“Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; and prosper thou, and build the house of the LORD thy God, as he hath said of thee.”
1 Chronicles 22:11 KJV
David prophesied and prayed over his son Solomon, to prepare Solomon to build a temple for God. “So now, son, God be with you. God-speed as you build the sanctuary for your God, the job God has given you.” God had given assurance to David, who greatly desired to build God’s sanctuary, that his son would build it. David therefore prepared his son Solomon to do this service to God that he had so earnestly desired to do himself. But the temple that Solomon built was destroyed, and the second temple that was built by those that returned from the Babylonian exile and which Herod enhanced was also destroyed. Ultimately, it was Jesus Who said, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” But He was speaking of the temple of His body. When He rose again, we who believe, rose with Him and now our body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in us, whom we have from God, and we are not our own, for we were bought at a price; therefore we glorify God in our body and in our spirit, which are God’s. Amen!
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