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Episode 35: 1 Kings 8:54-66 Blessing the People with God

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We worked through the end of chapter 8. In this section Solomon rises from the prayer of dedication and the passage tells us he blesses the people. It is really interesting that it states this is a blessing on the people because what Solomon does is bless God for giving rest to His people as He promised. Then Solomon blesses the people with God being with them and inclining their hearts to Him to keep His commandments, statutes and rules. He charges them to keep their hearts true to God. Basically if you consider the content of this blessing even though it is really directed at God and being true to Him then you have the best possible blessing Solomon could give to the people. He is blessing them with a pursuit of God and obedience to Him. There is quite literally nothing better we could wish for anyone in this life. The passage then turns from Solomon’s blessing to the sacrifices offered and the feast which they held. We noted the fact that one of the sacrifices was a peace offering. The peace offering was asking for peace with God. The idea was for God to forgive them for their sins. In this offering the fat of the animal being sacrificed was offered to God. Some of the meat was given to the priest and the rest of the animal was to be consumed by the one offering the sacrifice and their family within 2 days. It was to celebrate the promise of God forgiving them of their sins. In essence the offering was a meal shared with God celebrating the reconciliation they were to enjoy through the sacrifice. After the week of dedicating the temple and making sacrifices the people left on the eighth day joyful and glad of heart. This all took place during the feast of tabernacles. All of these things really foreshadow the ultimate sacrifice and reconciliation which was to come to be found in Jesus when He came and tabernacled in the body God prepared for Him.

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We worked through the end of chapter 8. In this section Solomon rises from the prayer of dedication and the passage tells us he blesses the people. It is really interesting that it states this is a blessing on the people because what Solomon does is bless God for giving rest to His people as He promised. Then Solomon blesses the people with God being with them and inclining their hearts to Him to keep His commandments, statutes and rules. He charges them to keep their hearts true to God. Basically if you consider the content of this blessing even though it is really directed at God and being true to Him then you have the best possible blessing Solomon could give to the people. He is blessing them with a pursuit of God and obedience to Him. There is quite literally nothing better we could wish for anyone in this life. The passage then turns from Solomon’s blessing to the sacrifices offered and the feast which they held. We noted the fact that one of the sacrifices was a peace offering. The peace offering was asking for peace with God. The idea was for God to forgive them for their sins. In this offering the fat of the animal being sacrificed was offered to God. Some of the meat was given to the priest and the rest of the animal was to be consumed by the one offering the sacrifice and their family within 2 days. It was to celebrate the promise of God forgiving them of their sins. In essence the offering was a meal shared with God celebrating the reconciliation they were to enjoy through the sacrifice. After the week of dedicating the temple and making sacrifices the people left on the eighth day joyful and glad of heart. This all took place during the feast of tabernacles. All of these things really foreshadow the ultimate sacrifice and reconciliation which was to come to be found in Jesus when He came and tabernacled in the body God prepared for Him.

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