Premium Only Content
Prayer Closely Related to Reformation
If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14, NKJV.
In the prophetic prayer offered at the dedication of the Temple whose services Hezekiah and his associates were now restoring, Solomon had prayed, “When thy people Israel be smitten down before
the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house: then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin
of thy people Israel” (1 Kings 8:33, 34).
The seal of divine approval had been placed upon this prayer; for at its close fire had come down from heaven to consume the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the Lord had filled the Temple. (See 2 Chronicles 7:1.) And by night the Lord had appeared to Solomon to tell him that his prayer had been heard, and that mercy would be shown those who should worship there....
For many years the Passover had not been observed as a national festival. The division of the kingdom after the close of Solomon’s reign had made this seem impracticable. But the terrible judgments befalling the ten tribes were awakening in the hearts of some a desire for better things; and the stirring messages of the prophets were having their effect.... The impenitent turned lightly aside; nevertheless some, eager to seek God for a clearer knowledge of His will, “humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem” (2 Chronicles 30:10, 11).—Prophets and Kings, 335-337.
For stricken Israel there was but one remedy—a turning away from the sins that had brought upon them the chastening hand of the Almighty, and a turning to the Lord with full purpose of heart. To them had been given the assurance, “If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; if my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land” (2 Chronicles 7:13, 14). It was to bring to pass this blessed result that God continued to withhold from them the dew and the rain until a decided reformation should take place.—Prophets and Kings, 128.
-
11:57
inspirePlay
15 hours agoLongest Drive Wins! Elite Long Drivers Battle in Par 4 Elimination
9051 -
8:44
RTT: Guns & Gear
17 hours agoStreamlight TLR RM2 Laser - G | The Best PCC Light
1.06K -
36:38
Athlete & Artist Show
1 month ago $0.03 earnedNCAA Hockey Was A Joke, TNT Hockey Panel Is The Best In Sports
1.95K1 -
1:00:08
Trumpet Daily
20 hours ago $3.39 earnedBanning Mystery of the Ages - Trumpet Daily | Jan. 17, 2025
3.91K16 -
15:10
Chris From The 740
1 day ago $0.10 earnedEAA Girsan Disruptor X 500-Round Review: Is It Reliable?
1.24K -
1:00:38
PMG
15 hours agoCarnivore & Dr. Shawn Baker - Health Starts With Food
1.74K1 -
1:28:13
Kim Iversen
16 hours agoCancelled Chef Pete Evans Exposes The One Change That Could End Big Food and Pharma
79K78 -
4:20:21
Nerdrotic
17 hours ago $77.13 earnedDaradevil Born Again, Comics Industry CRASH, Neu-Hollywood REBUILD | Friday Night Tights #337
236K50 -
1:32:34
Glenn Greenwald
13 hours agoThe Future of Gaza With Abubaker Abed; Journalist Sam Husseini On His Physical Expulsion From Blinken’s Briefing & Biden’s Gaza Legacy | System Update #391
120K95 -
1:34:48
Roseanne Barr
16 hours ago $24.01 earnedWe are so F*cking Punk Rock! with Drea de Matteo | The Roseanne Barr Podcast #83
93.7K80