And the house which king Solomon built for the Lord, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits. 1 Kings 6:2
Of surpassing beauty and unrivaled splendor was the palatial building which Solomon and his associates erected for God and His worship. Garnished with precious stones, surrounded by spacious courts and burnished gold, the temple structure, with its broidered hangings and rich furnishings, was a fit emblem of the living church of God on earth, which through the ages has been building in accordance with the divine pattern, with materials that have been likened to "gold, silver, precious stones,"..."polished after the similitude of a palace" (1 Corinthians 3:12; Psalm 144:12). Of this spiritual temple Christ is "the chief Cornerstone; in whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord" (Ephesians 2:20, 21).
At last the temple planned by King David, and built by Solomon his son, was completed. "All that came into Solomon's heart to make in the house of the Lord," he had "prosperously effected" (1 Chronicles 7:11). And now, in order that the palace crowning the heights of Mount Moriah might indeed be, as David had so much desired, a dwelling place " 'not for man, but for the Lord God" (1 Chronicles 29:1), there remained the solemn ceremony of formally dedicating it to Jehovah and His worship. (Prophets and Kings, 36)
Reflection: On this very spot Abraham was willing to offer his son in obedience to God. Here God renewed His covenant with Abraham. Here was also the crucifixion of God's own Son. What an awesome thought! Through all the ages, no man or woman could have devised such a plan.
Of surpassing beauty and unrivaled splendor was the palatial building which Solomon and his associates erected for God and His worship. Garnished with precious stones, surrounded by spacious courts and burnished gold, the temple structure, with its broidered hangings and rich furnishings, was a fit emblem of the living church of God on earth, which through the ages has been building in accordance with the divine pattern, with materials that have been likened to "gold, silver, precious stones,"..."polished after the similitude of a palace" (1 Corinthians 3:12; Psalm 144:12). Of this spiritual temple Christ is "the chief Cornerstone; in whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord" (Ephesians 2:20, 21).
At last the temple planned by King David, and built by Solomon his son, was completed. "All that came into Solomon's heart to make in the house of the Lord," he had "prosperously effected" (1 Chronicles 7:11). And now, in order that the palace crowning the heights of Mount Moriah might indeed be, as David had so much desired, a dwelling place " 'not for man, but for the Lord God" (1 Chronicles 29:1), there remained the solemn ceremony of formally dedicating it to Jehovah and His worship. (Prophets and Kings, 36)
Reflection: On this very spot Abraham was willing to offer his son in obedience to God. Here God renewed His covenant with Abraham. Here was also the crucifixion of God's own Son. What an awesome thought! Through all the ages, no man or woman could have devised such a plan.
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