1 Kings 8:30
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What does 1 Kings 8:30 mean?
And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and
of
thy people Israel, when they shall pray towards this
place
Not only he desires his prayers might be heard, but those of the
people of Israel, then, and at all times in succeeding ages,
whenever they should look towards the temple, and to him that was
typified by it; to whose blood, righteousness, sacrifice and
mediation, the acceptance of prayers with God is to be ascribed:
and hear thou in heaven thy dwellingplace;
for though he condescended to take up his residence in the
temple, yet his more proper and more glorious dwelling was in
heaven, and from whence, notwithstanding the distance of it, he
could hear the prayers of his people, and does:
and when thou hearest, forgive;
manifest and apply pardoning grace and mercy on account of sins
confessed, and repented of; or remove calamities and distresses
on account of sin, which sometimes is meant, and frequently in
this prayer, by the forgiveness of sin.
