Monday, March 12, 2012

March 12th Reflection by Bill Lynch


1 Kings 6:1-4, 21-22 (NRSV)
Solomon builds the temple
In the four hundred eightieth year after the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, which is the second month, he began to build the house of the Lord. The house that King Solomon built for the Lord was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high. The vestibule in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits wide, across the width of the house. Its depth was ten cubits in front of the house. For the house he made windows with recessed frames. ...


Solomon overlaid the inside of the house with pure gold, then he drew chains of gold across, in front of the inner sanctuary, and overlaid it with gold. Next he overlaid the whole house with gold, in order that the whole house might be perfect; even the whole altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary he overlaid with gold.

Reflection
The Temple wasn't intended to be a church like we think of today. A church for a congregation to gather anyway. The Temple was intended to house God. No wonder the materials and design were of the best human abilities of the age.

But the Temple then could never come close to the Temple that God sent us in Jesus. In Jesus body, his suffering, death and resurrection; we have graciously been granted entry into the temple of Jesus body the Church and Jesus into the temple of our body, part of the Church. We are slowly becoming one with Jesus and one another. Now that's a beautiful Temple! Thanks be to God!

Prayer
Beautiful Savior, I look to you and give my temple to your Church... today... tomorrow... and forever. --- Amen

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