Why should we care about the detailed description of the temple given here? The simple reason is because in Christ you are the temple – the house of the LORD. All that is true of the temple is true of you.
We heard in chapters 3-5 of the wisdom of Solomon in judging difficult cases (3:15-28) in the organization of his kingdom (4:1-19) in his expansive learning, covering the whole of creation (4:29-34) and in his dealing with the nations, especially Hiram of Tyre (5:1-12)
Now in chapters 6-7 we hear of how Solomon's wisdom is manifested in building the temple - the House of the LORD - and in other building projects. We'll take two weeks to go through it – but the two chapters fit neatly together.
Chapter 6 deals with the construction of the temple. Chapter 7:1-12 then moves to the construction of Solomon's house. And 7:13-51 returns to the furnishing of the temple.
These chapters are bracketed by the statement in 6:1 that Solomon "began to build the house of the LORD," and in 7:51 that "the house of the LORD was finished."
The word "finished" is used a total of seven times in these two chapters, as Solomon completes each stage. This is the same word used in Genesis 2:1, where it says that God finished creating the heavens and the earth; it is also the word used in Exodus 40:33 to describe how Moses finished building the tabernacle.
When God created the heavens and the earth – the original building project – he finished his work with a holy dwelling place where man could meet with God...
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