The temple, with its carvings of trees and flowers, pictured Paradise. And don’t miss the angels! The beauty of Solomon’s temple was not only in the gold covering but in the exquisite carvings. “The inside of the temple was cedar, carved with ornamental buds and open flowers” (1 Ki 6:18). “Then he carved all the […]
We saw three additions to the temple that were not in the tabernacle. Now for three positive negatives! In this study we will see three blessed negatives in the construction of this one-of-a-kind dwelling. First, “he made narrow ledges around the outside of the temple, so that the support beams would not be fastened into […]
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Here are three more meaningful differences between the tabernacle’s design and the temple’s. There was a “vestibule in front of the sanctuary of the house…And…windows with beveled frames. Against the wall of the temple he built chambers all around” (1 Ki 6:3-5). The tabernacle knew nothing of a vestibule, or windows, or chambers. What could […]
Sometimes the Word chips away at people for many years before they are actually set free. Almost across from Gordon’s Calvary, about 500 ft east of the Damascus Gate, there is an opening under the northern wall of the city of Jerusalem. It leads into Solomon’s Quarries, a series of man-carved caverns covering five acres […]
The tabernacle pictures the incarnate Son walking with us; the temple invites us into God’s throne room. The next difference between the tabernacle and the temple? The dimensions, reflecting the distinct purposes of the two structures. We read, “The house which King Solomon built for the Lord, its length was sixty cubits, its width twenty, […]
“For by Thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall” (2 Sam 22:30, KJV). Yes, it’s Leap Year, and what a good time, with God’s help, to leap over obstacles in our way. It must have been some troop of soldiers David ran through that day, and […]
The tabernacle is explained in the New Testament; the temple is not. So we’ll have to be careful! Chapter 6 of 1 Kings begins: “And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s […]
Adoption, or “son-placing,” is the ultimate goal God has set for believer (Eph 1:5) at the end of time, bringing us into the fullness of eternal realities. In Paul’s writings the ideas of “children” and “sons” are different. Becoming a child is a generative change: we are born into the family and share common life. […]
With the kingdom established and at peace, it was time for Solomon to begin Project No. 1. It was David’s lifelong desire to build an earthly dwelling for the Lord. Now his son contacted his counterpart to the north, “Hiram king of Tyre,” who had already sent him a congratulatory note on his ascension, “for […]
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