THurs.’s Devo - Building the Temple

Read: 1 Chronicles 22:1-23:32; Romans 3:9-31; Psalm 12:1-8; Proverbs 19:13-14 How interesting that the hewers of the stones for the temple and the builders of the temple are the foreigners living in Israel. The Gentiles built the temple! David provided everything they would need to build. This tells me that we are building the temple of God within us so that we will be able to minister to God’s people - the Jews. We are to be a magnificent structure, famous and glorious thought the world! What a description of the city in Revelation 21 that came down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. David had fought and shed too much blood to be able to build this temple, but his son would be a person of peace and he would build it. Solomon would secure the peace of Jerusalem and secure the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever. Solomon is a picture of Jesus during the last millennium. David is a picture of Jesus during our time. We do spiritual warfare now and He goes out and fights our battles so we can rest in peace when he reigns on the earth. David appointed Solomon as the king while he was still living and mentored him for the job. His first priority was worship in the Temple so he made sure the priests were in their places doing their duties. Paul explained in Romans that the only way to fulfill the law was through faith in Jesus Christ. Grace is the ability to do what we can not do in our own strength. We cannot be righteous in our own strength but we can by grace. Lord, protect the oppressed and preserve them from this lying generation.