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Listen to the supplication of Your servant and of Your people Israel, when they pray toward this place; hear in heaven Your dwelling place; hear and forgive.
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The ‘this place’ that King Solomon is speaking of in today’s verse is the Temple that he had built in Jerusalem. He said clearly that heaven is the Lord’s dwelling place and not the temple he had just completed. And, as a bit of an important aside, he completed it only after he first finished building his own home which took twice as long to build as the Temple!

That temple which was here on earth was later destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar, king of the Babylonians in 586 B.C. It was rebuilt later by the decree of Cyrus the Great king of Persia and finished in 515 B.C. Then it was defiled and defaced by the Seleucid Empire leading to the Maccabean wars from 167–141 B.C. and the eventual common use of the Greek language lasting throughout the ascent and fall of the Roman Empire, the next to rule the land of Israel.

The Jewish King Herod would then rebuild the Temple that was known to Jesus during His time on earth. And then it would be the Romans in 70A.D. who would destroy the temple, still gone to this day! (P.S.: I hope I did not bore you with this account of history, but please remember that it is, as always, His story)

I pray that we all know that while those temples of bricks and stones are gone, the temple of the living God is still there and thriving! “Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?” {1Cor.3:16} We, the faithful believers, are the living stones that are being built up as a spiritual house. We are built upon a choice stone, the cornerstone which (Who) had been rejected by men but approved by the Father—Yeshua haMashiach is His name in Hebrew, Jesus the Messiah!

So while this earth exists, remember that we are the place where people can connect with the Holy One of Israel. We are the ambassadors of that heavenly kingdom {2Cor.5:20}, who are called to proclaim the excellencies of Him who called us out of darkness and into His marvelous light. {1Pt.2:9}

There is a new heaven and a new earth that is coming as John saw. {Rev.21:1} John who wrote the Book of Revelation as the Lord showed him was allowed to see it in its glory. Relevant to today’s verse, perhaps one of the single most important things that he saw was what he actually did not see: He wrote, I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.” {Rev.21:22}

“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden; nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.” (Matthew 5:14-16)

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