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BY HENRY M. MORRIS, PH.D.
"And the house, when it was in building, was built of
stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither
hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in
building." (1 Kings 6:7)
In order to erect the magnificent temple of Solomon, every
portion was so carefully fabricated, far away from the construction site, that
the building could be completely erected in reverent silence.
Furthermore, the stones were not small and rough. "They
brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of
the house" (1
Kings 5:17).
They were quarried from limestone beds beneath the city
and had to be fabricated and brought to the temple site, all ready to be laid
in place.
"And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew
them, and the stonesquarers" (1
Kings 5:18).
In both its unique beauty and its silent assemblage, the
temple is a striking type of the spiritual temple now being erected by the Holy
Spirit.
"Now therefore ye are . . . built upon the foundation
of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner
stone; In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy
temple in the Lord; In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of
God through the Spirit" (Ephesians
2:19-22).
"Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that
the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?" (1
Corinthians 3:16).
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