Today, I am reading and commenting on  1 Kings 9-10.

I want to start writing about what God told Solomon when He appeared to him after Solomon “had achieved all he desired to do.”  When God told Solomon that if he (and the Israelite people) turned away from Him the temple would become a heap of rubble and all who passed by would ask why the Lord has done such a thing? And others would answer that it happened because they forsook the Lord their God, and embraced other gods.  That reminded me of the situation in Jerusalem today, not only is the temple a pile of rubble, there is a temple to another god built upon it.  Now, I do not want to spend much time on the idea that the Jewish people have forsaken the Lord.  Nevertheless, the fact that the temple is a pile of rubble is a reminder to us of the consequences of forsaking God and turning to other gods.  Of course, the fact that we know where the temple Solomon built was also reminds us that God put His name there forever.  However, the status of the temple in Jerusalem should be a cautionary tale for us as well, a warning against turning away from God and serving other gods.  God has now set up His temple in our hearts.  So, let us walk faithfully before God with integrity of heart, otherwise He may turn our hearts into a pile of rubble.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.