PROCLAMATION
“He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, the
walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and engraved cherubims on the
walls.” 2 Chronicles 3:7 (KJV)
EXPLANATION
The words of First and Second Chronicles were written as one book under the influence of The Holy
Spirit of God by Ezra the scribe and priest and historical Bible scholar according
to Jewish tradition. After he had
gathered the additional materials that he wanted, King Solomon began to build the
house of The Lord in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah.
He built the house of The Lord in the same place where the angel of The
Lord had commanded Gad, the seer, to tell David to set up an altar unto The Lord
(1 Chronicles 21:18) in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. (2
Chronicles 3:1) The Third Chapter of The
Bible Book of Second Chronicles contains the instructions for building the
house of God, including the exterior measurements, the internal measurements
for each room and the cherubims within the room. It also detailed how each of them was to be
overlain with gold. (2 Chronicles 3:3-17)
APPLICATION
In this chapter, Solomon builds a fabulous temple to
be the house of The Lord. Today, as
Christians, our bodies are the house of The Lord. “Know ye not that your body is the temple of The
Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God …” (1 Corinthians 6:19) Our bodies are members of Christ. (1
Corinthians 6:15) We are the body of
Christ. (1 Corinthians 12:27) We may not
be made of cedar and overlaid with gold, but we are fearfully and wonderfully
made marvelous works of God. (Psalm 139:14)
We all should be very careful regarding how we treat our body, the
temple of Christ, including what we eat.
Gluttony is one of the seven deadly sins, or cardinal sins. The Bible says that we should put a knife to our
throat if we are given to gluttony. (Proverbs 23:2 NIV) We should acknowledge The Lord God in all
that we do and let Him direct our activities and behavior. (Proverbs 3:6)
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