2 Chronicles 4 | Furnishing God's House

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Charlie Mitchell 0:01

You're listening to the Dope Daily Audio Bible, and I'm your guide, Pastor Charlie Mitchell. And today we're looking at Second Chronicles chapter four. Let's roll. He made a bronze altar thirty feet long, thirty feet wide, and fifteen feet high. Then he made the cast metal basin fifteen feet from brim to brim, perfectly round. It was seven and a half feet high and forty-five feet in circumference. The likeness of oxen was below it, completely encircling it, ten every half yard, completely surrounding the basin. the oxen were cast in two rows when the basin was cast. It stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The basin was on top of them, and all their hindquarters were toward the center. The basin was three inches thick, And its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup or a lily blossom. it could hold 11,000 gallons. He made 10 basins for washing, and he put five on the right and five on the left. The parts of the burnt offering were rinsed in them, but the basin was used by the priest for washing. He made the 10 gold lampstands according to their specifications and put them in the sanctuary, five on the right and five on the left. He made 10 tables and placed them in the sanctuary, five on the right and five on the left. He also made 100 gold bowls. He made the courtyard of the priests in the large court the doors for the court. he overlaid the doors with bronze. He put the basin on the right side toward the southeast. then Haram made the pots, the shovels, and the bowls. So Haram finished doing the work that he was doing for King Solomon and God's temple. Two pillars, the bowls and the capitals on top of the two pillars, the two gratings for covering both bowls of the capitals that were on top of the pillars, the 400 pomegranates for the two gratings, two rows of pomegranates for each grating covering both capital bowls on top of the pillars. He also made the water carts and the basins on the water carts, the one basin and the 12 oxen underneath it, the pots, the shovels, the forks, and all their utensils. Haramabi made them for King Solomon for the Lord's temple. All these were made of polished bronze. the king had them cast in clay molds in the Jordan Valley between Succoth and Zaredah. Solomon made all these utensils in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze was never determined. Solomon also made all the equipment in God's temple, the gold altar, the tables on which to put the bread of the presence, the lampstands and their lamps of pure gold to burn in front of the inner sanctuary according to specifications, the flowers, lamps, and gold tongs of purest gold, the wick trimmers, sprinkling basins, ladles, and firepans of purest gold. in the entryway to the temple, its inner doors to the most holy place, the doors of the temple sanctuary of gold. Let's pray Jesus, I pray that we would recognize in these passages that you deserve more than empty religion. You desire hearts that truly worship you in every sense of the word. So the temple was filled with all kinds of things that were needed for worship. There were basins, lampstands, tables. An altar had a purpose, reminding us that worship isn't random stuff, but everything must be centered on you. So prepare our hearts for your presence. Cleanse us where we need cleansing. Shine your light into places where we've kept things hidden. Feed us from your truth, And help us to offer our lives as a living sacrifice of praise. Keep us from going through the motions week in and week out, day in and day out. May our worship be sincere, our obedience be wholehearted, and our love for you be genuine. We pray all of this in Jesus' name. Amen.