I Kings 7:13-8:11
Dear RTB’ers,
Yesterday, the Temple structure; today, the Temple furnishings. I have attached a DOCX file that shows the second link that John posted yesterday – an artist’s rendering of the Temple and its furnishings.
So now we have the Temple and its furnishings and finally, the Ark of the Covenant brought into the Temple. You probably remember the story of David bringing the ark from the house of Abinadab to the house of Obed-edom and from there on to Jerusalem, with Uzzah dying because he touched the Ark and Michal scorning David’s dancing before the Lord. (II Samuel 6) We have none of that drama today: And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark. And they brought up the ark of the Lord, the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the tent; the priests and the Levites brought them up. And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who had assembled before him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered. (vv. 7:3-5) Today we close with the Lord’s affirmation of all the work done to His glory: And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, a cloud filled the house of the Lord … for the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord. (vv. 7:10b, 11b) AMEN!
Blessings.
Fred