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🗓️ 28 May 2023
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Fr. Mike explains the purpose behind the beauty and extravagance of the Temple Solomon built for the Lord. On the other hand, he also points out the issue with the image of power and strength Solomon is trying to portray by gathering so much wealth as King. Today's readings are 1 Kings 6, 2 Chronicles 9, and Psalm 4.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz and you're listening to the Bible in a Year Podcast, |
| 0:07.4 | where we encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of Scripture. |
| 0:11.0 | The Bible in a Year Podcast is brought to you by Ascension. |
| 0:13.8 | Using the great adventure Bible timeline, we'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation, |
| 0:17.7 | discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we fit into that story today. |
| 0:21.0 | It is day 148. |
| 0:22.0 | We're reading from 1 Kings 6, 2 Chronicles 9, and we are praying Psalm 4 going all the |
| 0:28.2 | way back to the beginning of the Book of Psalms. |
| 0:30.2 | As always, the Bible translation that I am reading from is the revised standard version, |
| 0:33.5 | the second Catholic edition. |
| 0:34.9 | I'm using the great adventure Bible from Ascension. |
| 0:36.8 | If you want to download your own Bible in a Year reading plan, you can visit AscensionPress.com, |
| 0:40.7 | slash Bible in a Year. |
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| 0:46.3 | whatever application you are listening to this Bible today. |
| 0:49.6 | One thing to keep in mind is the fact that today we are going in 1 Kings. |
| 0:53.9 | We're going to look at King Solomon building the temple. |
| 0:57.4 | There's a lot of dimensions, a lot of cubits involved in this. |
| 1:00.7 | So if you want to have a little more accurate sense of how to picture this, if you aren't |
| 1:05.8 | anywhere near a computer, it might be helpful for you to pull up something like King Solomon's |
| 1:09.8 | Temple or Dimensions of King Solomon's Temple. |
| 1:12.0 | It would probably give you some images. |
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