II Chronicles 7:12-15 NIV II Chronicles 7:12-15 NIV 12 the LORD appeared to him at night and said: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place.

Presentación del tema: "II Chronicles 7:12-15 NIV II Chronicles 7:12-15 NIV 12 the LORD appeared to him at night and said: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place."— Transcripción de la presentación:

1 II Chronicles 7:12-15 NIV II Chronicles 7:12-15 NIV 12 the LORD appeared to him at night and said: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for myself as a temple for sacrifices. 13 “When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people, II Crónicas 7:12-15 NVI 12 el se le apareció una noche y le dijo: «He escuchado tu oración, y he escogido este templo para que en él se me ofrezcan sacrificios. 12 el S EÑOR se le apareció una noche y le dijo: «He escuchado tu oración, y he escogido este templo para que en él se me ofrezcan sacrificios. 13 Cuando yo cierre los cielos para que no llueva, o le ordene a la langosta que devore la tierra, o envíe pestes sobre mi pueblo, ~MEDITATION~

2 II Chronicles 7:12-15 NIV II Chronicles 7:12-15 NIV 14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 15 Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place. II Crónicas 7:12-15 NVI 14 si mi pueblo, que lleva mi nombre, se humilla y ora, y me busca y abandona su mala conducta, yo lo escucharé desde el cielo, perdonaré su pecado y restauraré su tierra. 15 Mantendré abiertos mis ojos, y atentos mis oídos a las oraciones que se eleven en este lugar. ~MEDITATION~

3 Haggai 2:1-9 The Challenge (1-3) Disappointment Disappointment The Command (4,5) Be strong Be strong Work Work Do not fear Do not fear The Covenant Confirmed (6-9) “I will fill this house with glory” “I will fill this house with glory” “The glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house.” “The glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house.” “In this place I will grant peace” “In this place I will grant peace”

4 Artist conception of Solomon’s Temple

5 Artist conception of Zerubbabel's Temple

6 John Calvin “The minds of the godly were heavily depressed, because the Prophets had spoken in high terms of the Temple as well as of the kingdom: the kingdom was as yet nothing; and the temple was more like a shed than what might have been compared in glory with the former Temple.” “The minds of the godly were heavily depressed, because the Prophets had spoken in high terms of the Temple as well as of the kingdom: the kingdom was as yet nothing; and the temple was more like a shed than what might have been compared in glory with the former Temple.”