Our reading challenge for the day is 1 Kings 6-10. I’ll hit a few highlights. You make comments too and fill in the gaps. What strikes you as specially significant?
1 Kings 6 - God affirms Solomon’s work of building a temple, but he emphasizes the more important work of living a life according to God’s commands.
1 Kings 7 - We see after all of Solomon’s work on the temple that he spends more time and effort on his own palace.
1 Kings 8 - Filling the temple and consecrating it is an elaborate state affair, full of sacrifices and reverence. It is centered on God’s work to forgive his people and to bring them to Jerusalem, both the center of state authority and the place where God has made himself accessible. See the theme of repentance and forgiveness.
1 Kings 9 - God again appears to Solomon telling him to walk before Him in integrity. The promise of God here is conditional, based on Solomon’s obedience.
1 Kings 10 - Solomon’s greatness and wisdom is known through the world. yet we see him continuing to consolidate his power, being more like the kings of whom Samuel had warned. What do we do with riches and power?
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