12/28/2010 9:10:08 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My Worship Time Focus: The Ark was brought in
Bible Reading
& Meditation Reference: 1Kings 8:1-9; 2Chron. 5:1-9
Message of the verses: “1 ¶ Then Solomon assembled the elders of
Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers’ households
of the sons of Israel, to King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the
covenant of the LORD from the city of David, which is Zion. 2 All the men of Israel assembled themselves to
King Solomon at the feast, in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.
3 Then all the elders of Israel came,
and the priests took up the ark. 4 They
brought up the ark of the LORD and the tent of meeting and all the holy
utensils, which were in the tent, and the priests and the Levites brought them
up. 5 And King Solomon and all the
congregation of Israel, who were assembled to him, were with him before the
ark, sacrificing so many sheep and oxen they could not be counted or numbered.
6 Then the priests brought the ark of
the covenant of the LORD to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the house,
to the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubim. 7 For the cherubim spread their wings over the
place of the ark, and the cherubim made a covering over the ark and its poles
from above. 8 But the poles were so long
that the ends of the poles could be seen from the holy place before the inner
sanctuary, but they could not be seen outside; they are there to this day.
9 There was nothing in the ark except
the two tablets of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, where the LORD made a
covenant with the sons of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt”
“1 ¶ Thus all the work that Solomon performed for
the house of the LORD was finished. And Solomon brought in the things that
David his father had dedicated, even the silver and the gold and all the
utensils, and put them in the treasuries of the house of God. 2 Then Solomon assembled to Jerusalem the elders
of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers’
households of the sons of Israel, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the
LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion. 3
All the men of Israel assembled themselves to the king at the feast,
that is in the seventh month. 4 Then all
the elders of Israel came, and the Levites took up the ark. 5 They brought up the ark and the tent of
meeting and all the holy utensils which were in the tent; the Levitical priests
brought them up. 6 And King Solomon and
all the congregation of Israel who were assembled with him before the ark, were
sacrificing so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.
7 Then the priests brought the ark of
the covenant of the LORD to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the house,
to the holy of holies, under the wings of the cherubim. 8 For the cherubim spread their wings over the
place of the ark, so that the cherubim made a covering over the ark and its
poles. 9 The poles were so long that the
ends of the poles of the ark could be seen in front of the inner sanctuary, but
they could not be seen outside; and they are there to this day.”
This SD begins
the fourth chapter in “Be Responsible” which is Warren Wiersbe’s commentary on
1Kings. He entitles this chapter “God’s
House and Solomon’s Heart.” The first
main point from this chapter is entitled “A House of God,” and it has two
sub-points under it of which the first will be looked at in this SD.
Dr. Wiersbe
points out that his belief is that the dedication of the temple took place in
the twenty-fourth year of Solomon’s reign, and that it also took place during
the time of the feast of Tabernacles.
This was a wonderful time to bring in the Ark of the Covenant to the
House of God for it was the Ark that led the people throughout their forty
years of wilderness wonderings. Inside
the ark were only the two stone tablets that Moses received from the Lord that
had the Ten Commandments on them. The
manna and Aaron’s rod that budded were not need in the Ark at this time for
they pointed to a time of rebellion and now Israel was settled in their land and
had a new beginning.
When the Ark was
brought into the Holy of Holies it set under the two cherubim’s that Hiram had
made to go into the Holy of Holies. The
two cherubim’s that were on the Ark of the Covenant looked at each other while
the other two looked into the holy place, and so Dr. Wiersbe writes the
following to describe this: “The
cherubim on the original golden mercy seat looked at each other, while the new
cherubim looked out toward the Holy Place where the priest ministered. The angels of God not only ‘look into’ the
mysteries of God’s grace (1Peter 1:112), but they also behold the ministry of
God’s people and learn about God’s grace (1Cor.4:9; 11:10; Eph. 3:10; 1Tim.
5:21).”
Spiritual meaning for my life today: As a member of the body of Christ I have the
Holy Spirit living in me for the Scriptures declare that my body is the temple
of the Holy Spirit and therefore the angels are now watching me and all other
believers to learn about God’s grace. I
am sure that there are times in my life that I have disappointed both the Holy
Spirit and also the angels that are watching me, but on other occasions perhaps
the angels have seen God’s grace working in me.
This is surely the goal for me in my life.
My Steps of
Faith for Today:
1.
I want to remember that I am in a Spiritual battle
and in order for me to be able to stand I am in need of the Spiritual armor for
when I put on the Spiritual Armor I am in reality putting on Christ and it is
He who protects me and enables me to stand.
2.
Continue to learn contentment.
3.
Seek to have the Lord direct my path today.
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