After presenting the people with the Temple, Solomon presents it to the Lord in a dedication prayer. It covers past, present and future. The beautiful Temple Solomon has made is nothing without the name of the Lord. And he knows that well. Solomon also knows that no matter how grand this structure is, it CANNOT […]
The Temple is ready. The Ark is placed within it. And now Solomon presents it to the people as the House of God. The last time we were together we read about the reunification of the Ark of the Lord with the Tabernacle. The pieces from the first Tabernacle were not put in place in […]
The Ark of the Lord is placed in the House of the Lord. No more separation of worship and sacrifice. All is united and God’s glory FILLED the Temple. Since the day Eli’s sons took the Ark into battle the Holy of Holies in the Tabernacle has stood empty. The Ark was captured by the […]
Solomon has new furnishings made for the new Temple. The original furnishings of the Tabernacle were not big enough to handle the volume that would pass through the Temple. We heard this story when we were in 1 Kings 7. In the earlier story the writer focused quite a bit on the stands that held […]
The Temple building is erected. We are given an architect’s description of it. And it is AMAZING! First off, let me say that I never knew this first piece of information. The Temple was built on the threshing floor of Ornan, on Mt. Moriah. I thought the threshing floor was outside of Jerusalem. Instead it […]
