2 Chronicles 3:1 Then Solomon began to build the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to his father David. It was on the threshing floor of Araunaha the Jebusite, the place provided by David. NIV
At the close of both 2 Samuel and 1 Chronicles it is recorded that David sinned greatly by a census of his people (his military). I’m not sure why he did it but when he did it he sinned greatly against the Lord. After the Lord had punished him and his people for such action, the prophet Gad told David to build an altar at the threshing floor of a guy named, Araunah the Jebusite. Araunah’s threshing floor was on Mount Moriah. In Genesis 22 God told Abraham to take Isaac, his son, and sacrifice him on an altar in the region of Moriah.
Moriah it seems is a place chosen by God to make things right. God tested Abraham in Moriah to see where his heart really was now that Isaac had been born. God dealt with David on Moriah at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. The census was one of David’s last great acts – and it was a bad one. But God made things right for David and David proclaimed that very spot was to be the site of the House of the Lord.
God made things right for Abraham by testing him with Isaac. God made things right for David at the same place. And Solomon built the Temple right where God chose for it to be – so He could make it right for His people.
A thousand years later another event occurred at Moriah where God made things right for the world – Jesus Christ was crucified there and rose from the dead in that very region. God has His places to get things done and to make it right for all of us. My Moriah was Elmer’s Restaurant on Fairview Avenue in Boise, Idaho. My wife’s was in an apartment house in San Francisco. These are the places God chose for us to finally get a true glimpse of our Savior.
Psalm 97 says, “Zion hears and rejoices and the villages of Judah are glad because of your judgments, O Lord.” (Ps 97:8 NIV) They are glad because God made things right for them at Moriah. Today I don’t remember the exact date of my salvation, but I do remember the exact place – my Moriah.
Father in Heaven,
Long before Adam and Eve fell You chose that there would be a Moriah for all of mankind; and that in that place You would make the offer of making all things right for all of us. Some chose to accept Your offer and others have yet to discover Moriah. My prayer is that You help me help the ones looking for things to be made right that they may discover in You and through Jesus Christ – their Moriah. Amen
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