April 13, 2021: Day 38 – II Chronicles 5

We find for the first time in this book of the Bible the actual physical and tangible presence of the Lord.  Once the temple is finished Solomon brought into the temple all of the things that belonged in the temple which were kept elsewhere.  He began by putting those things that his father David has placed elsewhere waiting for the day when the temple would be built.  Once the stored silver, the gold and the vessels were brought in then it was time to bring in the ark of the covenant.  

He directs the priests, which would be the Levites, to prepare themselves to bring in the ark of the covenant.  They bring it in and Solomon makes so many sacrifices that they lose track of how many they have done.  Somewhat similar to the bronze that they used so much that they lost track of how much.  We find in vs.6: “Sacrificing so many sheep and oxen that they could not be numbered or counted.”  Once the ark takes its place the singers and the musicians begin to sing and play.  They do it all in unison in praise to the Lord.  We even have the words that they sing in vs. 13: “For he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.”

Once they sang that then the Lord appears, shows up, and his presence is so overwhelming that the people who were present had to stop what they were doing because the glory of the Lord filled the house of God.  Can you imagine being involved in worship in such a way that you just have to stop your worship because the presence of God is so overwhelming?  Now that is what I’m talking about.