Two Kings allowing God's leadership

  

 

2 Chronicles 4: 11-22

 

May 15, 2023

 

Hiram also made the pots, the shovels, and the basins. So, Hiram finished the work that he did for King Solomon on the house of God:  the two pillars, the bowls, and the two capitals on the top of the pillars; and the two latticework to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars; and the 400 pomegranates for the two latticework, two rows of pomegranates for each latticework, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the pillars.  He made the stands also, and the basins on the stands, and the one sea, and the twelve oxen underneath it.  The pots, the shovels, the forks, and all the equipment for these Huram-abi made of burnished bronze for King Solomon for the house of the Lord.  In the plain of the Jordan, the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah.  Solomon made all these things in great quantities, for the weight of the bronze was not sought.

So, Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of God: the golden altar, the tables for the bread of the Presence, the lampstands, and their lamps of pure gold to burn before the inner sanctuary, as prescribed; the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs, of purest gold; the snuffers, basins, dishes for incense, and fire pans, of pure gold, and the sockets of the temple, for the inner doors to the Most Holy Place and for the doors of the nave of the temple were of gold.

It is amazing what man can do under the direction of our God.  Why does that surprise us, we find this about Jesus in 1 John 1:1-3, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  He was with God in the beginning.  Through him all things were made; without him, nothing was made that has been made.”   Many years later, the apostle John wrote 1 John1:1-3, giving us more insight into the word of God.  “That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life— the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us— that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us, and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.”

 

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Bob Rice