Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-02
SABBATH SCHOOL
LESSON
September 81 Kings 5-S
Ey DE-. MAEION NE'H. EULE

Golden Text: "zzy house shall be
called an house of prayer for all
David was not allowed to build
the temple, but he made wonder
full provision for it. He collected
materials for it from spoils OF war,
from the, gifts of the people, who gh c,
heart, and out of mis- own personal
fortune He turned over to Solomon
over $8,000,000 worth of gold and
more than $5,000,000 worth of silver
to go into it's construction, besides
precious precious stones, brass, iron,
cut marble and wood and linen in
abundance. He gave Solomon the
exact plans which were to be fol-
lowed, which had been given him by
the spirit.
Solomon enlisted the support OF u
Hiram. King of Tyre, an old friend
of his father for he knew that there
we're none so sl<illful in woodwork
rs the Tyrians, and no cedars or flrs
like those of Lebanon. Solomon made
levy out of the men of Israel, 3d.
600, one-third of whom spent one
month in the forest and two. months
at home working until the building
was completed. He also had 10000
burden bearers and $4,000 bearers of
wood and stone, and these all were
under the direction of $4,000 over
the work organized and seven years
20 build the house.
Tine Building
1t must have been wonderful
sight when it was completed Sol
ONION had selected the hill in Jeru-
salem as the building site, on which
years before Abram had offered up
his only son, Isaac. 1t had also been
the threshing floor of Arannah which
David had purchased for this pur-
pose. Between Moriah and Zion was
the polan valley which Solomon built
up with arches that remain to this
day, one of the wonders of the world,
thus making a level space on the
tops of the two mountains. There
feet long and 10 feet high that Sol
onions builders put into this struc-
ture.
The temple was twice as large
as the tabernacle in all of, it's di-
mansions, but the same plan was
followed. Since five is the number
Of grace it is notable that the di-
The outside walls were so cubits
long by 20 cubits wide by 20 cubits
nigh. The Holy of Holes was a per-
fect cube 20x20x20. 1t had fifty
shekels of gold nails in it,. it's walls
were lined with 600 shekles of gold
The brazen alter was 2Ox20x1O. The
sea Cor laver) was 10 cubits in di-
ameter, 5 cubits deep and 80 cubits
IN clrcumference. 1t contained 5000
all around and 400 pomegranates sus-
pended from chains. There were ten
smaller LAYERS on wheels, for. con-
venlence: There were ten candle
sticks all of gold; and ten tables of
Sn9WDfT t75a and 100 basins. There
at the brazen alter, pots, and
shoVels and basins, and spoons and
censers, and there were five i'm
nedlents in the incense to be burned.
me cherublms each had two wings,
each' i've feet wide, SO it was all of
grace as the number five as a factor
IN each signifying. (The Gematria of
Hebrews 8, which describes it. is
also multiple of So
Inc. arrangement was also signifi-
CANT; there was only one door, and
just inside that was the brazen altar
on which the animals were sacrificed.
Beyond that was the sea or laver in
which the priests bathed after the
sacrifices. Then there were the ia
bles Of shewbread on which were
small and large, had the same stand
ing before God-and opposite them
the golden candlesticks, seven branch
ed, that furnished light for the holy
place: Beyond this and standing
just before the veil was the golden
altar Of incense, where the priests Of
fered up before God the prayers of
the people. The veil separated the
holy place from the sanctuary, where
the ark of God was, that beautiful
golden box containing now, only the
tables of the law, and above the ark
the mercy seat beneath the golden
cherubim where God was most mani
fest. The veil was of fine linen;'
richly embroidered and made of blue
(the heavenly COLOR purple the
(royal COLOR and scarlet (the earthly
color) each IMPLYING some phase Of
the person of Jesus the Christ.
SO note the steps that were neces-
sary in approaching God-first
through the only door, then the blood
sacrifice, then publication, then food
and fellowship and light then wor-
ship-there was no other order, no
other way to approach God. Each
of these typified the Jesus Christ,
for he is the only door; it is only
through his blood that we can be
prepared to come into Gods presence;
it is by His spirit we are purified;