Honoring God
Dedicating the Temple of God
Live in the light of God (Isaiah 2:5)
A Place for the Ark
2 Chronicles 5:2-7 New International Version
The Ark Brought to the Temple
2 Then Solomon summoned to Jerusalem the elders of Israel, all the heads of the tribes and the chiefs of the Israelite families, to bring up the ark of the Lord’s covenant from Zion, the City of David. 3 And all the Israelites came together to the king at the time of the festival in the seventh month.
4 When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the Levites took up the ark, 5 and they brought up the ark and the tent of meeting and all the sacred furnishings in it. The Levitical priests carried them up; 6 and King Solomon and the entire assembly of Israel that had gathered about him were before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and cattle that they could not be recorded or counted.
7 The priests then brought the ark of the Lord’s covenant to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, and put it beneath the wings of the cherubim.
For Reflection
It must have been a grand procession. Israel now had a home. The temple housed not only their God but signified to the world God's glory majesty, power, and Grace. It was also a symbol of the end of a nomadic existence for the Jews. Their god had a place, and so did they.
Pray
Pray and contemplate the permanence of your place in the kingdom of God.
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