2 Chronicles 6
What an incredible preview of Israel's future fortold in this prayer of Solomon. I find it interesting how many specific sinful acts and judgements Solomon projects as he prays for God to answer prayers made in this new house of God. So many of these are prayers of repentence for the very kinds of sins that Israel will indeed commit and prayers for the end of God's judgement for those same sins . . . judgements which will all come to Israel over time. This magnificent prayer is God's way of reaching the future generation of Israel which will soon fall into sin yet the present generation at the time of this prayer can hardly grasp the scope of it. So God uses the present to bring deliverance to the future. Isn't that just like God?!
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