Day 22 - 2 Chronicles 5

Narrator: Chris Genthree
2 Chronicles 5  •  2 min. read  •  grade level: 8
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V.1-10 We remember that the ark had been brought by David and put in a tent in Zion which was part of Jerusalem. Now the ark is brought into the finished temple and put in the holiest of all, under the wings of the cherubim. Of all the things which were in the temple, the ark is the most important, for it represents the presence of Christ as God. He was hidden behind the veil (curtain). In Exodus 19:16-19,16And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled. 17And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. 18And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. 19And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice. (Exodus 19:16‑19) we read of the frightening circumstances when God came down on to Mount Sinai. The reason why this same thing didn’t happen when God came down and sat on the ark in darkness was because of the veil. If God had gone out, everyone would have died, and no one could go past the veil into His presence (except the High Priest, once a year). But when Christ died on the cross, 1,500 years later, the veil was torn in two so that God could come out to meet us, and we can go boldly in to meet Him (Read carefully Heb. 10:19-2219Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; 21And having an high priest over the house of God; 22Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. (Hebrews 10:19‑22)). This is your privilege. Are you going in? All you need is a good conscience to be in the presence of God.
V.9 The staves had been in the sides of the ark to carry it, now in its final resting place they wouldn’t be used again.
V.11-14 The final act — the dedication of the finished temple to the Lord. Notice the total harmony (v. 13). If they were one in heart they would make one sound in worship — so will we.
V.13-14 God is well pleased with this completed work, and shows it by filling the house with a cloud that is God’s glory — the same cloud (glory) that had filled the tabernacle in the wilderness (Ex. 40:34-3534Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. 35And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. (Exodus 40:34‑35)).