Ezekiel’s Temple: the Temple Yet to Come
There are seven significant sanctuaries referred to in Holy Scripture: of these, one each was erected by Moses, Solomon, Ezra, and Herod1 respectively, and were material structures of wood or stone. The fifth is the Christian Church, now growing into...
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Solomon’s Temple
Having built a "house of cedars" for himself, David realized that the Ark of the Covenant was "under curtains," meaning it was housed not in the tabernacle but merely "a tent" which he had pitched for it (2 Chron. 1:4)....
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The Supreme Wonder
There were many features about the temple that caused men to marvel. The imposing beauty of its symmetrical design, the grandeur of its interior loveliness, the entire walls covered with carved cedar and overlaid with pure gold, studded with all...
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I Know Where the Ark Is
In February of 1989, a modest second-floor apartment in the Jewish Quarter of the old city of Jerusalem opened its doors to the public. Hugging the eastern slope of Mount Zion, its windows look expectantly toward the rugged southern brow...
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Jesus in the Temple
Is it not most striking that in that precious life, up to the moment of His entrance on His public ministry, through thirty years of hardship and trial unsullied by any wandering shadow or breath of evil, one thing only...
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Haggai & the Temple Restoration
It was when a dark cloud of doubt and despondence had descended on the people of Judah that Haggai appeared on the scene. In a short, trenchant message, he convicted the Jews of their sloth and neglect, and again aroused...
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Behind the Mask
Twenty years ago, I was having some meetings in a town on the Canadian prairies. After each session, as I greeted the Christians, I was disturbed to see a man, probably in his early seventies, guffawing and back-slapping his way...
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The Two Meals
Three and a half years after his first appearance before Ahab, there came the day when Elijah stood on Mount Carmel, vindicated as the Lord's prophet by the fire which fell from heaven upon his sacrifice. It was a notable...
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Turning Promises into Facts
Christianity is a life rather than a mere profession, a life to be lived daily in Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit. But if it is to really yield "the peaceable fruit of righteousness," there is a certain...
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