12/21/2010 7:58:06 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My Worship Time Focus: Building the temple
Bible Reading
& Meditation Reference:
1Kings 6:1-10, 36-38; 2Chron. 3
Message of the verses: This is the third main point from the third
chapter of Dr. Wiersbe’s commentary on 1Kings, “Be Responsible” and there are
several sub-points under this main point.
The first one he entitles “The outer structure and it covers the verses
mentioned above.
The outer structure (verses 1-10, 36-38;
2Chronicles 3): “1 ¶ Now it came about in the four hundred and
eightieth year after the sons of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the
fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv which is the
second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD. 2 As for the house which King Solomon built for
the LORD, its length was sixty cubits and its width twenty cubits and its
height thirty cubits. 3 The porch in
front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits in length, corresponding to
the width of the house, and its depth along the front of the house was ten
cubits. 4 Also for the house he made
windows with artistic frames. 5 Against
the wall of the house he built stories encompassing the walls of the house
around both the nave and the inner sanctuary; thus he made side chambers all
around. 6 The lowest story was five
cubits wide, and the middle was six cubits wide, and the third was seven cubits
wide; for on the outside he made offsets in the wall of the house all around in
order that the beams would not be inserted in the walls of the house. 7 The house, while it was being built, was
built of stone prepared at the quarry, and there was neither hammer nor axe nor
any iron tool heard in the house while it was being built. 8 The doorway for the lowest side chamber was
on the right side of the house; and they would go up by winding stairs to the
middle story, and from the middle to the third. 9 So he built the house and finished it; and he
covered the house with beams and planks of cedar. 10 He also built the stories against the whole
house, each five cubits high; and they were fastened to the house with timbers
of cedar.
“36 He built the inner court with three rows of
cut stone and a row of cedar beams. 37
In the fourth year the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid, in
the month of Ziv. 38 In the eleventh
year, in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished
throughout all its parts and according to all its plans. So he was seven years
in building it.”
“1
¶ Then Solomon began to build the house
of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his
father David, at the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of
Ornan the Jebusite. 2 He began to build
on the second day in the second month of the fourth year of his reign. 3 Now these are the foundations which Solomon
laid for building the house of God. The length in cubits, according to the old
standard was sixty cubits, and the width twenty cubits. 4 The porch which was in front of the house was
as long as the width of the house, twenty cubits, and the height 120; and
inside he overlaid it with pure gold. 5
He overlaid the main room with cypress wood and overlaid it with fine
gold, and ornamented it with palm trees and chains. 6 Further, he adorned the house with precious
stones; and the gold was gold from Parvaim. 7
He also overlaid the house with gold-the beams, the thresholds and its
walls and its doors; and he carved cherubim on the walls. 8 Now he made the room of the holy of holies:
its length across the width of the house was twenty cubits, and its width was
twenty cubits; and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to 600 talents.
9 The weight of the nails was fifty
shekels of gold. He also overlaid the upper rooms with gold.
10 ¶ Then he made two sculptured
cherubim in the room of the holy of holies and overlaid them with gold. 11 The wingspan of the cherubim was twenty
cubits; the wing of one, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house, and its
other wing, of five cubits, touched the wing of the other cherub. 12 The wing of the other cherub, of five cubits,
touched the wall of the house; and its other wing of five cubits was attached
to the wing of the first cherub. 13 The
wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits, and they stood on their feet
facing the main room. 14 He made the
veil of violet, purple, crimson and fine linen, and he worked cherubim on it.
15 He also made two pillars for the
front of the house, thirty-five cubits high, and the capital on the top of each
was five cubits. 16 He made chains in
the inner sanctuary and placed them on the tops of the pillars; and he made one
hundred pomegranates and placed them on the chains. 17 He erected the pillars in front of the
temple, one on the right and the other on the left, and named the one on the
right Jachin and the one on the left Boaz.”
This
is a concept of what the temple that Solomon built for the glory of the Lord
looked like.
I
want to begin the commentary on this SD by writing about something that Dr.
Wiersbe wrote at the beginning of his commentary on this third main
section. He writes that the two greatest
sins that David committed were the adultery with Bathsheba leading to the
murder of her husband, and also the numbering of the people near the end of his
reign. Out of these two sins came the
man who would build the temple and also the property that the temple would be
built on. Romans 5:20b reads as follows,
“but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more.” David paid dearly for his sins, but because
of the greatness of our God he caused this to work out for his glory and for
the good of the children of Israel. God
is so wise and powerful that He will use even our sinful things to bring Him
glory. Does this mean that we should go
on sinning that grace may abound, Paul writes the answer to this question that
he also asked with the strongest negative in the Greek language.
The
doors of the temple faced to the East as did the tabernacle. The description of outer part of the temple
is given in the verses above. The plans
came from God to David and then to Solomon who was also given great wisdom to
be able to build this magnificent structure.
The building was ninety feet by thirty feet and forty-five feet
tall. There were three stories to the
temple, but the most important part of the structure as far as its strength was
in the foundation.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: It is said in the Scriptures that Jesus
Christ is the chief corner stone which is the most important part of the most
important part of the structure, the foundation. If the foundation is faulty then the whole
building is faulty, but my foundation is built on the Lord Jesus Christ and
therefore it will stand forever.
My Steps of
Faith for Today:
1.
I want to give myself to the Lord for worship and
service this day.
2.
Put on the whole spiritual armor because I am in a
battle and in great need of it.
3.
Be more thankful.
4.
Trust the Lord to direct my path.
5.
Continue to learn contentment.
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