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Psalm 132, HIS spiritual house!

Psa 132:1-5, LORD, remember David And all his afflictions; HOW HE SWORE TO THE LORD, AND VOWED TO THE MIGHTY ONE OF JACOB: “Surely I will not go into the chamber of my house, Or go up to the comfort of my bed; I will not give sleep to my eyes Or slumber to my eyelids, UNTIL I FIND A PLACE FOR THE LORD, A DWELLING PLACE FOR THE MIGHTY ONE OF JACOB.”

Because David was a man of war and shed a lot of blood, the LORD didn’t allow him to build HIM a house! But this pleased the LORD so much that HE promised that his offspring would build HIM a house/temple!

2Sa 7:12-13, “When your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I WILL SET UP YOUR SEED AFTER YOU, WHO WILL COME FROM YOUR BODY, and I will establish his kingdom. HE SHALL BUILD A HOUSE FOR MY NAME, AND I WILL ESTABLISH THE THRONE OF HIS KINGDOM FOREVER.

1Co 3:16, DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT YOU ARE THE TEMPLE OF GOD AND THAT THE SPIRIT OF GOD DWELLS IN YOU? 

David’s descendant, JESUS, is building the temple of GOD with believers in HIM! WE, THE CHURCH ARE THE FULFILMENT OF THIS PROMISE!

Eph 2:20-21, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF BEING THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, GROWS INTO A HOLY TEMPLE IN THE LORD,

Psa 132:11, THE LORD HAS SWORN IN TRUTH TO DAVID; HE WILL NOT TURN FROM IT: “I WILL SET UPON YOUR THRONE THE FRUIT OF YOUR BODY. 

David’s descendant, CHRIST JESUS, will be KING over this temple!

Act 2:30, …THAT OF THE FRUIT OF HIS BODY, ACCORDING TO THE FLESH, HE WOULD RAISE UP THE CHRIST TO SIT ON HIS THRONE, 

Psa 132:17, There I will make THE HORN OF DAVID GROW; I WILL PREPARE A LAMP FOR MY ANOINTED.

HIS ANOINTED is CHRIST JESUS WHO IS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD!

Luk 2:30-32, For my eyes have seen Your salvation Which You have prepared before the face of all peoples, A LIGHT TO BRING REVELATION TO THE GENTILES, AND THE GLORY OF YOUR PEOPLE ISRAEL.”

JESUS IS KING, HE IS LORD, HE IS OUR SALVATION AND HE HAS REDEEMED US WITH HIS BLOOD! PRAISE AND HONOR BE UNTO HIM WHO IS WORTHY TO BE PRAISED!

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Psalm 84, the Upward call of GOD!

Psa 84:1-2, …How lovely is Your tabernacle, O LORD of hosts! MY SOUL LONGS, YES, EVEN FAINTS FOR THE COURTS OF THE LORD; MY HEART AND MY FLESH CRY OUT FOR THE LIVING GOD.

The Psalmist loved the temple of the LORD, yet it was not the temple that made it beautiful, it was the presence of the LORD HIMSELF! His heart yearns for HIS presence!

Job 19:25-27, For I know that my REDEEMER LIVES, And HE SHALL STAND AT LAST ON THE EARTH; And after my skin is destroyed, this I know, THAT IN MY FLESH I SHALL SEE GOD, Whom I shall see for myself, And my eyes shall behold, and not another. HOW MY HEART YEARNS WITHIN ME!

Psa 84:4, Blessed are those who dwell in Your house; They will still be praising You. Selah

The Psalmist loved going to the temple of GOD, yet envied those that dwell there! One day we, those that believe and trust in CHRIST JESUS, will live in the FATHER’s house!

John 14:2-3, In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I GO TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU. AND IF I GO AND PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU, I WILL COME AGAIN AND RECEIVE YOU TO MYSELF; THAT WHERE I AM, THERE YOU MAY BE ALSO.

No more death, nor sorrow, nor pain, nor fear will ever come to HIS people again!

Isa 25:8-9, He will SWALLOW UP DEATH FOREVER, And the Lord GOD WILL WIPE AWAY TEARS FROM ALL FACES; The rebuke of His people He will take away from all the earth; For the LORD has spoken. And it will be said in that day: “Behold, this is our God; We have waited for Him, and He will save us. This is the LORD; We have waited for Him; We will be glad and rejoice in His salvation.”

Psa 84:10, For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand. I WOULD RATHER BE A DOORKEEPER IN THE HOUSE OF MY GOD THAN DWELL IN THE TENTS OF WICKEDNESS.

Php 3:14, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

Just as Paul focused on the prize that awaited him rather than the pain in front of him; we must do the same! LIFE IS SHORT YET ETERNITY LONG! PREPARE FOR IT

Psa 73:25, WHOM HAVE I IN HEAVEN BUT YOU? AND THERE IS NONE UPON EARTH THAT I DESIRE BESIDES YOU. 

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Ezra 3, the glory of the Temple!

Ezr 3:2-3, Then Jeshua the son of Jozadak and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel …, AROSE AND BUILT THE ALTAR OF THE GOD OF ISRAEL, TO OFFER BURNT OFFERINGS ON IT, AS IT IS WRITTEN IN THE LAW OF MOSES THE MAN OF GOD. … THEY SET THE ALTAR ON ITS BASES; AND THEY OFFERED BURNT OFFERINGS ON IT TO THE LORD, …

Perfect place to start building the temple of GOD, the alter!  OUR ALTER IS THE CROSS OF CALVARY.  YOU CAN’T BE A CHRISTIAN OR HAVE A CHURCH WITHOUT THE CROSS, BUT THAT ALTER IS AVAILABLE WITHOUT THE CHURCH; FOR HE MEETS US WHERE WERE AT!

Ezr 3:10-11, WHEN THE BUILDERS LAID THE FOUNDATION OF THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD, the priests stood in their apparel with TRUMPETS, … WITH CYMBALS, TO PRAISE THE LORD, …. And THEY SANG RESPONSIVELY, PRAISING AND GIVING THANKS TO THE LORD: “FOR HE IS GOOD, FOR HIS MERCY ENDURES FOREVER TOWARD ISRAEL.” THEN ALL THE PEOPLE SHOUTED WITH A GREAT SHOUT, WHEN THEY PRAISED THE LORD, BECAUSE THE FOUNDATION OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD WAS LAID.

GREAT JOY CAME FROM JUST LAYING THE FOUNDATION OF THE TEMPLE! YET NOT ALL WERE CELEBRATING!

Ezr 3:12, … OLD MEN WHO HAD SEEN THE FIRST TEMPLE, WEPT WITH A LOUD VOICE WHEN THE FOUNDATION OF THIS TEMPLE WAS LAID BEFORE THEIR EYES. Yet many shouted aloud for joy, 

It’s estimated that the first Temple cost 5 billion dollars to build, Yet the foundation of this temple didn’t compare in their eyes!

Hag 2:3,7,9, ‘WHO IS LEFT AMONG YOU WHO SAW THIS TEMPLE IN ITS FORMER GLORY? And how do you see it now? In comparison with it, is this not in your eyes as nothing? … AND I WILL FILL THIS TEMPLE WITH GLORY,’ SAYS THE LORD OF HOSTS…. ‘THE GLORY OF THIS LATTER TEMPLE SHALL BE GREATER THAN THE FORMER,’ … 

IT’S NOT ABOUT THE GOLD AND THE RICHES THAT THE FIRST TEMPLE HAD; IT’S ABOUT GOD! FOR THE SECOND TEMPLE WAS VISITED BY GOD JESUS HIMSELF. WITHOUT HIM IT’S JUST A BUILDING, BUT IN HIS PRESENCE, WE FIND GLORY! 

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2Chronicles 29, Open the House of the LORD!

2Ch 29:1-2, Hezekiah became king when he was twenty-five years old… AND HE DID WHAT WAS RIGHT IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD, according to all that his father David had done.

In Scripture the true measure of a man is if he does right or wrong before the LORD! Nothing else matters, and today it’s still the same!

2Ch 29:3-5, In the first year of his reign, in the first month, HE OPENED THE DOORS OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD AND REPAIRED THEM. Then he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them in the East Square, and said to them: “HEAR ME, Levites! NOW SANCTIFY YOURSELVES, SANCTIFY THE HOUSE OF THE LORD GOD OF YOUR FATHERS, AND CARRY OUT THE RUBBISH FROM THE HOLY PLACE.

THE HOUSE OF THE LORD WAS SHUT DOWN AS IT IS TODAY; it was time to get the house of the LORD READY FOR ITS PEOPLE!

2Ch 29:10-11, “NOW IT IS IN MY HEART TO MAKE A COVENANT WITH THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL, that His fierce wrath may turn away from us. MY SONS, DO NOT BE NEGLIGENT NOW, FOR THE LORD HAS CHOSEN YOU TO STAND BEFORE HIM, TO SERVE HIM, and that you should minister to Him and burn incense.”

It was in Hezekiah’s heart to open the house of the LORD and to make a covenant with the LORD! HE also calls on the people to not forsake their calling, their true purpose in life!

2Ch 29:27-30, Then Hezekiah commanded them to offer the burnt offering on the altar. And when the burnt offering began, THE SONG OF THE LORD ALSO BEGAN, WITH THE TRUMPETS AND WITH THE INSTRUMENTS OF DAVID KING OF ISRAEL. SO ALL THE ASSEMBLY WORSHIPED, THE SINGERS SANG, AND THE TRUMPETERS SOUNDED; …the king and all who were present with HIM BOWED AND WORSHIPED…SO THEY SANG PRAISES WITH GLADNESS, AND THEY BOWED THEIR HEADS AND WORSHIPED. 

WE NEED TO GET BACK TO WORSHIPING THE KING OF kings AND THE LORD OF lords! We need to get back to what the LORD has called us to do. FOR HE HAS CHOSEN US, IN THIS WICKED AGE, TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT BEFORE THE LORD!

Jos 1:9, Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go. 

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1Kings 8, Dedicating the Temple, Prayer!

1Ki 8:41-42, “Moreover, concerning a foreigner, who is not of Your people Israel, but has come from a far country FOR YOUR NAME’S SAKE (FOR THEY WILL HEAR OF YOUR GREAT NAME AND YOUR STRONG HAND AND YOUR OUTSTRETCHED ARM), WHEN HE COMES AND PRAYS TOWARD THIS TEMPLE,  

Praying towards the Temple of God which many still do today even though the Temple is no longer standing! Gentiles will come to Israel for we know that there is only one GOD

1Ki 8:43, hear in heaven Your dwelling place, and DO ACCORDING TO ALL FOR WHICH THE FOREIGNER CALLS TO YOU, that all peoples of the earth MAY KNOW YOUR NAME AND FEAR YOU, as do Your people Israel, and that they may know that this temple which I have built is CALLED BY YOUR NAME.

Mal 1:11, …MY NAME SHALL BE GREAT AMONG THE GENTILES; In every place incense shall be offered to My name, And a pure offering; FOR MY NAME SHALL BE GREAT AMONG THE NATIONS,” Says the LORD of hosts. 

1Ki 8:57, May the LORD our God be with us, as He was with our fathers. MAY HE NOT LEAVE US NOR FORSAKE US, 

HE WILL NEVER LEAVE US FOR THE GENTILES, WHO ONCE WALKED IN DARKNESS, HAVE SEEN A GREAT LIGHT IN JESUS OUR LORD!

Isa 41:10, Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’ 

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1Kings 5, Building the Temple of GOD!

1Ki 5:5, And behold, I propose to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, AS THE LORD SPOKE TO MY FATHER DAVID, SAYING, “YOUR SON, WHOM I WILL SET ON YOUR THRONE IN YOUR PLACE, HE SHALL BUILD THE HOUSE FOR MY NAME.” 

The LORD told David that his son Solomon would build the house for the LORD! JESUS, THE SON, IS ALSO BUILDING A SPIRITUAL HOUSE FOR THE FATHER! HE IS THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE AND WE ARE LIVING STONES!

1Pe 2:5, YOU ALSO, AS LIVING STONES, ARE BEING BUILT UP A SPIRITUAL HOUSE, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 

1Ki 5:17, AND THE KING COMMANDED THEM TO QUARRY LARGE STONES, COSTLY STONES, and hewn stones, to lay the foundation of the temple. 

THESE SPIRITUAL STONES COST THE LORD EVERYTHING FOR HE WAS CUT OFF FROM THE LAND OF THE LIVING BUT NOT FOR HIMSELF!

1Pe 2:6, Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture, “BEHOLD, I LAY IN ZION A CHIEF CORNERSTONE, ELECT, PRECIOUS, AND HE WHO BELIEVES ON HIM WILL BY NO MEANS BE PUT TO SHAME.” 

SOLOMON BUILT A BEAUTIFUL TEMPLE FOR THE LORD WITH THE BEST MATERIALS! JESUS IS BUILDING HIS TEMPLE OUT OF PEOPLE WHO ONCE LIVED IN DARKNESS BUT WERE CALLED INTO HIS MARVELOUS LIGHT! WE AREN’T WORTHY BUT HE IS! TRUST IN HIM!