12,680 Speaker 1: and Solomon's understanding of the prophecies from God weren't exactly clear, 261 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:15,920 Speaker 1: God still had mercy on David and Solomon, still had 262 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:19,240 Speaker 1: grace and love for them, and chose Jerusalem and the 263 00:14:19,280 --> 00:14:23,480 Speaker 1: temple that Solomon built. Then in verse ten, Solomon continues, 264 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:26,320 Speaker 1: Yahweh has performed his word that he spoke, for I 265 00:14:26,320 --> 00:14:27,920 Speaker 1: have risen up in the place of David and my 266 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:31,200 Speaker 1: father and sit on the throne of Israel, as Yahweh promised, 267 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:33,120 Speaker 1: and have built the house for the name of Yahweh, 268 00:14:33,160 --> 00:14:35,280 Speaker 1: the God of Israel. There I have set the ark 269 00:14:35,480 --> 00:14:37,800 Speaker 1: in which is God's Covenant, which he made with the 270 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:40,360 Speaker 1: children of Israel. Now here's what's kind of interesting about 271 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:43,160 Speaker 1: the Ark of the Covenant. When the Ark of the 272 00:14:43,160 --> 00:14:46,240 Speaker 1: Covenant was first built five hundred years before this in 273 00:14:46,280 --> 00:14:49,760 Speaker 1: the Wilderness, it actually was supposed to hold three things. 274 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:53,720 Speaker 1: It was supposed to hold the Covenant, which was the 275 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:57,880 Speaker 1: Law of God. It was supposed to hold a bowl 276 00:14:57,960 --> 00:15:05,560 Speaker 1: of mana. It was also supposed to hold Aaron's butting staff. Okay, now, 277 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 1: I don't know if you guys remember what the mana 278 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:10,600 Speaker 1: is and Aaron's butting staff, and I'm not going to 279 00:15:10,680 --> 00:15:13,280 Speaker 1: get into those things right now, but there was supposed 280 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:15,800 Speaker 1: to be more items in the Ark of the Covenant 281 00:15:16,160 --> 00:15:20,280 Speaker 1: than just the Covenant itself, and that was of course 282 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:23,400 Speaker 1: by God, like God told Moses and Aaron put these 283 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:26,920 Speaker 1: other things in the Ark of the Covenant forever. So 284 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:30,040 Speaker 1: at some point in the ARC's history someone opened it 285 00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:33,640 Speaker 1: up and took those things out, And we don't know 286 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:36,840 Speaker 1: who did that. We know the arc was captured for 287 00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:40,880 Speaker 1: a little while before David was even born. The Ark 288 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:44,680 Speaker 1: was in Philistine hands for a couple months, but things 289 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:47,120 Speaker 1: did not go well for the Philistines because of the 290 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:49,440 Speaker 1: Ark of the Covenant because God did not want the 291 00:15:49,560 --> 00:15:52,400 Speaker 1: ark there, and so eventually the Philistines like sent the 292 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:55,040 Speaker 1: ark back because they were getting plagued with like all 293 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:58,360 Speaker 1: of these boils or something, these tumors, and so the 294 00:15:58,360 --> 00:16:01,600 Speaker 1: Philistines understood that it was the Ark of the Covenant 295 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:06,160 Speaker 1: causing these issues, so they sent the arc back to Israel. 296 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:09,800 Speaker 1: But there is a possibility that the Philistines actually opened 297 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:12,440 Speaker 1: the arc up and took some of those items out 298 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:15,600 Speaker 1: of the ark, but somehow the Covenant was still in 299 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:19,520 Speaker 1: there was still preserved. And that's essentially what Solomon says 300 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:21,760 Speaker 1: right here. I have set the ark in the temple 301 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:26,000 Speaker 1: in which is God's Covenant. That's it. No other things 302 00:16:26,040 --> 00:16:29,000 Speaker 1: inside the arc, just the Covenant. And that was also 303 00:16:29,120 --> 00:16:31,280 Speaker 1: mentioned in the previous chapter as well, and I forgot 304 00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:33,600 Speaker 1: to talk about that, where only the Law was still 305 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:36,040 Speaker 1: inside the Ark of the Covenant, nothing else was. 306 00:16:36,880 --> 00:16:37,520 Speaker 2: Moving down to. 307 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:40,200 Speaker 1: Verse twelve, he stood before he always alter in the 308 00:16:40,240 --> 00:16:43,200 Speaker 1: presence of the Assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands. 309 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:47,240 Speaker 1: For Solomon made a bronze platform five cubits long, five 310 00:16:47,320 --> 00:16:49,880 Speaker 1: cubits wide, and three cubits high, and set it in 311 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:51,760 Speaker 1: the middle of the court. And he stood on it 312 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:53,840 Speaker 1: and knelt down on his knees before all the assembly 313 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:57,120 Speaker 1: of Israel, and spread his hands toward Heaven. Now, this 314 00:16:57,240 --> 00:17:00,560 Speaker 1: was the common posture for doing prayer back in the 315 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:03,840 Speaker 1: Old Testament. It was not folding your hands the way 316 00:17:03,880 --> 00:17:06,800 Speaker 1: we do now and like bowing our heads. It was 317 00:17:06,840 --> 00:17:09,000 Speaker 1: actually raising your hands up to Heaven. 318 00:17:09,359 --> 00:17:10,920 Speaker 2: And I do have to say, the. 319 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:14,919 Speaker 1: Way we do prayer now is kind of wrong biblically. 320 00:17:15,320 --> 00:17:17,320 Speaker 1: There's nowhere in scripture that tells you to fold your 321 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:21,159 Speaker 1: hands to pray. But there are so many verses that 322 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:24,399 Speaker 1: talk about raising your hands to heaven. In fact, I 323 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:27,720 Speaker 1: was just reading one of them in One Timothy. One 324 00:17:27,840 --> 00:17:31,280 Speaker 1: Timothy two eight from the NLT version says this, in 325 00:17:31,320 --> 00:17:33,679 Speaker 1: every place of worship, I want men to pray with 326 00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:37,760 Speaker 1: holy hands lifted up to God, free from anger and controversy. 327 00:17:38,720 --> 00:17:43,000 Speaker 1: And yet we don't do that in the modern day, 328 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:46,880 Speaker 1: and neither do I. Quite honestly, I do not raise 329 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:49,040 Speaker 1: my hands up to Heaven while I'm praying. 330 00:17:49,040 --> 00:17:51,440 Speaker 2: I just don't. I'm so inclined. 331 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:55,439 Speaker 1: To interlock my fingers right underneath my chin, like that 332 00:17:55,560 --> 00:17:58,520 Speaker 1: is just what I do. And yet Scripture tells us 333 00:17:58,520 --> 00:18:00,640 Speaker 1: to raise our hands up to Heaven. I'm not gonna lie. 334 00:18:00,640 --> 00:18:03,240 Speaker 1: I did not research this topic, but if I were 335 00:18:03,280 --> 00:18:07,040 Speaker 1: to guess why raising your hands to heaven was the 336 00:18:07,080 --> 00:18:12,320 Speaker 1: correct posture, it's because there's something very vulnerable about it, 337 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:13,320 Speaker 1: and it's. 338 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:14,960 Speaker 2: Also a sign of surrender. 339 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:18,879 Speaker 1: When you're raising your hands up to God, it's almost 340 00:18:18,920 --> 00:18:22,680 Speaker 1: like you are giving him whatever is inside your heart. 341 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:26,840 Speaker 1: And I can tell you honestly that the times when 342 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:30,000 Speaker 1: I feel the most worshipful, like say in church or something, 343 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:33,360 Speaker 1: when we're singing songs, my hands they just go right up, 344 00:18:33,440 --> 00:18:36,520 Speaker 1: like it's like I can't control it. The hands just 345 00:18:36,560 --> 00:18:42,439 Speaker 1: go up. That's because there's something about that posture that 346 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:48,080 Speaker 1: is both vulnerable, freeing and also a sign of surrender. 347 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:52,840 Speaker 1: You know, our posture is very important. My husband often 348 00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:54,880 Speaker 1: tells me, you know, if I'm feeling down, I will 349 00:18:54,880 --> 00:18:57,760 Speaker 1: like slunch right over, and my husband will be like, 350 00:18:57,800 --> 00:19:00,520 Speaker 1: if you fix your posture, you might actually feel better, 351 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:03,439 Speaker 1: like mentally, And so I'll fix my posture, and what 352 00:19:03,440 --> 00:19:05,280 Speaker 1: do you know, a few minutes later, I actually am 353 00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:08,320 Speaker 1: feeling a little bit better mentally. So you can change 354 00:19:08,359 --> 00:19:12,240 Speaker 1: your mindset based upon the posture you are carrying. And 355 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:15,080 Speaker 1: I think that's why scripture always tells us to pray 356 00:19:15,119 --> 00:19:20,159 Speaker 1: with our hands reaching up toward heaven, and I mean, 357 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:22,639 Speaker 1: there's so many psalms that talk about that as well. 358 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:27,679 Speaker 1: So Solomon takes this posture where he's standing up on 359 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:30,600 Speaker 1: this platform and he's got his hands up to Heaven 360 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:35,440 Speaker 1: and he is kneeling down, just praying to God very fervently. 361 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:40,680 Speaker 1: And so here's his prayer. He says, Yahweh, the God 362 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:43,760 Speaker 1: of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven 363 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:47,800 Speaker 1: or on earth. You who keep covenant and loving kindness 364 00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:50,760 Speaker 1: with your servants, who walk before you with all their heart, 365 00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:53,560 Speaker 1: who have kept with your servant, David, my father, that 366 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:56,240 Speaker 1: which you promised him. Yes, you spoke with your mouth, 367 00:19:56,280 --> 00:19:59,000 Speaker 1: and you've fulfilled it with your hand as it is today. 368 00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:01,879 Speaker 1: And so of course Solomon there is talking about the 369 00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:06,199 Speaker 1: entire project of building the temple. God promised it to 370 00:20:06,280 --> 00:20:10,000 Speaker 1: David that the temple would be built, and now here 371 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:13,760 Speaker 1: it is. It has been fulfilled. Now once again, that 372 00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:17,880 Speaker 1: prophecy was broadly talking about Jesus. But there's something called 373 00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:23,680 Speaker 1: double prophecies, where a prophecy will come true multiple times, 374 00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:26,320 Speaker 1: and a lot of times. The first time it comes true, 375 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:29,719 Speaker 1: it's like a much smaller iteration of it, if that 376 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:34,040 Speaker 1: makes sense. So the prophecy of the temple being built 377 00:20:34,359 --> 00:20:38,760 Speaker 1: came true with Solomon, but the larger interpretation of that 378 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:42,480 Speaker 1: prophecy would be Jesus building the temple, like I talked 379 00:20:42,520 --> 00:20:46,200 Speaker 1: about earlier, where he made the foundations of the church, 380 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:49,000 Speaker 1: and like you and I make up the individual members 381 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:51,920 Speaker 1: of the church. Right, So this prophecy that Solomon says 382 00:20:51,920 --> 00:20:55,600 Speaker 1: has come true would be one of those double prophecies 383 00:20:56,080 --> 00:20:59,200 Speaker 1: that we've talked about before. And he continues in verse sixteen, 384 00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:02,800 Speaker 1: for Yeahweh, the God of Israel, keep with your servant, David, 385 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:05,600 Speaker 1: my father, that which you've promised him. There shall not 386 00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:07,720 Speaker 1: fail you, a man in my sight, to sit on 387 00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:10,440 Speaker 1: the throne of Israel, if only your children take heed 388 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:12,840 Speaker 1: to their way, to walk in my law as you've 389 00:21:12,880 --> 00:21:15,879 Speaker 1: walked before me. Now, therefore, Yahweh, the God of Israel, 390 00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:18,840 Speaker 1: let your word be verified, which you spoke to David, 391 00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:24,560 Speaker 1: your servant. So of course that's talking about God telling David, 392 00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:29,760 Speaker 1: if your sons walk in my laws and follow my ways, 393 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:33,560 Speaker 1: then they will be blessed forever. I will keep somebody 394 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:36,919 Speaker 1: on the throne of Israel forever is what God says. 395 00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:38,640 Speaker 2: But if your. 396 00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:42,000 Speaker 1: Sons don't follow my laws and don't keep my ways 397 00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:45,720 Speaker 1: and abandon me and reject me, then I will reject them. 398 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:51,480 Speaker 1: God actually told this same prophecy to Solomon directly. Solomon 399 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:54,920 Speaker 1: knew this prophecy both from his father David and also 400 00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:59,040 Speaker 1: straight from God's mouth. However, spoiler alert, Solomon does not 401 00:21:59,320 --> 00:22:03,120 Speaker 1: keep the ways of God, and God doesn't immediately reject Solomon, 402 00:22:03,359 --> 00:22:07,600 Speaker 1: but later on down the line, as the lineage of 403 00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:10,879 Speaker 1: David got worse and worse and worse, God did eventually 404 00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:15,720 Speaker 1: punish Israel for their sins, but that's not for several 405 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:18,840 Speaker 1: hundred years after this. But moving forward in verse eighteen, 406 00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:23,520 Speaker 1: will God indeed dwell with men on the earth? Behold 407 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:26,680 Speaker 1: heaven and the heaven of heavens can't contain you, how 408 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:30,439 Speaker 1: much less this house which I have built. Yet have 409 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:33,679 Speaker 1: respect for the prayer of your servant and to his supplication. 410 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:36,919 Speaker 1: Yahweh my God. To listen to the cry and to 411 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:41,000 Speaker 1: the prayer which your servant prays before you, that your 412 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:43,320 Speaker 1: eyes may be open toward this house day and night, 413 00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:45,960 Speaker 1: even toward the place where you said that you will 414 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:47,919 Speaker 1: put your name. To listen to the prayer which your 415 00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:52,440 Speaker 1: servant will pray toward this place. That's a really nice 416 00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:55,480 Speaker 1: prayer because there's a lot of humility in it. Basically 417 00:22:55,520 --> 00:23:00,680 Speaker 1: Solomon saying, you know, God, heaven can't even contain how 418 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:04,240 Speaker 1: amazing you are. So this house that I built can't 419 00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:08,200 Speaker 1: possibly contain how amazing you are. It is so small 420 00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:12,400 Speaker 1: and so little compared to your throne room. But yet God, 421 00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:15,640 Speaker 1: I ask that you accept it anyway, that you accept 422 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:18,280 Speaker 1: this gift that I gave you, and that you be 423 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:21,520 Speaker 1: here in this house and listen to the prayer of 424 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:24,080 Speaker 1: your people. In fact, listen to my prayer when I 425 00:23:24,119 --> 00:23:28,240 Speaker 1: direct it toward your house. Now, that was a common 426 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:32,239 Speaker 1: belief back in these days, which was to direct your 427 00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:35,240 Speaker 1: prayer toward the temple of the deity that you worshiped. 428 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:39,879 Speaker 1: And generally it's just gobbledegook, because you know, the deities 429 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:43,480 Speaker 1: that the people worshiped didn't actually live in the temples 430 00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:45,800 Speaker 1: because they were fake. They were just idols made of 431 00:23:45,840 --> 00:23:49,000 Speaker 1: stone or gold or whatever. But in the case of God, 432 00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:53,639 Speaker 1: he was living inside that temple, and so to direct 433 00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:57,320 Speaker 1: your prayer toward the direction of the temple actually made 434 00:23:57,440 --> 00:24:02,439 Speaker 1: sense because God's physical presence was there, and the people 435 00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:04,840 Speaker 1: couldn't go inside the temple at this point in time. 436 00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:07,200 Speaker 1: The priests couldn't even go inside. But the average person 437 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:09,199 Speaker 1: wasn't even allowed to step foot in the temple. It 438 00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:11,399 Speaker 1: was only the priests. So it makes a lot of 439 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:13,640 Speaker 1: sense actually for the people to direct to their prayers 440 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:17,080 Speaker 1: to the Temple of God, because that is where God 441 00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:21,480 Speaker 1: was physically sitting on earth. You'll see this actually in 442 00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:27,240 Speaker 1: the book of Daniel. Daniel when he was in Babylonian captivity, 443 00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:30,920 Speaker 1: he would open up his window that faced toward Jerusalem 444 00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:34,280 Speaker 1: and he would pray in that direction. And don't get 445 00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:37,240 Speaker 1: me wrong, they're not directing their prayers at the temple. 446 00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:39,959 Speaker 1: They're not praying to the temple, but they're directing their 447 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:44,120 Speaker 1: prayers to who is inside the temple. Then he says 448 00:24:44,119 --> 00:24:46,760 Speaker 1: in verse twenty one, listen to the petitions of your 449 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:49,720 Speaker 1: servant and of your people Israel, when they pray toward 450 00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:50,320 Speaker 1: this place. 451 00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:52,280 Speaker 2: Yes, hear from. 452 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:55,400 Speaker 1: Your dwelling place, even from heaven. And when you hear, 453 00:24:55,760 --> 00:25:00,840 Speaker 1: forgive so there Solomon even says, He's like, yes, God, 454 00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:04,240 Speaker 1: your presence is in this temple, but your dwelling place 455 00:25:04,359 --> 00:25:09,040 Speaker 1: is technically heaven. Because this little temple cannot contain you. 456 00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:14,720 Speaker 1: So whenever anybody prays to your name, please hear them 457 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:19,360 Speaker 1: and forgive them. And that's just the first portion of 458 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:21,600 Speaker 1: this prayer. It goes on for a lot longer, and 459 00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:24,280 Speaker 1: we'll talk about that on Wednesday. So I hope to 460 00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:26,879 Speaker 1: see you guys Wednesday as we discuss the second portion 461 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:30,960 Speaker 1: of this very beautiful prayer that Solomon gives. And not 462 00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:35,159 Speaker 1: to be a negative nancy, but there's one specific problem 463 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:38,560 Speaker 1: with the prayer that we will get into on Wednesday. So, 464 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:41,600 Speaker 1: faithful listeners, I hope you guys tune in then six 465 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:43,360 Speaker 1: am or whenever you choose to wake up, and also 466 00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:45,399 Speaker 1: tune in tomorrow because we'll be in the Book of 467 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:49,199 Speaker 1: Second Thessalonians. And man, I have just been loving the 468 00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:51,480 Speaker 1: Book of Second Thessalonians. If you are not tuning into 469 00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:54,760 Speaker 1: the New Testament side of stuff, you absolutely should because 470 00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:59,120 Speaker 1: the Book of Second Thessalonians is fire and it talks 471 00:25:59,119 --> 00:26:00,320 Speaker 1: about fire actually. 472 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:00,639 Speaker 2: Quite a bit in it. 473 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:03,919 Speaker 1: So I hope you guys tune in tomorrow for an 474 00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:07,680 Speaker 1: episode from Second Thessalonians where we'll talk more about the 475 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:11,840 Speaker 1: second Coming of Jesus. Faithful listeners, have a wonderful rest 476 00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:19,280 Speaker 1: of your Monday, happy listening, and God bless