19<\/strong>. and the holy vessels of God<\/em> ] Cp. 1Ki 8:4<\/span>.<\/p>\n CHAPTER 23<\/p>\n Ch. 1Ch 23:1<\/span>. Solomon made King<\/p>\n The summary statement of the Chronicler ignores the struggle between the party of Solomon and the party of Adonijah for the throne. Cp. 1Ch 29:22-24 ; 1Ki 1:5-53<\/span>.<\/p>\n 1Ch 22:19<\/span><\/p>\n Now set your heart and your soul to seek the Lord your God.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Seeking after God<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>The great object of our life.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>In what way we are to prosecute it.<\/p>\n (1)<\/strong> Avail yourselves of the opportunities afforded for public usefulness.<\/p>\n (2)<\/strong> Begin with the surrender of your whole souls to God. (C. Simeon,<\/em> M. A.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The important search<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>Earnestly.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>Resolutely. (J. Wolfendale.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Building the temple<\/strong><\/p>\n The great aim of missionary work, at home and abroad, is the same. This great work may be illustrated by the text. We have–<\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>All work for God must begin with ourselves (Act 22:28<\/span>; 1Ti 4:16<\/span>).<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>It must be heart-work, not merely duty, custom, or sympathy.<\/p>\n 3. <\/strong>There must be a deliberate setting of the heart and soul upon God as our God, reconciled in Christ, fixedly His (Psa 57:7<\/span>; Deu 10:12<\/span>).<\/p>\n 4. <\/strong>There must be continued seeking God, in prayer, meditation, holy living.<\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>By gathering souls out of the world around to Christ.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>By gathering souls into the Church, uniting in one body in Christ.<\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>For consecration. The temple is not for ornament, nor for the admiration of the world, but for God.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>For worship: Bring the ark, etc. The ark shadows forth the great propitiation (Rom 3:25<\/span>). This must hold the first position in the Church, heart, ministry (1Co 2:2<\/span>).<\/p>\n 3. <\/strong>For service: Bring the holy vessels, etc. Each vessel has its use. (J. E. Sampson.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Set your heart<\/strong><\/p>\n Let us take this exhortation–<\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>What are they to seek? The Lord your God.<\/p>\n (1)<\/strong> By endeavouring to obey Him in everything.<\/p>\n (2)<\/strong> In building up His temple. It should be the main object of our life to seek the Lord by building up His Church.<\/p>\n (3)<\/strong> By doing everything to Gods glory.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>How are they to seek? Set your heart and your soul to seek the Lord your God.<\/p>\n (1)<\/strong> With fixity of purpose: Set.<\/p>\n (2)<\/strong> Have an intense affection towards Gods service and glory.<\/p>\n (3)<\/strong> With an energetic use of the intellect. We ought as much to speculate and scheme to glorify God as we meditate how to advance our business.<\/p>\n (4)<\/strong> By the union and concentration of all our faculties.<\/p>\n 3. <\/strong>When are we to seek the Lord? Now. Now is the only time worth having, because it is indeed the only time we have. When did David mean by his now?<\/p>\n (1)<\/strong> Now that they had an efficient leader–Solomon.<\/p>\n (2)<\/strong> When God is with you.<\/p>\n (3)<\/strong> When God gives rest. Hath He not <\/strong>given you rest on every side?<\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>Set your heart on true religion, and be not content with the outward form of it.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>Seek the Lord Himself.<\/p>\n 3. <\/strong>Seek Him at once with all your heart. (C. H. Spurgeon.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Seeking God<\/strong><\/p>\n In the struggle of life many men and women are hampered and depressed by the memory of past weaknesses, errors, and sins. The hours of their real spiritual prosperity are overshadowed and embittered by the recollection of their spiritual adversities. It is one of the wise and helpful laws of our <\/strong>nature that in freeing ourselves from weakness and sin we do not free ourselves from the memory of them. The value of the experience lies in the lesson we learn from it, and the truest repentance is often witnessed by the poignancy of the sorrow, and both the lesson and the sorrow have their roots in memory. But, while we are not to forget that we have sometimes fallen, we are not always to carry the mud with us; the slough is behind, but the clean, clearly-defined road stretches ahead of us, skies are clear, and God is beyond. We were made for purity, truth, and fidelity, and the very abhorrence of the opposites of these qualities, which grows and deepens within us, bears testimony that our aspirations are becoming our attainments. The really noble thing about any man or woman is not freedom from all stains of the lower life, but the deathless aspiration which for ever drives us forward and will not let us rest in any past, whether good or bad. That which makes us respect ourselves is not what men call a blameless career, but the hunger and thirst after God which makes all our doing unsatisfying and inadequate to us. Better a thousand times the eager and passionate fleeing to God from a past of faults and weaknesses, with an irresistible longing for rest in the everlasting verities, than the most respectable career which misses this profound impulse. The past, remains with us to remind us of our perils and our constant need of help, but it ought not to haunt and oppress us. The real life of an aspiring soul is always ahead, We are not <\/strong>fleeing from the devil, but seeking God. (Lyman Abbott.<\/em>)<\/p>\n Now set your heart and your soul to seek the Lord your God<\/strong>,…. His honour and glory, most sincerely and cordially, and to the utmost of their power:<\/p>\n arise ye, and build ye the sanctuary of the Lord God<\/strong>; assist therein, and encourage the work as much as they were able, without delay:<\/p>\n to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord<\/strong>; which was now in a tent of David’s erecting and pitching:<\/p>\n and the holy vessels of God<\/strong>: which were in the tabernacle at Gibeon: into the house that is to be built to the name of the Lord: that so they might be together, and made use of; which in times past had been separated, and much neglected.<\/p>\n (19) To seek the Lord.<\/strong>Hebrew, to seek unto the<\/em> Lord, as in 2Ch. 17:4<\/span>; Ezr. 4:2<\/span>. The older construction, with a simple accusative, occurred in 1Ch. 16:12<\/span>; 1Ch. 21:30<\/span>.<\/p>\n Arise therefore, and build.<\/strong>Rather, And arise ye, and build.<\/em> The second clause explains how the first was to be carried out. Building the Lord a fair and noble sanctuary was equivalent to seeking His favour. Professions cost nothing, and they were not to serve the Lord without cost (1Ch. 21:24<\/span>).<\/p>\n To bring the ark.<\/strong>From its temporary abode on Mount Zion (1Ch. 15:1<\/span>).<\/p>\n The holy vessels of God<\/strong>e.g., the altar of burnt offering.<\/p>\n That is to be built.<\/strong>The same participal form as in 1Ch. 22:9<\/span> : shall be born.<\/p>\n DISCOURSE: 389 1Ch 22:19<\/span>. Now set your heart and your soul to seek the Lord your God<\/em>.<\/p>\n THERE are many subjects, which, whilst in themselves they are plain and simple, derive much importance from the occasions on which they arise, or the circumstances with which they are attended. The duty of seeking after God is inculcated in the Holy Scriptures, times without number: and the insisting upon it, though interesting and necessary in its place, may seem to promise little that is new, or beyond the bounds of common pastoral instruction. But, if the occasion on which these words were uttered be taken into our consideration, they will be found to possess a very peculiar interest. Let us, then, notice,<\/p>\n I.<\/p>\n The occasion on which this injunction was given<\/p>\n [David was now at an advanced period of life; and was deeply concerned to improve his power and influence, for the honour of God and the welfare of his people. Time was when both he and all his people were in a very different condition from that which they enjoyed at this time; he<\/em> being persecuted and driven by Saul, as a partridge upon the mountains; and they<\/em> being overrun and conquered by the Philistine armies [Note: 1Sa 31:7<\/span>.]. But now the whole kingdom being consolidated and enlarged, and all their enemies being subdued, he was desirous of building a temple to the Lord. That honour, however, having been denied to him, and transferred to his son, he in this chapter exhorts his son to prosecute the work with becoming zeal; and, because his son was yet young and tender, he urges all the princes of the realm to aid him to the utmost of their power. He mentions what preparations he had made for the work, having amassed in gold and silver, at the lowest computation<\/em>, eighteen millions of our money, besides materials of wood and stone and brass and iron to an immense extent; and at the same time having engaged the most skilful artificers in every department; so that nothing remained, but that they should commence the work the very instant that his son should succeed to the throne [Note: Cite ver. 15, 1416.] But, as they could not hope for the divine blessing unless they should consecrate themselves in the first instance to God, he entreats them now<\/em>, without delay, to set their heart and their soul to seek the Lord their God.<\/p>\n And have not we<\/em> a temple to build; a temple that shall be exceeding magnifical, not only of fame and glory throughout all countries, but comprehending within its walls every nation upon earth? And are not glorious preparations made, such as never since the establishment of Christs kingdom in the world were seen before? Societies without number are on foot amongst every body of Christians, for the diffusion of light and knowledge, both amongst Jews and Gentiles, in every quarter of the globe Who sees not how greatly the face of things is altered, even within a very few years, in the Christian world? Religion, instead of being frowned upon to the extent it once was, is honoured; and, instead of being driven into a corner, is spread over the face of Christendom, with a rapidity which but a few years ago could not have been anticipated. And, as Tyrians and Zidonians contributed to David their cedars and their workmen, so now, Hindoos and Heathens are co-operating with us in the good work; and, to change the metaphor, the fields are already white unto the harvest. Now<\/em>, then, is the time for all to seek the Lord. As far as our personal<\/em> interests are concerned, this duty is equally seasonable at all times: but for the interests of Gods Church<\/em> the present season is peculiarly propitious; because an union of all Israel, both of princes and of people, is in progress; and by such combined efforts we may hope to advance this great and blessed work.]<\/p>\n With a special view to these things, we proceed to notice,<\/p>\n II.<\/p>\n The injunction itself<\/p>\n Two things are here pointed out:<\/p>\n 1.<\/p>\n What is to be the great object of our life<\/p>\n [We must seek the Lord our God. We must seek his favour;<\/em> for without that we can do nothing, to any good purpose. But let us seek it in his appointed way, by faith in his dear Son Christ is the only way to the Father, nor can any come acceptably to God, but by him, and through him [Note: Joh 14:6<\/span>.].<\/p>\n We must seek his direction<\/em> also, without which we are sure to err. The Israelites in the wilderness did not need the guidance of the pillar and the cloud more than we. Let us, therefore, watch its motions; and beg of God that we may have at all times that promise fulfilled to us, The meek he will guide in judgment, the meek he will teach his way [Note: Psa 25:9<\/span>. See also Isa 30:21<\/span>.].<\/p>\n His glory,<\/em> too, we must seek. We must on no account be acting with a view to our own honour or interest, but simply and entirely to the honour of our God. And this principle we must carry into the minutest actions of our lives: Whether we eat or drink, or whatever we do, we must do all to the glory of God [Note: 1Co 10:31<\/span>.].<\/p>\n In a word, we must seek in all things His final approbation<\/em>. To be applauded of men will be of little avail to us, if in the last judgment we be condemned by our God. We must proceed in the way of duty, whatever man may either say or do: and to obtain the plaudit of our God, Well done, good and faithful servant! must satisfy us, whatever we may sacrifice for his sake, or whatever we may suffer.]<\/p>\n 2.<\/p>\n In what way we are to prosecute it<\/p>\n [We are not to engage in the Lords work with a stupid indifference; but to embark in it, even as David did, with our whole heart and our whole soul. It is thus that God interests himself for his people [Note: Jer 32:41<\/span>.]: and shall we do less for him, than he for us? The work which we have to do is our very life [Note: Deu 11:18<\/span>; Deu 32:46-47<\/span>.]: and on the manner of prosecuting it depends our whole success. We must set<\/em> our heart and our soul to it [Note: Deu 4:29<\/span>.]; and, like Joshua, determine, that, though all other people should dissent from us, we will serve the Lord In this we may learn even from the wicked. They<\/em>, many of them at least, have their heart fully set in them to do evil, and they do it with both hands earnestly [Note: Ecc 8:11<\/span><\/u> and Mic 7:3<\/span>.]: and we<\/em>, also, must with full purpose of heart cleave unto the Lord [Note: Act 11:23<\/span>.], and be steadfast and immovable, and always abounding in the work he has assigned us [Note: 1Co 15:58<\/span>.].]<\/p>\n And Now, Avail yourselves of the opportunities afforded you for public usefulness<\/p>\n [Verily, these are days in which it is an inestimable privilege to live. The facilities afforded for the exercise of piety and benevolence are altogether unprecedented. The poorest, as well as the rich, may contribute to the building of Gods spiritual temple, and by their prayers may prevail to an unknown extent. And our encouragement is great. There is already a dawn of a very glorious day; and we see the drops that precede an abundant shower. Spread then your sails, now that the wind is favourable: and in whatever department of Gods work you are employed, set your heart to it, and do it with all your might.]<\/p>\n 2.<\/p>\n Begin with a surrender of your whole souls to God<\/p>\n [All acceptable service to God must begin within our own bosoms. If our religion begin not at home, we shall be only like the builders of Noahs ark, who prepared for others a deliverance of which themselves did not partake. The Macedonians were commended by St. Paul especially for this, that whilst they exercised benevolence towards others with unrivalled zeal, they first gave their own selves to the Lord [Note: 2Co 8:3-5<\/span>.]. This is what we also must do: and this we shall do, if our hearts be right with God: we shall, each for himself, and all in concert, determine to go and seek speedily the Lord of hosts: and, when we exhort others to that good work, we shall, every one of us, be forward to say, I will go also [Note: Zec 8:20-22<\/span>.].]<\/p>\n<\/p>\n REFLECTIONS<\/p>\n<\/p>\n READER! while you and I pause over the account here given of David’s zeal for the Lord’s house, and behold with what generosity and greatness of mind he prepared his silver and his gold, for the service of Him, from whom he received, and to whom he owed all he had: while we pay all suitable respect and praise to David, let us duly consider to what nobler services we are called under a gospel dispensation, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God in Jesus Christ. Silver and gold, (may many a precious soul say, with the Apostle,) have I none, but such as I have, would I offer to the Lord. Oh! dearest Jesus! it is thou which hast made all thy followers kings and priests to God and the Father. By thee, therefore, would we offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. And while contemplating the vast preparation of Solomon’s temple, in the gold, and silver, and wood, and stones, think of the vast and long preparation from the foundation of the world, for the introduction of him whom that temple represented. Oh! thou blessed Jesus! give me continually to meditate with rapture and delight on that love of thine in which God our Father laid the foundation of our everlasting happiness, and formed the temple of thy body for the express purpose of salvation. Here was mercy indeed built up forever. Here was a temple indeed formed for eternity, in which all thine, being incorporated, should he kings and priests forever. And when the temple of thy body, by the sacrifice of thyself was destroyed, according to the determinate counsel and fore knowledge of God, thou didst by thine own power, agreeable to thine own prediction, raise it again the third day. Make us, blessed Jesus, even all that are thy people, make us, as thou hast promised, pillars in thy temple; that being built upon the same foundation as the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; and in whom the whole building is fitly framed together! we may grow up unto an holy temple in the Lord, for an habitation of God, through the Spirit.<\/p>\n your soul = you (emph.) Hebrew. nephesh. App-13. <\/p>\n God. Hebrew. Elohim.(with Art.) = the [true] God. App-4. t<\/p>\n he ark. See note on 1Ch 13:3. <\/p>\n holy. See note on Exo 3:5. <\/p>\n is to be built. And thus supersede the Tabernacle. <\/p>\n set your: 1Ch 16:11, 1Ch 28:9, Deu 4:29, Deu 32:46, Deu 32:47, Psa 27:4, 2Ch 20:3, Dan 9:3, Hag 1:5, *marg. Act 11:23 <\/p>\n arise: 1Ch 22:16, Isa 60:1, Act 22:16 <\/p>\n to bring: 1Ki 8:6, 1Ki 8:21, 2Ch 5:7, 2Ch 6:11 <\/p>\n to the name: 1Ch 22:7, 1Ki 5:3 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Exo 9:21 – regarded not 1Sa 7:3 – prepare 2Ch 11:16 – set 2Ch 19:11 – Deal courageously 2Ch 31:21 – he did it 2Ch 35:2 – encouraged Ezr 10:4 – Arise Ecc 9:10 – thy hand Eze 44:5 – mark well Col 3:2 – Set<\/p>\n 22:19 Now set {k} your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD.<\/p>\n (k) For else he knew that God would plague them, and not prosper their labour, unless they sought with all their hearts to set forth his glory.<\/p>\n Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD. 19. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Chronicles 22:19”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10995\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
I. <\/strong>The occasion on which this injunction was given.<\/p>\n
II. <\/strong>The injunction itself.<\/p>\n
I. <\/strong>The object searched.<\/p>\n
II. <\/strong>The method of search.<\/p>\n
I. <\/strong>The heart set upon God.<\/p>\n
II. <\/strong>The building-work going on. The living Church is Gods sanctuary. He dwells in the hearts of His people (Joh 14:23<\/span>; 2Co 6:16<\/span>; 1Co 3:16<\/span>). The work of Christs followers is to build the sanctuary.<\/p>\n
III. <\/strong>The sanctuary used for God. Union in the Church must be–<\/p>\n
I. <\/strong>In its reference to Gods own people.<\/p>\n
II. <\/strong>In its reference to those who are converted.<\/p>\nFuente: Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
SEEKING AFTER GOD<\/strong><\/p>\n
1.<\/p>\n
<\/strong><\/p>\nFuente: Charles Simeon’s Horae Homileticae (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Geneva Bible Notes<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"