Wednesday in Easter

54Verse 54. Now when Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and petition to the LORD, he got up before the altar of the LORD, where he had been kneeling with his hands spread out toward heaven. 55Verse 55. And he stood and blessed the whole assembly of Israel in a loud voice, saying: 56Verse 56. “Blessed be the LORD, who has given rest to His people Israel according to all that He promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises He made through His servant Moses. 57Verse 57. May the LORD our God be with us, as He was with our fathers. May He never leave us or forsake us. 58Verse 58. May He incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep the commandments and statutes and ordinances He commanded our fathers. 59Verse 59. And may these words with which I have made my petition before the LORD be near to the LORD our God day and night, so that He may uphold the cause of His servant and of His people Israel as each day requires, 60Verse 60. so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God. There is no other! 61Verse 61. So let your heart be fully devoted to the LORD our God, as it is this day, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments.” 62Verse 62. Then the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices before the LORD. 63Verse 63. And Solomon offered as peace offerings to the LORD 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the Israelites dedicated the house of the LORD. 64Verse 64. On that same day the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, since the bronze altar before the LORD was too small to contain all these offerings. 65Verse 65. So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him— a great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt— kept the feast before the LORD our God for seven days and seven more days— fourteen days in all.

31Verse 31. The One who comes from above is above all. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks as one from the earth. The One who comes from heaven is above all. 32Verse 32. He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony. 33Verse 33. Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful. 34Verse 34. For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit. 35Verse 35. The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands. 36Verse 36. Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”