Wednesday 10/21/20
Series: Thru the Bible
Message – If My People – Where Solomon got his Prayer
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If My People – Where Solomon got his Prayer
It seems that this is the season to deal with political issues since we addressed some of the more thorny ones on Sunday and tonight we will begin addressing another.
Last week I had you read through the message I taught in August of last year (2019) entitled, “Where Solomon got his prayer” in preparation for this and next week’s lessons.
That message was covering the time when Israel renewed their covenant with God, ending with a prayer Moses prayed in petition to God for Israel.The passages were found in Deuteronomy 29 & 30. Moses’ prayer served as a template for the prayer Solomon prayed here in 2 Chron. and 1 Kings at the dedication of the newly constructed temple.
The passages we are looking at today cover:
- The moving of the Ark of God’s presence into the new temple constructed by Solomon
- The effect of God’s presence in the temple
- God’s clear approval of the work
- and finally the conversation between God and Solomon at it’s dedication.
So let’s begin with 2Chron. 5:2 where the Ark of God’s presence is brought into the temple
2Chron. 5:2-14, “(2) At that time Solomon assembled at Jerusalem the elders of Israel–all the tribal heads, the ancestral chiefs of the Israelites–in order to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD up from the city of David, that is, Zion. (3) So all the men of Israel were assembled in the king’s presence at the festival; this was in the seventh month. (4) All the elders of Israel came, and the Levites picked up the ark. (5) They brought up the ark, the tent of meeting, and the holy utensils that were in the tent. The priests and the Levites brought them up. (6) King Solomon and the entire congregation of Israel who had gathered around him were in front of the ark sacrificing sheep and cattle that could not be counted or numbered because there were so many. (7) The priests brought the ark of the LORD’s covenant to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the temple, to the most holy place, beneath the wings of the cherubim. (8) And the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark so that the cherubim formed a cover above the ark and its poles. (9) The poles were so long that their ends were seen from the holy place in front of the inner sanctuary, but they were not seen from outside; they are there to this very day. (10) Nothing was in the ark except the two tablets that Moses had put in it at Horeb, where the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites when they came out of Egypt. (11) When the priests came out of the holy place–for all the priests who were present had consecrated themselves regardless of their tour of duty– (12) the Levitical singers of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, and of their sons and their relatives, dressed in fine linen, with cymbals, harps and lyres, were standing east of the altar, and with them were 120 priests blowing trumpets. (13) The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They raised their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: For He is good; His faithful love endures forever; the temple, the LORD’s temple, was filled with a cloud. (14) And because of the cloud, the priests were not able to continue ministering, for the glory of the LORD filled God’s temple.”
1Kings 8:1-11, “(1) At that time Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, all the tribal heads and the ancestral leaders of the Israelites before him at Jerusalem in order to bring the ark of the LORD’s covenant from Zion, the city of David. (2) So all the men of Israel were assembled in the presence of King Solomon in the seventh month, the month of Ethanim at the festival. (3) All the elders of Israel came, and the priests picked up the ark. (4) The priests and the Levites brought the ark of the LORD, the tent of meeting, and the holy utensils that were in the tent. (5) King Solomon and the entire congregation of Israel, who had gathered around him and were with him in front of the ark, were sacrificing sheep and cattle that could not be counted or numbered, because there were so many. (6) The priests brought the ark of the LORD’s covenant to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the temple, to the most holy place beneath the wings of the cherubim. (7) For the cherubim were spreading their wings over the place of the ark, so that the cherubim covered the ark and its poles from above. (8) The poles were so long that their ends were seen from the holy place in front of the inner sanctuary, but they were not seen from outside the sanctuary; they are there to this day. (9) Nothing was in the ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had put there at Horeb, where the LORD made a covenant with the Israelites when they came out of the land of Egypt. (10) When the priests came out of the holy place, the cloud filled the LORD’s temple, (11) and because of the cloud, the priests were not able to continue ministering, for the glory of the LORD filled the temple.”
Solomon Praises the Lord for success
1Kings 8:12-21, “(12) Then Solomon said: The LORD said that He would dwell in thick darkness, (13) but I have indeed built an exalted temple for You, a place for Your dwelling forever. (14) The king turned around and blessed the entire congregation of Israel while they were standing. (15) He said: May the LORD God of Israel be praised! He spoke directly to my father David, and He has fulfilled the promise by His power. He said, (16) “Since the day I brought My people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city to build a temple in among any of the tribes of Israel, so that My name would be there. But I have chosen David to rule My people Israel.” (17) It was in the desire of my father David to build a temple for the name of the LORD God of Israel. (18) But the LORD said to my father David, “Since it was your desire to build a temple for My name, you have done well to have this desire. (19) Yet you are not the one to build it; instead, your son, your own offspring, will build it for My name.” (20) The LORD has fulfilled what He promised. I have taken the place of my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the temple for the name of the LORD God of Israel. (21) I have provided a place there for the ark, where the LORD’s covenant is that He made with our ancestors when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.”
2Chron. 6:1-11, “(1)Then Solomon said: The LORD said He would dwell in thick darkness, (2) but I have built an exalted temple for You, a place for Your residence forever. (3) Then the king turned and blessed the entire congregation of Israel while they were standing. (4) He said: May the LORD God of Israel be praised! He spoke directly to my father David, and He has fulfilled the promise by His power. He said, (5) “Since the day I brought My people Israel out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city to build a temple in among any of the tribes of Israel, so that My name would be there, and I have not chosen a man to be ruler over My people Israel. (6) But I have chosen Jerusalem so that My name will be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.” (7) Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a temple for the name of the LORD God of Israel. (8) However, the LORD said to my father David, “Since it was your desire to build a temple for My name, you have done well to have this desire. (9) Yet, you are not the one to build the temple, but your son, your own offspring, will build the temple for My name.” (10) So the LORD has fulfilled what He promised. I have taken the place of my father David and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the temple for the name of the LORD God of Israel. (11) I have put the ark there, where the LORD’s covenant is that He made with the Israelites.”
Prayer
Now, THESE famous words prayed by Solomon found in 2Chron. 6 & 7 as well as their sister verses in 1Kings 8 are the same evoked by so many American Christians every four years at election time.
As we’ve already learned this is NOT the first time these words were spoken.
However, I think it is paramount that we examine the context of the prayer of Moses, because that would not have been an oversight of Solomon. He knew the context of the prayer and it has implications for its use here as well!
Lets begin with a quiz question…
What was the backdrop for Moses’ conversation with God in Deuteronomy 30?
HINT: If this is found in Deuteronomy chapter 30, what famous chapters preceded this and therefore provided the context for this conversation?
Deuteronomy chapters 28 & 29 are the famous chapters of blessings and curses which God told Israel would come upon them as a result of their obedience to the law or their breaking of it.
Turn with me to Deut. 30,
Deut 30:1-6; 17-20, “(1) When all these things happen to you–the blessings and curses I have set before you–and you come to your senses while you are in all the nations where the LORD your God has driven you, (2) and you and your children return to the LORD your God and obey Him with all your heart and all your soul by doing everything I am giving you today, (3) then He will restore your fortunes, have compassion on you, and gather you again from all the peoples where the LORD your God has scattered you. (4) Even if your exiles are at the ends of the earth, He will gather you and bring you back from there. (5) The LORD your God will bring you into the land your fathers possessed, and you will take possession of it. He will cause you to prosper and multiply you more than He did your fathers. (6) The LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love Him with all your heart and all your soul, so that you will live.”
“(17) But if your heart turns away and you do not listen and you are led astray to bow down to other gods and worship them, (18) I tell you today that you will certainly perish and will not live long in the land you are entering to possess across the Jordan. (19) I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Choose life so that you and your descendants may live, (20) love the LORD your God, obey Him, and remain faithful to Him. For He is your life, and He will prolong your life in the land the LORD swore to give to your fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
So we can readily see that this prayer is based upon the tenants of the Old Covenant – which was a covenant of works resulting in God’s rewarding obedience or a lack thereof with blessing or cursing.
Now as we are turning to 2Chron. 6:12 to begin familiarizing ourselves with the passage found here which is not at all dissimilar in content OR context.
I want you to consider that one of the major things that is almost always overlooked by modern Christians is that, like with Moses – this was a dialogue between Solomon and God. By this I mean that most Christians are aware of God’s reply to Solomon’s prayer without ever being the least bit familiar with the prayer itself. This is evidenced by the most used quote comes from God’s reply to Solomon rather than Solomon’s prayer. This provides a MUCH needed context and understanding of the words God uses in reply.
The three passages of Deut. 30 & 2 Chron. 6-7 & 1Kings 8, taken all together, teach us something about prayer.
All prayer is subject to the nature of the relationship you have with God at the time. For Moses and Solomon that relationship was a relationship of works based upon the terms of the Old Covenant and it’s promises.
Also in keeping with this, all Prayer should be based upon God’s will – which of course is revealed to each generation through His word and His promises, attached to the covenant He currently has with those praying.
The Prayer Solomon prayed was a prayer which nearly quoted God’s Own words back to Him word for word – it was a prayer LITERALLY based upon the word of God.
1Jn. tells us that we know that God hears our prayer and respects our prayer when we pray according to His will. These are VERY important truths regarding prayer every believer should know.
Solomon’s Famous Prayer before the Temple
With these facts as our backdrop let’s dive into our first passage found in 2Chron. 6:12-42,
“(12) Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the entire congregation of Israel and spread out his hands. (13) For Solomon had made a bronze platform seven and a half feet long, seven and a half feet wide, and four and a half feet high and put it in the court. He stood on it, knelt down in front of the entire congregation of Israel, and spread out his hands toward heaven.”
“(14) He said: LORD God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven or on earth, keeping His gracious covenant with Your servants who walk before You with their whole heart. (15) You have kept what You promised to Your servant, my father David. You spoke directly to him, and You fulfilled Your promise by Your power, as it is today.
(16) Therefore, LORD God of Israel, keep what You promised to Your servant, my father David: “You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your sons guard their way to walk in My Law as you have walked before Me.”
(17) Now, LORD God of Israel, please confirm what You promised to Your servant David. (18) But will God indeed live on earth with man? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
(19) Listen to Your servant’s prayer and his petition, LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant prays before You, (20) so that Your eyes watch over this temple day and night, toward the place where You said You would put Your name; and so that You may hear the prayer Your servant prays toward this place.”
Now, we will begin to examine the particulars of Solomon’s prayer and I want to hold you accountable to the prayer IN IT’S ENTIRETY.
One thing we have learned in this church is the dangers of “cherry picking” portions of scripture – lifting them out of their original context and attempting to apply them in a way which suits our individual interests.
So since we are dedicated to taking all or nothing from a passage – realize that if you want to try to apply the “heal our land” portion of this prayer (which by the way, is also taken out of its given context), you also have to commit to THIS portion of the prayer.
I am not speaking on my own here, but Paul also said as much and it is appropriate that I bring it up, since when Paul DOES bring it up, he just so happens to be quoting from the words of Moses’ Prayer in Deut. 30 in his letter to the Romans. In it he stresses the “all or nothing” proposition of pulling promises out of their covenant context.
He starts by providing a back and forth comparison between conditions of the law of Moses and conditions under the New Covenant. It is again, something which many Christians would immediately miss due to their gross lack of familiarity with the Old Testament.
The passage I am referring to is found in Romans 10. He begins in verse 6 with…
Rom. 10:5-13, “(5) For Moses writes about the righteousness that is from the law: The one who does these things will live by them.
Here he is referring to Moses’ conferring to Israel, God’s command which demanded strict obedience to the law for blessing OR the penalty of curses for failure to keep the law.
Moses’ words in Deut. 30:11-12 were these…
Deut. 30:11-12, “(11) This command that I give you today is certainly not too difficult or beyond your reach. (12) It is not in heaven, so that you have to ask, ‘Who will go up to heaven, get it for us, and proclaim it to us so that we may follow it?’ (13) And it is not across the sea, so that you have to ask, ‘Who will cross the sea, get it for us, and proclaim it to us so that we may follow it?’ (14) But the message is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may follow it.”
Paul transposes these words into the New Covenant of faith this way…
“(6) But the righteousness that comes from faith speaks like this:
Do not say in your heart, “Who will go up to heaven?” that is, to bring Christ down (7)
or,
“Who will go down into the abyss?” that is, to bring Christ up from the dead.
(8) On the contrary, what does it say? The message is near you, in your mouth and in your heart.
This is the message of faith that we proclaim:
“(9) if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. (10) For with the heart one believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth one confesses, resulting in salvation.
(11) Now the Scripture says, No one who believes on Him will be put to shame, (12) for there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, since the same Lord of all is rich to all who call on Him. (13) For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
So you can readily see that Paul, is comparing the two covenants – the first of works and the second of faith by referencing the very passage Solomon’s prayer is patterned after. THAT is it’s context – it is an Old Covenant prayer, based upon the tenants and promises of that covenant.
But this is not the only place where Paul uses these words of Moses to compare the two covenants. In addressing a similar issue among the Galatians, of desiring to apply Old Covenant terms within the New Covenant Paul again makes some direct comparisons between Moses’ words to Israel in Deut. 28-30 and the promise of righteousness by faith.
Gal. 3:1-29, “(1) You foolish Galatians! Who has hypnotized you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was vividly portrayed as crucified?
(2) I only want to learn this from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law or by hearing with faith?
(3) Are you so foolish? After beginning with the Spirit, are you now going to be made complete by the flesh?
(4) Did you suffer so much for nothing–if in fact it was for nothing?
(5) So then, does God supply you with the Spirit and work miracles among you by the works of the law or by hearing with faith?
(6) Just as Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness, (7) so understand that those who have faith are Abraham’s sons.
(8) Now the Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith and foretold the good news to Abraham, saying, All the nations will be blessed in you.
(9) So those who have faith are blessed with Abraham, who had faith.”
Here Paul is essentially trying to bring them to clarity through this explanation and then asks them – which way do you want it, because you cannot have both. Being blessed with faithful Abraham or cursed under the law…which will it be?
“(10) For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, because it is written: Cursed is everyone who does not continue doing everything written in the book of the law.” – This was written in Deut. 28-30!
“(11) Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because the righteous will live by faith. (12) But the law is not based on faith; instead, the one who does these things will live by them.”
So you can see that Paul is comparing works with faith by comparing the Old Covenant with the New.
“(13) Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, because it is written: Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.
(14) The purpose was that the blessing of Abraham would come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that we could receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.”
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So Paul is saying that Jesus paid an insurmountable price to deliver you from the Law of works – DON’T seek to undo what He accomplished by looking back longingly at the law as if it provided for you something which was superior to what you now have in Christ.
And that is a key and pivotal issue I believe even Paul would have with a New Testament Christian attempting to pray this prayer over their given natural nation. The promises of God under the New Covenant are only national in nature as regards His kingdom – NOT a natural, physical nation. Remember God said that flesh and blood will NOT inherit the kingdom of God. Ours is a silly nation a peculiar people – who have no national boundaries or geographic limitations and it only has ONE ruler and that is Christ Jesus.
Remember, what God WAS doing in the earth with Israel under the Old Covenant is NOT what He is doing now in the church under the New Covenant. Now in the age of Grace the church is central even as Israel was central under the Age of the Law.
Keep that in mind as we move forward and I think you will see it clearer and clearer as we examine this passage in light of the king of prayers Jesus and Paul prayed regarding their lives and those who governed in their lifetime.
“(15) Brothers, I’m using a human illustration. No one sets aside even a human covenant that has been ratified, or makes additions to it. (16) Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He does not say “and to seeds,” as though referring to many, but and to your seed, referring to one, who is Christ.
(17) And I say this: the law, which came 430 years later, does not revoke a covenant that was previously ratified by God, so as to cancel the promise.
(18) For if the inheritance is from the law, it is no longer from the promise; but God granted it to Abraham through the promise.
(19) Why the law then? It was added because of transgressions until the Seed to whom the promise was made would come.
The law was ordered through angels by means of a mediator.
(20) Now a mediator is not for just one person, but God is one.
(21) Is the law therefore contrary to God’s promises? Absolutely not!
For if a law had been given that was able to give life, then righteousness would certainly be by the law. (22) But the Scripture has imprisoned everything under sin’s power, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
(23) Before this faith came, we were confined under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith was revealed.
(24) The law, then, was our guardian until Christ, so that we could be justified by faith. (25) But since that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian, (26) for you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. (27) For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. (28) There is no Jew or Greek, slave or free, male or female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. (29) And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, heirs according to the promise.”
Then Paul goes on to ask some rhetorical questions of the Galatian believers…and it is one which I find myself wanting to ask every believer who attempts to use the “If my people” passage for American politics.
Gal. 4:21-31, “(21) Tell me, you who want to be under the law, don’t you hear the law? (22) For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave and the other by a free woman.
(23) But the one by the slave was born according to the flesh, while the one by the free woman was born as the result of a promise.
(24) These things are illustrations, for the women represent the two covenants.
One is from Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery–this is Hagar.
(25) Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children.
(26) But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.
(27) For it is written: Rejoice, O barren woman who does not give birth. Break forth and shout, you who are not in labor, for the children of the desolate are many, more numerous than those of the woman who has a husband.
(28) Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise. (29) But just as then the child born according to the flesh persecuted the one born according to the Spirit, so also now.
(30) But what does the Scripture say? Throw out the slave and her son, for the son of the slave will never inherit with the son of the free woman.
(31) Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the slave but of the free woman.”
Now I’ve had it asked of me – what about God’s promises under the Old Covenant. Are they no good to us? Well, the answer is Yes and No. (Paul would get that little joke but, I don’t expect you to).
There are promises God has made in scripture which are NOT bound to a covenant and which are eternally bound to His character alone. In these cases, YES those promises would certainly still apply.
An example of this is that God has always promised to be lenient and forgiving of the sins of His people if we come to Him in repentance and a contrite heart. That has stood true under all covenants because it is based upon God’s nature – not the covenant.
- Under the Old Covenant this was realized by providing a covering for sin.
- Under the New Covenant it provides actual forgiveness and the removal of both the guilt and stain of sin as well as its ability to control you ever again.
Let’s illustrate this…
Better covenant – Better Promises
Heb. 8:5-13, “(5) These serve as a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was warned when he was about to complete the tabernacle. For He said, Be careful that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain. (6) But Jesus has now obtained a superior ministry, and to that degree He is the mediator of a better covenant, which has been legally enacted on better promises. (7) For if that first covenant had been faultless, no opportunity would have been sought for a second one. (8) But finding fault with His people, He says: “Look, the days are coming,” says the Lord, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah– (9) not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day I took them by their hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt. Because they did not continue in My covenant, I disregarded them,” says the Lord.
(10) “But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” says the Lord: “I will put My laws into their minds, and I will write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they will be My people. (11) And each person will not teach his fellow citizen, and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know Me, from the least to the greatest of them. (12) For I will be merciful to their wrongdoing, and I will never again remember their sins.” (13) By saying, a new covenant, He has declared that the first is old. And what is old and aging is about to disappear.”
Also in…
2Pet. 1:3-8, “(1) For His divine power has given us everything required for life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him [what did He just say – under this New Covenant ALL will know Him] Who called us by His own glory and goodness. (4) By these He has given us very great and precious promises, so that through them you may share in the divine nature, escaping the corruption that is in the world because of evil desires.
“(5) For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with goodness, goodness with knowledge, (6) knowledge with self-control, self-control with endurance, endurance with godliness, (7) godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. (8) For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they will keep you from being useless or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Notice that the promises of the New Covenant are to accomplish in us what Israel could not do themselves under the old. It is a Covenant, whose promises produce Christ in you through your surrender to Him as you only king and Lord. It is about the Kingdom of God – NOT the kingdoms of this world.
Now one day the two kingdoms will be merged into one. Revelation 11:15 says so by saying,
“(15) The seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven saying: The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Messiah, and He will reign forever and ever!”
Now this is where I expect to hear someone say, “But I thought all the promises of God were yes and amen!”
Well that is true in that God is NOT a liar – what He says He is not only ABLE to perform, but WILL perform it – so long as the conditions are met!
In Jer. 1:12, God tells the prophet that He “watches over His word to accomplish it.”
But again, this partial quote of ALL of God’s promises are yes and amen is taken out of context.
It is found at the beginning of 2 Corinthians, where Paul is addressing the saints who were accusing Paul of not honoring his word.
They were saying that Paul’s “yes” means “no” and his “no” means “yes”. So Paul began this letter by addressing their accusation head on.
2Cor. 1:17-20, “(1) So when I planned this, was I irresponsible? Or what I plan, do I plan in a purely human way so that I say “Yes, yes” and “No, no” simultaneously? (18) As God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes and no.” (19) For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, Who was preached among you by us–by me and Silvanus and Timothy–did not become “Yes and no”; on the contrary, “Yes” has come about in Him. (20) For every one of God’s promises is “Yes” in Him. Therefore the “Amen” is also through Him for God’s glory through us.”
So the promises referred to here are those New Covenant promises found IN CHRIST – the promised seed Who would come.
Now that we have covered the basics, I want you to recall how I pointed out to you that the basis for Moses’ conversation with God was the blessings and curses which were promised to Israel based NOT upon their faith, but their works of obedience or disobedience to the Law.
So when Solomon here asks for blessings or curses or for forgiveness or condemnation – he does so based upon adherence to the Law, not based upon faith, which makes it an OLD COVENANT prayer, based upon the terms of the Old Covenant and it’s promises of physical blessings and curses.
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