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Speaker 1: I'm John Stanghy, and today we're in Second Chronicles, chapter three,
Speaker 1: and we'll be reading from the New English translation. Solomon
Speaker 1: began building the Lord's Temple in Jerusalem on Mount Mariah,
Speaker 1: where the Lord had appeared to his father David. This
Speaker 1: was the place that David prepared at the threshing floor
Speaker 1: of Ornan, thebu site he began building on the second
Speaker 1: day of the second month of the fourth year of
Speaker 1: his reign. Solomon laid the foundation for God's Temple. Its length,
Speaker 1: determined according to the old standard of measure, was ninety
Speaker 1: feet and it's width thirty feet. The porch in front
Speaker 1: of the main hall was thirty feet long, corresponding to
Speaker 1: the width of the temple, and its height was thirty feet.
Speaker 1: He plated the inside with pure gold. He paneled the
Speaker 1: main hall with boards made from evergreen trees and plated
Speaker 1: it with fine gold, decorated with palm trees and chains.
Speaker 1: He decorated the temple with precious stones. The gold he
Speaker 1: used came from parvan. He overlaid the temple's rafters, thresholds, walls,
Speaker 1: and doors with gold. He carved decorative cherubim on the walls.
Speaker 1: He made the Most Holy Place. Its length was thirty feet,
Speaker 1: corresponding to the width of the temple, and its width
Speaker 1: thirty feet. He plated it with six hundred talons of
Speaker 1: fine gold. The gold nails weighed fifty shekels. He also
Speaker 1: plated the upper areas with gold. In the Most Holy Place,
Speaker 1: he made two images of cherubim and plated them with gold.
Speaker 1: The combined wingspan of the cherubim was thirty feet. One
Speaker 1: of the first cherub's wings was seven and one half
Speaker 1: feet long and touched one wall of the temple. Its
Speaker 1: other wing was also seven and one half feet long
Speaker 1: and touched one of the second cherub's wings. Likewise, one
Speaker 1: of the second cherub's wings was seven and one half
Speaker 1: feet long and touched the other wall of the temple.
Speaker 1: Its other wing was also seven and one half feet
Speaker 1: long and touched one of the first cherub's wings. The
Speaker 1: combined wingspan of these cherubim was thirty feet. They stood
Speaker 1: upright facing inward. He made the curtain out of violet purple,
Speaker 1: crimson and white fabrics and embroidered on it decorative cherubim.
Speaker 1: In front of the temple, he made two pillars which
Speaker 1: had a combined length of fifty two and a half feet,
Speaker 1: with each having a plated capital seven and one half
Speaker 1: feet high. He made ornamental chains and put them on
Speaker 1: top of the pillars. He also made one hundred pomegranate
Speaker 1: shaped ornaments and arranged them within the chains. He set
Speaker 1: up the pillars in front of the temple, one on
Speaker 1: the right side and the other on the left. He
Speaker 1: named the one on the right Jaquen and the one
Speaker 1: on the left Boaz. Let's pray. Lord, we thank you
Speaker 1: for your word, and we thank you for the privilege
Speaker 1: of being able to look at it together today. And Lord,
Speaker 1: we're grateful that we have the privilege to look at
Speaker 1: the details related to Solomon's building efforts in regard to
Speaker 1: the temple, and all the details and all the thought
Speaker 1: that went into it, and how this work was being
Speaker 1: done to glorify your name. And Lord, you tell us
Speaker 1: elsewhere in your word that you're building a temple, you're
Speaker 1: building your church, and it's not a building carved out
Speaker 1: with human hands. Your church is the people that have
Speaker 1: come to faith in your son Jesus Christ, the people
Speaker 1: that you have in dwelt with your Holy Spirit. And Lord,
Speaker 1: you treasure us. We are precious in your sight, and
Speaker 1: we're grateful Lord for your love. So Lord, when we
Speaker 1: look at a portion of scripture like this, we pray
Speaker 1: that our minds would realize that the ultimate intent of
Speaker 1: a scripture like this isn't just to point our attention
Speaker 1: to the careful detail that went into an important building,
Speaker 1: but there's a deeper truth that's represented by this portion
Speaker 1: of scripture. And we pray Lord that we would notice
Speaker 1: it and that our hearts would be pointed toward the
Speaker 1: building of your church by your son Jesus Christ. Thank you,
Speaker 1: Lord for selecting us, thank you for choosing us and
Speaker 1: making us part of your family, and thank you for
Speaker 1: your work in building us up. We're grateful, Lord for
Speaker 1: all that you've done and for who you are, and
Speaker 1: for how you love us. We pray this all in Jesus' name. Amen.