Who can dwell?

The Luxury Home While David writes this Psalm 15, he is looking from his palace on the hill of old city Jerusalem to the hill on the north, where the temple would one day stand. He gazes the scene with a spiritual lens and asks the Lord: “Who may dwell in your sanctuary? Who may live on your holy hill?”. In the same way, do you want to know who will able to dwell in the presence of God? We are to live on earth with heavenly behaviour. Acting blamelessness and control of tongue in our everyday life. None of us can totally fulfill the perfection God seeks for His people. Thus, Jesus came out of heaven and we need his help to dwell in the presence of God every day. Prayer: Dear Lord, I want to live on Your Holy Hill and dwell in your presence. Help me to live a little of heaven here on earth every day. In Jesus' name, Amen.

Day 17

SPEED BUMPS AHEAD!

[Scheduled Reading: 1 Kings 6-20]

I want to call attention to a speed bump in today’s reading: 1 Kings 11 & 12.

It’s a sad few chapters, actually.

God is preparing to break up Israel on account of Solomon’s fade from God. Israel will split into ten northern tribes (called Israel in Samaria) and two southern tribes (called Judah in Jerusalem).

It doesn’t help that the two initial leaders are named Jeroboam (Israel’s king) and Rehoboam (Judah’s king). That’s one of the challenges of Bible reading - all the names start to run together.

Throughout the rest of Kings and then 2 Chronicles, the authors bounce back and forth between the accounts of kings in Judah and Israel.

In my past Bible read-through attempts, I missed these speed bump moments and it sure made reading difficult for me in the sections ahead.

It’s important to remember that Judah is the line that God will use to work The Seed from Genesis 3:15 (that ultimately arrives to Mary and Joseph).

OK, carry on. There are some Speed 2/3 zones ahead, and I just wanted to make sure you caught this critical historical tidbit in 1 Kings 11 & 12.