_He began to build the house of the Lord._ THE TEMPLE BUILT Solomon’s temple is the most wonderful and interesting building in the world’s history. It was “the mysterious centre of Israel.” It was far more to Israel than the Vatican is to Rome. It was, so long as it stood, God’s only earthly palace... [ Continue Reading ]
_The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad._ ENLARGEMENT UPWARDS As the temple was highest, so it enlarged itself still upward; for as it ascended in height, so it still was wider and wider; even from the lowest chambers to the top. And this was to show us th... [ Continue Reading ]
_And the house _. .. _ was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither._ LIVING STONES MADE READY FOR THE HEAVENLY TEMPLE In the New Testament the Church is termed “God’s building”--“the temple of God”--“the temple of the Holy Ghost”--“the temple of the living God”--“an habitation of G... [ Continue Reading ]
_No stone seen._ THE TEMPLE OF GOD FLAWLESS “All was cedar; there was no stone seen.” Take stone in the type for that which was really so, and in the antitype for that which is so mystically, and then it may import to us, that in heaven, the antitype of this holiest, there will never be anything o... [ Continue Reading ]
_Carved figures of cherubim and palm trees, and open flowers._ CHERUBIM, PALM TREES, AND OPEN FLOWERS The question cannot but occur, Why this peculiar carving exclusively? Everywhere they looked they were met by this threefold ornamentation, everywhere cherubim, palm trees and open flowers; these... [ Continue Reading ]