Zion Church Online Bulletin

Week No. 7 | 13 Feb 2022 Lord's Day

LORD’S DAY SERVICE ORDER

ANNOUNCER: Elder William Ng
*Silent Prayer
*Confession of Faith
Hymn 57
Responsive Reading:
22. Psalm 96
22. 诗篇 96
Prayer by Elder William Ng
Scripture Reading:
Zechariah 4:6–9
撒迦利亚书 4:6-9
Choir Anthem by Sharon Choir
(pre-recorded):
Behold Only Jesus
仰望着主耶稣
Sermon by Pastor Samuel Kim
Zerubbabel’s Temple – HRS Book 11b Zerubbabel’s Temple
and the Consecrated Genealogies of the Returnees
所罗巴伯神殿– 救赎史系列第11册(下),
所羅巴伯神殿和回归的神圣家谱
Hymn 242
Offering Prayer by Elder William Ng
Offering Song:
Still
安靜

(Sharon Praise)
Announcements
*Hymn 6
*Benediction by Pastor Samuel Kim

*Congregation Standing

ANNOUNCEMENTS

  • Let us continue to pray for the growth and revival of our church and for the work of evangelism.
  • Let us continue to pray for God’s protection of all nations in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic situation and for the situation to improve and be well-managed.
  • Please refer to the following for our ONLINE service times and locations:

    • Wed service @ 7:40pm – *On YouTube
    • Saturday Dawn prayer service @ 6am – *On Zoom
    • Lord’s Day service @ 10:45am – *On YouTube
    • Lord’s Day bible study @ 4pm – *On Zoom

    *YouTube link: http://live.zionchurch.sg
    *Zoom link: http://zoom.zionchurch.sg

  • The Precept for 2022:“A church that is devoted to making great advances in proclaiming the Word of redemptive history.” (Exod 36:3; Neh 6:15-16; Ps 18:29; 110:3; Col 1:6)
  • The church is open for Dawn service at 6am every Saturday.
  • Rev. Goh Seng Fong will be sharing as a special guest speaker at Zion Church on 20 Feb (Lord’s Day). Let us pray for showers of blessings!
  • Gabriel Sunday School is organizing “The Little Scientist Workshop” which will be running for 2 sessions, with the first session starting 26 Feb, Saturday from 9:30am – 11:00am and second session on 26 Mar, Saturday same time. The workshop will be hosted via zoom. Please refer to our website for more details. Registration link: http://gss.zionchurch.sg
  • Chinese Book 3 of the History of Redemption book series has arrived and is available for sale at $20 per copy. Please see EJoyce for your purchase.
  • As part of our missions work to proclaim God’s Word and to support the publication of the 6th book in the series, “The Eternal High Priest of the Covenantal Oath,” Zion Church will be doing a BOOK DRIVE .

    Your missions offering given for BOOK DRIVE will be used to purchase History of Redemption Series books and Bibles (where needed) to be sent to schools, institutions, and individuals who otherwise cannot buy them to read.

    You may participate by indicating “book drive” on the offering envelopes or sending direct bank transfers to:
    HORA Ministries – DBS Bank Account 072-037508-4.
    Account Type: Corporate Multi Currency Account.

UPCOMING PRAYER DUTY

Wednesday 16 February: Elder Ridwan Dinata

Lord’s Day 20 February: Elder Ridwan Dinata

OFFERING & TITHE

Via Internet Banking

You can give an offering electronically by transferring to the following account:

1. For regular, tithes, thanksgiving, special, and missions offerings ONLY
OCBC Bank Account: ZION CHURCH
Account#: 621835867001
PayNow UEN#: T00SS0141D

NOTE: Please specify Name, Purpose and Date (ddmmmyy) of the offering in the MEMO or Bill Reference Number section. See Example 1.

2. For Building Offerings ONLY
DBS Bank Account: ZION CHURCH
Account#: 047-903777-2

NOTE: Please specify Name, Purpose and Date (ddmmmyy) of the offering in the MEMO or Bill Reference Number section. See Example 2.

Use the following acronyms to indicate Purpose (offering type):

    • RO = Regular Offering
    • TH = Tithes
    • TG = Thanksgiving
    • SP = Special Offering
    • MO = Missions Offering
    • BO = Building Offering

 

Example 1:
JohnDoe TH 05APR20
SamMiller TG 05Mar20
JaneSmith RO 03May20

Example 2:
JohnDoe BO 05APR20

By Mail

You may mail your offering cheques to Zion Church to below address:
“Finance Department”.
2 Gambas Crescent, Nordcom 2 Tower 2 #10-13. Siangapore 757044.

By ATM

You may transfer via ATM:
BUT PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU WILL BE UNABLE TO SPECIFY TYPE OF OFFERING if you use this option.
Please inform any Finance Team member if want your offering to be recorded.

  • Eldress May Ling
  • Deaconess Leh Tieng
  • Elder Steve

Living Manna

Sermon Summary
Solomon’s Temple

Scripture: 2 Samuel 7:1-17

Even though David didn’t build the temple, but just the fact that he had the heart or desire to build God a house, God was so pleased that He gave all the blessings in 2 Samuel 7:1-17. God was pleased not with the idea of living in a luxurious Temple but He was pleased with the heart of redemption that David had. However, because David was a man of war and had shed too much blood, so God told him to have his son, Solomon, build the temple. Instead of being disappointed, David prepared every material and even all the systems that Solomon’s Temple would need so that the temple construction can be built smoothly without difficulty and according to the will of God.
(2 Samuel 6:17, 2 Samuel 7:1-3, 1 Chronicles 22:8-10, 1 Chronicles 28:3, 1 Chronicles 22:2-5, 29:2-5)

According to 1 King 6:1, Solomon began to build the house of the Lord in 4th year of his reign, in the month of Ziv (2nd month). 1 Kings 6:37-38 tells us that he finished building the Temple in the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month. Then it says that it took seven years in building it.

If we just deduct these two dates then we would get 7 years and 6 months in building the temple. If it were so, then the Bible would have rounded it up to 8 years and not 7 years.

The Southern Kingdom of Judah counted the regnal years of the king’s reigns according to the civil calendar which begins in the 7th month and the year ends in the 6th month. So, Solomon’s 4th year begins from the 7th month which is the month of Tishri.

Because this civil calendar begins with the 7th month as the first month of reign, Bul, the 8th month, is 1 month into the regnal year, and Ziv would be the 7th month into the regnal year. Thus, the temple construction would total up to 6 years and 6 months and this rounds up to 7 years. Seven is a very significant number in the History of Redemption.

We will now think of the 4 main parts in explaining each temple in the bible, focusing on Solomon’s Temple:

1. Chosen place

Solomon’s Temple was built in the place where God chose and specifically showed it to David and Solomon (2 Chronicles 7:16, 2 Chronicles 3:1). This place was at Mount Moriah and there were 2 events and 2 people related to it. Firstly, it was where Abraham obeyed God in offering up Isaac and his faith was recognized by God. Thus, it was a place of Abraham’s faith. Secondly, it was also where King David repented from the sin of counting his soldiers. David counting his soldiers showed that he did not rely fully on God but relied on his own ability and resources. God punished David and asked him to set up an altar and offer up worship and offerings. God wanted David to come back to the place of faith. Our repentance is God bringing us back to the place of faith. Therefore, the foundation of the temple was Abraham’s faith and David’s repentance.

We as God’s spiritual Temple must be set upon Abraham’s faith and David’s repentance. Everything that we do for God needs to have that foundation. Otherwise, the church is a human building and not the house of God. Abraham and David did not know the purpose of giving their sacrifices in Mount Moriah. This teaches us that we should obey God, even though we do not yet understand why, because God has a bigger plan.

2. God’s presence

After Solomon finished the temple construction, he prayed to God and God’s presence comes in through the glory filling up the temple. The presence of God is manifested in 2 ways: (i) God’s glory filled Solomon’s Temple (1King 8:11). (ii) God’s presence was manifested through God’s name, God’s eyes, God’s ears, God’s heart remaining in the temple. (Ref:1 King 8:29; 9:3, 2 Chronicles 6:6, 20; 7:16; 33:4; 1 King 8:29; 2 Chronicles 7:15-16; 2 Chronicles 7:15) Where our ears, eyes and heart is, is what we love. So those whom God loves, His eyes, ears and heart will be upon that person protecting him. How much do we use our eyes to read the Word of God or our ears and heart gets directed towards God?

3. Priests in Solomon’s Temple (1 Chronicles 24:4)

Even before the temple was built, David already made the system of the people who were to serve in the temple according to God’s instructions. He divided priests into 24 divisions. The priests were all from the lineage of Aaron. There were 16 priests from Eleazar and 8 priests from Ithamar, altogether 24 divisions. They rotated and took turns serving in the temple because it was a 24-hour job. Priests were given the office and duty of the sanctuary, and of serving and worshipping God. 1 Peter 2:9 tells us that we are a chosen people of God, Christians are called to be royal priests. Therefore, we are all given the task to take care of His house physically and spiritually. So, we need to make sure that His worship services continue.

When the priests were coming out of the sanctuary after putting the ark of the covenant inside, the glory of the Lord filled the temple such that the priests could not stay standing. That is how much God loved His place and how much He wanted to bless the people (1 Kings 8:3,6).

4. Offerings and sacrifices

King Solomon and the people dedicated the temple by sacrificing a countless number of sheep and oxen (1 Kings 8:5,63-64). So we see that God wanted to bless His people but reciprocally the people wanted to give so much thanksgiving offering to the Lord too. The people gave thanks without being calculative towards God because they were so blessed.

Later on, King Solomon turned away from the Word of God and received Gentile women as his wives and concubines and he also built shrines and altars for their Gentile gods to give sacrifices and to worship them (1 Kings 11:4,6). God said it was evil in His sight because Solomon did not follow the Lord wholeheartedly. And despite God’s warnings to Solomon not to follow other gods, Solomon did not heed God’s command (1 Kings 11:9-13). This sin caused the kingdom to be divided into northern Israel and southern Judah.

When building up the house of God, God doesn’t like to hear any hammering sounds or human voices. It must be silent, meaning no conflicts or fights in the church. It is important to remember that God is the centre and not myself or my thoughts. Church work, building up the house of God, is about how not to quench the lamp of God’s grace, but continue with the glory of God filled in the temple.

Conclusion

When David had the heart to build God a house, God blessed him. May we build up the house of God with that redemptive heart, to fulfil God’s redemptive work through this church and through our lives, so that we and our children can receive these blessings.

What Blessings? (2 Samuel 7:8-16)
Blessings of physical and spiritual blessings. Blessing of eternal Sabbath. Blessings of a great name. Blessing of the Garden of Eden restored. Blessing of rest from all our enemies. Blessings for our children. Blessing of the Messiah coming into our life and our family. God will be a father to our son. God’s lovingkindness will never depart from our children. Our home will continue forever until the day of new heaven and earth.

AMEN.

Pastor Samuel Kim

2022-02-12T18:08:41+00:00
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