He did, however, make me a promise. He said, 'You will have a son who will rule in peace, because I will give him peace from all his enemies. His name will be Solomon, because during his reign I will give Israel peace and security.

He will build a temple for me. He will be my son, and I will be his father. His dynasty will rule Israel forever.' "

"The LORD said to me, 'Your son Solomon is the one who will build my Temple. I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.

"So now, my people, in the presence of our God and of this assembly of all Israel, the LORD's people, I charge you to obey carefully everything that the LORD our God has commanded us, so that you may continue to possess this good land and so that you may hand it on to succeeding generations forever."

You must realize that the LORD has chosen you to build his holy Temple. Now do it---and do it with determination."

The LORD promised my father David, 'Your son, whom I will make king after you, will build a temple for me.' And I have now decided to build that temple for the worship of the LORD my God.

King David, Solomon's father, had already prepared a place for the Temple. It was in Jerusalem, on Mount Moriah, where the LORD appeared to David, at the place which Araunah the Jebusite had used as a threshing place. King Solomon began the construction

The Temple which King Solomon built was 90 feet long and 30 feet wide.

"They answered, 'We are servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the Temple which was originally built and equipped many years ago by a powerful king of Israel.

Tell him that the LORD Almighty says, 'The man who is called The Branch will flourish where he is and rebuild the LORD's Temple.

He is the one who will build it and receive the honor due a king, and he will rule his people. A priest will stand by his throne, and they will work together in peace and harmony.'

Jesus answered, "Tear down this Temple, and in three days I will build it again."

But the temple Jesus was speaking about was his body.

But it was Solomon who built him a house.

"But the Most High God does not live in houses built by human hands; as the prophet says,

For the full content of divine nature lives in Christ, in his humanity,

'A descendant of yours will always be king; I will preserve your dynasty forever.' "

His dynasty will be as permanent as the sky; a descendant of his will always be king.

He will always have descendants, and I will watch over his kingdom as long as the sun shines.

It will be as permanent as the moon, that faithful witness in the sky."

His royal power will continue to grow; his kingdom will always be at peace. He will rule as King David's successor, basing his power on right and justice, from now until the end of time. The LORD Almighty is determined to do all this.

At the time of those rulers the God of heaven will establish a kingdom that will never end. It will never be conquered, but will completely destroy all those empires and then last forever.

For Christ must rule until God defeats all enemies and puts them under his feet.

Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The power to rule over the world belongs now to our Lord and his Messiah, and he will rule forever and ever!"