WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.480 --> 00:00:04.879 Heys is John, and welcome to Sunday Service, episode sixty three. 2 00:00:04.960 --> 00:00:06.679 I'm your host, josh my Day. If you don't know me, 3 00:00:06.719 --> 00:00:09.560 I'm a Christian rapper, voter, husband, father, and Army veteran. 4 00:00:09.960 --> 00:00:12.199 And this is brought to you by Cope of Conspiracy 5 00:00:12.240 --> 00:00:16.920 Podcast and thank you guys so much. First off, before 6 00:00:16.960 --> 00:00:21.480 I get do any shout outs or anything, I see 7 00:00:21.480 --> 00:00:25.120 that Jonathan he left the Cult the Conspiracy Show to 8 00:00:25.120 --> 00:00:29.839 do his metimistics show that he has, so I just 9 00:00:29.879 --> 00:00:31.440 want to say a quick prayer for him. You know, 10 00:00:31.559 --> 00:00:34.520 I mean him and Jacob were the ones that invited 11 00:00:34.560 --> 00:00:37.359 me to do this show. So I really appreciate him 12 00:00:37.439 --> 00:00:41.600 and Jacob for inviting me to do this and it's 13 00:00:41.640 --> 00:00:45.479 been quite an amazing journey. I'm still obviously going to 14 00:00:45.560 --> 00:00:48.200 be on the show. They Jonathan, I talked to him. 15 00:00:48.240 --> 00:00:50.759 He said that don't worry, You'll still be on the 16 00:00:50.759 --> 00:00:53.479 show and you'll still be doing the same thing. So 17 00:00:54.240 --> 00:00:56.240 I thought I was a blessing, but just wanted to 18 00:00:56.399 --> 00:00:58.159 do a quick prayer for him. So, Father God, in 19 00:00:58.200 --> 00:01:00.000 the name of Jesus, I just want to pray for Jonathan. 20 00:01:01.119 --> 00:01:03.840 I just want to pray that you know, at the 21 00:01:03.840 --> 00:01:06.040 bottom of that rabbit hole that he's trying to find, 22 00:01:06.239 --> 00:01:08.359 that that you're they're waiting for him. Lord, I know 23 00:01:08.400 --> 00:01:11.000 that you are, so I just want to pray that 24 00:01:11.040 --> 00:01:14.959 he finds you. That's the most important thing, is his salvation, 25 00:01:15.719 --> 00:01:18.719 and I know he wants to go dig into some esoteric, 26 00:01:18.840 --> 00:01:23.280 some occult and some other stuff, which obviously everybody has 27 00:01:23.319 --> 00:01:25.519 free will to do whatever they want. So I just 28 00:01:25.519 --> 00:01:27.359 wanted to pray for him, Lord to keep him safe, 29 00:01:27.400 --> 00:01:32.359 keep his family safe, and to supernaturally kind of make 30 00:01:32.400 --> 00:01:34.400 yourself known to him Lord so he can find you. 31 00:01:34.480 --> 00:01:36.719 But you know, mainly I just want to pray for 32 00:01:36.799 --> 00:01:42.079 him that whatever he does, he's successful, but you know, 33 00:01:42.200 --> 00:01:44.920 assist him Lord to find you. That's the most important thing. 34 00:01:45.000 --> 00:01:48.400 But keep him safe. And also want to pray for 35 00:01:48.519 --> 00:01:52.000 Jacob and his new co hosts that they continue doing 36 00:01:52.040 --> 00:01:55.079 the show and that both of them get closer to 37 00:01:55.079 --> 00:01:57.040 you as well. Lord. Thank you, we love you and 38 00:01:57.120 --> 00:02:00.280 appreciate you in Jesus name. Amen. All right, guys, Yeah, 39 00:02:00.280 --> 00:02:02.280 I thought I would pray for Jonathan real quick because 40 00:02:02.359 --> 00:02:05.000 I've been thinking about him and I've been waiting to 41 00:02:05.079 --> 00:02:06.840 kind of do this show, so I can, you know, 42 00:02:06.879 --> 00:02:09.680 say a quick prayer for him and for his success. 43 00:02:09.719 --> 00:02:13.919 You know, hopefully he does well with his new venture. 44 00:02:13.960 --> 00:02:16.479 And I'm sure he's going to be still in and 45 00:02:16.520 --> 00:02:18.560 out with Cult of Conspiracy, but right now, I guess 46 00:02:18.560 --> 00:02:21.800 he's focusing on his new show, which I understand. There's 47 00:02:21.840 --> 00:02:23.680 only twenty four hours in a day, and that's the 48 00:02:23.719 --> 00:02:26.120 same thing with me. I mean, I have this show, 49 00:02:26.280 --> 00:02:28.599 and you know, I got my other show, and I 50 00:02:28.639 --> 00:02:30.639 got a full time job, and I got three kids, 51 00:02:30.639 --> 00:02:32.879 and I got a wife, and it's very hard to 52 00:02:32.919 --> 00:02:36.360 juggle everything. But this show is, in particular, I'm going 53 00:02:36.400 --> 00:02:40.080 to be doing without my Bible study that I normally have. 54 00:02:40.159 --> 00:02:45.280 I have this this Bible Hub that I use. They 55 00:02:45.400 --> 00:02:49.199 kind of switched switched it up on me, so it 56 00:02:49.240 --> 00:02:51.960 looks a little different now and it's reading a little different. 57 00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:53.919 I still got the practical applications for you guys to 58 00:02:54.000 --> 00:02:57.360 use for your life, but I don't have his oops. Sorry, 59 00:02:58.159 --> 00:03:00.439 I don't have the teaching points that I had before. 60 00:03:00.520 --> 00:03:03.599 So I will do my best and just find some 61 00:03:03.840 --> 00:03:07.360 find out what's find out what I could do to 62 00:03:07.719 --> 00:03:09.639 work on this app to make it so that it 63 00:03:09.639 --> 00:03:11.680 pops back up. But it's all right. I still still 64 00:03:11.719 --> 00:03:15.560 do have some good information for you guys, but we're 65 00:03:15.599 --> 00:03:20.000 going to be in First Kings chapter eight today. Let 66 00:03:20.000 --> 00:03:21.479 me give some shout outs real quick. I don't want 67 00:03:21.479 --> 00:03:23.039 to forget that. Let me do some shout outs for 68 00:03:23.080 --> 00:03:26.800 the people that commented last week. We have MDMP twenty two, 69 00:03:26.919 --> 00:03:31.719 Jacon forty four, twenty Angela, Kelly, Whiskers White, and Brad Gillis. 70 00:03:31.759 --> 00:03:35.800 Thank you for Sunday service. I appreciate you leaving comments. 71 00:03:36.520 --> 00:03:41.479 And then we have Brad Gillis, Jacon forty four, twenty 72 00:03:41.520 --> 00:03:46.240 Angela Kelly, and MDMP twenty two for Wednesday service as well. 73 00:03:46.319 --> 00:03:50.400 Thank you so much. I really appreciate you. I appreciate 74 00:03:50.400 --> 00:03:54.120 you guys commenting. And yeah, I watched the show. Was 75 00:03:54.280 --> 00:03:59.560 episode nine. It said breaking news, big changes to the Cult, 76 00:03:59.680 --> 00:04:01.120 and I was kind of sitting there like, oh, I 77 00:04:01.120 --> 00:04:03.400 wonder what's going on. You know, I always want to 78 00:04:03.439 --> 00:04:06.800 know what's happening with the show. So I was listening 79 00:04:07.319 --> 00:04:11.039 and I heard Jonathan and Jacob and Raven to all 80 00:04:11.080 --> 00:04:16.160 talk and I was like, all right, well, it's all right. 81 00:04:16.639 --> 00:04:18.920 If he's looking to you know, do his thing and 82 00:04:19.360 --> 00:04:21.879 you know, break off, then I hope this show still 83 00:04:21.879 --> 00:04:26.279 goes good. And it's still successful. So all right, so 84 00:04:26.360 --> 00:04:31.639 let's go ahead and pull up First Kings Chapter eight. 85 00:04:31.920 --> 00:04:34.279 Excuse me, Yeah, I was listening to this with my 86 00:04:34.480 --> 00:04:37.680 daughters before they go to sleep. I was putting them 87 00:04:37.720 --> 00:04:44.720 to sleep and they were they were listening, So yeah, 88 00:04:44.839 --> 00:04:46.720 I was kind of getting some of this down. So 89 00:04:47.519 --> 00:04:50.839 all right, let's go ahead and start First Kings Chapter eight, 90 00:04:52.000 --> 00:04:57.480 Verse one. Actually, let me do a quick intro. First 91 00:04:57.600 --> 00:05:01.000 Kings eight is a remarkable, remarkable chapter of the Bible, 92 00:05:01.040 --> 00:05:04.360 capturing one of the most monumental moments in the history 93 00:05:04.399 --> 00:05:07.959 of Israel, the dedication of the temple built by King Solomon. 94 00:05:08.399 --> 00:05:11.720 This chapter is dominated by Solomon's powerful prayer of dedication, 95 00:05:12.199 --> 00:05:17.240 a humble invoction of God's continued presence and blessing with 96 00:05:17.319 --> 00:05:22.120 the divine present filling the temple, Solomon acknowledges the responsibility 97 00:05:22.120 --> 00:05:25.560 of the Israelites to maintain their covenant with God. Okay, 98 00:05:25.680 --> 00:05:29.720 so that's going to be the intro. And before we start, 99 00:05:29.720 --> 00:05:35.519 I'll give you a little historical background. The temple construction 100 00:05:35.720 --> 00:05:40.360 finished in about nine to sixty BC after seven years 101 00:05:41.319 --> 00:05:44.079 First King six thirty eight is when it started, so 102 00:05:44.160 --> 00:05:49.120 it con it completed at nine to sixty BC. Dedication 103 00:05:49.240 --> 00:05:52.040 waits for the feast of the seventh Month, allowing the 104 00:05:52.160 --> 00:05:55.639 entire nation to gather Leviticus twenty three thirty four. And 105 00:05:55.680 --> 00:05:59.319 then the arcs journey links the temporary tent on Mount 106 00:05:59.439 --> 00:06:03.839 Zion two Samuel sixth verse seventeen with the prominent stone 107 00:06:03.879 --> 00:06:07.680 temple on Mount Moriah second Chronicles three, verse one, tying 108 00:06:07.720 --> 00:06:13.839 worship to both Davidic and Abrahamic history. Okay, and the 109 00:06:13.959 --> 00:06:18.319 Ark of the Covenants and its significance, because we're gonna 110 00:06:18.319 --> 00:06:20.079 talk about the Ark of the Covenant right now. The 111 00:06:20.160 --> 00:06:23.560 are contained the only two tablets of stone symbolizing Covenant law, 112 00:06:23.920 --> 00:06:27.279 its placement under massive gold plated wooden cherubum wingspans of 113 00:06:27.319 --> 00:06:31.240 fifteen feet echoes Eden, which is in Genesis three twenty four, 114 00:06:31.279 --> 00:06:35.720 and for shadows the heavenly throne imagery in Revelation eleven, 115 00:06:36.040 --> 00:06:40.800 verse nineteen. All right, so let's go ahead and read 116 00:06:41.639 --> 00:06:47.639 verse one through eleven. So, yeah, we'll do one through eleven. So, 117 00:06:47.759 --> 00:06:50.879 now Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the 118 00:06:50.920 --> 00:06:54.079 heads of the tribes, the chiefs, the chief fathers of 119 00:06:54.120 --> 00:06:57.240 the children of Israel, Oh, King Solomon and Jerusalem. That 120 00:06:57.279 --> 00:06:59.399 they might bring up the Ark of the Covenant to 121 00:06:59.439 --> 00:07:02.000 the Lord in the city of David, which is Zion. 122 00:07:02.680 --> 00:07:06.560 Therefore all the men of Israel assembled with King Solomon 123 00:07:06.600 --> 00:07:10.279 at the feast in the month of Ethaneum, which is 124 00:07:10.279 --> 00:07:13.319 the seventh month. So all the elders of the Israel came, 125 00:07:13.360 --> 00:07:15.959 and the priest took up the Ark. They brought up 126 00:07:16.000 --> 00:07:20.439 the Ark of the Lord, the tabernacle of meeting and 127 00:07:20.480 --> 00:07:25.519 the holy furnishings that were in the tabernacle. The priest 128 00:07:25.680 --> 00:07:28.959 and the Levites brought them up. Also King Solomon and 129 00:07:29.040 --> 00:07:32.160 all the congregation of Israel who were assembled with him, 130 00:07:32.480 --> 00:07:35.920 were with him before the Ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen 131 00:07:36.319 --> 00:07:39.720 that could not be accounted or numbered for multitude. Then 132 00:07:39.759 --> 00:07:41.720 the priest brought in the Ark of the Covenant of 133 00:07:41.759 --> 00:07:47.040 the Lord to its place and to the inner sanctuary 134 00:07:47.040 --> 00:07:49.160 of the Temple, to the most holy place, under the 135 00:07:49.240 --> 00:07:53.560 wings of the Cherubroom. For the Cherubim spread their two 136 00:07:53.639 --> 00:07:56.079 wings over the place of the Ark, and the cherubm 137 00:07:56.399 --> 00:08:00.319 overshadowed the ark and its poles. The poles extended so 138 00:08:00.360 --> 00:08:02.480 that the ends of the poles could be seen from 139 00:08:02.519 --> 00:08:05.560 the Holy place in front of the inner sanctuary, but 140 00:08:05.639 --> 00:08:10.639 they could not be seen from the outside, oh from outside. Sorry, 141 00:08:10.680 --> 00:08:13.560 not from the outside, but from outside, and they were 142 00:08:13.639 --> 00:08:17.480 there to this day. Nothing was in the arc except 143 00:08:17.480 --> 00:08:20.759 the two tablets of stone, which Moses put there at 144 00:08:20.839 --> 00:08:23.519 Horeb when the Lord made a covenant with the children 145 00:08:23.560 --> 00:08:25.800 of Israel when they came out of the land of Egypt. 146 00:08:26.240 --> 00:08:28.560 And it came to pass when the priest came out 147 00:08:28.839 --> 00:08:32.320 of the Holy Place, that the cloud filled the House 148 00:08:32.360 --> 00:08:34.720 of the Lord, so that the priests could not continue 149 00:08:34.759 --> 00:08:37.879 ministering because of the cloud. For the glory of the 150 00:08:37.919 --> 00:08:41.759 Lord filled the House of the Lord. We'll stop there. 151 00:08:42.559 --> 00:08:45.399 So in verses one through eleven, the ark brought into 152 00:08:45.440 --> 00:08:49.039 the temple and the glory cloud. Solomon assembles Israel's elders 153 00:08:49.080 --> 00:08:51.080 during the feast in the seventh month. To move the 154 00:08:51.200 --> 00:08:54.080 ark from Zion to the new Temple, the priest carried 155 00:08:54.080 --> 00:08:59.360 out to the most holy Place beneath the outstretched cheruboom 156 00:08:59.559 --> 00:09:02.919 wings as they depart. Okay, so that's what we have 157 00:09:03.000 --> 00:09:05.960 going on in verses one through eleven. Let me click 158 00:09:05.960 --> 00:09:10.320 here see if I okay, it looks like you're not 159 00:09:10.360 --> 00:09:14.159 able to click. Okay, see if I have If I 160 00:09:14.200 --> 00:09:21.440 can find any temple, dedication, posture and prayer, foreign prayer, archaeology, 161 00:09:21.559 --> 00:09:23.600 connections to other scriptures. That's going to be at the 162 00:09:23.639 --> 00:09:30.559 bottom implications for worship. Okay, all right, I just wanted 163 00:09:30.559 --> 00:09:34.759 to see if I had anything on that didn't have 164 00:09:34.840 --> 00:09:39.360 really much else in the notes. Okay, so let's go 165 00:09:39.360 --> 00:09:41.519 ahead and go to twelve. So this one should be 166 00:09:41.600 --> 00:09:43.759 we should be able to cover fairly amount of ground 167 00:09:44.120 --> 00:09:46.919 because I don't have a whole bunch of notes, because 168 00:09:46.919 --> 00:09:48.639 I don't have the teaching points that I normally have, 169 00:09:48.720 --> 00:09:50.480 which I love, I used to love clicking on them, 170 00:09:50.519 --> 00:09:52.639 and then it gives you a whole bunch of stuff. 171 00:09:52.679 --> 00:09:56.200 But it's all right. Then Solomon smoke This is verse twelve, 172 00:09:56.360 --> 00:10:01.440 verse Kings eight, verse twelve. Then Solomon spoke the said 173 00:10:01.480 --> 00:10:04.159 he would dwell in the dark cloud. I have surely 174 00:10:04.200 --> 00:10:06.919 built you an exalted house and a place for you 175 00:10:07.039 --> 00:10:13.159 to dwell in forever. Okay, And now we're going to 176 00:10:13.240 --> 00:10:20.600 read fourteen through twenty one. So Solomon's speech at completion 177 00:10:20.840 --> 00:10:24.120 of the work. Then the king turned and blessed the 178 00:10:24.120 --> 00:10:27.240 Holy Assembly of Israel, while all the Assembly of Israel 179 00:10:27.320 --> 00:10:29.519 was standing, and he said, blessed be the Lord God 180 00:10:29.559 --> 00:10:32.919 of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to my father David, 181 00:10:33.240 --> 00:10:36.320 and his hand was fulfilled. That's saying. Since the day 182 00:10:36.360 --> 00:10:39.399 that I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I 183 00:10:39.440 --> 00:10:42.759 have chosen no city with any tribe of Israel in 184 00:10:42.879 --> 00:10:46.759 which to build a house that my name might be there. 185 00:10:47.279 --> 00:10:49.879 But I chose David to be over my people Israel. 186 00:10:50.360 --> 00:10:52.600 Now it was in my heart of my father David 187 00:10:52.639 --> 00:10:55.440 to build a temple for the name of the Lord 188 00:10:55.480 --> 00:10:58.480 God of Israel. But the Lord said to my father David, 189 00:10:58.559 --> 00:11:01.639 whereas in your heart to build a temple for my name. 190 00:11:02.240 --> 00:11:06.919 So wait, for it was in your heart to build 191 00:11:06.919 --> 00:11:10.200 a temple for my name. You did well that it 192 00:11:10.240 --> 00:11:12.960 was in your heart. Nevertheless, you shall not build the temple. 193 00:11:13.000 --> 00:11:15.919 But your son, who will come from your body, he 194 00:11:16.039 --> 00:11:19.799 shall build the temple for my name. So the Lord 195 00:11:19.799 --> 00:11:23.519 fulfilled his word which he spoke. And I have filled 196 00:11:23.519 --> 00:11:25.600 the position of my father David and sat on the 197 00:11:25.639 --> 00:11:28.360 throne of Israel, as the Lord promised. And I have 198 00:11:28.440 --> 00:11:30.679 built the temple for the name of the Lord God 199 00:11:30.679 --> 00:11:33.200 of Israel. And there I have made a place for 200 00:11:33.240 --> 00:11:35.720 the ark in which it is the covenant of the Lord, 201 00:11:36.039 --> 00:11:39.159 which he made with our fathers when he brought them 202 00:11:39.200 --> 00:11:43.600 out of the land of Egypt. Okay, So in verses 203 00:11:43.600 --> 00:11:47.080 twelve through twenty one, Solomon's opening praise and historical reflection, 204 00:11:47.519 --> 00:11:50.919 Solomon blesses the Lord who has fulfilled his hand that 205 00:11:50.960 --> 00:11:53.759 he spoke with his mouth. He recalls the journey from 206 00:11:53.840 --> 00:11:57.399 Exodus to david desire to build a house for God, 207 00:11:57.559 --> 00:12:03.679 and how the promises now stand completed. So perfect do 208 00:12:03.799 --> 00:12:12.720 we have that? And yeah, let's so David was a 209 00:12:12.720 --> 00:12:15.519 man of war, right, so he killed many people in battle, 210 00:12:15.759 --> 00:12:19.200 and Solomon was not a man of war, right, So 211 00:12:19.399 --> 00:12:22.240 you see there was a lot of blood on David's hands. 212 00:12:22.360 --> 00:12:25.720 So that's why he had Solomon build the temple and 213 00:12:25.759 --> 00:12:29.960 not David, even though David is worthy like as far 214 00:12:30.000 --> 00:12:32.960 as like his heart and where he was at and everything. 215 00:12:33.000 --> 00:12:36.120 But I think he had Solomon do it because of 216 00:12:36.600 --> 00:12:40.240 all the blood that was on David's hands, right. And 217 00:12:40.559 --> 00:12:42.320 I can look that up real quick, because I do 218 00:12:42.399 --> 00:12:45.279 believe that is biblical. I just don't remember the exact verse. 219 00:12:48.159 --> 00:12:59.639 Let's check it out. So David was not allowed to 220 00:12:59.639 --> 00:13:01.679 build the temple because of God stated he was a 221 00:13:01.720 --> 00:13:05.000 man of war. There we go, who had bloodshed. God 222 00:13:05.000 --> 00:13:07.639 desired a man of peace to build the sacred structure, 223 00:13:07.639 --> 00:13:10.720 and instead of designated David's son Solomon, who had a 224 00:13:10.759 --> 00:13:14.519 more peaceful reign, to construct it. Additionally, David had committed 225 00:13:14.519 --> 00:13:18.279 acts of adultery and murder with Bathsheba and Uriah, which 226 00:13:18.279 --> 00:13:21.360 also disqualified him for building the temple. What was the 227 00:13:21.360 --> 00:13:24.279 bloodshed and more? David was a warrior king who engaged 228 00:13:24.320 --> 00:13:26.639 in many wars and shed much blood in the process 229 00:13:26.679 --> 00:13:29.200 of securing his kingdom. The Bible says he could not 230 00:13:29.279 --> 00:13:32.279 build the temple because of this desire for peace. God 231 00:13:32.320 --> 00:13:35.120 wanted a time of peace for the temple construction, which 232 00:13:35.200 --> 00:13:38.600 was a holy sanctuary. David's history of conflict made him 233 00:13:38.679 --> 00:13:42.720 unsuitable for the peaceful task. Adultery and murder beyond his wars, 234 00:13:42.799 --> 00:13:47.120 David's actions, such as adultery with Bathsheba and the subb 235 00:13:47.480 --> 00:13:51.320 subsequent murder of her husband Uriah, disqualified him from building 236 00:13:51.320 --> 00:13:54.600 the temple. God's plan for Solomon, God threw the prophet 237 00:13:54.720 --> 00:13:58.639 Nathan communicated that his son Solomon would build the temple 238 00:13:58.759 --> 00:14:02.120 that a peaceful linea would follow with David. Solomon was 239 00:14:02.200 --> 00:14:06.200 known to be a peaceful king who built the first Temple. 240 00:14:06.720 --> 00:14:09.639 So yeah, So, like I said, David was not allowed 241 00:14:09.639 --> 00:14:11.799 to build the temple because God stated that he was 242 00:14:11.840 --> 00:14:16.320 a man of war who had shed blood. And as 243 00:14:16.320 --> 00:14:22.000 you see, David had plenty of battles besides the Uriah thing. 244 00:14:22.000 --> 00:14:24.200 I mean, he was in plenty of battles in bloodshed. Okay, 245 00:14:24.240 --> 00:14:28.960 so a lot of war. So that's it right there. 246 00:14:29.039 --> 00:14:32.840 I think I ended at twenty one, right, yep, all right, 247 00:14:32.919 --> 00:14:35.639 So Solomon's prayer of dedication we're going to be in 248 00:14:35.679 --> 00:14:39.879 First Kings eight, verse twenty two. Then Solomon stood before 249 00:14:39.919 --> 00:14:42.240 the altar of the Lord, in the presence of all 250 00:14:42.320 --> 00:14:46.000 the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands toward heaven, 251 00:14:46.399 --> 00:14:48.480 and he said, Lord, God of Israel, there is no 252 00:14:48.559 --> 00:14:52.639 god in heaven above or on earth below like you 253 00:14:53.200 --> 00:14:55.759 who kept your covenant in mercy. With their servants. You 254 00:14:55.799 --> 00:15:00.159 walk before you with all your heart, with all their hearts. Yep, 255 00:15:00.240 --> 00:15:03.399 your promise, your servant, David my Father, you have both 256 00:15:03.440 --> 00:15:06.000 spoken with your mouth and fulfilled it with your hand. 257 00:15:06.519 --> 00:15:09.519 As it is this day. Therefore, Lord God of Israel, 258 00:15:10.000 --> 00:15:12.360 now keep what you have promised. Your servant, David my 259 00:15:12.440 --> 00:15:15.080 Father is saying, you shall not fail to have a 260 00:15:15.120 --> 00:15:17.960 man sit before me on the throne of Israel. Only 261 00:15:18.000 --> 00:15:20.360 if your sons take heed to their way, that they 262 00:15:20.440 --> 00:15:23.360 walk before me as you have walked before me. And 263 00:15:23.399 --> 00:15:26.960 now I pray, Oh Lord God of Israel, let your 264 00:15:26.960 --> 00:15:30.200 word come true which you have spoken to your servant, David, 265 00:15:30.320 --> 00:15:35.080 my father. But will God indeed dwell on the earth, 266 00:15:35.159 --> 00:15:38.440 behold heaven and heavens. Heaven and the heaven of heavens 267 00:15:38.440 --> 00:15:41.799 cannot contain you, how much less this temple which I 268 00:15:41.799 --> 00:15:45.200 have built. Yet regard the prayer of your servant and 269 00:15:45.240 --> 00:15:49.720 its supplication, Oh Lord God, And listen the cry of 270 00:15:49.759 --> 00:15:52.240 the prayer which your servant is praying before you today, 271 00:15:52.759 --> 00:15:55.759 that your eyes may be opened towards this temple night 272 00:15:55.840 --> 00:15:58.840 and day, toward the place which you said my name 273 00:15:59.000 --> 00:16:02.720 shall be there, that you may hear the prayer which 274 00:16:02.720 --> 00:16:06.000 your servant makes towards this place. And may you hear 275 00:16:06.039 --> 00:16:10.360 the supplication of your servant and your people Israel, when 276 00:16:10.399 --> 00:16:14.480 they prayed towards this place here in heaven, your dwelling place, 277 00:16:14.960 --> 00:16:20.559 when you hear. Forgive give me one second here, guys. 278 00:16:22.320 --> 00:16:24.799 Sorry about that. Guys, Let me give back. Yeah, I 279 00:16:24.799 --> 00:16:26.559 just had to stop really quick. You guys won't notice 280 00:16:26.559 --> 00:16:28.120 that I stopped. But I had to stop real quick, 281 00:16:30.360 --> 00:16:35.679 and uh, okay, we're in First Kings eight thirty one. 282 00:16:35.720 --> 00:16:37.679 If I skipped any I do apologize. I had to 283 00:16:38.320 --> 00:16:41.960 pause it real quick. But uh one King's eight thirty one. 284 00:16:42.039 --> 00:16:45.200 When anyone sins against his neighbor and is forced to 285 00:16:45.200 --> 00:16:49.440 take an oath, and takes an oath before your altar 286 00:16:49.480 --> 00:16:52.080 in this temple, then here in heaven and act and 287 00:16:52.159 --> 00:16:55.120 judge your servants, condemning the wicked, bringing his way on 288 00:16:55.200 --> 00:16:58.080 his head, and justifying the righteous by giving him according 289 00:16:58.120 --> 00:17:01.919 to his righteousness. When your people Israel are defeated before 290 00:17:01.919 --> 00:17:04.799 an enemy because they have sinned against you, and then 291 00:17:04.839 --> 00:17:06.640 you turn your back and they turn your back to 292 00:17:06.680 --> 00:17:10.000 you and confess your name. When they turn their back 293 00:17:10.000 --> 00:17:12.279 to you and confess your name and pray to make 294 00:17:12.319 --> 00:17:16.200 supplication to you in this temple, then here in heaven 295 00:17:16.240 --> 00:17:18.599 and forgive the sin of your people in Israel. Bring 296 00:17:18.640 --> 00:17:21.039 them back to the land which you gave to your fathers. 297 00:17:21.839 --> 00:17:23.920 When the heavens are shut up and there's no rain 298 00:17:23.960 --> 00:17:27.559 because they have sinned against you, when they pray toward 299 00:17:27.640 --> 00:17:30.279 this place and confess your name and turn their sin 300 00:17:30.480 --> 00:17:33.599 because you afflict them, Then hear in heaven and forgive 301 00:17:33.640 --> 00:17:38.119 their sin of your servants, your people, Israel, that you 302 00:17:38.160 --> 00:17:41.480 may teach them in a good way, that they should walk, 303 00:17:41.599 --> 00:17:44.880 And send send rain on your land, which you have 304 00:17:44.920 --> 00:17:48.759 given your people as an inheritance, when there's famine in 305 00:17:48.799 --> 00:17:52.440 the land, pestilence or blight or mildew, locusts or grasshoppers, 306 00:17:52.720 --> 00:17:55.680 when their enemy besieges them in the land of the cities, 307 00:17:56.119 --> 00:17:59.720 whatever plague or whatever sickness there is, whatever prayer, whatever 308 00:18:00.000 --> 00:18:03.200 implication is made by anyone or by your people, Israel, 309 00:18:03.640 --> 00:18:06.359 when each one knows the plague of his own heart 310 00:18:06.440 --> 00:18:09.400 and spreads out the hands toward his temple, Then here 311 00:18:09.400 --> 00:18:11.759 in heaven your dwelling place, and forgive, and act and 312 00:18:11.799 --> 00:18:15.960 give to everyone according to their ways, whose heart you know. 313 00:18:16.599 --> 00:18:18.960 For you alone know the hearts of all the sons 314 00:18:18.960 --> 00:18:23.799 of men, that they may fear you all the days 315 00:18:23.839 --> 00:18:27.519 that they live in the land which you gave to 316 00:18:27.640 --> 00:18:31.160 our fathers. So let's stop there real quick, okay. So 317 00:18:31.400 --> 00:18:35.039 in one Kings eight twenty two through forty, which we 318 00:18:35.160 --> 00:18:38.759 just read, contained Solomon's prayer of dedication for the New Temple, 319 00:18:39.079 --> 00:18:42.759 where he acknowledges God's unique greatness and faithfulness to his promises, 320 00:18:43.200 --> 00:18:47.559 which also petitioning for God, while also petitioning for God's 321 00:18:48.359 --> 00:18:50.960 God to hear and answer prayers in various times of 322 00:18:51.039 --> 00:18:53.839 needs such as defeat, famine, or plague. But he's just 323 00:18:53.880 --> 00:18:57.039 like Basically, he's praying to God, please hear the prayers 324 00:18:57.599 --> 00:19:02.200 of your people, Lord, Please. This passage emphasizes that even 325 00:19:02.200 --> 00:19:05.079 though Heaven is too vast for God to be confined, 326 00:19:05.160 --> 00:19:07.720 the temple is the designated place where God will hear 327 00:19:07.759 --> 00:19:12.400 his people's pleas and they should seek his presence. What 328 00:19:12.480 --> 00:19:14.400 are some of the key points of the prayer? Praising 329 00:19:14.480 --> 00:19:20.359 recognition of God. Solomon begins by praising God as unique, faithful, 330 00:19:20.359 --> 00:19:23.240 and merciful, acknowledging that there is no other God like 331 00:19:23.319 --> 00:19:28.200 him in heaven or on earth, and then confirmation of 332 00:19:28.200 --> 00:19:31.559 God's promises. He thanks God for fulfilling his promise to 333 00:19:31.640 --> 00:19:35.559 David to have a successor recognizing God's hand and making 334 00:19:35.599 --> 00:19:39.000 it a reality, and then petition for the temple's purpose. 335 00:19:39.079 --> 00:19:41.799 Solomon asks that the temple will be a place where 336 00:19:41.839 --> 00:19:45.240 God will dwell and hear prayers for his people when 337 00:19:45.279 --> 00:19:48.880 they pray toward it, and then specific please for forgiveness. 338 00:19:49.240 --> 00:19:53.039 The prayers include specific requests for God to hear and 339 00:19:53.119 --> 00:19:57.079 respond to the people in very situations. Solomon asks to 340 00:19:57.119 --> 00:19:59.759 hear their prayers for justice forgiveness when they overcome by 341 00:19:59.759 --> 00:20:04.680 a ny means and disasters, and also for those who sin. Okay, 342 00:20:05.480 --> 00:20:09.640 and the broader meaning of the application a model for prayer. 343 00:20:10.200 --> 00:20:15.720 Sulomon serves as a model for prayer by including adornation, confession, thanksgiving, 344 00:20:15.720 --> 00:20:20.240 and supplication. Also, the prayer highlights the importance of acknowledging 345 00:20:20.279 --> 00:20:24.400 sin and repenting, especially during difficult times, for God to 346 00:20:24.440 --> 00:20:28.519 hear prayers and forgive. And then God's relationship with humanity. 347 00:20:28.519 --> 00:20:31.880 It shows God's willingness to be accessible to humanity even 348 00:20:31.920 --> 00:20:35.200 though he is too immense to be contained by any building. 349 00:20:36.200 --> 00:20:39.759 And then the temple is not seen as a placer 350 00:20:39.839 --> 00:20:43.599 for God, but as a physical focal point where people 351 00:20:44.359 --> 00:20:48.160 connect with Him and worship and prayer in form which 352 00:20:48.359 --> 00:20:53.160 his power and presence extend. Okay, So I just wanted 353 00:20:53.160 --> 00:20:57.119 to go over that, and let's go ahead and continue. 354 00:20:57.319 --> 00:20:59.279 Now we're going to read forty one through fifty three, 355 00:20:59.319 --> 00:21:02.680 and then I have some more notes moreover concerned a 356 00:21:02.759 --> 00:21:05.240 foreigner who is not of your people, Israel, but has 357 00:21:05.279 --> 00:21:08.319 come from a far country for your name's sake. For 358 00:21:08.440 --> 00:21:11.039 they will hear of your great name and your strong 359 00:21:11.160 --> 00:21:14.359 hand and your outstretched arm when he comes and prays 360 00:21:14.440 --> 00:21:17.559 towards this temple here in heaven your dwelling place. And 361 00:21:17.599 --> 00:21:20.279 do according to all which the foreigner calls to you, 362 00:21:20.839 --> 00:21:23.599 that all people on earth may know your name and 363 00:21:23.680 --> 00:21:27.319 fear you, as do your people Israel, and they may 364 00:21:27.400 --> 00:21:30.279 know that this temple which I have built is called 365 00:21:30.319 --> 00:21:34.160 by your name. When your people go out and battle 366 00:21:34.200 --> 00:21:42.160 against their enemy, then your people should go out and 367 00:21:42.200 --> 00:21:45.680 battle against their enemy wherever they send them. And when 368 00:21:45.720 --> 00:21:47.759 they pray to the Lord towards the city which you 369 00:21:47.799 --> 00:21:49.680 have chosen in the temple which I have built for 370 00:21:49.720 --> 00:21:53.319 your name, then hear in heaven their prayer and their supplication. 371 00:21:53.480 --> 00:21:58.759 And maintain their cause. And let's go ahead and continue. 372 00:22:00.559 --> 00:22:03.359 When they sin against you for these, for there is 373 00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:07.680 no one who does not sin. And you become angry 374 00:22:07.720 --> 00:22:10.279 with them, and deliver them to the enemy, and take 375 00:22:10.319 --> 00:22:13.559 them captive to the land of the enemy far or near. 376 00:22:14.640 --> 00:22:17.359 Yet they come to themselves in the land which they 377 00:22:17.400 --> 00:22:20.480 have carried captive, and repent and make supplication to you 378 00:22:20.640 --> 00:22:23.079 in the land of those who take them captive, saying 379 00:22:23.440 --> 00:22:26.599 we have sinned and done wrong, we have committed wickedness. 380 00:22:26.880 --> 00:22:29.119 And when they return to you with their heart and 381 00:22:29.160 --> 00:22:31.759 with their soul in the land of their enemies who 382 00:22:31.839 --> 00:22:35.599 led them away captive, and pray to you toward their 383 00:22:35.680 --> 00:22:38.119 land which you gave to their fathers, the city which 384 00:22:38.119 --> 00:22:40.480 you have chosen, in the temple which I have built 385 00:22:40.480 --> 00:22:43.119 in your name, Then here in heaven you're dwelling place 386 00:22:43.200 --> 00:22:46.680 their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause. And 387 00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:49.279 forgive your people who have sinned against you, and all 388 00:22:49.279 --> 00:22:52.680 their transgressions which they have transgressed against you, And grant 389 00:22:52.720 --> 00:22:55.880 them compassion before those who took them captive, and they 390 00:22:55.880 --> 00:22:59.599 may have compassion on them, for they are your people 391 00:22:59.640 --> 00:23:03.680 and your inheritance, whom you brought out of Egypt out 392 00:23:03.720 --> 00:23:07.519 of the iron furnace. That your eyes may be open 393 00:23:07.799 --> 00:23:10.319 to the supplication of your servant, a supplication of your 394 00:23:10.319 --> 00:23:14.599 people Israel. To list to them wherever they call to you, 395 00:23:15.200 --> 00:23:17.960 for you have separated them from among all the peoples 396 00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:20.880 of the earth, to be their inheritance, as you spoke 397 00:23:21.519 --> 00:23:24.799 by your father Moses, by your servant Moses when you 398 00:23:24.960 --> 00:23:29.680 brought our fathers out of Egypt. Oh, Lord God, yeah, 399 00:23:29.680 --> 00:23:33.799 I didn't mean to say, your father, Moses, your servant. 400 00:23:35.359 --> 00:23:40.599 All right, hold on real quick, get entire, You get 401 00:23:40.640 --> 00:23:46.960