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QUESTION OF THE DAY
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 Benevolence Fund
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 Monthly Fellowships
 May (Beviers)
 June (Farrars)
 July (Woffords)
 Dinner Out Friday (NA)
 5th Sunday Breakfast (29 July)
 Quarterly Service Project
 Ends-of-the-earth project
update
 Judea Project?
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Phase Three Construction
Men’s Prayer Breakfast-8am (2 June)
Youth Camp (4-8 June)
Budget Cmte Mtg (6 June)
Adult I Couples Redbirds Game (8 June)
Kid’s Kamp (11–14 June)
Qtrly Business Mtg (13 June)
Ladies’ Prayer Breakfast (23 June)
Vacation Bible School (9-13 July)
Adult II Couples Class
QUESTION OF THE DAY
Iva May and Dr. Stan May
Creation: God reveals His goodness through creation and His
mercy in response to sin.
Patriarchs: God reveals His response to the faithful-ness of
men (Job, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph).
Exodus: God liberates Israel, and leads them to the Promised
Land and shapes them into a nation holy to Himself.
Conquest: Joshua, relying on God’s presence and power,
leads Israel to possess and settle the Promised Land.
Judges: Every man does what is right in his own eyes, and
Israel falls into a cycle of disobedience, judgment, oppression
and deliverance (the sin cycle).
• Israel asks for a king to be “like the
peoples” around them
• God anoints Saul
• Saul disobeys God and is rejected
• Serves a 40 year reign characterized by
war and conflict
• The LORD raises up David
• Leads Israel to become a world power
• Sins, but is quick to confess and seek
forgiveness
• Reigns 40 years
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David is seceded by his son Solomon
Builds the temple for his father
Wisest national leader ever
Later years characterized by a turning away from God
Reigns 40 years then kingdom divides
Context
• The Tent of Meeting has served
the people of Israel since the
time of Exodus
• David establishes his kingdom
but desires to build a permanent
temple for God
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God forbids David but promises to
establish his dynasty
David’s son would build the temple
• David amasses the materials for construction
• After his death, Solomon builds a magnificent
temple based on David’s design
Overview
• From the time God delivers His
people from Egypt, He desires
to dwell among His people.
• Israel’s first major construction project is the Tent of
Meeting (Tabernacle)
• The temple symbolizes God’s
desire to dwell among His
people and His manifest presence reflects His pleasure in
His people
God’s desire to be
with His people, and
His manifest presence
among His people
demonstrates His
grace on their lives
and distinguishes
them from all others.
The Promises Regarding the Temple
Moses tells Israel to look Forward to a Time
when God will have a Permanent Dwelling
place Among them
The Purposes of the Dwelling Place of God
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A place to come and seek the LORD(5a)
A place where the LORD would be found(5b)
A place of sacrifice to the LORD(6)
A place of fellowship with the LORD(7a)
A place of acknowledging the goodness of the LORD(7b)
The Promises Regarding the Temple
 David Desired to Build a Permanent Place for the
Name of God
 David’s history as a warrior prohibited God from allowing him to
construct the Temple
 David’s only role would be to plan and accumulate the materials for
construction
 1 Kings 6:1 & 11-13
 480 Years after Leaving Egypt, Solomon begins Building the Temple
 God’s presence in the temple is conditional (12-13)
• Obedience to God’s statutes
• Faithfulness to God’s ordinances
• Adherence to God’s commandments
 The Temple would not be enough; they must strive to live out God’s
Word to maintain His presence
The Completion of the Temple
It takes Seven Years, but Solomon and his
men Complete Construction of the Temple
Solomon Calls Together all the Elders, Priests
and People to Install the Ark of the Covenant
 The ark and holy utensils are brought into the temple
from the tent of meeting(4)
 The glory of the LORD fills the temple just as it did almost
500 years earlier(10,11)
Solomon then Leads Israel in Worship(15-21)
 Blesses the LORD for His faithfulness to his father David
 The people respond to the presence of God with worship
The King’s Prayer Regarding the Temple
 Solomon’s Prayer Indicates that he Understands the
Depths of God’s Character, Faithfulness and Mercies
 God is singular and unique in keeping His covenants and loving
the faithful (23)
 God is ‘bigger’ than the temple (or the heavens) (27)
 God hears prayer and forgives sin (30, 49-50)
 God judges both the wicked and the righteous (32)
 God chastises His people to get their attention (33,35,37)
 God alone knows the hearts of men (39)
 God intends that all nations know His name and fear Him (43)
 All men are sinners (46)
 God’s compassion is extended in the midst of His judgment (50)
The King’s Prayer Regarding the Temple
 Solomon’s Prayer of Dedication lists Eight Practical
Requests for the Prayers offered from His Temple
 Condemnation of the wicked/justice for the righteous (31-32)
 Restoration for those defeated and taken captive due to their
sins (33-34)
 Rain to relieve the judgment of drought and famine when the
people confess and turn from their sin (35-40)
 Blessing on the foreigner who calls upon the LORD (41-43)
 Victories in battle (44-45)
 Forgiveness and compassion when Israel sins and are taken
captive to a foreign land (46-51)
 God to attend to the prayers of His people (52-53)
• What does the design and purpose of the temple teach us?
• Sin is serious
• God is holy
• There is a singular method of approaching God
• Do God’s conditions (obedience, faithfulness) for His continued presence in Solomon’s temple still apply today?
• What would eventually happen to the temple?
• Because of Israel’s disobedience, Babylon would invade and
destroy the temple 400 years after it’s dedication
• What does this tell us about our fellowship with God?
• Paul wrote, “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for
good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in
them.” (Eph 2:10). What prevents many believers from understanding and fulfilling their purpose?
Conclusions
God raised up Solomon to build the temple that
He might have a dwelling place among His
people
The temple teaches the holiness of God, the seriousness of sin, and the singular way of approaching God
Bible literacy, obedience, and the manifestation
of God’s presence in a person’s (or nation’s) life
go hand in hand
 God’s ongoing presence in our lives is NOT unconditional
 The indwelling fellowship of the Holy Spirit in the temple of
our bodies is based on obedience
Conclusions
Real worship responds to the presence
of God
Fulfilling the purpose of God for your
life brings great joy.
 1 Kings 8:66 - On the eighth day he sent the
people away and they blessed the king. Then
they went to their tents joyful and glad of heart
for all the goodness that the Lord had shown to
David His servant and to Israel His people.
 Name one of the five Canaanite nations that were used as
slave labor for Solomon’s building projects.
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As for all the people who were left of the Amorites, the Hittites, the
Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, who were not of the sons of
Israel…from them Solomon levied forced laborers, even to this day.”
(1 Kings 9:20)
 What did the large bronze Sea in the inner court rest on,
and how were they configured? (3 part answer)
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“Now he made the sea of cast metal ten cubits from brim to brim…it
stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three
facing south, and three facing east; and the sea was set on top of
them, and all their rear parts turned inward.” (1 Kings 7:23-25)
 From what land did Solomon’s sailors return with 420
talents of gold?
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“They went to Ophir and took four hundred and twenty talents of
gold from there, and brought it to King Solomon.” (2 Kings 9:28)
 What were the names of the two pillars
in the front of the temple?
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“He erected the pillars in front of the temple, one on
the right and the other on the left, and named the one
on the right Jachin and the one on the left Boaz.” (2
Chron 3:17)
 It took Solomon seven years to
complete the temple. How long did it
take to complete his palace?
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“Now Solomon was building his own house thirteen
years, and he finished all his house.” (1 Kings 7:1)
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