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7) A Final Word
Solomon’s prayer dealt with the many varied needs of the nation of Israel. The people were to acknowledge Yahweh’s great power and Jerusalem was to ever stand as the ultimate place where His name would be established and the centre of future world government.
To both Jew and Gentile today, Jerusalem still remains the future site of Divine government and rulership, and, worship.
Solomon did not fail to include the “stranger” in his prayer:
If they come and pray in (i.e.Heb.towards) this house; then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee as doth thy people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.”(or, “Thy name is called upon this house”; see margin of K.J.V.)
The faithful stranger /gentile today, like the faithful of all ages awaits the elevation of Jerusalem to the religious and political capital of this world. To kneel in prayer towards Jerusalem is an acknowledgment of Yahweh’s supreme power and the truth of His promise to mankind. But to accept or reject this, of course, becomes the individual’s decision.
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