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1 Kings 8:27 · BSB
8:27 But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
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…just listen. But there are several passages in the Bible that reveal to us the character of the being and the nature of God. And so first of all,1 Kings chapter 8 verse 27. It's on your sheet. It's when Solomon has built a great temple in Jerusalem. And he's dedicating the temple and he's praying to God. Listen to his…
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…to contain their gods and to have a location. But here at the inauguration of the most expensive building project, Solomon himself says this in1 Kings chapter 8, verse 27. He says this, but will God indeed dwell on the earth? Question mark. Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you. How much less this…
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…are saying is there's a correlation. All of creation is God's temple, All of it. He reigns over everything and the creation is full of His glory.First Kings chapter 8, verse 27in his prayer of dedication, Solomon says this. But God will you indeed dwell on the earth. Behold, heaven, and the highest heaven cannot contain…
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…ended up building it. Verse 48. However, the Most High does not live in houses made by human hands. He said, Solomon himself pointed this out in1 Kings 8:27. But then also the prophet Isaiah said it in Isaiah 66. As the prophet says, Heaven is my throne and earth is my footstool. What kind of house will…
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…that point, he goes on and he says, He does not live in temples made by man. See, this creator God, he is bigger than. If you look back at1 Kings chapter 8, verse 27, Solomon, when he is dedicating the temple, this great temple that Solomon built, the temple that Israel has always strove to get back to. In 1…
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…instituted. That is what Jesus was teaching in the temple. Hallelujah. Do you know that the evil Solomon, when he dueled the temple, let's turn to1 Kings 8 verse 27. Solomon, even when he built the temple, he was the first person to build the temple, right? Was he the one that established the temple? Who…
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…parted, the walls of Jericho came down. God was with them. God is everywhere, by the way. God is everywhere with his whole being at all times.First Kings 8:27says, Behold the heaven, and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee. I think about Solomon as he is praying there in 1 Kings chapter 8. They had…
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…space is where the stars are and Genesis 22 verse 17 is where we find that. But then we also read of another heaven, the highest heaven asFirst Kings 8 verse 27puts it. And that's where Jesus went. Hebrews 9 verse 24 says, For Christ did not enter a holy place made with hands, a mere copy of the true one,…
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…prayer in the Old Testament, you know, when he says, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you. He cannot contain you. We see that there in1 Kings 8, verse 27. Now, now this doesn't mean that he is merely bigger than the space that the universe occupies. Okay? We have to be really careful that we…
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