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First Kings Chapter 7. 
Does anyone remember how First 

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Kings Chapter 6 concluded? 
Well, it's right there. 

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So you remember now, don't you? 
First Kings Chapter 6 concluded 

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with the summation of the time 
that it took to build the 

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temple. 
And it was how many years? 

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Seven years? 
It took Seven. 

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Years to complete the Temple of 
Solomon and right at the outset 

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of Chapter 7 we are given 
another summary, not concerning 

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the temple but concerning a 
different structure, and that is

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the building that Solomon built 
for his own house. 

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And in verse one reread Solomon 
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years and he finished his entire
house now. 

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There is some debate about what 
this might mean, because right 

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next to this verse, the 
preceding verse, we're told 

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about how long it took to build 
the temple, and immediately 

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we're told how long it took to 
build Solomon's own abode. 

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How many here believe that it 
was a bad thing? 

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That it took Solomon longer to 
build his own house? 

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No one. 
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How many believe that it was a 
neutral thing? 

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It didn't indicate really 
anything concerning Solomon's 

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priorities or his heart posture.
Wow. 

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No one as well, All right. 
Well, here's what the debate is.

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This perhaps is. 
Not a good thing, because it 

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speaks about misplaced 
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Here you have a man who seems to
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dedicated in terms of his time, 
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attention to something that was 
personal, somebody that belonged

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to himself, something that was 
not necessarily. 

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Connected to the work of God and
they would just make that 

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conclusion based on the amount 
of time that Solomon gave to 

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this structure. 
And they would also maybe point 

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to the Book of Haggai, where 
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of Israelites that neglected the
House of God all together for 

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the sake of beautifying their 
own homes and bringing upgrades 

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and renovations to their own 
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And the prophet comes on the 
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He says. 
You have misplaced your 

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priorities in life. 
You've put your home, your 

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little empire, your own comfort 
and pleasure, while the House of

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God lies in ruins. 
Change things up. 

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Consider your ways. 
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necessarily so, primarily 
because the scripture doesn't 

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really give commentary on 
Solomon's heart behind this. 

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And you can also make the case, 
well, yeah, as much as it took 

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him time to build his own house,
which house did he built first? 

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The House of God. 
And you can also make the case 

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that the fact that it took him 
seven years means that he put 

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extra urgency and dedication to 
completing the House of God, and

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he was not so urgent concerning 
his own home. 

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And so it's not clear we can't 
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Solomon's spiritual condition at
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behind building his own house. 
But there is a lesson. 

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There is an overarching truth 
with Solomon's house, and we 

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have to just be patient to wait 
at the end of the section to see

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what it is. 
It also helps to know that 

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Solomon's house is not the only 
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It's not the only thing that 
we're told about here in this 

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chapter. 
Look here at verse 2 and let's 

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read down to verse eight. 
He built the House of the Forest

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of Lebanon. 
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its breadth 50 cubits and its 
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And it was built on 4 rows of 
cedar pillars with cedar beams 

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of the pillars. 
And it was covered with cedar 

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above the chambers that were on 
the 45 pillars, 15 in each row. 

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There were window frames in 
three rows and windows opposite 

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window in three tiers. 
All the doorways in the windows 

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had square frames and window was
opposite window in three tiers. 

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So you don't just have Solomon's
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Now you're told about this 
different house called the House

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of what? 
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Keep that in mind. 
So we have another structure, 

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structure #2. 
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verse 6. 
And he made the hall of pillars.

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Its length was 50 cubits and 
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There was a porch in front with 
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them. 
So #3 you have the Hall of 

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Pillars, so there's another 
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Then you have a fourth 
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Look at verse 7. 
And he made the hall of the 

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throne where he was to pronounce
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judgment. 
It was finished with cedar from 

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floor to rafters. 
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another structure, his own 
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the other court, back of the 
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It was of like workmanship. 
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this hall for Pharaoh's 
daughter, whom he had taken in 

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marriage. 
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of this section about the 
materials concerning these 

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houses. 
We don't know if these homes, of

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these buildings, of these halls 
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separate from one another. 
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connected in some kind of a 
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That detail is not given to us. 
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we have information concerning 
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the details that we are given 
are in the mind of God, enough 

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for us to draw some truths out 
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And so I want us to, for a 
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and look at the House of the 
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We aren't told what the purpose 
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kind of gives you the impression
of what the experience was like 

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when you walked into this place.
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covered with Cedars, and the 
impression that you might have 

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had when you stood in that 
awesome place was that you were 

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in a forest. 
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you can imagine the sights, you 
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rows of Cedars. 
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in some kind of a field with 
long and tall trees. 

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But it's not until you go to 
Chapter 10 so you can turn 

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there. 
Look at Chapter 10 for a moment.

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And when you go to verse 16 and 
17, you'll see here that Solomon

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added some things to this house.
He added some things. 

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And what did he add? 
He added beautiful Shields and 

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other weaponry. 
There King Solomon made 200 

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large Shields of beaten gold. 
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each shield. 
And then we read and he made 300

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Shields of beaten gold. 3 menas 
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the king put them in where the 
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And so there there are these 
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And it could be that the purpose
of this place was that it was an

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Armory, and that is inferred at 
an in another place. 

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And I I want you to see this 
because this is where we're 

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going to get some actual insight
for our own walk with the Lord. 

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If you go to Isaiah 22/8, this 
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So go to Isaiah the prophet 
Isaiah Chapter 22 and verse 8. 

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What's happening in chapter 22, 
the Lord is describing the siege

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that was encroaching upon 
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surrounding this holy city. 
And what the Lord is doing there

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through an Oracle, is he's 
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people of Jerusalem as a 
reaction to the enemy now coming

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in and coming closer to their 
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to their families, to the House 
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And here's one of the responses 
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people in Isaiah 22 verse 8. 
It says here he has taken away 

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the covering of Judah. 
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weapons of the House of the 
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So there were more than just 
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weapons there. 
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is very much likely an Armory 
that held and contained weapons 

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for the people of Judah. 
Now God making this an 

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observation about how they look 
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The House of the Forest, in a 
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surrounded by their enemies, was
this a good thing or a bad thing

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for them to look to? 
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Bad. 
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Confirmed. 
You're still there, right? 

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Look at verse 11 of Isaiah, 
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You've made a reservoir between 
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the old pool. 
Now look at the wording here. 

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But you did not look to him who 
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it long ago. 
So as you, using mirroring 

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language here, right? 
You look to the House of the 

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forest in times of trouble. 
You didn't look to me. 

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You didn't turn your attention 
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You didn't come desperately to 
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You didn't come broken and 
contract to me. 

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You look to yourself. 
You look to yourself to rescue 

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yourself, to solve this, to 
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And so this is not commendation.
This is condemnation. 

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But we have to be careful. 
God is not condemning the idea 

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here that you and I should not 
utilize human resources or 

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humans in times of distress. 
What the Lord is highlighting 

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here is something you're very 
familiar with. 

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This is not nothing new for you 
that ultimately, where is your 

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trust, huh? 
Ultimately, where do you put 

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your faith? 
Who is the one who you 

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ultimately put all your hope in?
And here's the lesson about the 

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House of the force of Lebanon. 
You know what the lesson is? 

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Be careful making an idol of 
something that you made. 

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Be careful of putting too much 
hope, too much glory, too much 

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trust, too much of your 
identity. 

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And something that you created, 
something that you purchased, 

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something that you've 
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And that can be material, that 
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information. 
Who is primary as your source of

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help? 
Who is primary and your source 

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of times of need? 
Who is the one that you draw 

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from. 
And the Lord saying, despite the

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fact that you have these things,
these things that I've even I I 

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recognize and and I didn't 
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You've misplaced your trust, 
ultimately and you failed to 

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look to me as your reaction. 
You failed to see me in all of 

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this. 
And that's something for you and

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I to consider. 
God longs for your heart and 

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mind. 
To cling to him above 

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everything. 
And unfortunately that wasn't 

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the case for the nation of 
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Now we come back to first Kings 
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So we dealt with the House of 
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Now we come here and verse six 
and seven where we're told of 

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one hall of pillars, but then 
we're told of this hall of the 

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throne or hall of judgement. 
This is pretty self-explanatory,

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is it not? 
This is where Solomon would sit 

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and hear and receive cases, and 
would pronounce judgements upon 

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those cases. 
Nothing else is added here, 

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unless again, you go to 1st 
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added detail that's assumed to 
be part of the Hall of Judgment.

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Look at it in verse 18 of First 
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The king also made a great ivory
throne and overlaid it with the 

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finest gold. 
The throne had six steps and the

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throne had a Round Top, and on 
each side of the seat were 

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armrest. 
And two lions standing beside 

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the armrest, while 12 lions 
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a step on the six steps. 
The like of it was never made in

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any Kingdom. 
You could just imagine the 

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splendor and the dazzling 
beauty, even the sense of 

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authority and reverence, just by
the side of the throne. 

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Yet 2 lions. 
As armrests you had these lines 

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sitting on the steps leading up 
to the throne, and this is where

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Solomon would sit as people 
would come to receive his wisdom

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and 1st Kings. 10 The 
description of the throne that 

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was most likely in the Hall of 
Judgment. 

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Hall of the Throne is where the 
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and she saw the different 
artifacts and she saw the 

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organization and she saw the 
ambassadors and she saw the 

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house. 
That he built. 

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And she saw the place of 
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And what are we told about a 
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What happened to her? 
It took her breath away. 

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She was absolutely spellbound by
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She heard about it, but now that
she saw it, she was just swept 

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off her feet. 
And it's so sad to read the 

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glory of this man's throne and 
everything else around it, 

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because in a very short amount 
of time, it's all going to be 

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buried that that throne will be 
vacant, it will be destroyed, 

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and it will be forgotten. 
Why? 

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Because the character of the man
who sat on this throne did not 

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match the glory of that throne. 
At least his character did not 

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last when it came to the end of 
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He betrayed God, He turned his 
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And Solomon's failure would be 
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downward spiral of the Davidic 
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And this is heartbreaking, 
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You see all this blessing, You 
see all this adornment, all 

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these things that point to the 
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And it's as you read in 
Jeremiah, destroyed by the 

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enemy. 
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the early books of the New 
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Student of the Hebrew scriptures
would be revived by another 

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promise, a promise that was made
long ago in the days of David, 

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but then has reintroduced the 
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all that glory for centuries. 
And it was through an Angel who 

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came to a Jewish young lady. 
Let me read this to you. 

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The Angel Gabriel comes to Mary 
and she tells him about He tells

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him about this baby in her womb,
gives the name of the baby. 

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But he also says what will be 
given to this son. 

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Does anybody remember one of the
details of what will be given to

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the son of David? 
Name Jesus. 

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Well, let me read it to you and 
Luke 1. 

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If you want to write it down for
notes for later, you can. 

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Luke 131 just listen. 
Just listen though. 

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Just pay attention to this. 
Imagine being visited by this 

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creature from heaven and being 
told this Luke 131 And behold, 

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you will conceive in your womb 
and bear a son, and you shall 

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call his name Jesus. 
There's just something about 

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that name. 
You know that song? 

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You. 
Shall call his name Jesus, He 

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will be great, and will be 
called the Son of the Most High,

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And the Lord God will give to 
him the what? 

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The throne of his Father David. 
He will be given the throne of 

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his father David, and he will 
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Forever. 
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no end. 
There is this boy who would be 

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born, and he was born. 
His name is Jesus. 

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He's the son of David, but he's 
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and he would be given the throne
of his father David. 

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That throne that was beautified 
by Solomon, that was eventually 

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destroyed because of 
unfaithfulness and apostasy, but

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then would be resurfaced again. 
And Jesus will sit on it and no 

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one will take it from him. 
Nothing will ever, ever change 

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the fate of the authority of 
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One. 
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infinitely beautiful as that 
throne will be far more majestic

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than the throne of Solomon, 
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The one who sits on it will be 
the object of our amazement more

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than anything else. 
It's not going to be the 

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material of that throne, the 
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It's going to be the one who 
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That will. 
Keep our gaze uninterrupted, 

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forever and ever and ever. 
Christ will be the center of our

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amazement. 
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the one who will draw out our 
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Christ will be the one that when
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Because we will see. 
Him. 

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You know what's going to happen.
I'm. 

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Sure, he'll take our breath 
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He will take our breath away. 
You know there's some people who

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have different personalities 
when it comes to worship, right?

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Some are more quiet and 
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And that's fine as long as your 
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But I can't wait to see the day 
where we all see him. 

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I have a feeling that no matter 
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there's going to be a lot of 
expression of amazement in that 

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moment. 
And so we see this throne, we 

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see this hall of judgement. 
We see that Jesus was given this

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throne and he will realize that 
when he comes back again 

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physically. 
So we have the hall of Judgment.

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But this is probably the most 
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eight of First Kings Chapter 7. 
I don't want to believe belabor 

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this point, but it's worth 
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says his own house, where he has
to dwell in the other court back

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of the hall, was like. 
Was of like workmanship. 

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Solomon also made a house like 
this hall for Pharaoh's 

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daughter. 
What are you doing? 

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So in this complex of these 
magnificent architectural 

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designs and buildings, you have 
this one hall dedicated to a 

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Pagan This. 
Hall would not even be conceived

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in the mind of Solomon if he had
not entered into an illegitimate

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relationship with her to begin 
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Is that not true? 
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something. 
Here's the principle. 

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You ready? 
You're already seeing the cost 

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of compromise in Solomon's life 
here very early on, the cost of 

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compromise, at least in one 
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So he marries this woman, tries 
to build this marriage alliance,

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and then somewhere along the 
line, it became more than just a

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marriage now. 
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out of the overflow of his 
affection, he wants to create 

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this hall just for her. 
And you can imagine what maybe 

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went through Solomon's mind 
justifying this price tag. 

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Well, it's not so significant. 
We have all this material 

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anyway. 
We're told that silver was like 

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stone in the days of Solomon. 
And so we can add to this. 

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We can, we can, we can make 
space for this. 

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It's not a problem. 
Sure, we could have preserved 

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more time and more resources for
other things, but what's the big

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deal? 
And that's how people think when

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they live in compromise 
sometimes. 

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But is that where it ends for 
Pharaoh's daughter? 

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Is that where it ends for 
Solomon? 

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Is it? 
No, no, no. 

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Come back to here. 
First Kings Chapter 11. 

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This is where it ends. 
First Kings 11, verse seven. 

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And Solomon built, so he's 
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He didn't end. 
Building King of First Kings 

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Chapter 7. 
He's going to build something 

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near the end of his life. 
Then Solomon built a high place 

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for Hamas, the abomination of 
Moab, and for Moloch, the 

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abomination of the Ammonites on 
the mountain east of Jerusalem. 

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And so he did for all his 
foreign wives who made offerings

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and sacrificed to their gods. 
So check out this progression or

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digression. 
Solomon sought to build a 

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political alliance through 
marriage with Pharaoh's 

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daughter, and then from there he
builds a hall for Pharaoh's 

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daughter and then he builds 
Pagan temples for not just 

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Pharaoh's daughter, but for many
of his foreign wives. 

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So start with building a 
relationship with Egypt and went

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to building a place for 
Pharaoh's daughter and. 

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Then it came to a place where he
built a series of sanctuaries 

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for them to worship at. 
It's very difficult to pump the 

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brakes when you're justifying 
sin in your life. 

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Very difficult. 
And you think you can build 

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something and maintain it and 
hover and say you're not going 

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to go any further than this, but
something happens with sin. 

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It's so powerful that the fangs 
of it dig so deep in it and it 

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creates a havoc in your life 
that you'd never anticipated. 

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You went from building this 
relationship, justifying it. 

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Well, this is good for us. 
God told me that we're going to 

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be a nation of peace. 
Then maybe I got to help him 

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out. 
To now you joyfully and 

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completely, without any concern,
building a place where God alone

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is supposed to be worshipped for
other gods to be worshipped. 

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So we see that in verse 8. 
Now look at this in verse nine. 

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Are you there in First Kings 7? 
Here's really a summary of all 

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these structures. 
We're told all these were made 

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of costly stones, cut according 
to measure, sawed with saws back

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and forth even from the 
foundation to the coping and 

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from the outside to the Great 
Court. 

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The foundation was of costly 
stones, huge stones, stones of 

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eight and 10 cubits and above, 
where costly stones cut 

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according to measurement and 
cedar. 

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The Great Court had three 
courses of cut stones, and we're

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told here all around in the 
course of cedar beams. 

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So had the inner court of the 
House of the Lord and the 

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vestibule. 
Of the house? 

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What phrase repeats itself? 
Costly stones. 

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Costly stones. 
Costly stones. 

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So this is no small feat. 
This is a great accomplishment. 

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This took a lot of wisdom and 
engineering and time and effort 

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and it's completed. 
And all the things that went 

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into it made even royalty, like 
the Queen of Sheba breathless. 

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And I'm sure if you and I stood 
in the midst of all of these 

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things, we also would be very 
much in awe, very much impressed

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with the mind of this architect 
who put all these things 

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together. 
So you get one idea from the 

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reaction of the Queen of Sheba. 
Do you know how Solomon felt 

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about all of this, though, Do 
you? 

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Oh, very good, my friend. 
Yes. 

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You know your Bible. 
Well, if you want to know how 

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Solomon felt about his 
accomplishments, at least at a 

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certain point in his life, go 
to. 

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Ecclesiastes 2. 
Look at verse four. 

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He actually talks about this. 
He's talking about the very 

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thing that you and I just 
covered. 

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And notice what he says in 
Ecclesiastes 2 Four. 

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It's kind of a journal entry. 
Though it's not, he knew it 

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wasn't meant for himself. 
But he says this as an entry 

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into this amazing piece of 
literature. 

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Holy Scripture, Ecclesiastes 24I
made great works. 

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I built houses. 
I built houses and planted 

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vineyards for myself. 
And then he goes on to give a 

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catalog about the things that he
has done. 

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I built houses. 
First, Kings Chapter 7. 

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You saw some of those houses, 
and then you go down to verse 11

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and here's his heart. 
In reflection of those 

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accomplishments. 
Then I concerted all that my 

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hands had done and the toil I 
had expended and doing it. 

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And behold, all was vanity and a
striving after wind, and there 

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was nothing to be gained under 
the sun. 

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That's pretty depressing. 
You spent 13 years of your life 

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putting these things together, 
and when you reflect on it, you 

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thought, what a waste of time. 
Now that is not to say. 

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And I don't believe Solomon is 
even saying here that he 

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believed there is no fulfillment
or sense of satisfaction that 

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comes with crossing a line where
you see the desired outcome of 

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your great effort and your great
sacrifice. 

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That's not what Solomon is 
speaking about here. 

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What he is speaking about here 
is that as you shake off the 

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adrenaline and as you, you feel 
those sense of rushing, 

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accomplishing fulfillments 
occupying your bosom right. 

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It fizzles out. 
It fizzles out. 

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And what he is essentially 
saying in Ecclesiastes, and he 

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says throughout the book of 
Ecclesiastes, there is no 

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lasting pleasure in all of this.
There is pleasure. 

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It's not lasting. 
It evaporates. 

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You and I know what that's like 
because you, most of us in here 

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have reached certain milestones 
in life and it's exciting and 

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you have celebrations around it.
And then what happens? 

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It's just old news. 
And then you look for the next 

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thing, and then you get to that 
milestone. 

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And then what? 
You get accustomed to it and you

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realize, OK, this is life. 
Then you go for the next thing. 

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And this is how people enter 
into crises in their lives 

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because they see the pattern of 
life. 

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You gain this, you win this, you
get there. 

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And then what? 
There's still a vacuum in your 

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soul. 
And then what? 

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It didn't bring you further 
enough. 

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Now you're searching and looking
for the next thing. 

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And there are people who live 
like that. 

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There are people who have so 
made their life about just 

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making one thing done after 
another, building one thing 

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after another, accomplishing one
thing, opening one thing after 

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the other, and they're just 
trying to get the next rush in 

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life. 
And Solomon does us a favor. 

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He goes, you're wasting your 
time because it's not going to 

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help. 
Let me tell you what will bring 

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lasting pleasure. 
Let me tell you something that 

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through all your activities and 
responsibilities, even your 

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hobbies and your desires, 
something that must be as a 

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foundation of your existence. 
What does he say at the end of 

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the Book of Ecclesiastes? 
Fear God and keep his 

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commandments. 
You want to live a vain, free 

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life? 
Fear God. 

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Who would have thought? 
Yeah, fear God. 

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Why? 
Because let me tell you 

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something about the fear of God.
Scripture says the fear of the 

458
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Lord. 
It gives you many things, and 

459
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one of the things that it gives 
you is friendship with the Lord.

460
00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:35,520
And it opens up a fountain of 
other blessings. 

461
00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:37,360
Fear God and keep His 
commandments. 

462
00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:40,440
Live consciously wanting to 
please the Lord, and you will 

463
00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:44,400
know the greatest, most lasting,
undisturbed satisfaction. 

464
00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:49,800
And so Solomon says, I did all 
this stuff and I just kicked 

465
00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:51,200
back and looked at it all and 
thought. 

466
00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:56,120
Vanity. 
Vanity. 

467
00:25:56,120 --> 00:25:58,040
I wish some of you young people 
here who have your life ahead of

468
00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:04,080
you would believe that ahead of 
time, life will get so much 

469
00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:06,400
better once I get married. 
OK, Then you get married. 

470
00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:07,400
OK. 
Life will get so much more 

471
00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:10,040
excited once I have a baby, OK? 
Life will get so much better if 

472
00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:12,520
I have more than one baby, OK? 
Life will get much of A better 

473
00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:14,560
if I have my forever home. 
OK. 

474
00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:16,480
Did you Did you not catch on 
yet? 

475
00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:23,480
They did not click yet. 
To be honest, if you ask my 

476
00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:25,480
testimony, I had a midlife 
crisis at 20. 

477
00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:29,800
Seriously, tell myself I'm in a 
rat race. 

478
00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:33,560
This is what. 
And I just as though I can 

479
00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:34,880
predict the future, see the 
future. 

480
00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:35,920
And it's not predicting. 
I just. 

481
00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:38,600
I looked around me said this is 
the this is the way of all 

482
00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:43,880
mankind. 
By God's grace rescued me from a

483
00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:47,440
vain life. 
And so this is what Solomon is 

484
00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:48,840
expressing here. 
And this is the conclusion that 

485
00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:51,520
we make at this section. 
But now we revisit the temple, 

486
00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:53,440
so we come back to First Kings 
chapter seven. 

487
00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:55,640
Look at verse 13. 
We come to the temple 

488
00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:57,280
furnishings. 
This is the. 

489
00:26:57,280 --> 00:27:00,960
Last touch on the Temple before 
Kings chapter eight First Kings 

490
00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:02,760
8, where we have the dedication 
of the temple. 

491
00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:05,720
But interestingly we're 
introduced to a new character in

492
00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:08,680
our study and it's found here in
verse 13 of Chapter 7. 

493
00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:14,240
And King Solomon sent and 
brought Hiram Hiram from Tyre. 

494
00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:16,720
And look at the description of 
this man, because this is not 

495
00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:20,280
the same Hiram that he had an 
alliance with. 

496
00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:23,600
This is not the king of Tyre. 
How do we know that? 

497
00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:27,000
Verse 14, He was the son of a 
widow of the tribe of Naphtali, 

498
00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:31,520
and his father was a man of 
Tyre, a worker in bronze, and he

499
00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:34,720
was full of wisdom, 
understanding and skill for 

500
00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:38,600
making any work in bronze. 
He came to King Solomon and did 

501
00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:43,280
all his work. 
You have another prophetic 

502
00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:47,120
picture here, one that's built 
upon the relationship that King 

503
00:27:47,120 --> 00:27:50,480
Hiram had with David. 
Because King Hiram from Tyre is 

504
00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:54,480
Tyre a place in Israel? 
No, it's what the place in 

505
00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:56,480
Lebanon, right? 
And now you have a Lebanese, at 

506
00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:59,520
least half Lebanese, half 
Lebanese, half Jew. 

507
00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:04,760
That's being sent from Hiram 
Solomon accepted his workmanship

508
00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:07,880
to work on the House of God. 
Here's the prophetic picture yet

509
00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:10,000
again. 
We're receiving a foreshadowing 

510
00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:14,120
of a temple to come where Jew 
and Gentile will be part of you,

511
00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:18,200
me, the Church of Jesus Christ. 
Not to work on this temple 

512
00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:22,680
necessarily, but to actually 
make up the Temple, Jew and 

513
00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:24,320
Gentile. 
I mean, think about this. 

514
00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:27,560
Think about the relationship the
Jews had with the Gentiles. 

515
00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:32,920
And in the crowning glory work 
of the nation of Israel, you 

516
00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:35,600
have a Gentile participating in 
it. 

517
00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:40,080
That can't be about anything but
a nudge for the future of what's

518
00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:41,440
going to be realized in the New 
Covenant. 

519
00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:45,240
But with this prophetic picture,
you got a practical lesson here.

520
00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:47,480
I read this and I thought to 
myself, why do I need to know 

521
00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:50,120
this? 
Why do I need to know that here 

522
00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:51,880
I'm from Tyre was the son of a 
widow. 

523
00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:55,920
OK, Jew Gentile. 
I get it. 

524
00:28:55,920 --> 00:28:56,720
That's exciting. 
I'm. 

525
00:28:56,720 --> 00:28:59,320
I'm reading the Old Testament. 
I understand what Jesus is doing

526
00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:01,440
today, what he promised he would
do in building his church and 

527
00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:04,400
keeping his church. 
But we're told here that he was 

528
00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:08,640
the son of a widow. 
It's very simple I think. 

529
00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:11,520
Just get get a little. 
Insight into this man's history.

530
00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:16,400
Being in a family where you 
didn't have a father, would it 

531
00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:20,040
be easy or hard at this time? 
Very hard, very challenging. 

532
00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:23,880
It would be challenging today if
you lost a loved one, if you 

533
00:29:23,880 --> 00:29:29,120
lost a parent. 
And yet, with the difficulty and

534
00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:32,960
the challenges that this young 
man must have faced in life, 

535
00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:36,960
we're also told that he was a 
very dedicated, hard working, 

536
00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:41,200
accomplished man. 
He was full of wisdom, full of 

537
00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:44,680
wisdom, understanding skill, of 
making any work in bronze. 

538
00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:49,680
So this man didn't allow the 
challenges, the disappointments 

539
00:29:49,680 --> 00:29:53,600
in life, to distract him to the 
degree that he did not identify 

540
00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:56,040
his gifting. 
What he believed his purpose was

541
00:29:57,440 --> 00:30:00,760
he. 
Was what he was full of wisdom 

542
00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:04,400
that's given by somebody. 
It's given by God. 

543
00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:09,920
And here's this individual who 
knew pain, but he didn't allow 

544
00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:12,520
that pain to paralyze him. 
Unfortunately, you have some, 

545
00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:16,520
and I'm not discrediting or nor 
am I diminishing the pain that 

546
00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:19,680
some of us have felt in life, 
the loss of someone, the loss of

547
00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:21,880
something. 
But there are some people who 

548
00:30:22,360 --> 00:30:28,080
are wallowing in their past, 
wallowing in their past, and 

549
00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:32,360
they have literally gone 
virtually nowhere since that 

550
00:30:32,360 --> 00:30:36,520
significant event in life. 
They're in the same place and 

551
00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:38,440
they wallow and they reflect on 
that. 

552
00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:41,680
And they're triggered by certain
things, certain times of the 

553
00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:44,440
year, and they just relapse, 
whether that be in sin or in 

554
00:30:44,440 --> 00:30:45,760
depression or whatever the case 
be. 

555
00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:48,480
And again, I don't want to sound
insensitive here, but I want you

556
00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:50,320
to look at an example from this 
man. 

557
00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:54,920
Here was somebody who did not 
allow a tragedy in his life to 

558
00:30:54,920 --> 00:31:01,320
suck the hope out of him or to 
crush the zest in life. 

559
00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:04,880
Because here's the point out of 
this. 

560
00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:06,200
When you look at this and you 
read this, you have to 

561
00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:08,760
understand that whatever 
suffering you and I endure, it 

562
00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:11,160
does not disqualify us from the 
Lord using US. 

563
00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:14,680
Isn't this God still has a 
purpose for you. 

564
00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:17,120
He still has something ahead for
you. 

565
00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:20,000
Yes, things happen in your life 
that perhaps you would wish 

566
00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:22,600
would be different. 
But you have to understand here 

567
00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:26,000
that if you're not careful, you 
can buy into the line the 

568
00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:29,160
temptation that life is over. 
There's no point of existing. 

569
00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:32,720
I'm just going to cruise along. 
And that would be wrong. 

570
00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:37,200
You have to be careful with that
because you can miss out on so 

571
00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:40,240
much more what you have believed
was taken from you or that you 

572
00:31:40,240 --> 00:31:44,000
lost. 
This man was a hard worker. 

573
00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:46,680
This man had a gift. 
This man exercised that gift. 

574
00:31:46,880 --> 00:31:49,520
And what I love about his story 
is that he clearly had a 

575
00:31:49,520 --> 00:31:53,040
reputation because he ROM 
recommended him. 

576
00:31:53,440 --> 00:31:55,840
King Huron recommended him and 
sent him to Solomon. 

577
00:31:55,840 --> 00:31:57,400
Think about this. 
This is so exciting. 

578
00:31:57,600 --> 00:32:01,320
You have this man who is half 
Jew, have Gentile living away 

579
00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:06,000
from Israel and he's just, he's 
just doing his thing. 

580
00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:09,720
He's creating, he's putting 
things together and he's working

581
00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:13,080
in obscurity and all of a sudden
a knock comes to his door. 

582
00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:18,000
King Solomon requires you. 
They are building a house for 

583
00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:21,840
the God of Israel and they are 
asking for you to be the project

584
00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:26,960
manager. 
So I believe this man was 

585
00:32:26,960 --> 00:32:30,200
faithful. 
I believe this man in Hiddenness

586
00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:32,920
was. 
Excellent in his work. 

587
00:32:34,440 --> 00:32:39,480
And the Lord called for him. 
That's amazing to me, that that 

588
00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:44,520
blesses my heart. 
So yes, this man had a painful 

589
00:32:44,520 --> 00:32:49,040
past, perhaps a difficult life 
maybe, but he was someone who 

590
00:32:49,040 --> 00:32:53,040
was focused, who was someone who
understood that he still had a 

591
00:32:53,040 --> 00:32:55,920
purpose in life. 
And God saw this man, recruited 

592
00:32:55,920 --> 00:32:59,280
this man, promoted this man, and
use this man to be part of one 

593
00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:01,800
of the most fascinating projects
in human history. 

594
00:33:03,560 --> 00:33:05,400
Don't be paralyzed in your pain 
yet. 

595
00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:09,200
Don't be. 
Don't reflect on the past so 

596
00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:11,480
much where it's like driving and
looking in the rear of your 

597
00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:12,720
mirror. 
You're bound to get into some 

598
00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:16,400
accident at some point. 
And if you're a Christ follower,

599
00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:19,360
keep. 
Your eyes on him realize that 

600
00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:22,440
you're still here means he still
has something for you. 

601
00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:25,480
And more than that, he's able to
recycle that pain and that 

602
00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:27,080
suffering and utilize it for his
glory. 

603
00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:33,440
So now we're introduced to this 
man and then we're told in great

604
00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:37,320
length what projects he was a 
part of works of bronze. 

605
00:33:37,560 --> 00:33:39,560
And so you're there, right? 
You're looking at it and you're 

606
00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:42,960
just like this is a, this is a 
lot to take in and it is. 

607
00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:46,120
But what helps in my personal 
study is I tried to look for 

608
00:33:46,120 --> 00:33:48,960
separation of thoughts. 
And then I remove those sections

609
00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:52,360
in my Bible and I separate them,
maybe even mark it sometimes. 

610
00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:54,400
And I say, OK, this is one 
section, this is another part. 

611
00:33:54,560 --> 00:33:56,480
So they're they're more 
digestible. 

612
00:33:57,040 --> 00:34:00,920
And So what you have here in the
beginning is Hiram building 2 

613
00:34:00,920 --> 00:34:02,800
pillars. 
The there are two pillars of 

614
00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:05,520
bronze. 
And then in verse 23 he builds 

615
00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:09,760
the sea of cast metal. 
And then in verse 27 you read 

616
00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:12,280
that he makes these ten stands 
of bronze. 

617
00:34:12,719 --> 00:34:15,440
And then in verse 38 you read 
that he builds these bases of 

618
00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:17,239
bronze that would be on these 
stands. 

619
00:34:17,600 --> 00:34:20,440
So really, all these verses 
summarized 4 projects in 

620
00:34:20,440 --> 00:34:22,800
essence, and then at the end you
get a summary of the other 

621
00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:24,960
things that he's accomplished. 
But let's look here from verse 

622
00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:29,560
15 down to verse 22. 
I won't read all of it, but 

623
00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:33,000
let's summarize it. 
In verse 21, he builds these two

624
00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:35,560
bronze pillars. 
He set up the pillars at the 

625
00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:38,040
vestibule of the temple. 
He set up the pillar on the 

626
00:34:38,040 --> 00:34:39,920
South and called its name 
Yaquin. 

627
00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:42,560
That's the Hebrew pronunciation.
And he set up the pillar on the 

628
00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:46,400
north and called its name Boaz. 
And on the tops of the pillars 

629
00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:49,719
was Lilywork. 
Thus the work of the pillars was

630
00:34:49,719 --> 00:34:51,880
finished. 
Now we're told that these 

631
00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:55,040
pillars again were placed at the
front, the entrance of the 

632
00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:59,040
structure that the House of God.
They weren't necessarily 

633
00:34:59,040 --> 00:35:01,480
supporting anything, they were 
more decorative. 

634
00:35:04,080 --> 00:35:07,280
Again, everything that was built
in the temple was designed and 

635
00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:09,880
blueprinted from heaven. 
This is not left to subjective 

636
00:35:09,880 --> 00:35:13,280
artistic interpretation. 
God asked for every single 

637
00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:16,000
detail to be done the way he 
desired, including these 

638
00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:18,920
pillars. 
So God desire that these pillars

639
00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:22,680
would be named. 
You heard this at the 

640
00:35:22,680 --> 00:35:24,320
conference. 
If you're at the conference a 

641
00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:27,280
few months ago, I wonder if 
anybody remembers the names, the

642
00:35:27,280 --> 00:35:30,520
meaning of the names of Jakin or
Yakin and Boaz. 

643
00:35:36,230 --> 00:35:39,590
Very good, he will establish. 
Jack Kane means he will 

644
00:35:39,590 --> 00:35:43,110
establish. 
And Boaz, yes, he is. 

645
00:35:43,110 --> 00:35:46,430
Swift is a definition of it, and
many people believe that. 

646
00:35:46,430 --> 00:35:50,950
Another way of understanding 
Boaz is in him is strength. 

647
00:35:51,280 --> 00:35:52,840
So you're not wrong there, Anna 
as well. 

648
00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:55,440
So many believe that. 
One of the ways I understand the

649
00:35:55,440 --> 00:35:59,480
name Boaz, especially in this 
context, is in him, is strength.

650
00:35:59,480 --> 00:36:04,080
And with that you have his 
partner, his twin, in him or he 

651
00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:08,760
shall establish. 
So that is kind of the message 

652
00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:10,880
of these billboards, these 
towering pillars. 

653
00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:14,320
When you would come to the House
of God, you would notice, oh, 

654
00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:18,640
there's He will establish, and 
there is in him his. 

655
00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:21,280
Strength. 
That's what you're confronted 

656
00:36:21,280 --> 00:36:23,720
with right? 
As you stand in the shadow of 

657
00:36:23,720 --> 00:36:27,480
these awesome objects, and they 
were meant to say something 

658
00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:30,480
about the temple. 
The temple was established by 

659
00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:33,160
God, and the temple will be 
sustained by God. 

660
00:36:33,160 --> 00:36:36,000
Not just the temple, but the 
Davidic dynasty. 

661
00:36:36,320 --> 00:36:41,120
Remember those that promise for 
generational authority and rule 

662
00:36:41,120 --> 00:36:44,960
and reign, He will establish and
he will. 

663
00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:46,920
In him there is strength. 
That's what you would see. 

664
00:36:46,920 --> 00:36:49,440
But there's also a personal 
application to this. 

665
00:36:50,640 --> 00:36:53,240
You know, many times in 
scriptures, certain individuals 

666
00:36:53,240 --> 00:36:57,520
were referred to as pillars. 
Even in Jeremiah chapter one, to

667
00:36:57,520 --> 00:37:01,000
comfort this young prophet, the 
Lord tells him, I'm going to 

668
00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:03,680
make you an iron pillar. 
And all these people that try to

669
00:37:03,680 --> 00:37:05,640
oppose you, they're going to 
deal with somebody as stubborn 

670
00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:09,080
and as strong as an iron pillar.
You read even in Revelation that

671
00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:12,880
the Lord promises that those who
overcome will be pillars in the 

672
00:37:12,880 --> 00:37:17,160
House of God. 
And so there's something even 

673
00:37:17,160 --> 00:37:18,800
about these pillars that's 
supposed to. 

674
00:37:19,560 --> 00:37:22,440
Convey a personal message, and I
believe the message is this, 

675
00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:24,520
that as you would come to the 
House of God, at least at this 

676
00:37:24,520 --> 00:37:28,400
time in history, you would 
realize in the House of God, I 

677
00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:31,800
will know establishment, I will 
know God's strength. 

678
00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:36,760
If those resources of those 
spiritual blessings were true in

679
00:37:36,760 --> 00:37:39,800
the old covenant isn't not more 
true in the better covenant, the

680
00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:43,120
covenant that you and I are 
enjoying, that I I know you're 

681
00:37:43,120 --> 00:37:44,520
spiritual. 
I know and I know you're so 

682
00:37:44,520 --> 00:37:46,720
strong. 
You're so wonderful. 

683
00:37:47,240 --> 00:37:49,680
The Lord speaks to you all the 
time, and you can you can just 

684
00:37:49,800 --> 00:37:52,160
coast through this life and 
float. 

685
00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:55,640
And everybody's blessed when 
they just get a touch of the 

686
00:37:55,640 --> 00:37:57,080
fringe of your garment. 
I get it. 

687
00:37:58,840 --> 00:38:02,200
But you will not know a level of
establishing. 

688
00:38:02,240 --> 00:38:04,880
You will not know a level of 
grace and strength unless you 

689
00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:06,800
know a relationship with the 
House of God. 

690
00:38:08,560 --> 00:38:12,120
You won't. 
No matter how high you think you

691
00:38:12,120 --> 00:38:14,360
are, no matter what you know, no
matter what you discover, no 

692
00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:16,520
matter how great your personal 
walk with the Lord is. 

693
00:38:16,880 --> 00:38:20,480
There is a blessing reserved 
within the sphere of God's 

694
00:38:20,480 --> 00:38:25,600
house. 
Every time I walk in here on a 

695
00:38:25,600 --> 00:38:28,600
Wednesday night, every time I 
come here like tonight on a 

696
00:38:28,600 --> 00:38:32,400
Friday, every time I walk here 
on a Sunday without anything 

697
00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:35,440
even, but just the presence of 
God's people, I know strength. 

698
00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:39,560
Now here's my family. 
I'm not alone in this walk. 

699
00:38:39,840 --> 00:38:42,720
Yeah, in this crazy world, there
are other people here who love 

700
00:38:42,720 --> 00:38:44,920
God. 
And then we sing together. 

701
00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:47,960
And there I am standing in the 
front, just having your voices 

702
00:38:47,960 --> 00:38:50,880
cascading. 
And I hear the truths being 

703
00:38:50,880 --> 00:38:53,120
proclaimed in song. 
And we're fulfilling Colossians 

704
00:38:53,120 --> 00:38:55,040
teaching one another the things 
of Christ. 

705
00:38:55,360 --> 00:38:57,840
The things are the gospel. 
Are you not strengthened in the 

706
00:38:57,840 --> 00:38:59,080
House of God? 
I hope so. 

707
00:38:59,920 --> 00:39:03,840
I hope that this place provides 
that kind of sense of fortitude.

708
00:39:03,840 --> 00:39:05,920
It should. 
That's the design of the House 

709
00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:10,160
of God. 
And it's a it's it's a counter 

710
00:39:10,600 --> 00:39:12,960
work when the House of God 
becomes a place where our 

711
00:39:12,960 --> 00:39:17,600
strength is. 
Depleted and there's lack of 

712
00:39:17,600 --> 00:39:20,920
stability and reliability on one
another. 

713
00:39:21,920 --> 00:39:24,320
When the pulpit is no longer 
faithful with the word of God 

714
00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:27,840
that then things get get crazy. 
But that's the message of these 

715
00:39:27,840 --> 00:39:29,680
pillars. 
That's what you would see when 

716
00:39:29,680 --> 00:39:32,680
you would walk in And then you 
come here and you read something

717
00:39:32,680 --> 00:39:33,760
else. 
This is quite amazing. 

718
00:39:33,760 --> 00:39:37,320
You read here in verse 23 of 
this sea of cast of metal. 

719
00:39:37,320 --> 00:39:40,480
Let's read it together. 
Then he made the sea of cast 

720
00:39:40,560 --> 00:39:44,360
metal it was. 
Round 10 cubits from brim to 

721
00:39:44,360 --> 00:39:48,280
brim and five cubits high and a 
line of 30 cubits measured in 

722
00:39:48,280 --> 00:39:51,520
circumference. 
Under its brim were gourds for 

723
00:39:51,520 --> 00:39:54,160
10 cubits, compassing the sea 
all around. 

724
00:39:54,360 --> 00:39:57,960
The gourds were in two rows cast
with it. 

725
00:39:57,960 --> 00:40:03,240
When it was cast it stood on 12 
oxen, 3 facing north, three 

726
00:40:03,240 --> 00:40:06,560
facing West, three facing South 
and three facing east. 

727
00:40:07,120 --> 00:40:11,280
The sea was set on them and all 
their rear parts were inward. 

728
00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:15,160
Its thickness was a hand breath,
and its brim was made like the 

729
00:40:15,160 --> 00:40:17,720
brim of a cup, like the flower 
of a Lily. 

730
00:40:18,040 --> 00:40:21,360
It held 2000 baths. 
You know what that measurement 

731
00:40:21,360 --> 00:40:24,840
is? 
Most people estimate around 

732
00:40:24,840 --> 00:40:28,560
12,000 gallons of water. 
That's a lot of water. 

733
00:40:29,520 --> 00:40:31,200
And so it was built. 
You saw the image. 

734
00:40:31,200 --> 00:40:34,280
If you remember taking snapshots
with your memory, it's like this

735
00:40:34,280 --> 00:40:36,920
pool. 
It's like this giant bowl. 

736
00:40:37,560 --> 00:40:41,120
It had a lip and it had these. 
These bulls, right. 

737
00:40:41,120 --> 00:40:43,280
That is sat on three facing each
direction. 

738
00:40:43,280 --> 00:40:46,560
We won't talk about the bulls. 
But here's my question to you. 

739
00:40:47,560 --> 00:40:49,160
What do you think the purpose of
this was? 

740
00:40:50,200 --> 00:40:51,360
Was it decorative? 
Merely? 

741
00:40:52,080 --> 00:40:54,280
I wasn't like the pillars. 
There was a functional purpose 

742
00:40:54,280 --> 00:40:55,480
behind them. 
Any idea? 

743
00:40:58,520 --> 00:41:01,480
Ceremonial cleansing? 
Yes, actually. 

744
00:41:01,720 --> 00:41:03,160
Here's a key verse and 
understand. 

745
00:41:03,160 --> 00:41:05,040
This Bible studies. 
We come to a close at a moment. 

746
00:41:05,640 --> 00:41:08,000
It's in Second Chronicles 
Chapter 4, verse 6 where you're 

747
00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:10,320
told the exact reason why this 
thing was made. 

748
00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:12,960
And not just this thing, but the
bases that we're going to read 

749
00:41:12,960 --> 00:41:17,240
about in a moment. 
So here's why This sea 

750
00:41:17,880 --> 00:41:22,120
appropriate word of cast metal 
was created by the Lord and 

751
00:41:22,120 --> 00:41:24,440
through His servants. 
It says here in Second 

752
00:41:24,440 --> 00:41:26,760
Chronicles 46A. 
Parallel count to this. 

753
00:41:27,480 --> 00:41:29,800
He also made 10 bases in which 
to watch. 

754
00:41:29,800 --> 00:41:31,320
That's what we're going to. 
Read in a moment. 

755
00:41:31,880 --> 00:41:34,600
And set five on the South side 
and five on the north side. 

756
00:41:35,040 --> 00:41:37,640
And these they were to rinse off
what was used for the burnt 

757
00:41:37,640 --> 00:41:39,280
offering. 
Now here's what's the purpose of

758
00:41:39,280 --> 00:41:43,440
this cast metal of the sea. 
And the sea was for the priest 

759
00:41:43,440 --> 00:41:47,360
to wash in. 
So this pool of water was 

760
00:41:47,360 --> 00:41:51,040
dedicated for the cleansing, the
outward cleansing of the 

761
00:41:51,040 --> 00:41:52,840
priesthood minister in the House
of God. 

762
00:41:53,760 --> 00:41:55,480
How that was done practically, 
I'm not sure. 

763
00:41:55,480 --> 00:41:59,720
We're not told of a ladder. 
I'm not sure if there was little

764
00:41:59,720 --> 00:42:01,560
things there. 
Maybe some even believe that out

765
00:42:01,560 --> 00:42:04,200
of the mouth of the the, the 
bulls there, they were able to 

766
00:42:04,200 --> 00:42:06,280
rinse off. 
We're not told exactly why, but 

767
00:42:06,280 --> 00:42:09,840
we just know that they were to 
wash here regularly, daily. 

768
00:42:12,080 --> 00:42:13,720
And you look at this and you 
think to yourself, OK, well 

769
00:42:13,720 --> 00:42:16,120
that's the purpose of it, but 
what's the significance for me? 

770
00:42:16,880 --> 00:42:19,200
Well, here's what it gets really
interesting. 

771
00:42:19,880 --> 00:42:23,760
Is this sea of cast metal? 
Is this unique to the temple? 

772
00:42:27,280 --> 00:42:30,000
Think of some of the artifacts, 
the structures of the 

773
00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:32,200
Tabernacle. 
Was there anything that served 

774
00:42:32,200 --> 00:42:36,120
the same purpose in the 
Tabernacle, the basin? 

775
00:42:36,120 --> 00:42:38,360
Right. 
So there was a Laver that was 

776
00:42:38,360 --> 00:42:41,480
available to wash. 
So you would walk into the 

777
00:42:41,480 --> 00:42:45,040
Tabernacle, not the temple, and 
you see this altar. 

778
00:42:45,040 --> 00:42:47,200
And then behind the altar you 
would see this Laver. 

779
00:42:47,200 --> 00:42:49,200
And it was also intended to wash
in. 

780
00:42:49,840 --> 00:42:52,000
And now you come to the temple 
and you have something that's 

781
00:42:52,080 --> 00:42:54,840
serving the same purpose, the 
much more grand, much more 

782
00:42:54,840 --> 00:42:56,800
spectacular. 
This is the temple, right? 

783
00:42:58,040 --> 00:43:00,400
And they were also to wash in 
this as well. 

784
00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:04,920
And when you think about this 
even further, you wonder, well, 

785
00:43:05,080 --> 00:43:09,160
what were they supposed to wash?
Anybody. 

786
00:43:09,200 --> 00:43:11,360
Anybody know what they were 
supposed to wash here when they 

787
00:43:11,360 --> 00:43:16,760
would come to this place? 
Well, if you want the reference,

788
00:43:16,760 --> 00:43:18,160
you can turn there in your own 
time. 

789
00:43:18,440 --> 00:43:21,120
It's an Exodus 30, verse 18 and 
19. 

790
00:43:21,560 --> 00:43:25,000
This is about the purpose of the
Laver in the Tabernacle, the 

791
00:43:25,000 --> 00:43:26,480
former structure, not the new 
one. 

792
00:43:27,400 --> 00:43:30,920
In the labor, they would, the 
Bible says very specifically, 

793
00:43:31,240 --> 00:43:35,120
they would wash their what? 
They would wash their hands. 

794
00:43:35,440 --> 00:43:38,400
They would wash their hands and 
their feet. 

795
00:43:38,920 --> 00:43:42,200
That's in verse 19. 
So they would wash their hands 

796
00:43:42,200 --> 00:43:45,040
and their feet. 
This is what the priest had to 

797
00:43:45,040 --> 00:43:48,760
do regularly whenever they would
enter into their service. 

798
00:43:50,120 --> 00:43:52,240
But this was not the only 
washing that the priest 

799
00:43:52,240 --> 00:43:54,960
experienced as priests, as 
ministers. 

800
00:43:55,480 --> 00:43:58,200
This was the regular ongoing 
washing that they would have to 

801
00:43:58,200 --> 00:44:01,200
participate in. 
But there was an initial 

802
00:44:01,200 --> 00:44:04,480
washing. 
There was a one time washing 

803
00:44:04,720 --> 00:44:07,280
that any priest who entered into
service in the House of God had 

804
00:44:07,280 --> 00:44:09,400
to undergo. 
And it's not here. 

805
00:44:09,520 --> 00:44:14,280
It's an Exodus 29 verse four. 
We're told there that upon the 

806
00:44:14,280 --> 00:44:17,560
ordination of the priest, they 
were to be washed. 

807
00:44:17,680 --> 00:44:20,600
And this washing is not like the
washing of the Laver and of the 

808
00:44:20,600 --> 00:44:24,560
sea of cast metal. 
This was a shower, so you were 

809
00:44:24,560 --> 00:44:28,080
washed from head to toe. 
You were washed from head to toe

810
00:44:28,080 --> 00:44:30,960
when you entered into service. 
When you're consecrated to the 

811
00:44:30,960 --> 00:44:33,240
Lord, you were cleansed from top
to bottom. 

812
00:44:33,520 --> 00:44:37,440
But that was a one time thing. 
The regular washing was that of 

813
00:44:37,440 --> 00:44:39,160
your hands and feet. 
Does this language sound 

814
00:44:39,160 --> 00:44:41,280
familiar? 
No. 

815
00:44:42,040 --> 00:44:47,080
Yes, there was a one time 
washing and then the priests 

816
00:44:47,080 --> 00:44:48,960
have to go through a regular 
washing. 

817
00:44:50,280 --> 00:44:52,280
What did Jesus tell the 
disciples in the upper room in 

818
00:44:52,280 --> 00:44:54,920
John 13 when he began to wash 
their feet? 

819
00:44:54,920 --> 00:44:59,680
Peter, like Peter would. 
Oh, don't wash me, Lord, you 

820
00:44:59,680 --> 00:45:01,480
can't do it. 
If you don't let me wash, you 

821
00:45:01,480 --> 00:45:03,680
have no part of me. 
Then he goes on to say in John 

822
00:45:03,680 --> 00:45:05,480
1310 that you've all been 
cleansed. 

823
00:45:05,480 --> 00:45:07,840
You've all been washed, except 
for your what? 

824
00:45:09,000 --> 00:45:12,080
Your feet? 
What is he? 

825
00:45:12,080 --> 00:45:14,480
Speaking about that, he's 
speaking about the one washing 

826
00:45:14,480 --> 00:45:16,400
that you and I experience upon 
salvation. 

827
00:45:16,400 --> 00:45:19,160
It's the washing of regeneration
of the Holy Spirit. 

828
00:45:19,160 --> 00:45:20,520
That's a language that Paul 
uses. 

829
00:45:20,520 --> 00:45:23,760
In Titus 3/5, you and I, when we
got saved, we experienced the 

830
00:45:23,760 --> 00:45:26,880
washing of regeneration of the 
Holy Spirit. 

831
00:45:27,040 --> 00:45:31,680
Do you need that more than once?
I hope not. 

832
00:45:32,120 --> 00:45:34,720
You don't need to be saved more 
than once. 

833
00:45:34,720 --> 00:45:38,720
You don't need to be washed by 
that regenerating power more 

834
00:45:38,720 --> 00:45:40,000
than once. 
That's an initial thing. 

835
00:45:40,360 --> 00:45:41,640
That's the thing that 
consecrates you. 

836
00:45:41,840 --> 00:45:43,160
That's the thing that takes you.
From a revel. 

837
00:45:43,320 --> 00:45:44,640
To what? 
A chosen people? 

838
00:45:44,640 --> 00:45:48,720
Our royal priesthood, right? 
But Jesus tells the disciples in

839
00:45:48,720 --> 00:45:50,320
the upper room. 
But you still need to be washed.

840
00:45:51,840 --> 00:45:53,560
You still need to be washed. 
You need to allow me to wash 

841
00:45:53,560 --> 00:45:54,880
your feet. 
As you walk in this world, 

842
00:45:54,880 --> 00:45:57,480
you're going to accumulate dust 
and dirt and little pebbles and 

843
00:45:57,480 --> 00:46:00,200
your toes, So you need to be 
washed. 

844
00:46:00,200 --> 00:46:01,840
And that's speaking about 
sanctification. 

845
00:46:03,040 --> 00:46:05,360
And I see that beautifully here 
in the picture of the priests. 

846
00:46:05,360 --> 00:46:08,120
They were washed when they were 
consecrated unto the Lord, but 

847
00:46:08,120 --> 00:46:10,400
when they walked into the 
service of the Lord regularly. 

848
00:46:10,600 --> 00:46:13,840
They needed to undergo washing. 
At that time it was through the 

849
00:46:13,840 --> 00:46:16,920
sea of the cast Meadow. 
What's the object of washing in 

850
00:46:16,920 --> 00:46:20,520
your life and mine now? 
The Word of God. 

851
00:46:22,240 --> 00:46:25,400
The word of God. 
Ephesians 5 uses the language of

852
00:46:25,400 --> 00:46:29,200
being washed with the word, wash
with the word. 

853
00:46:30,080 --> 00:46:32,560
And like the priest may suggest 
to you that that's a daily 

854
00:46:32,560 --> 00:46:37,600
washing. 
Yeah, that's a daily washing. 

855
00:46:37,760 --> 00:46:40,480
You know why it's important? 
Because if the priest didn't 

856
00:46:40,480 --> 00:46:44,880
wash, eventually they would 
disqualify themselves. 

857
00:46:45,840 --> 00:46:47,480
They would disqualify themselves
from service. 

858
00:46:47,960 --> 00:46:51,920
The one means that God provided 
for the priest was this sea of 

859
00:46:51,920 --> 00:46:54,320
cast metal that was the only 
thing that was designed and 

860
00:46:54,320 --> 00:46:57,640
ordained by God for them to be 
cleansed, preparing them for 

861
00:46:57,640 --> 00:47:00,480
service. 
The one means by which you and I

862
00:47:00,480 --> 00:47:03,320
are washed and made ready as 
vessels for the masters use is 

863
00:47:03,320 --> 00:47:07,360
the word of God. 
You can't afford to not allow 

864
00:47:07,360 --> 00:47:10,760
the word to wash you. 
Yes, you had a one time washing.

865
00:47:10,800 --> 00:47:13,600
That's not enough. 
You don't need any more for 

866
00:47:13,600 --> 00:47:15,760
salvation, but you do need it 
for service. 

867
00:47:16,280 --> 00:47:18,360
You want to be used by God. 
You need a close relationship 

868
00:47:18,360 --> 00:47:21,840
with the word of God. 
Listen, this is so important. 

869
00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:24,560
It's not just the pastor's job 
to know the word of God. 

870
00:47:25,560 --> 00:47:28,800
Worship leaders, worshippers. 
You need to know the word of 

871
00:47:28,800 --> 00:47:30,640
God. 
You need to know the word of 

872
00:47:30,640 --> 00:47:32,920
God. 
Sunday school teachers, those 

873
00:47:32,920 --> 00:47:36,520
who volunteer in any capacity. 
You as a Christian, you need the

874
00:47:36,520 --> 00:47:40,040
word of God. 
All of us as priests have the 

875
00:47:40,040 --> 00:47:43,960
same demand placed upon us that 
we have to come and allow the 

876
00:47:43,960 --> 00:47:46,400
word to rinse our hands and our 
feet as we walk through this 

877
00:47:46,400 --> 00:47:48,160
world. 
There is no other way for you to

878
00:47:48,160 --> 00:47:50,520
be cleansed and made ready for 
the masters use. 

879
00:47:53,480 --> 00:47:57,160
No, no, no sitting down in your 
room for 15 minutes and plugging

880
00:47:57,160 --> 00:48:01,600
in emotional worship. 
Music is not the same as letting

881
00:48:01,600 --> 00:48:06,040
the Word to cleanse you. 
Get in the Bible. 

882
00:48:06,720 --> 00:48:10,360
Let it renew you. 
You may not even get it, but 

883
00:48:10,360 --> 00:48:12,880
understand that apart from it 
you're not going to be cleansed.

884
00:48:13,200 --> 00:48:15,920
You will understand it, but 
understand the supernatural 

885
00:48:15,920 --> 00:48:19,400
force of the scriptures. 
God has designed this thing for 

886
00:48:19,400 --> 00:48:23,680
you and I to know a renewing and
on top of that renewing a 

887
00:48:23,680 --> 00:48:28,880
preparing. 
For the work of the Lord, I got 

888
00:48:28,880 --> 00:48:33,960
that out of my system and so 
this is what it was used for, 

889
00:48:33,960 --> 00:48:36,000
correct? 
But now notice this in verse 27.

890
00:48:36,600 --> 00:48:40,320
He also made ten stands of 
bronze. 

891
00:48:40,360 --> 00:48:43,520
Each stand was 4 cubits long, 4 
cubits wide, and three cubits 

892
00:48:43,520 --> 00:48:44,920
high. 
Pause. 

893
00:48:44,920 --> 00:48:46,720
Do you remember the image? 
Did you see it? 

894
00:48:46,840 --> 00:48:48,360
They were like these little 
carts. 

895
00:48:48,760 --> 00:48:50,520
They're on the South side and 
the north side. 

896
00:48:50,520 --> 00:48:53,040
Let's continue reading. 
This was the construction of the

897
00:48:53,040 --> 00:48:55,440
stands. 
They had panels, and the panels 

898
00:48:55,440 --> 00:48:57,160
were set in frames, in the 
frames. 

899
00:48:57,400 --> 00:49:00,920
And on the panels that were set 
in the frames were lions, oxen, 

900
00:49:00,920 --> 00:49:04,120
and cherubim. 
On the frames both above and 

901
00:49:04,120 --> 00:49:06,840
below the lines and the oxygen, 
there were wreaths and beveled 

902
00:49:06,840 --> 00:49:09,440
work. 
Moreover, each stand had four 

903
00:49:09,440 --> 00:49:13,320
bronze wheels and axles of 
bronze, and at the four corners 

904
00:49:13,320 --> 00:49:16,120
were supports for a basin. 
The. 

905
00:49:16,120 --> 00:49:18,480
Supports were cast with wreaths 
at the side of each. 

906
00:49:18,760 --> 00:49:23,000
Its opening was within a crown 
that projected upward 1 cubit. 

907
00:49:23,640 --> 00:49:27,480
Its opening was round as a 
pedestal is made a cubit and a 

908
00:49:27,480 --> 00:49:31,240
half deep at its opening. 
There were crave carvings or 

909
00:49:31,520 --> 00:49:34,120
yes, carvings and it's panels 
were square not round and the 

910
00:49:34,120 --> 00:49:36,120
four wheels were underneath the 
panels. 

911
00:49:36,120 --> 00:49:39,360
The axles of the wheels were on 
one piece with the stands and 

912
00:49:39,360 --> 00:49:41,160
the height of a wheel was a 
cubit and a half. 

913
00:49:41,680 --> 00:49:43,520
The wheels were made like a 
chariot wheel. 

914
00:49:43,840 --> 00:49:47,440
Their axles, their rims, their 
spokes and their hubs were all 

915
00:49:47,440 --> 00:49:49,760
cast. 
There were four supports at the 

916
00:49:49,760 --> 00:49:52,840
four corners of each stand. 
The supports were one piece with

917
00:49:52,840 --> 00:49:56,600
the stands and on top of the 
stand there was a round band 

918
00:49:56,600 --> 00:49:59,520
half a cubit high, and on the 
top of the stand it stays and 

919
00:49:59,520 --> 00:50:02,560
it's panels were one piece with 
it and on the surfaces of it 

920
00:50:02,560 --> 00:50:06,360
stays it stays and on its panels
he carved cherubim, lions and 

921
00:50:06,360 --> 00:50:09,480
palm trees according to the 
space of each with wreaths all 

922
00:50:09,480 --> 00:50:11,640
around. 
After this manner he made ten 

923
00:50:11,640 --> 00:50:13,760
stands. 
All of them were cast alike of 

924
00:50:13,760 --> 00:50:17,040
the same measure and the same 
for God loves details. 

925
00:50:19,840 --> 00:50:23,800
That was a mouthful, wasn't it? 
It's a lot of information about 

926
00:50:23,800 --> 00:50:26,320
these stands that have no 
relevance to our immediate 

927
00:50:26,320 --> 00:50:29,120
context. 
And every time I come to a text 

928
00:50:29,120 --> 00:50:31,800
like this that demands a lot of 
attention and reading into these

929
00:50:31,800 --> 00:50:34,240
little details, I just remind 
myself this one truth. 

930
00:50:34,240 --> 00:50:38,800
God, you care about the details 
of that which reflects you that 

931
00:50:38,800 --> 00:50:41,240
that has been consecrated until 
you care about every detail, 

932
00:50:41,320 --> 00:50:43,600
every time, whether it's a 
Tabernacle or the temple. 

933
00:50:43,840 --> 00:50:46,600
I I come to this truth. 
If you care about these things 

934
00:50:46,600 --> 00:50:49,640
in the House of Worship, then. 
I am your House of worship 

935
00:50:49,640 --> 00:50:50,960
today. 
I am the temple of the Holy 

936
00:50:50,960 --> 00:50:53,120
Spirit, so to speak. 
You care about every detail 

937
00:50:53,120 --> 00:50:56,240
here. 
Every detail. 

938
00:50:56,760 --> 00:50:59,600
God cares more than just you 
making sure you don't sleep in 

939
00:50:59,600 --> 00:51:01,680
on Sunday and get here and stay 
awake during the sermon. 

940
00:51:03,720 --> 00:51:05,080
That's not your Christian 
existence. 

941
00:51:05,120 --> 00:51:08,280
Every single detail of you and I
ought to be consecrated and 

942
00:51:08,280 --> 00:51:13,080
beautified to reflect. 
Him verse 38. 

943
00:51:13,400 --> 00:51:18,320
And he made 10 basins of bronze.
So now these basins were to be 

944
00:51:18,320 --> 00:51:20,720
placed on these stands and they 
were portable, right? 

945
00:51:20,720 --> 00:51:23,960
They can be moved around. 
Now, what's the purpose of these

946
00:51:23,960 --> 00:51:26,040
basins? 
Each basin held 40 baths. 

947
00:51:26,040 --> 00:51:28,840
Each basin measured 4 cubits, 
and there was a basin for each 

948
00:51:28,840 --> 00:51:31,360
of the 10 stands. 
So I asked you the question, 

949
00:51:31,360 --> 00:51:33,960
what was the function of the sea
of cast metal? 

950
00:51:34,200 --> 00:51:38,000
We concluded it was to what? 
To wash the priest regularly. 

951
00:51:38,280 --> 00:51:40,440
Now my question is this, what 
was the purpose of these 10 

952
00:51:40,440 --> 00:51:44,640
basins? 
I'll give you a hint. 

953
00:51:44,640 --> 00:51:46,400
It was in the same verse. 
That we were told about the 

954
00:51:46,400 --> 00:51:47,800
purpose of the sea of cast 
metal. 

955
00:51:50,040 --> 00:51:51,920
Very good. 
So you if you need to see it for

956
00:51:51,920 --> 00:51:55,760
yourself, it's in Second 
Chronicles 46 again and we can 

957
00:51:55,760 --> 00:51:58,520
read it again just so make sure 
we're saying the truth here. 

958
00:51:59,600 --> 00:52:02,600
It says here in that verse, he 
also made 10 bases in which to 

959
00:52:02,600 --> 00:52:06,640
wash, OK, wash what? 
And set five on the South side 

960
00:52:06,640 --> 00:52:10,160
and five on the north side. 
In these they were to rinse off 

961
00:52:10,160 --> 00:52:14,040
what was used for the burnt 
offering. 

962
00:52:14,320 --> 00:52:16,680
Specific sacrifice. 
A glorious sacrifice. 

963
00:52:17,400 --> 00:52:20,000
The sacrifice that required 
every single piece of that beast

964
00:52:20,000 --> 00:52:22,360
to be placed on the altar and 
for it to be swallowed up by 

965
00:52:22,360 --> 00:52:25,320
flames and to create an aroma 
pleasing to the Lord. 

966
00:52:30,080 --> 00:52:32,520
OK, so the the burnt offerings 
were supposed to be. 

967
00:52:32,520 --> 00:52:34,920
Washed in preparation before 
they were sacrificed. 

968
00:52:36,320 --> 00:52:38,320
How were they washed? 
And is that question even 

969
00:52:38,320 --> 00:52:40,320
important? 
How were the burnt offerings 

970
00:52:40,320 --> 00:52:43,000
washed? 
Well, it is important if you see

971
00:52:43,000 --> 00:52:45,680
the prophetic significance of 
sacrifices in the Old Testament,

972
00:52:46,040 --> 00:52:48,720
Who is the ultimate picture of 
the sacrifices? 

973
00:52:49,480 --> 00:52:52,760
Jesus Christ. 
So it is important if there is 

974
00:52:52,760 --> 00:52:55,360
answers to these questions, I 
want to know them because I want

975
00:52:55,360 --> 00:53:00,280
to see how it points to my Lord.
I don't want just a history 

976
00:53:00,280 --> 00:53:03,000
lesson, I want to know what this
says about Christ. 

977
00:53:04,280 --> 00:53:07,960
So does anybody have any idea? 
And if you. 

978
00:53:07,960 --> 00:53:09,840
Can get this I will give you an 
imaginary medal. 

979
00:53:11,360 --> 00:53:18,360
How were the burnt offerings 
washed or what? 

980
00:53:18,360 --> 00:53:22,400
Details are we given concerning 
how the animals in preparation 

981
00:53:22,400 --> 00:53:23,920
for the burnt offerings, were 
washed. 

982
00:53:27,920 --> 00:53:31,920
OK, let me let me add it. 
Add this detail or add this 

983
00:53:31,920 --> 00:53:34,240
question rather. 
Out of all the books of the Old 

984
00:53:34,240 --> 00:53:37,320
Testament, what book would 
describe how these sacrifices 

985
00:53:37,320 --> 00:53:40,720
were to be washed? 
It's OK. 

986
00:53:43,440 --> 00:53:47,200
OK, that's a good guess. 
Not necessarily so, but that 

987
00:53:47,200 --> 00:53:50,160
would make sense in some, in a 
way of imagination. 

988
00:53:50,160 --> 00:53:52,200
Because you think, OK, the whole
thing is being sacrificed, maybe

989
00:53:52,200 --> 00:53:53,240
the whole thing needs to be 
watched. 

990
00:53:53,520 --> 00:54:00,640
Yes, it's not Joshua, it is 
Leviticus. 

991
00:54:01,760 --> 00:54:06,200
And in Leviticus chapter one, 
the introduction of the whole 

992
00:54:06,200 --> 00:54:08,400
book, you're being told about 
how to give a burnt offering. 

993
00:54:09,240 --> 00:54:11,360
And you're even told in 
Leviticus One how a burnt 

994
00:54:11,360 --> 00:54:13,360
offering was to be repaired in 
washing before it was 

995
00:54:13,360 --> 00:54:15,440
sacrificed. 
And that's where you're going to

996
00:54:15,440 --> 00:54:18,400
get the insight about why and 
how these things were used. 

997
00:54:18,440 --> 00:54:20,280
OK, so Leviticus One people 
already turning there. 

998
00:54:20,280 --> 00:54:22,080
I love that. 
Yes, go there. 

999
00:54:22,080 --> 00:54:23,880
You don't need permission. 
Go ahead. 

1000
00:54:24,320 --> 00:54:28,800
Leviticus, Chapter one. 
And if you want the verse, look 

1001
00:54:28,800 --> 00:54:33,720
at verse nine. 
Oh, we can begin in verse 8. 

1002
00:54:35,360 --> 00:54:37,120
Let's go to verse. 
Eight And Aaron's sons, the 

1003
00:54:37,120 --> 00:54:41,040
priest shall arrange the pieces,
the head and the fat on the wood

1004
00:54:41,040 --> 00:54:42,640
that is on the fire on the 
altar. 

1005
00:54:42,840 --> 00:54:45,040
This is about the burnt 
offering, and in verse 9. 

1006
00:54:45,320 --> 00:54:51,880
But it's entrails and it's legs 
he shall wash with water, and 

1007
00:54:51,880 --> 00:54:54,160
the priest shall burn all of it 
on the altar as a burnt 

1008
00:54:54,160 --> 00:54:56,560
offering, a food offering, with 
a pleasing aroma to the Lord. 

1009
00:54:56,880 --> 00:55:01,080
So the two components of that 
animal that were to be washed 

1010
00:55:01,080 --> 00:55:04,200
with water entrails the stuff 
inside. 

1011
00:55:05,320 --> 00:55:09,360
And the legs? 
The process is not told, but we 

1012
00:55:09,360 --> 00:55:11,120
trust that the Lord gave them 
the insight about how they were 

1013
00:55:11,120 --> 00:55:14,920
to be cleansed. 
I think about that, OK. 

1014
00:55:14,920 --> 00:55:17,640
Out of all the things of the 
burnt offering, which ultimately

1015
00:55:17,640 --> 00:55:21,000
points to the person of Jesus 
Christ who became a pleasing 

1016
00:55:21,000 --> 00:55:24,120
aroma to the Lord, The two 
things that were to be cleansed,

1017
00:55:24,120 --> 00:55:26,720
so to speak, that were to be 
purified, that were to symbolize

1018
00:55:27,080 --> 00:55:30,840
cleanness, so that it can be 
without spot or blemish in its 

1019
00:55:30,880 --> 00:55:34,240
totality, are what? 
The entrails. 

1020
00:55:34,720 --> 00:55:38,160
Where are those things found? 
They're inside. 

1021
00:55:38,160 --> 00:55:39,600
Are they hidden? 
Yeah. 

1022
00:55:39,600 --> 00:55:42,480
Before you cut it open, they're 
hidden, The entrails. 

1023
00:55:42,480 --> 00:55:44,760
And then the what? 
The legs. 

1024
00:55:44,760 --> 00:55:47,960
Are those internal? 
No, they're external. 

1025
00:55:48,200 --> 00:55:51,480
Right. 
And So what you have here is a 

1026
00:55:51,480 --> 00:55:56,360
picture of a purification that 
took place from the inside and 

1027
00:55:56,360 --> 00:56:00,560
from the outside. 
And when you think about how 

1028
00:56:00,560 --> 00:56:03,840
these sacrifices point to the 
Lord Jesus Christ, you get a 

1029
00:56:03,880 --> 00:56:08,720
truth concerning the extent and 
the totality of his purity. 

1030
00:56:09,800 --> 00:56:11,640
The Lord was not just pure in 
the way He. 

1031
00:56:11,640 --> 00:56:14,200
Walked The Lord was not just 
pure in the way he. 

1032
00:56:14,200 --> 00:56:16,360
Lived. 
The Lord was pure. 

1033
00:56:16,360 --> 00:56:20,480
From the inside out. 
He did not send in his thoughts.

1034
00:56:20,480 --> 00:56:21,800
He did not send in his 
affections. 

1035
00:56:21,800 --> 00:56:23,160
He did not send in his 
ambitions. 

1036
00:56:23,160 --> 00:56:25,120
He did not send in his 
reactions. 

1037
00:56:25,120 --> 00:56:26,440
He did not send in his 
meditations. 

1038
00:56:26,440 --> 00:56:31,760
He did not send in his motives. 
He was completely pure inside 

1039
00:56:32,160 --> 00:56:37,880
and outside. 
Because of that total inward and

1040
00:56:37,880 --> 00:56:43,400
outward cleansing, he was indeed
a pleasing aroma to the Father 

1041
00:56:44,240 --> 00:56:47,320
and a complete and worthy 
sacrifice for all time. 

1042
00:56:48,600 --> 00:56:51,200
So who would have thought that 
in First Kings Chapter 7 and 

1043
00:56:51,200 --> 00:56:53,720
Leviticus chapter one you would 
get a gospel truth? 

1044
00:56:54,640 --> 00:56:57,800
That's the glory of the Bible 
study of the Old Testament. 

1045
00:56:59,880 --> 00:57:03,320
And so these basins would be 
used to cleanse these parts of 

1046
00:57:03,320 --> 00:57:05,840
the burnt offering. 
And then we come. 

1047
00:57:05,840 --> 00:57:08,440
Here to this next part. 
We'll skip a few verses and go 

1048
00:57:08,440 --> 00:57:10,920
to verse 40 as we get a summary 
of Hiram's work. 

1049
00:57:11,680 --> 00:57:14,440
We're told Hiram also made the 
pots, the shovels, and the 

1050
00:57:14,440 --> 00:57:17,200
basins. 
So Hiram finished all the work 

1051
00:57:17,200 --> 00:57:19,600
that he did for King Solomon on 
the House of the Lord. 

1052
00:57:20,440 --> 00:57:21,880
And here's the description of 
what he did. 

1053
00:57:21,880 --> 00:57:23,840
The two pillars. 
The two bowls of the capitals 

1054
00:57:23,840 --> 00:57:26,760
that are on top of the pillars. 
And the two latest works to 

1055
00:57:26,760 --> 00:57:29,240
cover the two bowls of the 
capitals that were on top of the

1056
00:57:29,240 --> 00:57:33,600
pillars and the 400 pomegranates
in the 200 latest works. 2 rows 

1057
00:57:33,600 --> 00:57:37,240
of pomegranates for each latest 
work to cover the two bowls of 

1058
00:57:37,240 --> 00:57:38,680
the capitals that were on the 
pillars. 

1059
00:57:39,040 --> 00:57:42,480
The 10 stands and the 10 basins 
on the stands and the 1C in the 

1060
00:57:42,480 --> 00:57:46,760
12 oxen underneath the C And 
then it goes on to speak about 

1061
00:57:46,760 --> 00:57:49,040
different things that he had 
built and how he built. 

1062
00:57:49,040 --> 00:57:51,320
It. 
Verse 46 tells us where he built

1063
00:57:51,320 --> 00:57:53,320
it. 
Verse 48 tells us what Solomon 

1064
00:57:53,320 --> 00:57:56,080
also made. 
So Solomon made all the vessels 

1065
00:57:56,080 --> 00:57:58,600
that were in the House of the 
Lord, the golden altar, the 

1066
00:57:58,600 --> 00:58:01,200
golden table for the bread of 
the presents, the lamp stands of

1067
00:58:01,200 --> 00:58:04,920
pure gold, 5 on the South side, 
5 on the north before the inner 

1068
00:58:04,920 --> 00:58:07,360
sanctuary, the flowers, the 
lamps, and the tongs of gold. 

1069
00:58:07,560 --> 00:58:10,960
The cup snuffers bases, dishes 
of incest, and fire, pans of the

1070
00:58:10,960 --> 00:58:13,480
pure gold, and the sockets of 
gold for the doors of the 

1071
00:58:13,480 --> 00:58:15,080
innermost part of the house the 
most. 

1072
00:58:15,080 --> 00:58:16,880
Holy place. 
And for the doors of the nave of

1073
00:58:16,880 --> 00:58:19,280
the temple. 
And here's the exciting part. 

1074
00:58:19,680 --> 00:58:22,480
Here's where we're ending. 
I'm just going to read it Thus. 

1075
00:58:22,480 --> 00:58:25,120
All the work that King Solomon 
did on the House of the Lord was

1076
00:58:25,120 --> 00:58:30,320
finished. 
Solomon brought in the things 

1077
00:58:30,320 --> 00:58:34,480
that David, his father, had 
dedicated, the silver, the gold 

1078
00:58:34,480 --> 00:58:37,720
and the vessels, and stored them
in the treasuries of the House 

1079
00:58:37,720 --> 00:58:42,320
of the Lord. 
I love how David is mentioned 

1080
00:58:42,320 --> 00:58:44,960
here at the end of this chapter.
He could not participate in the 

1081
00:58:44,960 --> 00:58:49,160
direct construction of this 
place, His heart so long to be 

1082
00:58:49,160 --> 00:58:52,080
somewhat involved, and so he 
dedicated things and prepared 

1083
00:58:52,080 --> 00:58:56,920
things, and his heart's desire 
to honor the Lord outlived him. 

1084
00:58:59,000 --> 00:59:00,560
He's gone. 
David is long gone. 

1085
00:59:00,560 --> 00:59:05,640
David was buried, but we see 
what he did in his life went 

1086
00:59:05,640 --> 00:59:10,640
beyond his life and in some 
sense touched another generation

1087
00:59:11,880 --> 00:59:16,160
and blessed another generation. 
That could be true of you and I.

1088
00:59:16,160 --> 00:59:18,360
We can serve the Lord and we are
not in control of that. 

1089
00:59:18,360 --> 00:59:23,720
But our prayers can outlive us. 
Our efforts here can outlive us 

1090
00:59:23,720 --> 00:59:26,440
with our children and that the 
lives that we touch here, the 

1091
00:59:26,440 --> 00:59:28,880
younger disciples in this house,
younger brothers and sisters, 

1092
00:59:28,880 --> 00:59:31,960
you never know what your heart 
forgot today will affect 

1093
00:59:31,960 --> 00:59:34,560
tomorrow. 
You never know that and you 

1094
00:59:34,560 --> 00:59:36,960
can't determine that. 
Oftentimes God will not show 

1095
00:59:36,960 --> 00:59:39,440
that and he has many reasons for
that. 

1096
00:59:39,440 --> 00:59:41,800
But I just love how David is 
mentioned here. 

1097
00:59:41,800 --> 00:59:44,640
And what we're going to enter 
into now is though everything 

1098
00:59:44,640 --> 00:59:47,440
was put into place, though 
everything was awesome. 

1099
00:59:48,880 --> 00:59:51,280
There was something that was 
needed and that was the presence

1100
00:59:51,280 --> 00:59:56,400
of God. 
Let's pray we do thank you Lord,

1101
00:59:57,200 --> 01:00:02,520
that with a lengthy and heavy 
text like this we can sense the 

1102
01:00:02,520 --> 01:00:06,280
tender voice of the shepherd. 
And we thank you, Lord, for this

1103
01:00:06,280 --> 01:00:08,760
house on Friday nights that is 
filled with students who are 

1104
01:00:08,760 --> 01:00:11,000
eager to understand the whole 
council of God. 

1105
01:00:11,760 --> 01:00:13,320
And we thank you, Lord, that 
you're. 

1106
01:00:13,680 --> 01:00:18,560
Word is for all time, and the 
grass will wither, the flower of

1107
01:00:18,560 --> 01:00:20,840
fade, but the word of the Lord 
will endure forever. 

1108
01:00:21,600 --> 01:00:26,640
We thank you that in our hands 
we have the complete and 

1109
01:00:26,640 --> 01:00:28,680
necessary revelation of who you 
are. 

1110
01:00:29,560 --> 01:00:32,240
And we thank you, Lord, that 
through these times together, 

1111
01:00:32,360 --> 01:00:36,000
not only are they in our hands, 
they get into our hearts and we 

1112
01:00:36,000 --> 01:00:37,600
pray that they would be lived 
out. 

1113
01:00:38,560 --> 01:00:41,280
And we pray that we would 
reflect the master who was pure 

1114
01:00:41,280 --> 01:00:44,240
inwardly and outwardly. 
Lord, we want to be completely 

1115
01:00:44,240 --> 01:00:47,040
holy. 
And Lord, we know that holiness 

1116
01:00:47,040 --> 01:00:49,880
is not a scary word. 
It is a blessing to live a holy 

1117
01:00:49,880 --> 01:00:52,520
life. 
And we know that the desire for 

1118
01:00:52,520 --> 01:00:55,880
holiness comes from you, because
before that we did not want it. 

1119
01:00:57,320 --> 01:01:01,200
Lord, for those who might be 
paralyzed in their suffering, be

1120
01:01:01,200 --> 01:01:05,360
paralyzed from their past, and 
they see this example in Hiram 

1121
01:01:05,360 --> 01:01:08,480
as an inspiration to believe 
that you have a future for them.

1122
01:01:09,880 --> 01:01:14,920
For those here who might be 
flirting with compromise and 

1123
01:01:14,920 --> 01:01:17,280
they don't see the price tag 
yet, may they not have to see 

1124
01:01:17,280 --> 01:01:21,440
the price tag before they repent
and know from your word that 

1125
01:01:21,440 --> 01:01:25,160
they are not mature and fully 
assured in all the will of God. 

1126
01:01:25,440 --> 01:01:27,960
Renounce their sin and turn to 
you and live for your glory. 

1127
01:01:28,280 --> 01:01:31,080
May those who might understand 
the truth of the word, but not 

1128
01:01:31,080 --> 01:01:35,600
convinced that it satisfies and 
are consumed with personal 

1129
01:01:35,600 --> 01:01:38,960
projects and dreams and ideas 
that are temporal. 

1130
01:01:38,960 --> 01:01:41,440
Lord, may they see that although
those things are not necessarily

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wrong, Lord, to participate in 
anything apart you of being the 

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priority is an idol. 
Help us, Lord, Guide us Lord, We

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seek you now as we worship You. 
In Jesus name. 

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Amen. 
Amen.