1 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: Life Audio. For more resources to help you in your 2 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:10,680 Speaker 1: walk with Christ, please visit us at Bible Study Headquarters 3 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:15,160 Speaker 1: dot com. You're listening to the Chapter a Day Audio Bible. 4 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:20,520 Speaker 1: I'm John Stanghy, and today we're in Second Chronicles, chapter three, 5 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:26,400 Speaker 1: and we'll be reading from the New English translation. Solomon 6 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:30,280 Speaker 1: began building the Lord's Temple in Jerusalem on Mount Mariah, 7 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:33,680 Speaker 1: where the Lord had appeared to his father David. This 8 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:37,280 Speaker 1: was the place that David prepared at the threshing floor 9 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:41,479 Speaker 1: of Ornan, thebu site he began building on the second 10 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:44,440 Speaker 1: day of the second month of the fourth year of 11 00:00:44,479 --> 00:00:50,120 Speaker 1: his reign. Solomon laid the foundation for God's Temple. Its length, 12 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:54,080 Speaker 1: determined according to the old standard of measure, was ninety 13 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:58,480 Speaker 1: feet and it's width thirty feet. The porch in front 14 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:02,000 Speaker 1: of the main hall was thirty feet long, corresponding to 15 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:05,160 Speaker 1: the width of the temple, and its height was thirty feet. 16 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:10,319 Speaker 1: He plated the inside with pure gold. He paneled the 17 00:01:10,319 --> 00:01:14,319 Speaker 1: main hall with boards made from evergreen trees and plated 18 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:18,560 Speaker 1: it with fine gold, decorated with palm trees and chains. 19 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:23,000 Speaker 1: He decorated the temple with precious stones. The gold he 20 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:29,720 Speaker 1: used came from parvan. He overlaid the temple's rafters, thresholds, walls, 21 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:34,399 Speaker 1: and doors with gold. He carved decorative cherubim on the walls. 22 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:39,119 Speaker 1: He made the Most Holy Place. Its length was thirty feet, 23 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:42,640 Speaker 1: corresponding to the width of the temple, and its width 24 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:46,720 Speaker 1: thirty feet. He plated it with six hundred talons of 25 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 1: fine gold. The gold nails weighed fifty shekels. He also 26 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 1: plated the upper areas with gold. In the Most Holy Place, 27 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:59,240 Speaker 1: he made two images of cherubim and plated them with gold. 28 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:04,840 Speaker 1: The combined wingspan of the cherubim was thirty feet. One 29 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 1: of the first cherub's wings was seven and one half 30 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 1: feet long and touched one wall of the temple. Its 31 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 1: other wing was also seven and one half feet long 32 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 1: and touched one of the second cherub's wings. Likewise, one 33 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:22,640 Speaker 1: of the second cherub's wings was seven and one half 34 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:25,400 Speaker 1: feet long and touched the other wall of the temple. 35 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:28,600 Speaker 1: Its other wing was also seven and one half feet 36 00:02:28,639 --> 00:02:32,760 Speaker 1: long and touched one of the first cherub's wings. The 37 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 1: combined wingspan of these cherubim was thirty feet. They stood 38 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:42,359 Speaker 1: upright facing inward. He made the curtain out of violet purple, 39 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 1: crimson and white fabrics and embroidered on it decorative cherubim. 40 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:50,880 Speaker 1: In front of the temple, he made two pillars which 41 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:53,680 Speaker 1: had a combined length of fifty two and a half feet, 42 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 1: with each having a plated capital seven and one half 43 00:02:57,520 --> 00:03:01,640 Speaker 1: feet high. He made ornamental chains and put them on 44 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:05,760 Speaker 1: top of the pillars. He also made one hundred pomegranate 45 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:10,119 Speaker 1: shaped ornaments and arranged them within the chains. He set 46 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:12,520 Speaker 1: up the pillars in front of the temple, one on 47 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:15,360 Speaker 1: the right side and the other on the left. He 48 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:18,799 Speaker 1: named the one on the right Jaquen and the one 49 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:25,960 Speaker 1: on the left Boaz. Let's pray. Lord, we thank you 50 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:28,120 Speaker 1: for your word, and we thank you for the privilege 51 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:31,239 Speaker 1: of being able to look at it together today. And Lord, 52 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:33,600 Speaker 1: we're grateful that we have the privilege to look at 53 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 1: the details related to Solomon's building efforts in regard to 54 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:40,800 Speaker 1: the temple, and all the details and all the thought 55 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 1: that went into it, and how this work was being 56 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 1: done to glorify your name. And Lord, you tell us 57 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 1: elsewhere in your word that you're building a temple, you're 58 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 1: building your church, and it's not a building carved out 59 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:56,920 Speaker 1: with human hands. Your church is the people that have 60 00:03:57,040 --> 00:04:00,640 Speaker 1: come to faith in your son Jesus Christ, the people 61 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:04,280 Speaker 1: that you have in dwelt with your Holy Spirit. And Lord, 62 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:08,240 Speaker 1: you treasure us. We are precious in your sight, and 63 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:11,720 Speaker 1: we're grateful Lord for your love. So Lord, when we 64 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:13,720 Speaker 1: look at a portion of scripture like this, we pray 65 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 1: that our minds would realize that the ultimate intent of 66 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,760 Speaker 1: a scripture like this isn't just to point our attention 67 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:23,039 Speaker 1: to the careful detail that went into an important building, 68 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:26,919 Speaker 1: but there's a deeper truth that's represented by this portion 69 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:29,800 Speaker 1: of scripture. And we pray Lord that we would notice 70 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:33,080 Speaker 1: it and that our hearts would be pointed toward the 71 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:37,920 Speaker 1: building of your church by your son Jesus Christ. Thank you, 72 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:40,479 Speaker 1: Lord for selecting us, thank you for choosing us and 73 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:43,680 Speaker 1: making us part of your family, and thank you for 74 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:46,560 Speaker 1: your work in building us up. We're grateful, Lord for 75 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:49,039 Speaker 1: all that you've done and for who you are, and 76 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:54,600 Speaker 1: for how you love us. We pray this all in Jesus' name. Amen.