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2 Chronicles 6 verses 32 and 33. Likewise, when a foreigner who is not of your people Israel

comes from a far country for the sake of your great name and your mighty hand and your outstretched

arm when he comes and prays toward this house, hear from heaven your dwelling place,

and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to you in order that all the peoples of the

earth may know your name and fear you as do your people Israel, that they may know that this house

that I have built is called by your name. So this is Solomon Prang, the dedication of the temple,

and certainly he's praying for God's glory to be made known among his people, the people of Israel.

But here, at this point in 2 Chronicles 6, he specifically prays for the nations beyond Israel

for foreigners who will come to this house, this place where the glory of God dwells

in the middle of his people and prays to God and Solomon says, hear their prayer and answer them

and order that. Did you hear that phrase in order that all the peoples of the earth may know your

name and fear you in order that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you.

This is why we pray continually on this podcast for the spread of the gospel to more and more

people groups because this is the purpose of God in the world. This is the purpose of God in his

word from cover to cover from the beginning and Genesis chapter 1 and 2 got creating man and woman

in his image and saying spread my glory throughout the earth, multiply and fill the earth Genesis

I'm going to bless you Abraham so that my blessing who made known among all the peoples of the

earth, all the way to the end, Revelation chapter 5, Revelation chapter 7, every nation tribe and

tongue, every people group gathered around the throne of God giving him praise, knowing his name

and fearing him. And this is the purpose of our lives in this world to make the glory of our God

known among all the peoples of the earth. This is the purpose of our lives, our families,

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