The Glory of God
in 1 Kings
Ruling in the fear of God
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Many, O Lord my God, are Your wonderful works that You have done for us, and Your thoughts that are toward us: they are too many to be counted.’ Psalm 40:5
3When king David was old, he couldn’t get warm, so a contest was held in the kingdom and a beautiful young virgin was found to be lay beside him to keep him warm.
He told Solomon, ‘Keep the charge of the Lord your God, walk in His ways, follow all He has written so that you will prosper in all you do.’
‘Man doesn’t live by bread alone but by every word from the mouth of God.’ Matthew 4:4
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When Solomon ruled, the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, Ask what I will give you. Solomon said, I am but a little child: Your people are a great people, too many to count. Give me an understanding heart to judge your people, to discern between good and evil. His words pleased the Lord and God said,
‘I have given you a wise heart like no other. And I have given you riches and honor like no other.’
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God gave him wisdom as the sand that is on the seashore. All the kings of the earth came to hear his wisdom.
In the 480th year after the children of Israel came out of Egypt, Solomon began to build the house of the Lord. He overlaid the whole house with gold and set 15 ft. tall Cherubim of gold in the holy of holies overshadowing the Ark of the Covenant,
God’s throne on earth.
When the priests came out of the holy place,
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after offerings, the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord.’
May you know ‘the riches of the Glory of His inheritance in the saints, the fullness of Him that fills all in all.’ Ephesians 1:23
‘Solomon said, Lord God, there is no God like You, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who guards covenant and mercy to those that walk before You.
Will God truly dwell on the earth?
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Behold, the heaven and heaven above the heavens cannot contain You. Not one word has failed of all you promised.
‘Set our hearts to walk in all Your ways that all the people of the earth may know that the Lord is God, and that there is no other.’
1 Kings 8:58
The Lord answered, ‘I have hallowed this house, My eyes and My heart will be there always.
Since the cross Christ dwells in our hearts.
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Solomon had 700 wives and 300 concubines, and they turned his heart from the Lord. So. the Lord ‘stirred up’ enemies against him.
‘When a man's ways please the Lord, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.’ Proverbs 16:7
Down through Israel’s history each king was measured by the standard of David, the man ‘after God’s own heart who did all His will.’
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If they did, their reign was long and prosperous, if not, for the good of everyone, it was cut short, stopping the evil.
Elijah, God’s prophet said to king Ahab, ‘As the Lord God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there will be no dew or rain these years, unless I say.’
Then the Lord told Elijah, ‘Go east and hide by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
Drink from the brook.
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I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.’
‘The ravens brought him bread and meat morning and evening;
and he drank of the brook.’ 1 Kings 17:1-6
When the brook dried up the Lord sent Elijah to a widow in Zarepath. All she had was a bit of flour and a cruse of oil. The Lord promised, The barrel of meal will not empty, or the oil be gone, until the day that the Lord sends rain on the earth.’
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When her son fell sick and died, Elijah prayed, Let this child's soul come into him again, and he revived. The widow said,
Now I know the word of the Lord in you is truth.
1 Kings 17
Nearly 3 years later the Lord sent Elijah to Ahab. When Ahab saw Elijah, He said, You troubler of Israel!
Elijah said, Not me, it’s you. You have forsaken the Lord and followed evil.
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Go gather all Israel to mount Carmel. When all were there, they made two altars. ‘The one who answers by fire, He is God.’
Ahab’s prophets called all day to their gods but got no answer. The Elijah said, Lord, let it be known today
that You are God in Israel.
Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice,
the wood, the stones, the dust, and licked up the water in the trench.
When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces
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and they said, The Lord, He is the God; the Lord, He is the God.
The queen sent death threats and Elijah ran and hid. The Lord said, What are you doing here Elijah? Go stand on the mount. And the Lord passed by, first a strong wind tore the mountains; then an earthquake; after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the wind, earthquake, or fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
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He that dwells in the secret place of the Most High will abide under the shadow of the Almighty.’
‘He will cover you with His feathers.1,000 will fall at your side, and 10,000 at your right hand; but it won’t come near you.’
‘Because you made the Lord, the Most High, your dwelling place no evil come near you or your dwelling.’
‘And you will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.’ Psalm 23:6
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Our dwelling place in all generations