In First Kings, chapter nine, verse three, God’s response to Solomon’s prayer affirmed that He had heard and answered. However, God added that He would establish Solomon’s throne and the kingdom of Israel only if Solomon and the people would remain faithful and not turn away from His commandments, as in verses four through nine. […]
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In First Kings, chapter eight, verse fifty-seven, Solomon’s ideal prayer is the model for what we should desire in our walk with the Lord. He asked for the Lord’s protecting presence and help for God to confirm His Word by fulfilling His good promises. For a work of divine grace in their hearts to keep
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In First Kings, chapter eight, verse forty-six, Solomon’s words are not an attempt to justify his or Israel’s sins. Instead, he was expressing the truth since sin is universally present. Turning away from God is always possible for His people, as in verses forty-six through fifty, Romans three, verse twenty-three, and First John one, verse
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In First Kings, chapter eight, verse thirty-nine, Solomon understood that God would forgive His people if they turned from their sin and sincerely repented in regret and sorrow, as in verses thirty-five through thirty-six. He also acknowledged that God might have to discipline them so that they may fear all days that they may live
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In First Kings, chapter eight, verse twenty-nine, the name of God represents His presence, character, and glory. This theme stanza is part of Solomon’s prayer of dedication that he was saying to the Lord. Solomon begins his opening statement to God in verse twenty-three and ends at fifty-three. However, the theme here refers back to
In First Kings, chapter eight, verse thirteen, the fact that God lived in the temple did not mean that He dwelt in no other place, for God is everywhere, as in verse twenty-seven. God’s presence and glory would manifest uniquely in the temple in the same manner Christ’s presence with His people: Especially when they
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In First Kings, chapter eight, verse eleven, the glory of the Lord filled the temple after the temple of the Lord was brought into it, as in verses five through eleven. Where God’s Word is and the obedience to follow, His glory abides. At the dedication of the tabernacle the glory of Jehovah in the
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In First Kings, chapter eight, verse four, the tabernacle was a tent-like structure that provided a portable place of worship for the Israelites as they moved about in the wilderness. After the Israelites settled in their homeland, David desired to build a permanent house of worship for the Lord. The tabernacle of the congregation was
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In First Kings, chapter eight, verse one, the ark of the covenant was the only article of furniture in the Most Holy Place. It was a rectangular chest three and three-quarter feet long by two and a quarter feet wide by two and a quarter feet high, made of acacia wood and overlaid inside out
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In First Kings, chapter six, verse twelve, sums up the books of First and Second Kings that record the tragic history of the persistent failure of God’s people to meet this condition as in chapter two, verses three to four, and chapter three, verse fourteen, respectively. None employ themselves for God without having his eye
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