From II Chronicles 7 - 9:
1. Can you imagine making a prayer and then seeing fire come down from heaven and consume the offering that you were making? Wow!!!! I think I would be talking about that for years and years in my testimony!
2. God promised to bless David's descendants. However, what God promised to Solomon (by speaking to him - another thing I would be talking about for years in my testimony) had definite conditions. He had to continue to follow God and not worship idols. God already knew what would happen, because I am sure that by this point Solomon had already begun taking too many wives.
3. I think II Chronicles 8:11 pretty much tells where the problem was going to be, as he built a separate place for his wife from Egypt, in spite of the fact that he had admitted by doing this that she would not be pleasing to God.
4. No Dewey Decimal System - It says that all the things Solomon did were recorded in the records of Nathan the prophet, the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite and the visions of Iddo the seer. I wonder what happened to all these records. Did the royal librarian not do their job and keep these accounts safe? Or was it because they did not yet have the Dewey Decimal system?
5. I also wonder why it lists Iddo the seer's account regarding Jeroboam as having information about Solomon.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Indiana Jones Notes
From II Chronicles 4 - 6:
1. II Chronicles 3:18 says that there was quite a large number of bronze items made - to the point that the weight of the items could not be determined. I read recently that a group of archeologists found a place in Israel that was originally a place where there was a large amount of metal processing (perhaps it was bronze - I can't recall) and they directly attributed it to Solomon's time based upon some form of dating / aging.
2. It is interesting that it mentions bringing the Ark of the Lord's Covenant from Zion to Jerusalem. I wonder if that meant from a particular place in Jerusalem (like the forbidden city in China - bringing something into Beijing to there), or if there was some other meaning.
3. It again mentions that the Ark and Tent of Meeting were brought up - not sure from where. Another idea is that (since Jerusalem is on a hill, as I understand it) the Tent of Meeting / Ark were down below - maybe at the base of the hill or something along those lines.
4. It says that the amount of animals sacrificed could not even be counted. Now that is amazing! I wish everyone were as excited about serving God and giving to Him as they were at this time.
5. Indiana Jones Notes - At this point there was only the two tablets contained in the Ark. This might be valuable information if you are Indiana Jones - as you will be able to identify the real Ark vs. a fake.
6. The prayer recorded that Solomon made to God is really awesome. He mentions that only God can see the heart. This goes hand in hand with I Samuel 16:7.
7. It is interesting that Solomon even intercedes on the behalf of foreigners - that they also have the privilege of praying there to God and having their prayers be heard.
1. II Chronicles 3:18 says that there was quite a large number of bronze items made - to the point that the weight of the items could not be determined. I read recently that a group of archeologists found a place in Israel that was originally a place where there was a large amount of metal processing (perhaps it was bronze - I can't recall) and they directly attributed it to Solomon's time based upon some form of dating / aging.
2. It is interesting that it mentions bringing the Ark of the Lord's Covenant from Zion to Jerusalem. I wonder if that meant from a particular place in Jerusalem (like the forbidden city in China - bringing something into Beijing to there), or if there was some other meaning.
3. It again mentions that the Ark and Tent of Meeting were brought up - not sure from where. Another idea is that (since Jerusalem is on a hill, as I understand it) the Tent of Meeting / Ark were down below - maybe at the base of the hill or something along those lines.
4. It says that the amount of animals sacrificed could not even be counted. Now that is amazing! I wish everyone were as excited about serving God and giving to Him as they were at this time.
5. Indiana Jones Notes - At this point there was only the two tablets contained in the Ark. This might be valuable information if you are Indiana Jones - as you will be able to identify the real Ark vs. a fake.
6. The prayer recorded that Solomon made to God is really awesome. He mentions that only God can see the heart. This goes hand in hand with I Samuel 16:7.
7. It is interesting that Solomon even intercedes on the behalf of foreigners - that they also have the privilege of praying there to God and having their prayers be heard.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Meet Bob, my fireplace! And here is Charlene, our sofa!
From II Chronicles 1 - 3:
1. God was pleased that Solomon was interested in doing a good job with the task he had been given by God - that of being king. It is important that we try to do our best at the tasks that God gives us too, whether they include raising children, being a missionary or minister or working in a workplace somewhere. We should seek to do it with all of our heart, as unto the Lord - so that He will be pleased and His name will be glorified. It was because of this attitude that God blessed Solomon greatly with many other things.
2.Solomon does a great job of being a good witness early on - even the king of Tyre praises God for the fact that Solomon is a wise king. That should be the purpose of us doing a good job - not for our own praise, but rather so that God will be praised.
3. Being an alien in Israel meant hard work. However, I am wondering about this, because later we will see that the people of Israel complained to his son Rehoboam about all the work they had to do for Solomon. I am certain that the number of people listed is aliens, because God would have punished Solomon if he had counted the fighting men that David wanted to count (also the number is too small), but I am wondering what the rest of the Israelite people had to do in this effort (other than supervising).
4. I wonder what is significant about the gold of Parvaim. Is it more pure, of a better quality, or just harder to obtain? Could one tell from inspection that the gold was of this type?
5. Meet Bob, my fireplace! And here is Charlene, our sofa! - I also wonder why the pillars were named. Just suppose that we went around naming architectural features of our houses. What a different world it would be.
1. God was pleased that Solomon was interested in doing a good job with the task he had been given by God - that of being king. It is important that we try to do our best at the tasks that God gives us too, whether they include raising children, being a missionary or minister or working in a workplace somewhere. We should seek to do it with all of our heart, as unto the Lord - so that He will be pleased and His name will be glorified. It was because of this attitude that God blessed Solomon greatly with many other things.
2.Solomon does a great job of being a good witness early on - even the king of Tyre praises God for the fact that Solomon is a wise king. That should be the purpose of us doing a good job - not for our own praise, but rather so that God will be praised.
3. Being an alien in Israel meant hard work. However, I am wondering about this, because later we will see that the people of Israel complained to his son Rehoboam about all the work they had to do for Solomon. I am certain that the number of people listed is aliens, because God would have punished Solomon if he had counted the fighting men that David wanted to count (also the number is too small), but I am wondering what the rest of the Israelite people had to do in this effort (other than supervising).
4. I wonder what is significant about the gold of Parvaim. Is it more pure, of a better quality, or just harder to obtain? Could one tell from inspection that the gold was of this type?
5. Meet Bob, my fireplace! And here is Charlene, our sofa! - I also wonder why the pillars were named. Just suppose that we went around naming architectural features of our houses. What a different world it would be.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
A Note and three chapters
I again want to thank my faithful readers for reading more faithfully than I have been writing. I apologize. We will see how long I can sustain the effort to blog this time. God bless.
From I Chronicles 27 - 29:
1. In Chronicles 27:23 it says that David did not take the number of men below the age of 20. That is an interesting fact.
2.I had no idea that David had an uncle named Jonathan who was a man of insight.
3. I also never realized that David had a great hand in the original design of the Temple, though he did not actually build it himself.
From I Chronicles 27 - 29:
1. In Chronicles 27:23 it says that David did not take the number of men below the age of 20. That is an interesting fact.
2.I had no idea that David had an uncle named Jonathan who was a man of insight.
3. I also never realized that David had a great hand in the original design of the Temple, though he did not actually build it himself.
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