{"id":21679,"date":"2025-06-07T15:04:21","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T08:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hangtotgiare.com\/?page_id=21679"},"modified":"2026-02-13T21:51:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T14:51:32","slug":"c2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mtb.online\/en\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c2\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 2\u2014The Temple and Its Dedication"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"dropdown\">\n<p><button onclick=\"myFunction()\" class=\"dropbtn\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Chapter 2\u2014The Temple and Its Dedication<\/span><\/strong><\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"myDropdown\" class=\"dropdown-content\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/\">Prophets and Kings<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width:1%!important\">Page<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/foreword\/\">Foreword<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">9<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/intro\/\">Introduction\u2014The Vineyard of the Lord<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">15<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/s1\/\">Section 1\u2014From Strength to Weakness<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\"><\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c1\/\">Chapter 1\u2014Solomon<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">25<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c2\/\">Chapter 2\u2014The Temple and Its Dedication<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">35<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c3\/\">Chapter 3\u2014Pride of Prosperity<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">51<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c4\/\">Chapter 4\u2014Results of Transgression<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">61<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c5\/\">Chapter 5\u2014Solomon&#8217;s Repentance<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">75<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c6\/\">Chapter 6\u2014The Rending of the Kingdom<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">87<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c7\/\">Chapter 7\u2014Jeroboam<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">99<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c8\/\">Chapter 8\u2014National Apostasy<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">109<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/s2\/\">Section 2\u2014Prophets of the Northern Kingdom<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\"><\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c9\/\">Chapter 9\u2014Elijah the Tishbite<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">119<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c10\/\">Chapter 10\u2014The Voice of Stern Rebuke<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">129<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c11\/\">Chapter 11\u2014Carmel<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">143<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c12\/\">Chapter 12\u2014From Jezreel to Horeb<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">155<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c13\/\">Chapter 13\u2014\u201cWhat Doest Thou Here?\u201d<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">167<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c14\/\">Chapter 14\u2014\u201cIn the Spirit and Power of Elias\u201d<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">177<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c15\/\">Chapter 15\u2014Jehoshaphat<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">190<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c16\/\">Chapter 16\u2014The Fall of the House of Ahab<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">204<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c17\/\">Chapter 17\u2014The Call of Elisha<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">217<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c18\/\">Chapter 18\u2014The Healing of the Waters<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">229<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c19\/\">Chapter 19\u2014A Prophet of Peace<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">235<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c20\/\">Chapter 20\u2014Naaman<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">244<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c21\/\">Chapter 21\u2014Elisha&#8217;s Closing Ministry<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">254<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c22\/\">Chapter 22\u2014\u201cNineveh, That Great City\u201d<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">265<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c23\/\">Chapter 23\u2014The Assyrian Captivity<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">279<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c24\/\">Chapter 24\u2014\u201cDestroyed for Lack of Knowledge\u201d<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">293<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/s3\/\">Section 3\u2014A Preacher of Righteousness<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\"><\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c25\/\">Chapter 25\u2014The Call of Isaiah<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">303<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c26\/\">Chapter 26\u2014\u201cBehold Your God!\u201d<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">311<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c27\/\">Chapter 27\u2014Ahaz<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">322<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c28\/\">Chapter 28\u2014Hezekiah<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">331<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c29\/\">Chapter 29\u2014The Ambassadors From Babylon<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">340<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c30\/\">Chapter 30\u2014Deliverance From Assyria<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">349<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c31\/\">Chapter 31\u2014Hope for the Heathen<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">367<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/s4\/\">Section 4\u2014National Retribution<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\"><\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c32\/\">Chapter 32\u2014Manasseh and Josiah<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">381<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c33\/\">Chapter 33\u2014The Book of the Law<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">392<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c34\/\">Chapter 34\u2014Jeremiah<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">407<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c35\/\">Chapter 35\u2014Approaching Doom<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">422<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c36\/\">Chapter 36\u2014The Last King of Judah<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">440<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c37\/\">Chapter 37\u2014Carried Captive Into Babylon<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">452<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c38\/\">Chapter 38\u2014Light Through Darkness<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">464<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/s5\/\">Section 5\u2014In the Lands of the Heathen<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\"><\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c39\/\">Chapter 39\u2014In the Court of Babylon<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">479<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c40\/\">Chapter 40\u2014Nebuchadnezzar&#8217;s Dream<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">491<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c41\/\">Chapter 41\u2014The Fiery Furnace<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">503<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c42\/\">Chapter 42\u2014True Greatness<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">514<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c43\/\">Chapter 43\u2014The Unseen Watcher<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">522<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c44\/\">Chapter 44\u2014In the Lions\u2019 Den<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">539<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/s6\/\">Section 6\u2014After the Exile<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\"><\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c45\/\">Chapter 45\u2014The Return of the Exiles<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">551<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c46\/\">Chapter 46\u2014\u201cThe Prophets of God Helping Them\u201d<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">567<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c47\/\">Chapter 47\u2014Joshua and the Angel<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">582<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c48\/\">Chapter 48\u2014\u201cNot by Might, nor by Power\u201d<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">593<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c49\/\">Chapter 49\u2014In the Days of Queen Esther<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">598<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c50\/\">Chapter 50\u2014Ezra, the Priest and Scribe<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">607<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c51\/\">Chapter 51\u2014A Spiritual Revival<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">618<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c52\/\">Chapter 52\u2014A Man of Opportunity<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">628<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c53\/\">Chapter 53\u2014The Builders on the Wall<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">635<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c54\/\">Chapter 54\u2014A Rebuke Against Extortion<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">646<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c55\/\">Chapter 55\u2014Heathen Plots<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">653<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c56\/\">Chapter 56\u2014Instructed in the Law of God<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">661<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c57\/\">Chapter 57\u2014Reformation<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">669<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/s7\/\">Section 7\u2014Light at Eventide<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\"><\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c58\/\">Chapter 58\u2014The Coming of a Deliverer<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">681<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c59\/\">Chapter 59\u2014\u201cThe House of Israel\u201d<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">703<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/prophets-and-kings\/c60\/\">Chapter 60\u2014Visions of Future Glory<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">722<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The long-cherished plan of David to erect a temple to the Lord, Solomon wisely carried out. For seven years Jerusalem was filled with busy workers engaged in leveling the chosen site, in building vast retaining walls, in laying broad foundations,\u2014\u201cgreat stones, costly stones, and hewed stones,\u201d\u2014in shaping the heavy timbers brought from the Lebanon forests, and in erecting the magnificent sanctuary. 1 Kings 5:17. {PK 35.1}<\/p>\n<p>Simultaneously with the preparation of wood and stone, to which task many thousands were bending their energies, the manufacture of the furnishings for the temple was steadily progressing under the leadership of Hiram of Tyre, \u201ca cunning man, endued with understanding, &#8230; skillful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson.\u201d 2 Chronicles 2:13, 14. {PK 35.2}<\/p>\n<p>Thus as the building on Mount Moriah was noiselessly upreared with \u201cstone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor ax nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building,\u201d the beautiful fittings were perfected according to the patterns committed by David to his son, \u201call the vessels that were for the house of God.\u201d 1 Kings 6:7; 2 Chronicles 4:19. These included the altar of incense, the table of shewbread, the candlestick and lamps, with the vessels and instruments connected with the ministrations of the priests in the holy place, all \u201cof gold, and that perfect gold.\u201d 2 Chronicles 4:21. The brazen furniture,\u2014the altar of burnt offering, the great laver supported by twelve oxen, the lavers of smaller size, with many other vessels,\u2014\u201cin the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah.\u201d 2 Chronicles 4:17. These furnishings were provided in abundance, that there should be no lack. {PK 35.3}<\/p>\n<p>Of surpassing beauty and unrivaled splendor was the palatial building which Solomon and his associates erected for God and His worship. Garnished with precious stones, surrounded by spacious courts with magnificent approaches, and lined with carved cedar and burnished gold, the temple structure, with its broidered hangings and rich furnishings, was a fit emblem of the living church of God on earth, which through the ages has been building in accordance with the divine pattern, with materials that have been likened to \u201cgold, silver, precious stones,\u201d \u201cpolished after the similitude of a palace.\u201d 1 Corinthians 3:12; Psalm 144:12. Of this spiritual temple Christ is \u201cthe chief Cornerstone; in whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord.\u201d Ephesians 2:20, 21. {PK 36.1}<\/p>\n<p>At last the temple planned by King David, and built by Solomon his son, was completed. \u201cAll that came into Solomon&#8217;s heart to make in the house of the Lord,\u201d he had \u201cprosperously effected.\u201d 2 Chronicles 7:11. And now, in order that the palace crowning the heights of Mount Moriah might indeed be, as David had so much desired, a dwelling place \u201cnot for man, but for the Lord God\u201d (1 Chronicles 29:1), there remained the solemn ceremony of formally dedicating it to Jehovah and His worship. {PK 37.1}<\/p>\n<p>The spot on which the temple was built had long been regarded as a consecrated place. It was here that Abraham, the father of the faithful, had revealed his willingness to sacrifice his only son in obedience to the command of Jehovah. Here God had renewed with Abraham the covenant of blessing, which included the glorious Messianic promise to the human race of deliverance through the sacrifice of the Son of the Most High. See Genesis 22:9, 16-18. Here it was that when David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings to stay the avenging sword of the destroying angel, God had answered him by fire from heaven. See 1 Chronicles 21. And now once more the worshipers of Jehovah were here to meet their God and renew their vows of allegiance to Him. {PK 37.2}<\/p>\n<p>The time chosen for the dedication was a most favorable one\u2014the seventh month, when the people from every part of the kingdom were accustomed to assemble at Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles. This feast was preeminently an occasion of rejoicing. The labors of the harvest being ended and the toils of the new year not yet begun, the people were free from care and could give themselves up to the sacred, joyous influences of the hour. {PK 37.3}<\/p>\n<p>At the appointed time the hosts of Israel, with richly clad representatives from many foreign nations, assembled in the temple courts. The scene was one of unusual splendor. Solomon, with the elders of Israel and the most influential men among the people, had returned from another part of the city, whence they had brought the ark of the testament. From the sanctuary on the heights of Gibeon had been transferred the ancient \u201ctabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle\u201d (2 Chronicles 5:5); and these cherished reminders of the earlier experiences of the children of Israel during their wanderings in the wilderness and their conquest of Canaan, now found a permanent home in the splendid building that had been erected to take the place of the portable structure. {PK 38.1}<\/p>\n<p>In bringing to the temple the sacred ark containing the two tables of stone on which were written by the finger of God the precepts of the Decalogue, Solomon had followed the example of his father David. Every six paces he sacrificed. With singing and with music and with great ceremony, \u201cthe priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place.\u201d Verse 7. As they came out of the inner sanctuary, they took the positions assigned them. The singers\u2014Levites arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps\u2014stood at the east end of the altar, and with them a hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets. See Verse 12. {PK 38.2}<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the Lord; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the Lord, saying, For He is good; for His mercy endureth forever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the Lord; so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God.\u201d Verses 13, 14. {PK 38.3}<\/p>\n<p>Realizing the significance of this cloud, Solomon declared: \u201cThe Lord hath said that He would dwell in the thick darkness. But I have built an house of habitation for Thee, and a place for Thy dwelling forever.\u201d 2 Chronicles 6:1, 2. {PK 39.1}<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Lord reigneth;<br \/>\nLet the people tremble:<br \/>\nHe sitteth between the cherubims;<br \/>\nLet the earth be moved. {PK 39.2}<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Lord is great in Zion;<br \/>\nAnd He is high above all the people.<br \/>\nLet them praise Thy great and terrible name;<br \/>\nFor it is holy&#8230;. {PK 39.3}<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExalt ye the Lord our God,<br \/>\nAnd worship at His footstool;<br \/>\nFor He is holy.\u201d Psalm 99:1-5. {PK 39.4}<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the midst of the court\u201d of the temple had been erected \u201ca brazen scaffold,\u201d or platform, \u201cfive cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high.\u201d Upon this Solomon stood and with uplifted hands blessed the vast multitude before him. \u201cAnd all the congregation of Israel stood.\u201d 2 Chronicles 6:13, 3. {PK 39.5}<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlessed be the Lord God of Israel,\u201d Solomon exclaimed, \u201cwho hath with His hands fulfilled that which He spake with His mouth to my father David, saying, &#8230; I have chosen Jerusalem, that My name might be there.\u201d Verses 4-6. {PK 39.6}<\/p>\n<p>Solomon then knelt upon the platform, and in the hearing of all the people offered the dedicatory prayer. Lifting his hands toward heaven, while the congregation were bowed with their faces to the ground, the king pleaded: \u201cLord God of Israel, there is no God like Thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and showest mercy unto Thy servants, that walk before Thee with all their heart.\u201d {PK 40.1}<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWill God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain Thee; how much less this house which I have built? Have respect therefore to the prayer of Thy servant, and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which Thy servant prayeth before Thee: that Thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place whereof Thou hast said that Thou wouldest put Thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which Thy servant prayeth toward this place. Hearken therefore unto the supplications of Thy servant, and of Thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear Thou from Thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when Thou hearest, forgive&#8230;. {PK 40.2}<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against Thee; and shall return and confess Thy name, and pray and make supplication before Thee in this house; then hear Thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of Thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which Thou gavest to them and to their fathers. {PK 40.3}<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against Thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess Thy name, and turn from their sin, when Thou dost afflict them; then hear Thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of Thy servants, and of Thy people Israel, when Thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon Thy land, which Thou hast given unto Thy people for an inheritance. {PK 41.1}<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillars; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness there be: then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all Thy people Israel, when everyone shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in his house: then hear Thou from heaven Thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart Thou knowest; &#8230; that they may fear Thee, to walk in Thy ways, so long as they live in the land which Thou gavest unto our fathers. {PK 41.2}<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMoreover concerning the stranger, which is not of Thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for Thy great name\u2019s sake, and Thy mighty hand, and Thy stretched-out arm; if they come and pray in this house; then hear Thou from the heavens, even from Thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to Thee for; that all people of the earth may know Thy name, and fear Thee, as doth Thy people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by Thy name. {PK 41.3}<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that Thou shalt send them, and they pray unto Thee toward this city which Thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for Thy name; then hear Thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause. {PK 42.1}<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they sin against Thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,) and Thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near; yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto Thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly; if they return to Thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which Thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which Thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for Thy name: then hear Thou from the heavens, even from Thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive Thy people which have sinned against Thee. {PK 42.2}<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, my God, let, I beseech Thee, Thine eyes be open, and let Thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place. Now therefore arise, O Lord God, into Thy resting place, Thou, and the ark of Thy strength: let Thy priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let Thy saints rejoice in goodness. O Lord God, turn not away the face of Thine anointed: remember the mercies of David Thy servant.\u201d Verses 14-42. {PK 42.3}<\/p>\n<p>As Solomon ended his prayer, \u201cfire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices.\u201d The priests could not enter the temple because \u201cthe glory of the Lord had filled the Lord\u2019s house.\u201d \u201cWhen all the children of Israel saw &#8230; the glory of the Lord upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshiped, and praised the Lord, saying, For He is good; for His mercy endureth forever.\u201d {PK 45.1}<\/p>\n<p>Then king and people offered sacrifices before the Lord. \u201cSo the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.\u201d 2 Chronicles 7:1-5. For seven days the multitudes from every part of the kingdom, from the borders \u201cof Hamath unto the river of Egypt,\u201d \u201ca very great congregation,\u201d kept a joyous feast. The week following was spent by the happy throng in observing the Feast of Tabernacles. At the close of the season of reconsecration and rejoicing the people returned to their homes, \u201cglad and merry in heart for the goodness that the Lord had showed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel His people.\u201d Verses 8, 10. {PK 45.2}<\/p>\n<p>The king had done everything within his power to encourage the people to give themselves wholly to God and His service, and to magnify His holy name. And now once more, as at Gibeon early in his reign, Israel\u2019s ruler was given evidence of divine acceptance and blessing. In a night vision the Lord appeared to him with the message: \u201cI have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to Myself for an house of sacrifice. If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among My people; if My people, which are called by My name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. Now Mine eyes shall be open, and Mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place. For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that My name may be there forever: and Mine eyes and Mine heart shall be there perpetually.\u201d Verses 12-16. {PK 45.3}<\/p>\n<p>Had Israel remained true to God, this glorious building would have stood forever, a perpetual sign of God\u2019s especial favor to His chosen people. \u201cThe sons of the stranger,\u201d God declared, \u201cthat join themselves to the Lord, to serve Him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be His servants, everyone that keepeth the Sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of My covenant; even them will I bring to My holy mountain, and make them joyful in My house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon Mine altar; for Mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.\u201d Isaiah 56:6, 7. {PK 46.1}<\/p>\n<p>In connection with these assurances of acceptance, the Lord made very plain the path of duty before the king. \u201cAs for thee,\u201d He declared, \u201cif thou wilt walk before Me, as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe My statutes and My judgments; then will I establish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel.\u201d 2 Chronicles 7:17, 18. {PK 46.2}<\/p>\n<p>Had Solomon continued to serve the Lord in humility, his entire reign would have exerted a powerful influence for good over the surrounding nations, nations that had been so favorably impressed by the reign of David his father and by the wise words and the magnificent works of the earlier years of his own reign. Foreseeing the terrible temptations that attend prosperity and worldly honor, God warned Solomon against the evil of apostasy and foretold the awful results of sin. Even the beautiful temple that had just been dedicated, He declared, would become \u201ca proverb and a byword among all nations\u201d should the Israelites forsake \u201cthe Lord God of their fathers\u201d and persist in idolatry. Verses 20, 22. {PK 47.1}<\/p>\n<p>Strengthened in heart and greatly cheered by the message from heaven that his prayer in behalf of Israel had been heard, Solomon now entered upon the most glorious period of his reign, when \u201call the kings of the earth\u201d began to seek his presence, \u201cto hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.\u201d 2 Chronicles 9:23. Many came to see the manner of his government and to receive instruction regarding the conduct of difficult affairs. {PK 47.2}<\/p>\n<p>As these people visited Solomon, he taught them of God as the Creator of all things, and they returned to their homes with clearer conceptions of the God of Israel and of His love for the human race. In the works of nature they now beheld an expression of His love and a revelation of His character; and many were led to worship Him as their God. {PK 47.3}<\/p>\n<p>The humility of Solomon at the time he began to bear the burdens of state, when he acknowledged before God, \u201cI am but a little child\u201d (1 Kings 3:7), his marked love of God, his profound reverence for things divine, his distrust of self, and his exaltation of the infinite Creator of all\u2014all these traits of character, so worthy of emulation, were revealed during the services connected with the completion of the temple, when during his dedicatory prayer he knelt in the humble position of a petitioner. Christ\u2019s followers today should guard against the tendency to lose the spirit of reverence and godly fear. The Scriptures teach men how they should approach their Maker\u2014with humility and awe, through faith in a divine Mediator. The psalmist has declared: {PK 47.4}<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Lord is a great God,<br \/>\n And a great King above all gods&#8230;.<br \/>\n O come, let us worship and bow down:<br \/>\n Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.\u201d Psalm 95:3-6. {PK 48.1}<\/p>\n<p>Both in public and in private worship it is our privilege to bow on our knees before God when we offer our petitions to Him. Jesus, our example, \u201ckneeled down, and prayed.\u201d Luke 22:41. Of His disciples it is recorded that they, too, \u201ckneeled down, and prayed.\u201d Acts 9:40. Paul declared, \u201cI bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.\u201d Ephesians 3:14. In confessing before God the sins of Israel, Ezra knelt. See Ezra 9:5. Daniel \u201ckneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God.\u201d Daniel 6:10. {PK 48.2}<\/p>\n<p>True reverence for God is inspired by a sense of His infinite greatness and a realization of His presence. With this sense of the Unseen, every heart should be deeply impressed. The hour and place of prayer are sacred, because God is there. And as reverence is manifested in attitude and demeanor, the feeling that inspires it will be deepened. \u201cHoly and reverend is His name,\u201d the psalmist declares. Psalm 111:9. Angels, when they speak that name, veil their faces. With what reverence, then, should we, who are fallen and sinful, take it upon our lips! {PK 48.3}<\/p>\n<p>Well would it be for old and young to ponder those words of Scripture that show how the place marked by God\u2019s special presence should be regarded. \u201cPut off thy shoes from off thy feet,\u201d He commanded Moses at the burning bush, \u201cfor the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.\u201d Exodus 3:5. Jacob, after beholding the vision of the angel, exclaimed, \u201cThe Lord is in this place; and I knew it not&#8230;. This is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.\u201d Genesis 28:16, 17. {PK 49.1}<\/p>\n<p>In that which was said during the dedicatory services, Solomon had sought to remove from the minds of those present the superstitions in regard to the Creator, that had beclouded the minds of the heathen. The God of heaven is not, like the gods of the heathen, confined to temples made with hands; yet He would meet with His people by His Spirit when they should assemble at the house dedicated to His worship. {PK 49.2}<\/p>\n<p>Centuries later Paul taught the same truth in the words: \u201cGod that made the world and all things therein, seeing that He is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; neither is worshiped with men\u2019s hands, as though He needed anything, seeing He giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; &#8230; that they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after Him, and find Him, though He be not far from every one of us: for in Him we live, and move, and have our being.\u201d Acts 17:24-28. {PK 49.3}<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlessed is the nation whose God is the Lord;<br \/>\n And the people whom He hath chosen for His own inheritance.<br \/>\n The Lord looketh from heaven;<br \/>\n He beholdeth all the sons of men.<br \/>\n From the place of His habitation<br \/>\n He looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.\u201d {PK 50.1}<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Lord hath prepared His throne in the heavens;<br \/>\n And His kingdom ruleth over all.\u201d {PK 50.2}<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThy way, O God, is in the sanctuary:<br \/>\n Who is so great a God as our God?<br \/>\n Thou art the God that doest wonders:<br \/>\n Thou hast declared Thy strength among the people.\u201d Psalm 33:12-14; 103:19; 77:13, 14. {PK 50.3}<\/p>\n<p>Although God dwells not in temples made with hands, yet He honors with His presence the assemblies of His people. He has promised that when they come together to seek Him, to acknowledge their sins, and to pray for one another, He will meet with them by His Spirit. But those who assemble to worship Him should put away every evil thing. Unless they worship Him in spirit and truth and in the beauty of holiness, their coming together will be of no avail. Of such the Lord declares, \u201cThis people draweth nigh unto Me with their mouth, and honoreth Me with their lips; but their heart is far from Me.\u201d Matthew 15:8, 9. 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