Read: Ezra 3:1-4:24; 1 Corinthians 2:6-3:4; Psalm 28:1-9; Proverbs 20:24-25
In the seventh month, they completed the altar of the Lord. The seventh month was the feast of Tabernacles when the temple of the Lord will be established in the new heaven and the new earth one day.
They began the building of the temple with all the materials supplied by Cyrus the king. Once they had gotten the foundation laid they had a celebration. The people came from everywhere and there was much shouting and praise. Many of the older priests who remembered the last temple cried in disappointment. The younger people praised in joy. I believe that the fact that the older people could not readjust to what God was doing in this season cost them seeing the fulfillment of it.
A new king came to the throne, Darius and he stopped the building during his reign. So for forty years no work was done on the temple. The older priests all died off during this time. Forty years is the time God used to discipline his people. They were in the wilderness for forty years for not having the faith to enter in. Saul was king for forty years to discipline them for asking for a king. In the forty years they were suppose to learn their lesson.
If we can’t readjust our thinking to what God is doing in this new season we too will miss out in the glory of the new spiritual temple God is constructing on the earth.
Paul was telling his disciples the same concept. Wisdom is for the mature. It is God’s secret wisdom that has been hidden since before time and is now ready to be revealed. For the people in Paul’s time it was the gospel of Jesus Christ and walking in the Spirit of God. For us it is living in the kingdom age here on earth. We have to readjust our thinking.
Lord, help us to follow you.
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