​Day 163 – June 12, 2021

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​Day 163 – June 12, 2021
Scriptures: 1 Kings 8, 1 Corinthians 9
 
The Presence of the Lord
 
Solomon honors God, and welcomes his presence into the temple in great ceremonial fashion. It is a wonderful celebration and a call to the God of Israel to bless the temple and its function for their relationship with him. 
 
Solomon pleads with God, or asks of his blessing of the temple that it would function much like the tabernacle did. It would be a place in which the people of God could return to the Lord and seek his forgiveness.
 
The temple will be destroyed and rebuilt. Eventually in AD 70 it will be destroyed and never rebuilt again.
 
How will the people of God relate to God and return to Him? Paul’s preaching throughout the New Testament addresses this question.
 
In the person Jesus Christ, there is forgiveness of sins, and the gift of God’s presence. This will make up a great deal of Paul’s preaching. 
 
Paul mentions the temple. He brings up that there are those who receive funds for the sake of their ministry in the temple, and why shouldn’t he? That’s the bulk of what 1 Corinthians 9 is about. But my attention is on the content of his preaching. The Gospel that proclaims there is a new way in which the people come to God, it is through Jesus Christ!
The new temple is the church, a people filled with the Spirit of Christ, for the glory of God.
 
Jordan