2 Crônicas 5

2 Crônicas 5

Meyer - Then the House was filled with a Cloud. This was the bright Shekinah cloud, the symbol of the Divine Presence, which had shone for Moses in the bush, and led the march through the desert. It was as though God had found a rest. And as it settled upon the Most Holy Place, it was as though God said, This is my rest forever; here will I dwell, for I have desired it. The Most Holy Place is the symbol of our spirit, meant to be the abiding-place and home of God; and shall we not invite the blessed Shekinah cloud to enter thither, addressing it in the words of the Psalm, “Arise, O Lord, into thy resting-place, Thou and the ark of Thy strength.” Because where He comes to abide He abundantly blesses the provision, and satisfies the poor with bread; He clothes His priests with salvation, and makes His saints shout aloud for joy: He erects the horn of strength and prepares the lamp of light. What were the conditions of this incoming?— First, UNITY.— “The trumpeters and singers were as one.” We must put away strife, divisions, variance, and evil-speaking. Our heart and life must be full of love. When the disciples were with one accord, in one place, the Spirit descended. Second, HEARTINESS.— “They lifted up their voice.” There was every symptom of sincerity and fervor. Third, THANKSGIVING AND PRAISE.— “They praised the Lord, saying, He is good, for His mercy endureth forever.” No refrain occurs oftener in the Bible than this. It is an exquisite expression of the heart’s joy and rest in God. Let us sing it in our darkest, as well as gladdest hours, full of trust, thanksgiving, and praise. James Butler - THE PRESENCE OF GOD 2 Chronicles 5:13 (Sermon Starters) “It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth forever; that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the Lord” (2 Chronicles 5:13). If the presence of God did not come to the Temple, all the building of the Temple would have been vain. The Temple was built for the presence of God. Solomon and the people wanted God with them. That is more than you can say for much of our land. Most people, as illustrated by out court decisions, do not want the presence of God. In fact, they don’t want any reminders of God around. But unless the presence of God comes upon us, we are doomed to a barren and meaningless existence and a terrible judgment for eternity. We note two things in our text that must occur before God’s presence comes to the Temple or to any place or people. FIRST—THE HARMONY FOR ITS COMING “Trumpeters and singers were as one.” Yes, this speaks primarily of the music involved. There was to be harmony in the music. The instruments and the voices were to go together. They were to be in the same key. Once in my Detroit church the organist played in one key and the pianist stubbornly played in another key. The incident happened during an invitation in evangelistic services. We replaced the piano player. In principle this oneness of the music speaks of attitude of the people. There must be an agreeing attitude that wants the presence of God. When the great blessing came upon the people at Pentecost, it was when the people assembled were “all with one accord in one place” (Acts 2:1). This unity is not to be confused with the ecumenical movement which attempts to bring unity among true and false and good and evil. Unity will never occur in our churches unless we throw out the dissidents who cause so much friction in the church. SECOND—THE HALLELUJAH FOR ITS COMING “Thanking the Lord … praised the Lord, saying, For He is good.” Before the presence of God comes upon the people (the temple here) there must be honor for God. God does not bless people with His presence unless He is honored. • Praise for the conduct of God. “Thanking the Lord.” Some of the Hallelujah was to be thanksgiving. When we thank God we praise Him. We have much to thank Him for in our lives. • Praise for the character of God. “He is good.” The world is not so sure that God is good. If anything goes wrong, they blame all their troubles on God which does not say, “He is good.” • Praise for the compassion of God. “His mercy endureth.” Indeed apart from His mercy, we would all be annihilated. Any blessing we receive is a result of His mercy. 2 Chronicles 5:14 so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God. the priests (KJV): 2Ch 7:2 1Ti 6:16 the glory (KJV): Ex 40:35 Isa 6:1-4 Eze 10:4 Rev 15:8 so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud - See comments on 1Ki 8:11. This is the famous Shekinah glory, which marked the visible evidence of the presence of the LORD and also was a sign of His approval of the Temple. For the glory of the LORD filled the house of God - Where is the "house of God" today? The bodies of believers are His temple today. This begs the question, does His Spirit daily fill you and control you? After the declaration of God’s attributes of goodness and love (ḥesed), the temple is filled with a cloud, reminiscent of the cloud that filled the tabernacle in the wilderness following its completion (cf. Ex 40:34–35). Similarly, at the beginning of 2Ch 6 Solomon notes that “the LORD has said that he would dwell in a dark cloud” The cloud communicates the awesomeness of God’s presence and his unapproachable glory. Defender's Study Bible - With the coming of the Shekinah glory, God thus showed His acceptance of the temple as His symbolic dwelling place, just as He had the tabernacle in the wilderness (Exodus 40:34). As the glory once departed when the ark was taken from the tabernacle by the Philistines (1 Samuel 4:22), so also it later departed when Solomon's temple (SEE Departure of the Glory of Jehovah from Solomon's Temple) was plundered and the people taken away to Babylon (2 Chronicles 36:17-20; Ezekiel 10:18;11:23). The glory returned for a time when "the Word was made flesh, and tabernacled among us, and we beheld His glory...", at least, in a spiritual sense (John 1:14). It will be present forever in the heavenly temple, the New Jerusalem, when it comes to Earth, "having the glory of God" (Revelation 21:11). Believer's Study Bible - The cloud of the glory of the Lord was visibly present with His people at the dedication of the temple, just as it was during their deliverance from Egypt (cf. 2Ch 7:1-3; Ex. 13:21, 22; 14:19, 20, 24; 19:16; 24:16-18; 40:34-38; Num. 10:11, 12, 34; Deut. 4:11; 5:22; 31:14, 15; 1 Kin. 8:11). The purpose of the glory-cloud was not to indicate that God had just arrived, since He is omnipresent. Rather, the cloud was a visual symbol of God's dynamic presence, a pledge of His redemptive activity on behalf of Israel, and a sign of the acceptability of the new temple and its worship (cf. Num. 9:15, note). As in the days of Moses, Israel was experiencing a new beginning with new possibilities. 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