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2Chronicles 7, IF my people “IF”

2Ch 7:12, Then the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him: “I HAVE HEARD YOUR PRAYER, and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.

GOD heard Solomon’s prayer 2Chr 6:12-42

2Ch 7:13-14, When I shut up heaven and there is NO RAIN, or command the LOCUSTS TO DEVOUR THE LAND, or send PESTILENCE among My people, IF MY PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLED BY MY NAME WILL HUMBLE THEMSELVES, AND PRAY AND SEEK MY FACE, AND TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS, THEN I WILL HEAR FROM HEAVEN, AND WILL FORGIVE THEIR SIN AND HEAL THEIR LAND.

IF, MY PEOPLE! Not only the Jewish nation, but also believers of the MOST HGH GOD! Solomon included the foreigner in his prayer (2Chr 6:32-33), “concerning a foreigner, who is not of Your people Israel”

Will HUMBLE themselves, PRAY and SEEK MY FACE and TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS

Jesus has given us an example to follow! FOR HE, BEING GOD, HUMBLED HIMSELF AS AN EXAMPLE FOR US. HE PRAYED IN THE GARDEN AND SOUGHT HIS FATHERS FACE! THAT WE MAY TURN FROM OUR WICKED WAYS AND FOLLOW HIM!

Php 2:7, BUT MADE HIMSELF of no reputation, TAKING THE FORM OF A BONDSERVANT, AND COMING IN THE LIKENESS OF MEN.

2Ch 7:15, Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to prayer made in this place.

SEEK THE LORD AND PRAY; FOR HE IS ALWAYS LISTENING TO THE PRAYERS OF HIS SAINTS! NOT THAT WE DESERVE IT, BUT THAT HE HAS FORGIVEN US BECAUSE OF HIS SON!

2Chronicles 6, HE is the way!

2Ch 6:12-13, Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD … and spread out his hands

… he stood on it, knelt down on his knees before all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands toward heaven;

Solomon’s knelt down with his hand spread out before the Altar of GOD and prayed!

2Ch 6:14, and he said: “LORD GOD OF ISRAEL, THERE IS NO GOD IN HEAVEN OR ON EARTH LIKE YOU, WHO KEEP YOUR COVENANT AND MERCY WITH YOUR SERVANTS WHO WALK BEFORE YOU WITH ALL THEIR HEARTS.

Psa 89:8, O LORD God of hosts, WHO IS MIGHTY LIKE YOU, O LORD? Your faithfulness also surrounds You.

There is no one like our GOD for HE is the creator of all that is in Heaven and Earth; And HE is faithful to HIS Promises!

2Ch 6:24,26, “Or if Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy BECAUSE THEY HAVE SINNED AGAINST YOU… “When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain BECAUSE THEY HAVE SINNED AGAINST YOU, when they pray toward this place and confess Your name, AND TURN FROM THEIR SIN BECAUSE YOU AFFLICT THEM,

Psa 32:8, I WILL INSTRUCT YOU AND TEACH YOU IN THE WAY YOU SHOULD GO; I WILL GUIDE YOU WITH MY EYE.

2Ch 6:27, then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, THAT YOU MAY TEACH THEM THE GOOD WAY IN WHICH THEY SHOULD WALK; …

The Father is always guiding HIS Children in the way that they should walk! HIS SON JESUS IS THE WAY! FOLLOW HIM AND HE SHALL DIRECT YOUR PATH!

2Chronicles 5, the presence of GOD!

2Ch 5:1, So all the work that Solomon had done for the house of the LORD was finished..

1Ki 6:37-38, In the fourth year the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid… And in the eleventh year, … the house was finished in all its details and according to all its plans. SO HE WAS SEVEN YEARS IN BUILDING IT.

Seven is the number of completeness or perfection for GOD rested on the Seventh day!

Gen 2:3, Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.

2Ch 5:13 INDEED IT CAME TO PASS, when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD, and WHEN THEY LIFTED UP THEIR VOICE WITH THE TRUMPETS AND CYMBALS AND INSTRUMENTS OF MUSIC, AND PRAISED THE LORD, saying: “FOR HE IS GOOD, FOR HIS MERCY ENDURES FOREVER,” THAT THE HOUSE, THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, WAS FILLED WITH A CLOUD,

THE PEOPLE WERE PRAISING THEIR GOD AND THE LORD SHOWED UP FILLING THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD!

Psa 150:6, Let everything that has breath PRAISE THE LORD. PRAISE THE LORD!

2Ch 5:14, … FOR THE GLORY OF THE LORD FILLED THE HOUSE OF GOD.

THIS IS THE SKEKINAH GLORY OF GOD IN THE PRESENCE OF HIS PEOPLE! HE IS WORTHY TO BE PRIASED; FOR HE IS HOLY, HOLY, HOLY! SEEK THE LORD WHILE HE STILL CAN BE FOUND! TIME IS SHORT!

2Chronicles 4, The furnishings of God!

2Ch 4:1, Moreover he made A BRONZE ALTAR: twenty cubits was its length, twenty cubits its width, and ten cubits its height.

Just as in the tabernacle, the altar was the first thing we see as we enter the temple! Before we can enter the Temple GOD dealt with our sins through HIS SON on the cross of calvary!

Heb 13:10, 13, WE HAVE AN ALTAR FROM WHICH THOSE WHO SERVE THE TABERNACLE … Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered outside the gate.

2Ch 4:2,4 Then he made the Sea of cast bronze…IT STOOD ON TWELVE OXEN: three looking toward the north, three looking toward the west, three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east; the Sea was set upon them, and all their back parts pointed inward.

The Sea of cast bronze was a place for PRIEST to wash before entering the temple of GOD and it was set on twelve oxen! OUR TWELVE OXEN ARE THE TWELVE APOSTLES, WHO WENT OUT OF JERUSALEM SPREADING THE GOOD NEWS THAT CLEANSES THE PEOPLE! JESUS

1Peter 2:9, But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people…

Heb 8:5, who serve the copy and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was divinely instructed when he was about to make the tabernacle. For He said, “SEE THAT YOU MAKE ALL THINGS ACCORDING TO THE PATTERN SHOWN YOU ON THE MOUNTAIN.

There is a reason that GOD told Moses to make everything according to the pattern! BECAUSE ALL OF IT POINTS DIRECTLY TO HIS SON JESUS! HE IS THE WAY!

2Chronicles 3, Provide HIMSELF!

2Ch 3:1, NOW SOLOMON BEGAN TO BUILD THE HOUSE OF THE LORD AT JERUSALEM ON MOUNT MORIAH, …

On a different spot on that same hill, Mount Moriah, Isaac was offered, as a type of CHRIST, Gen 22:2, Then the LORD Jesus was offered up on that same hill!

Gen 22:8 KJV, And Abraham said, MY SON, GOD WILL PROVIDE HIMSELF A LAMB FOR A BURNT OFFERING…

Abraham, speaking as the Father, said “MY SON, GOD WILL PROVIDE HIMSELF” GOD THE SON PROVIDED HIMSELF AS A BURNT OFFERING BECAUSE OF OUR SINS!

Heb 1:8, But to the SON HE SAYS: “YOUR THRONE, O GOD, IS FOREVER AND EVER; A SCEPTER OF RIGHTEOUSNESS IS THE SCEPTER OF YOUR KINGDOM.

OUR SINS WHERE GREAT, BUT HIS LOVE FOR US WAS GREATER THAN OUR SINS!

2Ch 3:17, Then he set up the pillars before the temple, … HE CALLED THE NAME OF THE ONE ON THE RIGHT HAND JACHIN, AND THE NAME OF THE ONE ON THE LEFT BOAZ.

Jachin means “HE SHALL ESTABLISH” AND Boaz means “IN HIM IS STRENGTH”! The house of GOD was established by GOD and built by the strength of GOD!

1Pe 2:5, YOU ALSO, AS LIVING STONES, ARE BEING BUILT UP A SPIRITUAL HOUSE, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. The Father is building HIS temple, the church, on the ROCK, HIS SON JESUS! INDEED, JESUS HAS ESTABLISHED IN HIS STRENGTH THE WAY FOR US TO FOLLOW! TRUST IN HIM, HE IS COMING BACK FOR HIS BRIDE! SOON!!

2Chronicles 2, who is the LORD!

2Ch 2:5, And the temple which I build will be great, for our God is greater than all gods.

There are no gods like our GOD, and all others are the work of men’s hands and imagination!

Psa 86:8-9, Among the gods THERE IS NONE LIKE YOU, O LORD; Nor are there any works like Your works. All nations whom You have made Shall come and worship before You, O Lord, AND SHALL GLORIFY YOUR NAME.

2Ch 2:6, But who is able to build Him a temple, SINCE HEAVEN AND THE HEAVEN OF HEAVENS CANNOT CONTAIN HIM? Who am I then, that I should build Him a temple..

Not even the vastness of time and space can contain the LORD GOD ALMIGHTY for HE inhabits eternity! Even this earth is just a footstool for HIM!

Isa 66:1, Thus says the LORD: “HEAVEN IS MY THRONE, AND EARTH IS MY FOOTSTOOL. WHERE IS THE HOUSE THAT YOU WILL BUILD ME? AND WHERE IS THE PLACE OF MY REST?

Solomon said “who am I then, that I should build HIM a temple”? His father David said it differently in Psalm 8:4!

Psa 8:4, What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him?

It’s not about David, Solomon, or us, IT’S ABOUT THE LORD ON HIGH!

Job 25:6, How much less man, who is a maggot, And a son of man, who is a worm?”

Psa 47:2, FOR THE LORD MOST HIGH IS AWESOME; HE IS A GREAT KING OVER ALL THE EARTH.

WE MUST KNOW THAT WE SERVE AN AWESOME GOD WHO IS PRESENT EVERYWHERE AND KNOWS ALL! WE ARE GIVEN THE HONOR OF BEING AT HIS FEET DAILY! BLESSED BE HIS NAME!

2Chronicles 1, What shall I give you?

2Ch 1:1, Now Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, AND THE LORD HIS GOD WAS WITH HIM AND EXALTED HIM EXCEEDINGLY.

IF GOD IS FOR US, WHO CAN BE AGAINST US? (Rom 8:31) HE IS WITH US, YET HOW MANY TRULY SEEK HIS STRENGTH, HIS GUIDANCE?

2Ch 1:6-7, And Solomon went up there to the bronze altar before the LORD, which was at the tabernacle of meeting, and offered a thousand burnt offerings on it. ON THAT NIGHT GOD APPEARED TO SOLOMON, AND SAID TO HIM, “ASK! WHAT SHALL I GIVE YOU?”

We have the same promise of GOD!

Joh 15:7, IF YOU ABIDE IN ME, AND MY WORDS ABIDE IN YOU, YOU WILL ASK WHAT YOU DESIRE, AND IT SHALL BE DONE FOR YOU.

IF YOU ABIDE IN ME! What is the condition of our heart? Do we seek for HIS glory or ours?

2Ch 1:10, NOW GIVE ME WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE, THAT I MAY GO OUT AND COME IN BEFORE THIS PEOPLE; for who can judge this great people of Yours?”

Solomon asked for wisdom to guide the LORD’s people in the proper manner! What would you have asked for? Riches, honor, glory; For your glory or HIS?

Jas 4:3, YOU ASK AND DO NOT RECEIVE, BECAUSE YOU ASK AMISS, THAT YOU MAY SPEND IT ON YOUR PLEASURES.

2Ch 1:12, WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE ARE GRANTED TO YOU…

THE LORD GAVE SOLOMON MUCH MORE THAN HE COULD HAVE EVER ASKED FOR! SEEK HIS FACE, HIS HONOR FOR HIS GLORY AND HE WILL LIFT YOU UP!

1Chronicles 29, All for the LORD!

1Ch 29:1, Furthermore King David said to all the assembly: “MY SON SOLOMON, WHOM ALONE GOD HAS CHOSEN, IS YOUNG AND INEXPERIENCED; AND THE WORK IS GREAT, BECAUSE THE TEMPLE IS NOT FOR MAN BUT FOR THE LORD GOD.

Anything we do for the LORD is no small task in HIS eyes; for we are building HIS holy temple, not of rock or stone, but of people!

1Ch 29:3, Moreover, BECAUSE I HAVE SET MY AFFECTION ON THE HOUSE OF MY GOD, I HAVE GIVEN TO THE HOUSE OF MY GOD, OVER AND ABOVE ALL THAT I HAVE PREPARED FOR THE HOLY HOUSE, MY OWN SPECIAL TREASURE OF GOLD AND SILVER:

DAVID’S TREASURE WAS NOT MONEY, BUT IT WAS THE LORD, HIS GOD!

Mat 6:21, FOR WHERE YOUR TREASURE IS, THERE YOUR HEART WILL BE ALSO.

1Ch 29:9, Then the people rejoiced, for they had offered willingly, because with a loyal heart they had offered willingly to the LORD; and King David also rejoiced greatly.

All that we give actually belongs to the LORD!

1Ch 29:11-12, Yours, O LORD, is the greatness, The power and the glory, The victory and the majesty; FOR ALL THAT IS IN HEAVEN AND IN EARTH IS YOURS; Yours is the kingdom, O LORD, And You are exalted as head over all. BOTH RICHES AND HONOR COME FROM YOU, And You reign over all. In Your hand is power and might; IN YOUR HAND IT IS TO MAKE GREAT AND TO GIVE STRENGTH TO ALL.

Col 3:23, And whatever you do, do it heartily, AS TO THE LORD AND NOT TO MEN,

1Chronicles 28, Knowing your GOD!

1Ch 28:9, “As for you, MY SON SOLOMON, KNOW THE GOD OF YOUR FATHER, AND SERVE HIM WITH A LOYAL HEART AND WITH A WILLING MIND; FOR THE LORD SEARCHES ALL HEARTS AND UNDERSTANDS ALL THE INTENT OF THE THOUGHTS. IF YOU SEEK HIM, HE WILL BE FOUND BY YOU; but if you forsake Him, He will cast you off forever.

Psa 9:10, And those who know Your name will put their trust in You; FOR YOU, LORD, HAVE NOT FORSAKEN THOSE WHO SEEK YOU.

Many people go to church out of obligation, but they fail in knowing GOD! HE is a loving Father who can be found if you diligently seek HIM!

Isa 55:6, SEEK THE LORD WHILE HE MAY BE FOUND, CALL UPON HIM WHILE HE IS NEAR

Scripture points out that HE can be found in life, YET IN DEATH THERE IS NO MORE HOPE FOR HIS WORDS OF SALVATION!

Isa 38:18, For Sheol cannot thank You, Death cannot praise You; THOSE WHO GO DOWN TO THE PIT CANNOT HOPE FOR YOUR TRUTH.

For the believer, earth is the closest they will ever be to hell! Yet, for the non-believer, this is the closest they will be to heaven! The choice is made here and now!

Psa 119:9-10, HOW CAN A YOUNG MAN CLEANSE HIS WAY? BY TAKING HEED ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD. With my whole heart I have sought You; Oh, let me not wander from Your commandments!

Heb 11:6, But without faith it is impossible to please Him, FOR HE WHO COMES TO GOD MUST BELIEVE THAT HE IS, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

1Chronicles 27, Numbering Israel?

1Ch 27:23, But David did not take the number of those twenty years old and under, BECAUSE THE LORD HAD SAID HE WOULD MULTIPLY ISRAEL LIKE THE STARS OF THE HEAVENS.

But he was tempted by satan to number his army, all who drew the sword! Which ended in a plague.

1Ch 21:1, Now Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.

The LORD told Abram that his descendants would be innumerable; Then why would David want to number Israel?

Gen 15:5, Then He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.”

What the LORD has said will come to pass

Num 23:19, “GOD IS NOT A MAN, THAT HE SHOULD LIE, NOR A SON OF MAN, THAT HE SHOULD REPENT. HAS HE SAID, AND WILL HE NOT DO? OR HAS HE SPOKEN, AND WILL HE NOT MAKE IT GOOD?

1Ch 27:24, Joab the son of Zeruiah began a census, … FOR WRATH CAME UPON ISRAEL BECAUSE OF THIS CENSUS..

Why bring the wrath of God on the earth before the time; even the demons know better that that! Mat 8:29, “HAVE YOU COME HERE TO TORMENT US BEFORE THE TIME?”

Col 3:6, Because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience,

THE WRATH OF GOD IS COMING NO NEED FOR YOU TO BRING IT ON YOURSELF! STAY IN HIS WORD AND DO THE WORKS HE HAS FOR YOU!