King Solomon begins the building of the temple by gathering in the materials for the construction. He speaks these words to Hiram, King of Tyre.
1Ki 5:3
You know that because of the wars waged against my father David from all sides, he could not build a temple for the Name of the Lord his God until the Lord put his enemies under his feet.
There are other references in Scripture to putting enemies under feet. In the following psalm, David relates a "conversation" between God the Father and God the Son.
Psa 110:1
A Psalm of David. Jehovah said to my Lord, Sit at My right hand until I place Your enemies as Your footstool.
God, the Father is telling us that Jesus will be sitting at his right hand until all His enemies are gone. And when will that happen you may ask?
1Co 15:24-26
then is the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God, even the Father; when He makes to cease all rule and all authority and power for it is right for Him to reign until He has put all the enemies under His feet. The last enemy made to cease is death.
All enemies are under the feet of Jesus at the end of the millennium when the last enemy to be destroyed is death itself. And as in the case of King David, when the enemies are gone, then the temple will be built. In the case of Jesus, the eternal "temple" will be in the New Heaven.
Rev 21:22
And I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty is its temple, even the Lamb.
When arranging for the building of the temple, Solomon conscripted laborers. He drafted three times the amount of labor he needed so that he could send them off to Lebanon in shifts. They would spend one month away and two months at home. Does this tell us the value Solomon placed on the family? It seems that Solomon wanted his workers happy and with their families as much as possible. I believe Solomon valued families. I heard this quote from Focus on the Family once, “The strength of a nation is in direct proportion to the strength of the family.”
1Ki 5:3
You know that because of the wars waged against my father David from all sides, he could not build a temple for the Name of the Lord his God until the Lord put his enemies under his feet.
There are other references in Scripture to putting enemies under feet. In the following psalm, David relates a "conversation" between God the Father and God the Son.
Psa 110:1
A Psalm of David. Jehovah said to my Lord, Sit at My right hand until I place Your enemies as Your footstool.
God, the Father is telling us that Jesus will be sitting at his right hand until all His enemies are gone. And when will that happen you may ask?
1Co 15:24-26
then is the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God, even the Father; when He makes to cease all rule and all authority and power for it is right for Him to reign until He has put all the enemies under His feet. The last enemy made to cease is death.
All enemies are under the feet of Jesus at the end of the millennium when the last enemy to be destroyed is death itself. And as in the case of King David, when the enemies are gone, then the temple will be built. In the case of Jesus, the eternal "temple" will be in the New Heaven.
Rev 21:22
And I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty is its temple, even the Lamb.
When arranging for the building of the temple, Solomon conscripted laborers. He drafted three times the amount of labor he needed so that he could send them off to Lebanon in shifts. They would spend one month away and two months at home. Does this tell us the value Solomon placed on the family? It seems that Solomon wanted his workers happy and with their families as much as possible. I believe Solomon valued families. I heard this quote from Focus on the Family once, “The strength of a nation is in direct proportion to the strength of the family.”
How very true that is! Look what’s happening in our nation today. Is our family structure strong? Is our nation loosing face with the rest of the world? Hmmm…can we connect the dots here???
What about our places of worship now? Are there "sounds" within them that disturb God’s House of Prayer?
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