#653 – God's Glory Among the Nations (1 Kings 8:41–43)
Pray the Word with David Platt
David Platt
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🗓️ 24 May 2019
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Even tucked away in 1 Kings, we see God's heart for the nations. He is worthy of the praise of all the peoples on the earth.
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| 0:00.0 | Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from radical. net. |
| 0:06.0 | First Kings chapter 8 verses. |
| 0:10.3 | Likewise, when a foreigner who is not of your people Israel comes from a far country for your |
| 0:16.8 | name's sake, for they shall hear of your great name and your mighty hand and of your |
| 0:20.9 | outstretched arm. |
| 0:22.7 | When he comes and prays toward this house, here in heaven your dwelling place and do according |
| 0:28.6 | to all for which the foreigner calls to you, in order that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear |
| 0:38.0 | you as to your people Israel. |
| 0:41.1 | They may know that this house that I have built is called by your name. |
| 0:47.0 | Oh, listen closely to what First Kings 8 41 through 43 is teaching us as Solomon is dedicating the temple |
| 0:59.5 | This place in Jerusalem where the glory of God would dwell in the middle of the people of |
| 1:05.4 | Israel. It is abundantly crystal clear that the purpose of the temple was not |
| 1:11.7 | just to be a place of worship for the people of Israel. |
| 1:15.9 | It was to be a place where to use the language in First Kings, 841, a foreigner, where the peoples, verse 43 says, the nations would come |
| 1:28.6 | together to worship God for his glory. |
| 1:33.2 | So in the outer court of the temple, |
| 1:36.1 | it was called the court of the Gentiles, |
| 1:38.1 | the court of the nations. |
| 1:40.0 | This place designated by God for people from beyond the people of Israel |
| 1:46.0 | to behold the glory of God, to call on the name of God, that they may know, |
| 1:52.3 | Solomon says this house is built not just for your people but for all |
| 1:57.0 | peoples that your glory is not intended to be known just by your people but by all |
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