Why does the Bible go to such pains to describe so much “pure gold” in Israel’s Tabernacle? Together with the repeated message of “Zion,” they reveal God’s call to purity, transparency and spiritual growth. Learn practical lessons on humility, refinement through trials, discerning truth and becoming a living temple for God’s presence on Earth. Embrace this heavenly pattern for real-life transformation, and experience God’s glory in every area of your life.
1st Kings 9 and its parallel in 2nd Chronicles 8 read like reports on building projects, yet God is communicating something extremely important that would ring true over thousands of years to our day: Something that is a great blessing — Israel and the Temple — could become a curse, yet something cursed can become a blessing.
Continuing the 1st Kings 7 exploration of the lessons of the design of the temple Solomon built for God, we see a division of copper and gold items. The lesson of copper in the outer temple area and gold in the inner temple area is God wants to clean us by moving us from the world of the Snake to God’s world.