All the kings of the earth sought audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom God had put in his heart.” Even though he was greater than any other king, Solomon bowed before God if Solomon wasn’t too good to bow, then neither are you. Scripture notes in 2 Chronicles 9:22-23, “ King Solomon was greater in riches and wisdom than all the other kings of the earth. Keep in mind, Solomon wasn’t some low-level king in the bigger picture, oh no, he was one of the most powerful kings of his time. He stood on the platform and then knelt down before the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven (2 Chronicles 6:12-13). Now he had made a bronze platform, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high, and had placed it in the center of the outer court. Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands. At the dedication of the Temple, Solomon showed his respect to the Lord by getting down on his knees in prayer. Revelation 19:16 shows us, “ On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.” (Note: I did not capitalize for emphasis, that’s how it’s written in the Bible.) Jesus is the King of kings and when we enter his throne room through prayer, it makes sense to give him his due respect.Įven the great kings of the Bible humbled themselves before God. Who is Jesus? According to the Bible, he’s a king. By doing so you’d be showing them respect. Ok, so what does this have to do with kneeling? Well, consider this back when kings ruled the earth, it was expected that you would bow in their presence (a full-body bow, like going on one knee, not a piano recital bow). If someone in high authority was coming to you house, you’d act differently and treat them well, wouldn’t you? I imagine most people would say “yes” because we give respect to people in authority. God asks the people if they’d give a crap animal to their governor. “When you bring blind animals for sacrifice, is that not wrong? When you sacrifice crippled or diseased animals, is that not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you? Would he accept you?” says the Lord Almighty (Malachi 1:8). So the whole book focuses on how the Israelites were not properly showing the Lord honor. He’s upset with the Israelites for withholding tithes, the priests not carrying out their work well, and people bringing defective animals for sacrifice. Before we start, let me give you some background: the book of Malachi is basically God’s response to Israel getting lax in their worship. Today, let’s look at what the Holy Spirit taught me in relation to the significance of getting on your knees to pray.įirst, let’s take a look at a passage in Malachi. Well one of these traditions is that of kneeling to pray. –Actually, now that I think about it, most of my questions revolve around prayer. Also, I’m not real sure why we close our eyes while praying. I for one have no idea why we fold our hands when we pray when everyone in the Bible raises their hands (granted, many churches are doing this now too). As we either grow up in the church or begin participating in services after salvation we are exposed to a lot of traditions that don’t really seem rooted in anything.
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