Isaiah 58 Ministries Valentine’s Day, 2014
Pastor Leah Svensson
Teaching Text
1 Kings 8:1 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of
the tribes, the leaders of the fathers’ houses of the people of Israel, before
King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is
Zion. 2 And all the men of Israel assembled to King Solomon at the feast
in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month. 3 And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the
ark. 4 And they brought up the ark of the LORD, the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the tent;
the priests and the Levites brought them up. 5 And King Solomon and all the congregation of
Israel, who had assembled before him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing
so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered. 6 Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its
place in the inner sanctuary of the house, in the Most Holy Place, underneath the wings of the cherubim. 7 For the cherubim spread out their wings over the place of the ark,
so that the cherubim overshadowed the ark and its poles. 8 And the poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen
from the Holy Place before the inner sanctuary; but they could not be seen from
outside. And they are there to this day. 9 There was nothing in the ark except the
two tablets of stone(a) that Moses put there at Horeb, where the LORD made a covenant with the people of Israel, when they came out of
the land of Egypt. 10 And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, a cloud filled
the house of the LORD, 11 so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the
cloud, for the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD.
(a)
Ten Commandments
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Kings 8:27-39“But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the
highest heaven cannot contain you; how much less this house that I have
built! 28 Yet have
regard to the prayer of your servant and to his plea, O LORD my
God, listening to the cry and to the prayer that your servant prays before you
this day, 29 that may be
open night and day your eyes toward this house, the place of which you have
said, ‘My name shall be there,’ that you may listen to the prayer that your
servant offers toward this place. 30 And listen to
the plea of your servant and of your people Israel, when they pray toward this
place. And listen in heaven your dwelling place, and when you hear, forgive.
31 “If a man sins
against his neighbor and is made to take an oath and comes and swears his oath
before your altar in this house, 33 “When your
people Israel are defeated before the enemy because they have sinned against
you, and if they turn again to you and acknowledge your name and pray and plead
with you in this house, 34 then hear in
heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and bring them again to the
land that you gave to their fathers.
35 “When heaven
is shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against you, if they
pray toward this place and acknowledge your name and turn from their sin, when
you afflict them, 36 then hear in
heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel, when you teach
them the good way in which they should walk, and grant rain upon your land,
which you have given to your people as an inheritance.
37 “If there is famine in the land, if there is
pestilence or blight or mildew or locust or caterpillar, if their enemy
besieges them in the land at their gates, whatever plague, whatever
sickness there is, 38 whatever prayer, whatever plea is made by any man
or by all your people Israel, each knowing the affliction of his own heart and
stretching out his hands toward this house,39 then hear in heaven your dwelling place and
forgive and act and render to each whose heart you know, according to all his
ways (for you, you only, know the hearts of all the
children of mankind), 40 that
they may bless you
all the days that they live in the land that you gave to our fathers.
The hearts and minds of men are in the hands of God.
The Ark of the Covenant
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| God's Law |
New Testament was made between men and God. Blood was shed to seal this covenant. God sacrificed his only Son, Jesus, on the cross as a symbol of his agreement with men to forgive their sins, heal them, write his Ten Commandments on their hearts. God will be their Father and men will be transformed by the Power of the Holy Spirit, born again by the seed of Almighty God, to be Saints, Children of God.
Exodus29: 46 And they shall know that I
am the LORD their God, who brought
them out of the land of Egypt that I might dwell among them. I am the LORD their
God.
In Exodus19 God established his
covenant with men. God set them free
from oppression, (Egypt), and healed them.
Then God established his kingdom, his laws, The Ten
Commandments. God became King. He wrote Ten
Commandments for his chosen people to obey in order to a “good” King.
God’s laws are the same for everyone and the punishments for breaking those
laws are the same for everyone. God had established his government with men. As
King he will protect them, provide for them and bless their labors. God made
these men “priests” and the whole nation “Holy”.
“The Ark of the Covenant” is also called the Ark of the testimony.
Exodus 30: 6 And you shall put it in front of the veil that is above the ark of the testimony, in front of the mercy seat that is above the testimony, where I will meet with you.
The “testimony” or “Covenant” is “The Ten Commandments”. “The Ten Commandments” are God’s agreement with man and they are very, very holy. The Ten Commandments are the essence of God; who he is, what he does, how he rules the Universe.
Moses met with God in the presence of the “Covenant”, “Testimony”, “The Ten Commandments.” The High Priests who had the responsibility of praying once a year for the forgiveness of sin for the people did so in the Presence of “The Ten Commandments.”
God promised that the people could turn to God by looking towards the
“Temple, The Ark of the Covenant”.
Justice Teaching text: 1 Kings 8:32 then hear in
heaven and act and judge your servants, condemning the guilty by bringing his
conduct on his own head, and vindicating the righteous by rewarding him
according to his righteousness.
Forgiveness 1
Kings 8:27-39“But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the
highest heaven cannot contain you; how much less this house that I have
built! 28 Yet have
regard to the prayer of your servant and to his plea, O LORD my
God, listening to the cry and to the prayer that your servant prays before you
this day, 29 that may be
open night and day your eyes toward this house, the place of which you have said,
‘My name shall be there,’
that you may listen to the prayer that your servant offers toward this
place. 30 And listen to
the plea of your servant and of your people Israel, when they pray toward this
place. And listen in heaven your dwelling place, and when you hear, forgive.
Restoration 1
Kings 8:31 “If a man sins
against his neighbor and is made to take an oath and comes and swears his oath
before your altar in this house, 33 “When your
people Israel are defeated before the enemy because they have sinned against
you, and if they turn again to you and “acknowledge your name”
and pray and plead with you in this house, 34 then hear in heaven
and forgive the sin of your people Israel and bring them again to the land that
you gave to their fathers.
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| Old & New Testament The whole Bible in one sentence. |
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| Face to Face with God |
“Jesus”
Jesus in the form of a human body is
the “temple”. Deep within is the “Most Holy Place” where the “Ark of the Covenant”, “The Ten Commandments” are
placed. God’s name now lives in a temple, a body. Jesus testifies that God lives amongst
men.
See Hebrews, 1 Timothy below for scripture references
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| You! The Ark of the Covenant |
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| The presence of God with Man |
It takes “faith” in God to have his protection and to know the “tricks” of the devil to avoid falling or being “pushed and shoved” into sin. Continue to Part II; Shhhh......God is speaking to see “Great News”, build up, strengthen and restore your “faith.” Continue to Part III for all scripture references.
P.S. The secret of the Ten Commandments is honesty. Not from us, or others. God talks to us, we hear and then we speak what God has told us. Jesus is the "truth". The anointing is the truth. We can believe something is the truth but until Jesus says it is true we don't know for sure. All truth comes from asking God what is the truth? The just shall live by faith, not by what we can see, hear or even feel. For our flesh can be blind, not perceive the "whole truth". We would say someone is dead. Jesus says they are only sleeping. Jesus can resurrect Lazarus from the grave, we say his body now stinks. Peter said, no Jesus you will not die. Jesus says I came for that very reason: to die. Don't believe what you think is being honest until you have talked to God.
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