There is much for us to learn about prayer from Solomon's prayer of dedication. It is key for us in then understanding why the likes of Jonah and Daniel look towards Jerusalem when they pray. They are remembering Solomon's plea to God that if they pray towards the land, city and temple where God has said he will dwell then he will hear, uphold and forgive them.
But God's response to Solomons prayer is all the more astonishing as he fills the temple and appears to Solomon. As God promises he will be attentive to offerings for sin. But as he also promises judgement and destruction of the temple if Israel continues to refuse him.
We come not to the temple but to the Son, we pray not via the temple but through the son by the spirit. Praise God for his mercy.
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