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The God who received Solomon's temple

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[2 Chronicles 7:1-2]

When Solomon finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed

the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.

The priests could not enter the temple of the LORD because the glory of the LORD filled it.

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David, the King of Israel who was a perfect fit for God's heart, made one big plan,

considering the grace he received from God.

It was to build a temple that would hold the ark of the covenant of God.

Until then, the ark of the covenant of God was kept in a temporary tent.

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David began to prepare the details needed to build the temple.

Having been led by the Spirit of God, he prepared the temple blueprint. God has sent the Prophet Nathan to David, who has done everything in his power to prepare the temple.

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The Word God gave to David through Nathan was unexpectedly saying

that David could not build a temple.

God commanded Solomon, David's son, not David, to build a temple.

David, who listened to God's word, obeyed God's will and abandoned all his plans.

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David called the people together. And King David declared before them

that God allowed Solomon to build the temple, not him.

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David gave Solomon everything he had prepared to build the temple.

And he handed over the design to Solomon. David was prepared to do his best so that his son Solomon could build the temple of God well until his death.

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As time passed, King Solomon became King of Israel after King David.

When he became king, At the end of four years and two months, temple construction began. King Solomon built the temple of God as he commanded to make.

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The temple was built and completed for about seven years.

The temple which King Solomon built was built so that nothing could be wrong with what God commanded. The temple was completed as God had said.

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King Solomon, who built the temple, called together all the leaders of Israel.

They were called to the king and gathered in Jerusalem. Solomon gathered the people in order to move the ark of the covenant of God which was in the tent to the temple.

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The priests carried the ark of the covenant according to the way God had ordained.

All the people of Israel gathered before the ark of the covenant of God,

and sacrificed as many as sheep and cattle that they could not count before the ark.

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After this, the priests moved the ark of the covenant of Jehovah to the holy place in the temple. The ark of the covenant was placed under the wing of cherubim, a winged creature made of gold. The wings of this cherubim covered the ark and the pole.

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The priests and the people praised God with their instruments and voices.

At that time the cloud filled the temple of God.

The clouds filled the temple so that the priests could no longer work.

It was revealed that God came to the temple of Solomon.

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When Solomon saw that God was pleased with his temple, he proclaimed to the people, "This temple is the place where the Lord is forever."

And he blessed all the people and prayed to God who received the temple.

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When Solomon finished praying, the fire came down from heaven

and burned up all the sacrifices he gave to God. God showed to all the people

that he had received the temple which Solomon had built by fire from heaven.

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To David and his son Solomon, who wanted to build the house of God in love with God, God made the first temple of Israel to be built.

Through this temple, God promised to forgive the sins of Israel and listen to their prayers. God promised that He would always be with His people Israel.

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The promise of this temple came in the New Testament era and was perfected

by the coming of Jesus, named 'Immanuel.'

The word 'Immanuel' means 'God is with us' in Hebrew.

God made a promise to be with His people forever through Jesus the Son.

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In the Old Testament times, God met his people through the temple,

but today He meets us in a faith that believes in Jesus, the living perfect temple.

Every time we recall what we learned today, we must first remember

and appreciate the amazing promise that God is with us forever.

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And furthermore, the words of 1 Corinthians 3:16 should live as a lesson to us.

Let's read together.

"Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple

and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?"

I hope that we, who believe in Jesus, are all holy 'temples' in which the Spirit of God dwells, and that we are all friends who live in a life that is pleasing to God.

(This is the sample conclusion provided by CTM. Please feel free to change the conclusion to best suit the listeners of your sermon.)