Bible Question: what is the meaning of II chronicles 7:14 please explain |
Bible Answer: Chronicles 7:14 must be looked at in CONTEXT ... God's day to you, 3405 Hickory, Start back with chapter 5, at least ... Solomon finished the Temple and there was praises ... "then the house, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud, so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God" (2 Chr 5:13b-14). Chapter 6 is Solomon's prayer … read it carefully. Chapter 7 starts, “Now when Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the house” … then read the reaction of the people, including Solomon and the priests. The Lord began to speak in verse 12, even if you don’t want to take it back to chapter 5, you must start here. Questions … has this ever happened to us? "If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among My people. (vs 13). … Then is verse 14, do we qualify “My people who are called by My name” … or is that just Israel? … Where does verse 15 take place? Even if we are His people called by His name, the context doesn’t allow this verse to apply to Christians or the US. Searcher |