2 Chronicles 6:5-6 explains to origins of the nation of Israel!
5 Since the day that I brought My people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, that My Name might be there, neither chose I any man to be a ruler over My people Israel; 6 But I have chosen Jerusalem, that My Name [and the symbol of My presence] might be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.
The God of the Bible chose Israel as His own! HE set the Jewish people in this land and it STILL belongs to HIM and THEM! This first temple was built somewhere around 830 BC and Islam was not even started by Muhammad until about 600 AD! Jerusalem is not mentioned even one time in the entire Q'ran as a holy site of Islam. THAT is merely present day propaganda against the nation of Israel and the Jewish people! Be informed and don't believe the lies! The God of the Bible has said that those who bless Israel will be blessed and those who curse her will bring the curse upon themselves (Genesis 12:3)!
When Solomon prayed at the dedication of the Temple, THIS is what God did: 2 Chronicles 7:1-2:
1 WHEN SOLOMON had finished praying, the fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the Lord filled the house. 2 The priests could not enter the house of the Lord, because the glory of the Lord had filled the Lord's house.
Remember that as a born again believer, YOU are now that Temple! His Spirit lives IN you and He desires to FILL you to overflowing and to KEEP you filled! Find out more at our SWC website through the link on the left! Two other very important Truths that we see in today's Bible Reading in 2 Chronicles are found in 2 Chronicles 7:14:
14 If My people, who are called by My name, shall humble themselves, pray, seek, crave, and require of necessity My face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.
... and verses 19-22:
19 But if you [people] turn away and forsake My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you and go and serve other gods and worship them, 20 Then will I pluck [Israel] up by the roots out of My land which I have given [them]; and this house which I have hallowed for My Name will I cast out of My sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations. 21 And this house, which was so high, shall be an astonishment to everyone passing it, and they will say, Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house? 22 Then men will say, Because they forsook the Lord, the God of their fathers, Who brought them out of Egypt, and they laid hold of other gods and worshiped and served them; therefore has He brought all this evil upon them.
Everything that has happened to Israel over all of the years of their history has been a direct result of their obedience or disobedience to the God of the Bible! He has NEVER, and will NEVER let them go, but He has disciplined them according to His Word! He also promised to bring them back to the land and He has done it (Ezekiel 27:31)! Make sure that YOU are one of those who will BLESS Israel and YOU will be BLESSED! AMEN! Here is Lamb with "Enter His Gates":
Shalom in Him!
