Hello my lovelies!
This term we have been looking at the building of Solomon's Temple described in the books of Chronicles and Kings in the Bible.
Solomon was one of the sons of King David and he was only twenty years old when he became King. He was the King who, when God said to him that he could ask for anything and it would be given to him, Solomon asked for Wisdom.
I loved the description of the two pillars in front of the temple.
...First he cast two pillars in bronze, each twenty-seven feet tall and eighteen feet in circumference. He then cast two capitals in bronze to set on the pillars; each capital was seven and a half feet high and flared at the top in the shape of a lily. Each capital was dressed with an elaborate filigree of seven braided chains and a double row of two hundred pomegranates, setting the pillars off magnificently. He set the pillars up in the entrance porch to The Temple; the pillar to the south he named Security (Jachin) and the pillar to the north Stability (Boaz). The capitals were in the shape of lilies...
Of course, nothing remains of these pillars today. Do you think this model depicts the description? What would you have imagined the pillars would have looked like? Perhaps you could draw me a picture, photograph it and send it through.
I love the names of the pillars. They remind me that in God's hands we are securely held.
Thought for the day: If God said you could have anything you asked for, what would you ask for?
Love Nanxxx
Peace to the world or stop child labour.
ReplyDeleteWhat great requests! We must pray for our leaders to have wisdom in the decisions they have to make that will make our world a better place.
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