PROCLAMATION
“Behold, I build an house to the name of The Lord my
God, to dedicate it to Him, and to burn before Him sweet incense , and for the
continual shewbread, for burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths,
and on new moons, and on the solemn feasts of The Lord. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel. And the house which I build is great; for
great is our God above all gods.” 2
Chronicles 2:4-5 (KJV)
EXPLANATION
The words of First and Second Chronicles were written as one book under the influence of The Holy
Spirit of God by Ezra the scribe and priest and historical Bible scholar according
to Jewish tradition. And Solomon decided
to build and temple for The Lord and a royal palace for himself. (2 Chronicles
2:1) He organized the men of Israel into
groups and gave them assignments. He
contacted Huram king of Tyre to arrange for him to send him wood from the cedar
trees as he had done with his father David. Solomon was going to build The Lord God a
great house. He also asked Huram to send
him men who could work with wood, with gold, with silver, with brass, with
iron, as well as with purple, and crimson, and blue. (2 Chronicles 2:2-9) In exchange for these things Solomon would
give him wheat, barley, wine, and oil.
There were 153,600 men who would be working on these buildings. (2
Chronicles 2:10-18)
APPLICATION
When King Solomon decided to build a temple for The
Lord God, he wanted the temple to be great. (2 Chronicles 2:5) When we do things, we should do our very
best. “Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do,
do it with thy might …” (Ecclesiastes 9:10)
We should do all that we do as if we were doing it for God. “What ever you do, work at it with all your
heart, as working for The Lord, not for human masters.” (Colossians 3:23) We should give God our best.
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