bsf answers people of the promised land lesson 26

BSF Study Questions People of the Promised Land 1: Lesson 26, Day 5: 1 Kings 6:14-38

March 28, 2019March 2, 2019 by atozmom, posted in BSF People of the Promised Land Part 1

Summary 1 Kings 6:14-38:

It took 7 years to build God’s temple. Cedar lined the interior walls. The ark of the covenant was placed in the inner sanctuary, along with a pair of cherubim made of olive wood and overlaid with gold. The entire inner and outer rooms of the temple was covered in gold layering.

BSF Study Questions People of the Promised Land 1: Lesson 26, Day 5: 1 Kings 6:14-38:

12) Solomon built the temple to dedicate to the Lord to have a place for burning fragrant incense before him, for setting out the consecrated bread regularly, and for making burnt offerings every morning and evening, on the Sabbaths and New Moons, and at the appointed feasts of the Lord. The temple had to be great because God is great. It as meant as a place to burn sacrifices to God.

13) Personal Question. My answer: I love how Solomon honors God with the best of the best. He takes his time to get it right. He makes everything perfect for a perfect God.

14) Personal Question. My answer: By using God’s talents for God’s glory and not your own and always giving the glory and credit to God, not yourself. I need to better reflect God in my work.

Conclusions BSF Study Questions People of the Promised Land 1 Lesson 26 Day 5:1 Kings 6:14-38:

I love the detail the Bible provides of what the temple looks like since we have no pictures. Awesome and splendid!

End Notes BSF Study Questions People of the Promised Land 1 Lesson 26, Day 5:1 Kings 6:14-38:

God’s temple completed

Special attention was given to the Holy of Holies or Most Holy place. It was a 30-foot (10 meter) cube, completely overlaid with gold. It also had two large sculptures of cherubim (15-foot or 5 meters in height), which were overlaid with gold.

Image result for 1 kings 6 There were gold chains across the veil separating the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place. “The gold chains, stretched across the front of the inner sanctuary, served to strengthen the concept of the inaccessibility of this Most Holy Place” (Patterson and Austel).

The two cherubim inside the Most Holy Place faced the entrance to this inner room, so as soon as the High Priest entered, he saw these giant guardians of the presence of God facing him.

There was gold everywhere in the temple. The walls were covered with gold (1 Kings 6:20-22), the floor was covered with gold (1 Kings 6:30) and gold was hammered into the carvings on the doors (1 Kings 6:32).

The tabernacle had woven designs of cherubim on the inner covering. It was the court of the priests where the altar and laver were set and sacrifice was conducted. Outside it was the great court, where the people came to pray. Outside it was the court of the women, and outside that was the court of the Gentiles.

Under the Old Covenant, the temple was not for the people of Israel. It was only for the priests to meet with God on behalf of the people. The people gathered and worshipped in the outer courtyard.

Image result for 1 kings 6 When the temple was finished it was a spectacular building. It was easy for Israel to focus on the temple of God instead of the God of the temple. Yet without continued faithfulness to God, the temple’s glory quickly faded. This glorious temple was plundered just five years after the death of Solomon (1 Kings 14:25-27)

BSF Study Questions People of the Promised Land 1: Lesson 26, Day 3: 1 Kings 5:7-18

March 26, 2019March 2, 2019 by atozmom, posted in BSF People of the Promised Land Part 1

Summary 1 Kings 5:7-18:

The King of Tyre was pleased and praised God. He had the cedar trees cut down and floated he logs down by sea. He took payment in the form of food for his royal household. This relationship went on for many years, with Hiriam giving Solomon all the timber he wanted in exchange for food. They made a treaty together. The building of God’s temple began in earnest, with 10,000 men a month going to Lebanon and 70,000 men cutting stone and 3300 foremen to supervise. They removed stone for the foundation of the temple, and both the stone and the timber were prepared.

BSF Study Questions People of the Promised Land 1: Lesson 26, Day 3: 1 Kings 5:7-18:

6) Solomon got all the timber he needed in exchange for food from the King of Tyre. He coordinated the wood cutting and the stonecutters and had the wood and stone prepared. King Tyre also sent Huram-Abi, a man skilled in gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, wood, and engraving to help with the design.

7) Personal Question. My answer: I had no thoughts except that this was how it was done in ancient times. I didn’t bat an eye. 1 Kings 9 tells us Solomon used only foreigners for the job. My study bible tells me that this use of foreigners creates dissension in the kingdom, especially amongst the northern tribes.

8 ) Personal Question. My answer: I happen to believe nothing is greater than my ability as long as I put my mind to it. I do want to write more novels. I do want to get promoted at work. I do want to not piss people off. In that respect, God has given me the desire to grow professionally and personally in the way I deal with other people. All things are possible with God and with Him leading, it all will happen.

Conclusions BSF Study Questions People of the Promised Land 1 Lesson 26 Day 3:1 Kings 5:7-18:

Solomon takes the ball and runs with it here, getting everything prepared to perform this massive undertaking of building God’s temple (and his personal palace as well). He knows it’s God’s will, and everything falls into place to make it happen — just like He does in our lives when it’s His will and not our own.

End Notes BSF Study Questions People of the Promised Land 1 Lesson 26, Day 3:1 Kings 5:7-18:

Image result for 1 kings 5 Solomon, in his God-given wisdom, continued the friendly relationship between Israel and Lebanon, each helping each other in a win/win relationship.

Solomon employed his workforce wisely.

Solomon delegated responsibility to men like Adoniram.
Instead of making the Israelites work constantly away from Israel and home, Solomon worked them in shifts.

Solomon used high-quality materials even in the foundation where the stones could not be seen.

This show us how we should work for God: not for appearances.
God works in us not for appearances.
God builds the church not for appearances either, but for deep, foundational work.

“Some suppose that these Gebalites were the inhabitants of Byblos, at the foot of Mount Libanus, northward of Sidon, on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea” (Clarke).

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BSF Study Questions People of the Promised Land 1: Lesson 26, Day 2: 1 Kings 5:1-6

March 25, 2019March 2, 2019 by atozmom, posted in BSF People of the Promised Land Part 1

Summary 1 Kings 5:1-6:

Solomon uses the cedars of Lebanon from the King of Tyre for God’s temple.

BSF Study Questions People of the Promised Land 1: Lesson 26, Day 2: 1 Kings 5:1-6:

3) He planned to build God’s temple. Solomon knew the King of Tyre was his friend so he asked for wood for the temple as well as the men to fell the timber.

4) The King of Tyre has always been on friendly terms with David. David had already prepared a lot of the materials. God has given Solomon rest from wars, Satan, and natural disasters, so he’ll have the time and the resources to build the temple and pay the Sidonians for their skill. The envoy arrived at the perfect time.

5) Personal Question. My answer: God has given me this work on this forum to do, as well as my current position. I work hard at both to bring the most value. He’s inviting me to trust Him to His timing in this work.

Conclusions BSF Study Questions People of the Promised Land 1 Lesson 26 Day 2:1 Kings 5:1-6:

I love how God does include the Gentiles in the building of the temple. It shows God’s foresight of His overall plan for the world.

End Notes BSF Study Questions People of the Promised Land 1 Lesson 26, Day 2:1 Kings 5:1-6:

“Hiram is an abbreviation of Ahiram which means ‘Brother of Ram,’ or ‘My brother is exalted,’ or ‘Brother of the lofty one’… Archaeologists have discovered a royal sarcophagus in Byblos of Tyre dated about 1200 BC inscribed with the king’s name, ‘Ahiram.’ Apparently it belonged to the man in this passage.” (Dilday)

David had already gathered many of the supplies needed to build the temple (2 Chronicles 22:4)

“To put enemies under the feet was the symbolic act marking conquest. In contemporary art, enemies were often depicted as a footstool (Psalm 110:1)

The word adversary here is literally Satan. The Latin Vulgate translates this, “nor a Satan.”

Of course, Solomon did not build a temple for a name but for a living God. This is a good example of avoiding direct mention of the name of God in Hebrew writing and speaking. They did this out of reverence to God.

“Solomon also used this phrase because he wanted to explain that he didn’t think the temple would be the house of God in the way pagans thought. Pagan temples might be intended for the actual residence of the god, but Solomon knew that the heaven of heavens could not contain God, much less this temple which he was about to build.” (Maclaren).

The cedar trees of Lebanon

The cedar trees of Lebanon were legendary for their excellent timber, showing how Solomon wanted to build the temple out of the best materials possible.

“The Sidonians were noted as timber craftsmen in the ancient world, a fact substantiated on the famous Palmero Stone. Its inscription from 2200 BC tells us about timber-carrying ships that sailed from Byblos to Egypt about four hundred years previously. The skill of the Sidonians was expressed in their ability to pick the most suitable trees, know the right time to cut them, fell them with care, and then properly treat the logs.” (Dilday)

Solomon was willing to build this great temple to God with Gentile wood and using Gentile labor. This was a temple to the God of Israel, but it was not only for Israel. Only Jews built the tabernacle, “But the temple is not built without the aid of the Gentile Tyrians. They, together with us, make up the Church of God.” (Trapp)

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Summary 1 Kings 6:14-38:

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End Notes BSF Study Questions People of the Promised Land 1 Lesson 26, Day 5:1 Kings 6:14-38:

God’s temple completed

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The cedar trees of Lebanon

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