Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
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2 Chronicles
Book: 2 Chronicles
Chapter: 6
Overview:
Solomon's
Prayer at the
Dedication of the
Temple.
- The order of
Solomon's
Prayer is to be observed. First and
chiefly, he prays for
Repentance and forgiveness, which is the
chief blessing, and the only solid foundation of other mercies:
he then prays for temporal mercies; thereby teaching us what
things to mind and desire most in our prayers. This also
Christ
hath taught us in his perfect pattern and form of
Prayer, where
there is but one
Prayer for outward, and all the
Rest are for
spiritual blessings. The
Temple typified the human nature of
Christ, in whom dwelleth all the
Fulness of the
Godhead bodily.
The
Ark typified his obedience and sufferings,
By which
repenting sinners have access to a reconciled
God, and
Communion
with him.
Jehovah has made our nature his resting-place for
ever, in the person of
Emmanuel, and through him he dwells with,
and delights in his
Church of redeemed sinners. May our hearts
become his resting-place; may
Christ Dwell therein
By Faith,
consecrating them as his temples, and shedding abroad his
Love
therein. May the
Father look upon us in and through his
Anointed; and may he remember and
Bless us in all things,
according to his
Mercy to sinners, in and through
Christ.