Morning Light – November 17th, 2015: When God Answers by Fire Today: [2 Chronicles Seven] When God Answers By Fire. In this chapter the dedication of the temple is concluded and God answers by fire. The prayer of Solomon is the high point of this entire affair and it speaks to us of the need […]
READ MORE Morning Light – November 16th, 2015: Assured in Your Destiny Today: [2 Chronicles Six] Assured in Your Destiny. In this chapter the dedication of the temple continues. Solomon in a display of deep humility bows down to God before all the people. He acknowledges that his father David was a bloody man and declares that […]
READ MORE Morning Light – November 12th, 2015 Today: [2 Chronicles Five] The Ark of God at Rest in Us. In this chapter the temple is dedicated. All of Israel gathers to the newly built temple and witnesses the ark of the covenant brought to it’s permanent resting place. The presence of God has moved from tent […]
READ MORE Morning Light – November 11th, 2015: Becoming an Inner Court Christian Today: [2 Chronicles Four] Becoming an Inner Court Christian. In this chapter we see the record of the creation of the artifacts that furnished Solomon’s temple. The furnishings of the outer court were brass speaking of judgment. The furnishings of the inner court were […]
READ MORE Morning Light – November 10th, 2015 Today: [2 Chronicles Three] Solomon Begins to Build the Temple. Solomon was still very young when the temple construction begins. Estimates place him at 12 years of age – which is interesting because Jesus declared at the age of 12 “I must be about My Father’s business…” Just as […]
READ MORE Morning Light – November 9th, 2015 Today: [2 Chronicles Two] Did Immigrant Labor Build Solomon’s Temple? In this chapter Solomon contracts with Hiram to provide further building materials and laborers for the work of building the great temple. We see clearly from the verses here that thousands upon thousands of immigrant workers were employed in […]
READ MORE Morning Light – November 6th, 2015 Today: [2 Chronicles One] Receiving What you Did (and Did Not) Ask for From God. In this chapter David is deceased and Solomon reigns. The first official act of Solomon was to go to Gibeon and sacrifice at the brazen altar in the tabernacle of Moses. Solomon in so […]
READ MORE Morning Light – November 5th, 2015 Today: [1 Chronicles Twenty-Nine] Participation in the Temple. In this chapter David opens his financial records to show the extent to which he personally has sacrificed for the preparation of building the temple. As an example of a godly leader he not only encourages the people to give toward […]
READ MORE Morning Light – November 4th, 2015 Today: [1 Chronicles Twenty-Eight] You are a Steward of the King’s Substance. In this chapter David delivers over to young Solomon and all the king’s retinue the whole of the substance and building materials of the temple. There is gold and silver from a lifetime of conquest and war. […]
READ MORE Morning Light – November 3rd, 2015 Today: [1 Chronicles Twenty-Seven] Are You the King’s Companion? In this chapter we see the military, civil and political administrators of David’s kingdom by their tribes and families. Many of these men were with David when he fled from Saul. Among the important military and civil positions of rank […]
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