The King Serves The True King
1 Kings 8:1-9
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What was originally placed in the ark?
Hebrews 9
That first covenant between God and Israel had regulations for worship and a place of worship here on earth.
2 There were two rooms in that Tabernacle. In the first room were a lampstand, a table, and sacred loaves of bread on the table. This room was called the Holy Place.
3 Then there was a curtain, and behind the curtain was the second room[b] called the Most Holy Place.
4 In that room were a gold incense altar and a wooden chest called the Ark of the Covenant, which was covered with gold on all sides. Inside the Ark were a gold jar containing manna, Aaron’s staff that sprouted leaves, and the stone tablets of the covenant.
5 Above the Ark were the cherubim of divine glory, whose wings stretched out over the Ark’s cover, the place of atonement. But we cannot explain these things in detail now.Numbers 17.8
Exodus 16.33-34
1 Samuel 6.19
Worship Looks Like Willingness, Submission to God’s Perfections.
- Solomon states his own acknowledgment of his submission to God as a leader.
Romans 13
4 The authorities are God’s servants, sent for your good…
They are God’s servants, sent for the very purpose of punishing those who do what is wrong.
5 So you must submit to them, not only to avoid punishment, but also to keep a clear conscience.
1 Peter 2
13 For the Lord’s sake, submit to all human authority—whether the king as head of state, 14 or the officials he has appointed. For the king has sent them to punish those who do wrong and to honor those who do right.
- Grudem says of these passages:
“Certainly God put them there not only to inform Christians how they should relate to civil government, but also in order that people with governmental responsibilities could know what God himself expects of them.”
- Mishael, Hananiah, and Azariah understood this when they disobeyed King Nebuchadnezzer to his face and refused to bow to Nebuchadnezzer’s demand that they submit to him as God:
Daniel 3.14-18
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- Jesus plainly defied Pilate and Herod even when Pilate said to Jesus
‘do you know who I am?’
Luke 23
8 Herod was delighted at the opportunity to see Jesus, because he had heard about him and had been hoping for a long time to see him perform a miracle.
9 He asked Jesus question after question, but Jesus refused to answer.
John 19
9 He took Jesus back into the headquarters again and asked him, “Where are you from?” But Jesus gave no answer. 10 “Why don’t you talk to me?” Pilate demanded. “Don’t you realize that I have the power to release you or crucify you?”
11 Then Jesus said, “You would have no power over me at all unless it were given to you from above. So the one who handed me over to you has the greater sin.”
1 John 1
8 If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and not living in the truth. 9 But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness.
10 If we claim we have not sinned, we are calling God a liar and showing that his word has no place in our hearts.
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