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Another one…
When Solomon finished praying, a bolt of lightning out of heaven struck the Whole-Burnt-Offering and sacrifices and the Glory of God filled The Temple. The Glory was so dense that the priests couldnāt get ināGod so filled The Temple that there was no room for the priests! When all Israel saw the fire fall from heaven and the Glory of God fill The Temple, they fell on their knees, bowed their heads, and worshiped, thanking God: Yes! God is good! His love never quits! Then the king and all Israel worshiped, offering sacrifices to God. King Solomon worshiped by sacrificing 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep at the dedication of The Temple. The priests were all on duty; the choir and orchestra of Levites that David had provided for singing and playing anthems to the praise and love of God were all there; across the courtyard the priests blew trumpets. All Israelites were on their feet. Solomon set apart the central area of the courtyard in front of Godās Temple for sacred use and there sacrificed the Whole-Burnt-Offerings, Grain-Offerings, and fat from the Peace-Offeringsāthe Bronze Altar was too small to handle all these offerings. This is how Solomon kept the great autumn Feast of Booths. For seven days there were people there all the way from the far northeast (the Entrance to Hamath) to the far southwest (the Brook of Egypt)āa huge congregation. They started out celebrating for seven days, and then did it for another seven days, a week for dedicating the Altar and another for the Feast itselfātwo solid weeks of celebration! On the twenty-third day of the seventh month Solomon dismissed his congregation. They left rejoicing, exuberant over all the good God had done for David and Solomon and his people Israel. Solomon completed building The Temple of God and the royal palaceāthe projects he had set his heart on doing. Everything was doneāsuccess! Satisfaction! God appeared to Solomon that very night and said, āI accept your prayer; yes, I have chosen this place as a temple for sacrifice, a house of worship. If I ever shut off the supply of rain from the skies or order the locusts to eat the crops or send a plague on my people, and my people, my God-defined people, respond by humbling themselves, praying, seeking my presence, and turning their backs on their wicked lives, Iāll be there ready for you: Iāll listen from heaven, forgive their sins, and restore their land to health. From now on Iām alert day and night to the prayers offered at this place. Believe me, Iāve chosen and sanctified this Temple that you have built: My Name is stamped on it forever; my eyes are on it and my heart in it always. As for you, if you live in my presence as your father David lived, pure in heart and action, living the life Iāve set out for you, attentively obedient to my guidance and judgments, then Iāll back your kingly rule over Israelāmake it a sure thing on a sure foundation. The same covenant guarantee I gave to David your father Iām giving to you, namely, āYou can count on always having a descendant on Israelās throne.ā āBut if you or your sons betray me, ignoring my guidance and judgments, taking up with alien gods by serving and worshiping them, then the guarantee is off: Iāll wipe Israel right off the map and repudiate this Temple Iāve just sanctified to honor my Name. And Israel will be nothing but a bad joke among the peoples of the world. And this Temple, splendid as it now is, will become an object of contempt; tourists will shake their heads, saying, āWhat happened here? Whatās the story behind these ruins?ā Then theyāll be told, āThe people who used to live here betrayed their God, the very God who rescued their ancestors from Egypt; they took up with alien gods, worshiping and serving them. Thatās whatās behind this God-visited devastation.āā
2 Chronicles 7:1ā-ā¬22 MSG
https://bible.com/bible/97/2ch.7.1-22.MSG

