Solomon's prayer is covers important points for the people and the nation. What is especially notable is that foreigners could know and fear God like your people Israel. This hope of equality in worship was rarely expressed in the Old Testament (e.g. ), 2Ch 2:6; Ps 139:7-16; Isa 66:1; Jer 23:24, ver 52; 2Ki 19:16; 2Ch 7:15; Ne 1:6; Ps 5:1; 31:2; 102:17; 130:2; Isa 37:17, ver 47; Lev 26:40; Ne 1:6; Jer 29:12; Da 9:4, Ps 5:8; 27:11; 107:7; Pr 11:5; Isa 45:13; Jer 6:16; 7:23; 31:21, ver 35; 1Ki 17:1; 18:1, 45; Jer 5:24; 10:3; 14:22; Zec 10:1, S Jos 22:22; S Ps 44:21; Jn 2:24; S Rev 2:23, Lev 26:33-39; S Dt 4:27; S 21:10; S 28:64; 2Ki 25:21, S ver 30; S Lev 5:5; Ezr 9:15; Ne 1:6; Jer 14:20, 1Ki 9:4; 11:4; 15:3, 14; 22:43; 2Ki 20:3; 1Ch 28:9; 29:19; 2Ch 16:9; 17:6; 25:2; Ps 119:80; Isa 38:3, NIV, Beautiful Word Bible Journal, Galatians, Paperback, Comfort Print, NIV, The Woman's Study Bible, Full-Color, Red Letter: Receiving God's Truth for Balance, Hope, and Transformation, NIV, Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible, Red Letter Edition: Bringing to Life the Ancient World of Scripture, NIV, The Story, Hardcover, Comfort Print: The Bible as One Continuing Story of God and His People, NIV, Biblical Theology Study Bible, Comfort Print: Follow Gods Redemptive Plan as It Unfolds throughout Scripture, NIV, Story of Jesus: Experience the Life of Jesus as One Seamless Story. Solomon's solemn sacrifice 8. To God be the glory forever! When we gather to worship, this is what we seek first and foremost. Nederlandstalige Bijbelstudies door Stan Marinussen, Copyright - Enduring Word       |      . Original German (Salomo II): Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart 7 (2004) 803-804. Our church began back in 1948 when a small group of people had a vision for a church in the newly developing community of Plantation, Florida. 2 Chronicles 6:12-40 records the great prayer of Solomon at the dedication of the temple in Jerusalem. You have kept what You promised Your servant David my father; You have both spoken with Your mouth and fulfilled it with Your hand, as it is this day.Therefore, LORD God of Israel, now keep what You promised Your servant David my father, saying, You shall not fail to have a man sit before Me on the throne of Israel, only if your sons take heed to their way, that they walk in My law as you have walked before Me. And now, O LORD God of Israel, let Your word come true, which You have spoken to Your servant David.. This was the greatest answer to prayer Israel could expect from God. In Solomon's prayer at the temple inauguration he referred to Jehovah as the God above all, a God of loving-kindness and loyalty, the Fulfiller of his promises. Finally the king does not distinguish between the various evils which may come but sums them up by speaking of whatsoever plague or sickness there be. And so this fourth part of Solomons prayer is so important when it comes to dedicating anything to God and his glory. Nor was the interest merely temporary or local. Otherwise you will be prompted again when opening a new browser window or new a tab. We can only truly dedicate things to God when we have first dedicated ourselves. 14-21), utters a long dedicatory prayer (vv. There will be seven distinct petitions in this prayer of Solomon. 1:6; Ps. Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits . Now keep what You promised Your servant David. let Your word come true: Solomon called upon God to keep the promises that He made. 32:11, 12; Deut. When King Solomon dedicated the temple in Jerusalem in all its glorious splendor, he stood before the altar of the Lord and prayed a very long prayer. A strong church was planted here in Plantation that has been faithful in preaching Gods word and has given millions of dollars to missions around the world. The temple was a beautiful place that God instructed Solomon to build to represent the holiness of his presence. Click to enable/disable Google reCaptcha. The we come to Solomon's prayer of dedication of the temple. And so I ask them: How can you stand up in front of the church and promise to raise your child in the Lord when you arent following God yourself? It is a wonderful thing to want to dedicate your child to the Lord, but God wants you to dedicate yourself to him first. b. 6:36; Ps. 58May he turn our hearts(BK) to him, to walk in obedience to him and keep the commands, decrees and laws he gave our ancestors. We dedicate this sanctuary to be a place of worship. I sometimes run into this with baby dedications. EVERYONE: Now Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel, to King Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the City of David, which is Zion. This king does priestly work without violating the office of the priest as Uzziah later did. So yes, we want the gospel to go to all the nations, but we also want the gospel to go to our friends and neighbors. Since God will not live in temples made by hands but only in temples that He constructs Himself, we that are saved have this same purpose, to be a witness of the glory of God to this world we live in! If you are new here, be sure to subscribe by email or feed reader so that you don't miss any future posts. Just because God promises does not mean that we possess. When was the last time? Changes will take effect once you reload the page. Click to enable/disable _gid - Google Analytics Cookie. a. It is necessary to add these words because Israel may well be over-confident at the time when it is the strongest notion in that part of the world. 3. 46When they sin against You (AC)(for there is no one who does not sin), and You become angry with them and deliver them to the enemy, and they take them captive (AD)to the land of the enemy, far or near; 47(AE)yet when they [d]come to themselves in the land where they were carried captive, and repent, and make supplication to You in the land of those who took them captive, (AF)saying, We have sinned and done wrong, we have committed wickedness; 48and when they (AG)return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies who led them away captive, and (AH)pray to You toward their land which You gave to their fathers, the city which You have chosen and the temple which I have built for Your name: 49then hear in heaven Your dwelling place their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their [e]cause, 50and forgive Your people who have sinned against You, and all their transgressions which they have transgressed against You; and (AI)grant them compassion before those who took them captive, that they may have compassion on them 51(for (AJ)they are Your people and Your inheritance, whom You brought out of Egypt, (AK)out of the iron furnace), 52(AL)that Your eyes may be open to the supplication of Your servant and the supplication of Your people Israel, to listen to them whenever they call to You. And, at this point in the history of Israel, he prays that all the promises made to David may go into effect. Rather than information alone, Solomon . As the opening section of Solomon s prayer (14-20) is summarized in the closing words of the prayer, we will quote these in order to grasp its general outline: Jehovah, God, Thou must not turn back the face of Thine anointed. Holy Bible, New International Version, NIV Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission. The LORD said He would dwell in the dark cloud. b. Solomon's prayer acknowledged the greatness of the LORD, and that there was none other God like Him. When they sin against You (for there is no one who does not sin): This is a succinct Old Testament statement of the principle most clearly stated in Romans 3:23: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. 13 Now he had made a bronze platform, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high, and had placed it in the center of the outer court. And so now we are finally in a position officially to dedicate this sanctuary to God and his glory. And so the fourth and final part of Solomons prayer is a prayer that Gods people would remain fully committed to him. Look at verses 57-58: May the Lord our God be with us as he was with our fathers; may he never leave us nor forsake us. Follow Christ's journey to the Cross. He does not say what manner of sin it is because that is immaterial to what he has in mind. God is able to send rain and He is able to withhold it. God's House must ever be known as a place of prayer and His people as a people of prayer. But, who is Solomon and what is it which he has built that he should think that Jehovah, the God of Israel, will dwell with men? Arise, O LORD God, to Your resting place, Bible Stories - 1 Kings 8:22-66: Solomon's Prayer of DedicationThen Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the whole assembly of Israel, spre. 59And may these words of mine, which I have prayed before the Lord, be near to the Lord our God day and night, that he may uphold the cause of his servant and the cause of his people Israel according to each days need, 60so that all the peoples(BL) of the earth may know that the Lord is God and that there is no other. Jesus taught: Matthew 6:9 "Pray, then, in this way: 'Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name." Solomon's God was no dud. For this occasion Solomon has had a platform built which was five cubits wide and five cubits long and three cubits high. I. Solomon's Prayer of _____ of God (1 Kings 8:22-29) I have surely built You an exalted house, Such an individual must then come to the altar of God. Verse Concepts. Now therefore, You are permitted and encouraged to reproduce and distribute this message provided that you do not alter the wording in any way and that you do not charge a fee beyond the cost of reproduction. It was the Lord who fulfilled all the good promises he had given through his servant Moses. David and Solomon were human instruments, but the work was Gods. 41As for the foreigner(AJ) who does not belong to your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of your name 42for they will hear(AK) of your great name and your mighty hand(AL) and your outstretched armwhen they come and pray toward this temple, 43then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. We fully respect if you want to refuse cookies but to avoid asking you again and again kindly allow us to store a cookie for that. 2.F orgiveness of trespasses (vv. Click to enable/disable _ga - Google Analytics Cookie. that they may fear Thee all the days that they live in the land which Thou gayest unto our fathers. 16:7; 1 Chr. And comes and takes an oath before Your altar in this temple: The temple grounds were used as a place to verify and authorize oaths. Stood before the altar of the LORD: Solomon did not dedicate the temple from within the temple. Due to security reasons we are not able to show or modify cookies from other domains. New King James Version (NKJV). Do whatever the foreigner asks of you, so that all the peoples of the earth may know(AM) your name and fear(AN) you, as do your own people Israel, and may know that this house I have built bears your Name. 7:20; [Rom. Nevertheless you shall not build the temple, but your son who will come from your body, he shall build the temple for My name.. This was not a blanket request for blessing on every military adventure. He is famous for building the First Holy Temple in Jerusalem. When all the work for the temple was finished, the last step was bringing the Ark of the Covenant and placing it in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, putting it beneath the wings of the cherubim. It was Solomon's praise, that what he undertook, he went through with; it was by the grace of God that he prospered in it. When the building is now finished there is a great celebration of dedication and Solomon utters a prayer which has become a classic. 32-33) shows that he realized that Israel was to reach out and share the knowledge and blessings of God with Gentiles. That is part of the outward focus that we are to maintain as the church of Jesus Christ. "If calamity comes upon us, whether the sword of judgment, or plague or famine, we will stand in your presence before this temple that bears your Name and will cry out to you in our . This lesson was prepared for older elementary students and can be adapted for . If you do not want that we track your visit to our site you can disable tracking in your browser here: We also use different external services like Google Webfonts, Google Maps, and external Video providers. Wasnt it the donations of the people that made the building possible? And in the midst of a phenomenal celebratory service; the King of Israel prays a dedicatory prayer like none have ever heard before. At the end of the prayer, we begin chapter 7, and it states, "As soon as Solomon finished his prayer, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple. But, if anyone or if the whole people turn to God in repentance, may He forgive. 28Yet regard the prayer of Your servant and his supplication, O Lord my God, and listen to the cry and the prayer which Your servant is praying before You today: 29that Your eyes may be open toward this [a]temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, (K)My name shall be (L)there, that You may hear the prayer which Your servant makes (M)toward this place. The priests took their positions, as did the Levites with the Lord's musical instruments, which King David had made for praising the Lord and which were used when he gave thanks, saying, "His love endures forever." The first prayer is a longer prayer which is recorded for us in verses 1 Kings 8:22-53. B. V. 20-21 A Place For Cares - As Solomon prays, he asks the Lord to here the supplications of God's people. We gather to worship God in the beauty of his presence. It took seven years for King Solomon to actually build the temple. This is such an important prayer because it reminds us that we do not exist for ourselves but rather for Gods glory and the spreading of Gods name throughout our community and throughout the nations. And so your first thought should always be thanksgiving and praise to God for what he has done. A few short years after Solomon's prayer, God destroyed Israel as a nation. Solomon begins his prayer with thanksgiving and praise for what God has done. What kind of a son will now succeed him to rule over this great people? For this reason, many observant Jews still pray facing the direction of the site of the temple in Jerusalem. a. Before we try and answer that question, it is helpful to get a little background on this temple that Solomon was dedicating. A church that loses its outward focus has lost its way. Hear from heaven Your dwelling place, and when You hear, forgive.. (BC), 52May your eyes be open(BD) to your servants plea and to the plea of your people Israel, and may you listen to them whenever they cry out to you. When was the last time you invited someone to go to church? Please see our Privacy Policy for cookie usage details.