2 Chronicles 6:12-13
King James Version
12 And he stood before the altar of the Lord
in the presence of all the congregation of Israel,
and spread forth his hands:
13 For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold
of five cubits long,
and five cubits broad,
and three cubits high,
and had set it in the midst of the court:
and upon it he stood,
and kneeled down upon his knees
before all the congregation of Israel,
and spread forth his hands toward heaven.
The truth of Israel's situation today can be found in a particular chapter in Scripture.
I thank the HOLY SPIRIT for leading me to it.
This particular chapter reveals what Israel is going through right now.
And what she must do.
Bur first, a "backgrounder".
GOD appointed king David's Son, Solomon, to build a temple for the LORD, which he did.
But humble Solomon had this to say:
2 Chronicles 6:18
King James Version
18 But will God in very deed
dwell with men on the earth?
behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens
cannot contain thee; how much less
this house which I have built!
Upon acknowledging GOD's power, king Solomon sought the LORD's grace and mercy.
2 Chronicles 6:18-21
King James Version
19 Have respect therefore
to the prayer of thy servant,
and to his supplication,
O Lord my God,
to hearken unto the cry and the prayer
which thy servant prayeth before thee:
20 That thine eyes may be open
upon this house day and night,
upon the place whereof thou hast said
that thou wouldest put thy name there;
to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant
prayeth toward this place.
21 Hearken therefore
unto the supplications of thy servant,
and of thy people Israel,
which they shall make toward this place:
hear thou from thy dwelling place,
even from heaven;
and when thou hearest,
forgive.
And now, for his supplications which apply to Israel today:
2 Chronicles 6:22-23
King James Version
22 If a man sin against his neighbour,
and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear,
and the oath come before thine altar in this house;
23 Then hear thou from heaven,
and do, and judge thy servants,
by requiting the wicked,
by recompensing his way upon his own head;
and by justifying the righteous,
by giving him according to his righteousness.
2 Chronicles 6:24-25
King James Version
24 And if thy people Israel
be put to the worse before the enemy,
because they have sinned against thee;
and shall return and confess thy name,
and pray and make supplication before thee
in this house;
25 Then hear thou from the heavens,
and forgive the sin of thy people Israel,
and bring them again unto the land
which thou gavest to them
and to their fathers.
2 Chronicles 6:26-27
King James Version
26 When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain,
because they have sinned against thee;
yet if they pray toward this place,
and confess thy name,
and turn from their sin,
when thou dost afflict them;
27 Then hear thou from heaven,
and forgive the sin of thy servants,
and of thy people Israel,
when thou hast taught them the good way,
wherein they should walk;
and send rain upon thy land,
which thou hast given unto thy people
for an inheritance.
2 Chronicles 6:28-31
King James Version
28 If there be dearth in the land,
if there be pestilence,
if there be blasting, or mildew,
locusts, or caterpillers;
if their enemies besiege them
in the cities of their land;
whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness there be:
29 Then what prayer or what supplication soever
shall be made of any man,
or of all thy people Israel,
when every one shall know
his own sore and his own grief,
and shall spread forth his hands in this house:
30 Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place,
and forgive,
and render unto every man
according unto all his ways,
whose heart thou knowest;
(for thou only knowest the hearts
of the children of men:)
31 That they may fear thee,
to walk in thy ways,
so long as they live in the land
which thou gavest unto our fathers.
2 Chronicles 6:32-33
King James Version
32 Moreover concerning the stranger,
which is not of thy people Israel,
but is come from a far country
for thy great name's sake,
and thy mighty hand,
and thy stretched out arm;
if they come and pray in this house;
33 Then hear thou from the heavens,
even from thy dwelling place,
and do according to all
that the stranger calleth to thee for;
that all people of the earth may know thy name,
and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel,
and may know that this house which I have built
is called by thy name.
2 Chronicles 6:34-35
King James Version
34 If thy people go out to war against their enemies
by the way that thou shalt send them,
and they pray unto thee toward this city
which thou hast chosen,
and the house which I have built for thy name;
35 Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer
and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
2 Chronicles 6:36-39
King James Version
36 If they sin against thee,
(for there is no man which sinneth not,)
and thou be angry with them,
and deliver them over before their enemies,
and they carry them away captives
unto a land far off or near;
37 Yet if they bethink themselves
in the land whither they are carried captive,
and turn and pray unto thee
in the land of their captivity, saying,
We have sinned,
we have done amiss,
and have dealt wickedly;
38 If they return to thee with all their heart
and with all their soul in the land of their captivity,
whither they have carried them captives,
and pray toward their land,
which thou gavest unto their fathers,
and toward the city which thou hast chosen,
and toward the house
which I have built for thy name:
39 Then hear thou from the heavens,
even from thy dwelling place,
their prayer and their supplications,
and maintain their cause,
and forgive thy people
which have sinned against thee.
2 Chronicles 6:40-42
King James Version
40 Now, my God, let, I beseech thee,
thine eyes be open,
and let thine ears be attent unto the prayer
that is made in this place.
41 Now therefore arise, O Lord God,
into thy resting place,
thou, and the ark of thy strength:
let thy priests, O Lord God,
be clothed with salvation,
and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.
42 O Lord God,
turn not away the face of thine anointed:
remember the mercies of David thy servant.
Israel has been held hostage by her enemies.
She fights, with one hand tied behind her back, because her enemies have cruelly taken her people hostage.
She wants to fight with all her might, but she can't, because of the hostages she wants freed.
All the more she needs to look into king Solomon's prayer.
And review how she may have sinned against GOD.
Why else the "captivity"?
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