The Ark Brought to the Temple

 

 

2 Chronicles 5: 2-9

 

May 17, 2023

 

The Ark Brought to the Temple

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, in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Zion.  And all the men of Israel assembled before the king at the feast that is in the seventh month.  And all the elders of Israel came, and the Levites took up the ark.   

 

Being a king helped Solomon in this significant leadership role, in that he got full buy-in from the leaders of the fathers.  In the Church today and in my lifetime most pastors did not have these leadership skills.  As a leader, you should prepare the leaders of households to lead out in their families to join you in God’s plan for the home.  

 

We are allowing the world's concepts to control our families, and they have removed God or His Word, and the Word is Jesus from any authority over their lives.

And they brought up the ark, the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the tent; the Levitical priests brought them up.  And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who had assembled before him, were before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.  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.  The cherubim spread out their wings over the place of the ark so that the cherubim made a covering above the ark and its poles.  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.

 

When you have fathers leading their families under the authority of God's written word, you will see your world moving away from the empty concepts that end in fear and hate of others.  You will see the joy and giving as Solomon did and unity.

 

From the Back Porch,

Bob Rice