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Solomon's Reign
Today's reading 1Kings 8-9
King James Version with Web Encyclopedia Links: 1Kings 8; 1Kings 9
1Kings 8.1-21; 2Chronicles 5.2-6.11
Solomon ordered that the ark be brought to the temple, the temple was filled with Shekinah glory of the Lord. Solomon praised God for helping Solomon built the Temple.
Solomon gave a prayer of dedication 1Kings 8.22-53; 2Chronicles 6.12-40
The Temple was dedicated (1Kings 8.62-66; 2Chronicles 7.1-19) by Solomon.
Solomon's Temple
Sololmon's Temple - account by Lambert Dolphin
In 1 Kings 9 the Lord appeared to Solomon (1Chronicles 9.1-19; 2Chronicles 7.11-22) a second time. This was a confimration of the Davidic Covenant that God made with David that IF David and his descendants are obedient and trust God there would always be a descendant of David on the throne of David. God had warned if the Solomon or his descendants were disobedient, Israel would become a byword, an object of ridicuke among all peoples, and the peoples (Gentiles) would mock and scoff at the Israelites and the Temple.
In 1Kings 9.10-28; 2Chronicles 8.1-18, Solomon had used forced labors to build the Lord's temple, his palace, the supporting terraces, the walls of Jerusalem and Hazor, Megiddo and Gezer. Solomon had other building projects including building a palace for one of his wives, Pharaoh's daughter. He had also built ships.
Guzik on 1Kings 8
Guzik on 1Kings 9
1 Kings 8, with Commentaries, verse by verse
1 Kings 9, with Commentaries, verse by verse
Links to Commentaries and other References - Old Testament
Today's Reading Luke 21.1-19
Luke 21 with Commentaries, verse by verse
In Luke 21.1-4; Mark 12.41-44, Jesus observed a poor widow giving two copper coins in the Temple treasury. he said that the widow had put in more than all the others. Out of her poverty, she put in all she had to live on. This lesson her is not how much you put in or whether you are tithing. Rather God looks at the heart of the giver whether the person is giving from the heart.
Sign of the End of the Age
Luke 21.5-36; Matthew 24; Mark 13
In Luke 21.12-17; Matthew 10.17-22, Jesus warned that his followers would be persecuted, they will exocmmunicate them from synagogues, put them in prisons, brought before kings and governors because of Jesus. We will see this in the book of Acts and the Epistles. But also through the centuries, Christians have been persecuted. Did you realize that the number of Christians persecuted in the 1900s were more than the other 18 centuries added together. Do you think this will happen one day in America? I think it may just happen. We need to prepare ourselves for that if it presecution happen.
Signs of the End of the Age
Deffinbaugh - Series on Luke
IVP Commentary on Luke
Links to Commentaries and other References - Luke
Bible Study Tools
Jesus Saves
How to Become a Christian
This Posting is NOT a commentary of the passages read today but it is a devotional. Please send a comment if something spoke to you today from the passages, links or thoughts that I have shared with you.
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