WEBVTT - 2 Chronicles 3

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<v Speaker 1>I'm John Stanghy, and today we're in Second Chronicles, chapter three,

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<v Speaker 1>and we'll be reading from the New English translation. Solomon

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<v Speaker 1>began building the Lord's Temple in Jerusalem on Mount Mariah,

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<v Speaker 1>where the Lord had appeared to his father David. This

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<v Speaker 1>was the place that David prepared at the threshing floor

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<v Speaker 1>of Ornan, thebu site he began building on the second

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<v Speaker 1>day of the second month of the fourth year of

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<v Speaker 1>his reign. Solomon laid the foundation for God's Temple. Its length,

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<v Speaker 1>determined according to the old standard of measure, was ninety

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<v Speaker 1>feet and it's width thirty feet. The porch in front

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<v Speaker 1>of the main hall was thirty feet long, corresponding to

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<v Speaker 1>the width of the temple, and its height was thirty feet.

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<v Speaker 1>He plated the inside with pure gold. He paneled the

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<v Speaker 1>main hall with boards made from evergreen trees and plated

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<v Speaker 1>it with fine gold, decorated with palm trees and chains.

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<v Speaker 1>He decorated the temple with precious stones. The gold he

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<v Speaker 1>used came from parvan. He overlaid the temple's rafters, thresholds, walls,

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<v Speaker 1>and doors with gold. He carved decorative cherubim on the walls.

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<v Speaker 1>He made the Most Holy Place. Its length was thirty feet,

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<v Speaker 1>corresponding to the width of the temple, and its width

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<v Speaker 1>thirty feet. He plated it with six hundred talons of

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<v Speaker 1>fine gold. The gold nails weighed fifty shekels. He also

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<v Speaker 1>plated the upper areas with gold. In the Most Holy Place,

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<v Speaker 1>he made two images of cherubim and plated them with gold.

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<v Speaker 1>The combined wingspan of the cherubim was thirty feet. One

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<v Speaker 1>of the first cherub's wings was seven and one half

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<v Speaker 1>feet long and touched one wall of the temple. Its

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<v Speaker 1>other wing was also seven and one half feet long

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<v Speaker 1>and touched one of the second cherub's wings. Likewise, one

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<v Speaker 1>of the second cherub's wings was seven and one half

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<v Speaker 1>feet long and touched the other wall of the temple.

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<v Speaker 1>Its other wing was also seven and one half feet

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<v Speaker 1>long and touched one of the first cherub's wings. The

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<v Speaker 1>combined wingspan of these cherubim was thirty feet. They stood

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<v Speaker 1>upright facing inward. He made the curtain out of violet purple,

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<v Speaker 1>crimson and white fabrics and embroidered on it decorative cherubim.

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<v Speaker 1>In front of the temple, he made two pillars which

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<v Speaker 1>had a combined length of fifty two and a half feet,

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<v Speaker 1>with each having a plated capital seven and one half

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<v Speaker 1>feet high. He made ornamental chains and put them on

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<v Speaker 1>top of the pillars. He also made one hundred pomegranate

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<v Speaker 1>shaped ornaments and arranged them within the chains. He set

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<v Speaker 1>up the pillars in front of the temple, one on

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<v Speaker 1>the right side and the other on the left. He

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<v Speaker 1>named the one on the right Jaquen and the one

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<v Speaker 1>on the left Boaz. Let's pray. Lord, we thank you

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<v Speaker 1>for your word, and we thank you for the privilege

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<v Speaker 1>of being able to look at it together today. And Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>we're grateful that we have the privilege to look at

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<v Speaker 1>the details related to Solomon's building efforts in regard to

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<v Speaker 1>the temple, and all the details and all the thought

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<v Speaker 1>that went into it, and how this work was being

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<v Speaker 1>done to glorify your name. And Lord, you tell us

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<v Speaker 1>elsewhere in your word that you're building a temple, you're

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<v Speaker 1>building your church, and it's not a building carved out

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<v Speaker 1>with human hands. Your church is the people that have

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<v Speaker 1>come to faith in your son Jesus Christ, the people

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<v Speaker 1>that you have in dwelt with your Holy Spirit. And Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>you treasure us. We are precious in your sight, and

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<v Speaker 1>we're grateful Lord for your love. So Lord, when we

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<v Speaker 1>look at a portion of scripture like this, we pray

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<v Speaker 1>that our minds would realize that the ultimate intent of

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<v Speaker 1>a scripture like this isn't just to point our attention

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<v Speaker 1>to the careful detail that went into an important building,

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<v Speaker 1>but there's a deeper truth that's represented by this portion

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<v Speaker 1>of scripture. And we pray Lord that we would notice

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<v Speaker 1>it and that our hearts would be pointed toward the

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<v Speaker 1>building of your church by your son Jesus Christ. Thank you,

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<v Speaker 1>Lord for selecting us, thank you for choosing us and

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<v Speaker 1>making us part of your family, and thank you for

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<v Speaker 1>your work in building us up. We're grateful, Lord for

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<v Speaker 1>all that you've done and for who you are, and

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<v Speaker 1>for how you love us. We pray this all in Jesus' name. Amen.