Building Blocks
How was Solomon's temple built? Both 1 Kings 6:1-38 and 2 Chronicles 3:1-9 provide descriptions.
One of the aspects from 1 Kings 6 stood out as I read: "The house, while it was being built, was built of stone prepared at the quarry, and there was neither hammer nor axe, not any iron tool heard in the house while it was being built" (1 Kings 6:7).
Pre-cut and pre-organized, the stones were taken from the quarry to the site of the temple.
In a like manner, God prepares and places His own for their use to Him.
First Peter 2 refers to Christ and those in Him in these terms: "And coming to Him as to a living stone which has been rejected by men, but is choice and precious in the sight of God, you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Christ Jesus" (2 Peter 2:4-5).
This reminds me of Romans 12:1: "Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship."
Christ is the cornerstone, chosen and set by God. God also chooses and sets us, not as the dead stones which made up the temple in the Old Testament, but as living stones who serve our Lord and His Father. Our sacrifices are made acceptable to God not by our doing but that of Christ Jesus.
In Revelation 21:10-27 we read of the New Jerusalem, its appearance and its residents. 21:22 notes: "I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb are its temples." To which I say, "Amen, come quickly, Lord Jesus."
One of the aspects from 1 Kings 6 stood out as I read: "The house, while it was being built, was built of stone prepared at the quarry, and there was neither hammer nor axe, not any iron tool heard in the house while it was being built" (1 Kings 6:7).
Pre-cut and pre-organized, the stones were taken from the quarry to the site of the temple.
In a like manner, God prepares and places His own for their use to Him.
First Peter 2 refers to Christ and those in Him in these terms: "And coming to Him as to a living stone which has been rejected by men, but is choice and precious in the sight of God, you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Christ Jesus" (2 Peter 2:4-5).
This reminds me of Romans 12:1: "Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship."
Christ is the cornerstone, chosen and set by God. God also chooses and sets us, not as the dead stones which made up the temple in the Old Testament, but as living stones who serve our Lord and His Father. Our sacrifices are made acceptable to God not by our doing but that of Christ Jesus.
In Revelation 21:10-27 we read of the New Jerusalem, its appearance and its residents. 21:22 notes: "I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb are its temples." To which I say, "Amen, come quickly, Lord Jesus."
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