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Reading along with us in 1 Kings and Acts? Here’s today’s reading:
1 Kings 9 (NIV)
The Lord Appears to Solomon
1 When Solomon had finished building the temple of the Lord and the royal palace, and had achieved all he had desired to do, 2 the Lord appeared to him a second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon. 3The Lord said to him:……Continue Reading
1 Kings 9
1Kings 9
I read this the other night and thought I had left a comment, but not sure what happened. But God makes clear to Solomon that the path to blessing and God working on his and Israel’s behalf is obedience and disobedience will bring opposition from God. But the seeds of Israel’s downfall are seen here as certain peoples are not rooted out of the land and Solomon takes a wife from a pagan nation. But God also shows Himself faithful to His promise to bless Him with wealth in addition to wisdom. And Solomon is a builder and his wealth is reflected in all the possessions he has.
“I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting my Name there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there.” This verse reminds me of what God does for us, “his temple”, when we become believers and recieve the Holy Spirit. It is a very loving, caring, comforting action that declares is His and dedicates us to achieve his purpose for our lives.
God hears our prayers and answers as He did for Solomon here. God reinforces His promises to Solomon and they are promises that we share even today. Obedience sees blessing and disobediences sees punishment. We make our own messes when we do not follow the ways of God. sometimes we experience times of trial and typically I look for my part in them, check my own heart first, what is God trying to teach me or show me. When you don’t have a loving and personal relationship with God it is easy to think of Him as “mean” and “letting things happen” but like a good parent our personal relationships helps us to see the foreest through the trees to know there is always something bigger at work and for our own good when we are following Him.
And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually. And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments: then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.“
1 Kings 9:3-5 KJV
I wonder how God appears to Solomon. Is this Jesus pre-incarnate? I always wonder about these situations where God “appears”, in what form does He appear.
I think in situations where it doesn’t specifically say that God appears and is just saying something, it is either a voice they hear or an impression in their minds.
1 Kings 9