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Prophecy 55, 80, 103;
Exodus 38:21-40:38;
1 Kings 7:51-8:21;
Luke 16:1-13;



1 Kings 7:51-8:21


51 And it was complete, all the work that King Solomon had made for the house of YAHUVEH. And Solomon brought in the sanctified things of his father David: The silver, and the gold, and the vessels he had put into the treasuries of the house of YAHUVEH.

*~1 Kings Chapter 8 ~*


1 Then Solomon gathered the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the sons of Israel, to King Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of YAHUVEH out of the city of David, which is Zion.
2 And all the men of Israel were gathered to King Solomon, in the month of Ethanim, at the feast, which is the seventh month.
3 And all the elders of Israel came in, and the priests lifted up the ark,
4 and brought up the ark of YAHUVEH, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, even those the priests and the Levites brought.
5 And King Solomon and all the company of Israel who had assembled to him were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be counted or numbered for multitude.
6 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of YAHUVEH to its place, to the holy place of the house, into the Holy of Holies, to the place of the wings of the cherubs;
7 for the cherubs were spreading forth their wings to the place of the ark, and the cherubs covered over the ark, and over its staves from above.
8 And they lengthened the staves, and the heads of the staves were seen from the holy place on the front of the Holy of Holies, and were not seen outside; and they are there to this day.
9 Nothing was in the ark, only the two tables of stone which Moses put there in Horeb, when YAHUVEH cut a covenant with the sons of Israel as they went out of the land of Egypt.
10 And it happened as the priests went out from the Holy of Holies, that the cloud filled the house of YAHUVEH,
11 and the priests were not able to stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of YAHUVEH had filled the house of YAHUVEH.
12 And Solomon said, YAHUVEH has said that He would dwell in the thick darkness.
13 Building I have built a house of loftiness for You, a settled place for You to abide in forever.
14 And the king turned around his face and blessed the whole assembly of Israel; and all the assembly of Israel was standing.
15 And he said, Blessed be YAHUVEH, Elohim of Israel, who spoke by His mouth with my father David, and by his hand has fulfilled it, saying,
16 From the day that I brought out My people, even Israel, from Egypt, I have not chosen a city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house for My name to be there; but I chose David to be over My people Israel.
17 And it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the name of YAHUVEH, Elohim of Israel;
18 and YAHUVEH said to my father David, Because it has been in your heart to build a house for My name, you have done well that it has been in your heart;
19 only, you shall not build the house, but your son who shall come out from your loins, he shall build the house for My name.
20 And YAHUVEH has lifted up His Word that He spoke; for I have risen up instead of my father David and sit on the throne of Israel, as YAHUVEH spoke, and have built the house for the name of YAHUVEH the Elohim of Israel;
21 and set there a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of YAHUVEH which He made with our fathers when He brought them out from the land of Egypt.

Luke 16:1-13


1 And He also said to His disciples, A certain man was rich; and he had a steward, and this one was accused to him as squandering his wealth.
2 And supper having occurred, the Devil having put already into the heart of Simon’s son Judas Iscariot that he should betray Him,
3 YAHUSHUA knowing that the Father has given all things into His hands, and that He came out from Elohim, and goes away to Elohim,
4 He rose up from the supper and laid aside His garments. And taking a towel, He girded Himself.
5 Then He put water into the basin and began to wash the feet of the disciples, and to wipe off with the towel with which He was girded4.
6 He then came to Simon Peter. And that one said to Him, Master, do You wash my feet?
7 YAHUSHUA answered and said to him, The thing that I do you do not understand now, but afterwards you will know.
8 Peter said to Him, You may never wash my feet for me. YAHUSHUA answered him, If I do not wash you, you have no part with Me.
9 Simon Peter said to Him, Master, not my feet only, but also the hands and the head.
10 YAHUSHUA said to him, The one having been immersed has no need other than to wash the feet, for all of him is clean. And you are clean, but not all.
11 For He knew the one betraying Him. For this reason He said, You are not all clean.
12 Then when He had washed their feet and had taken His garments, reclining again, He said to them, Do you know what I have done to you?
13 You call Me the Teacher, and, the Master. And you say well, for I AM.