In 2 Chronicles chapter 2, we find that Solomon is now focused on building the Temple honoring Our Heavenly Father:
11 Then Hiram king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon:
Because the LORD loves His people, He has made you king over them.
12 Hiram also said:
Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, for He has given King David a wise son, endowed with prudence and understanding, who will build a temple for the LORD and a royal house for himself!
FATHER lifted up Solomon, a man of peace, to build HIS Temple where HE would commune with man for a time. This would be the connection point where FATHER inhabited a place in order for the priest to communicate and be in HIS Presence. The Temple was to function as a door to the Eternal. Later, Jesus would be that door and the Glory of FATHER would come through HIS Holy Spirit to dwell in mankind. We would finally be the temple of HIS Presence.
The King of Tyre was asked by Solomon to send an expert to do the work:
7 Therefore send me at once a man skillful to work in gold and silver, in bronze and iron, in purple and crimson and blue, who has skill to engrave with the skillful men who are with me in Judah and Jerusalem, whom David my father provided.
The response:
13 And now I have sent a skillful man, endowed with understanding, Huram my master craftsman 14 (the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre), skilled to work in gold and silver, bronze and iron, stone and wood, purple and blue, fine linen and crimson, and to make any engraving and to accomplish any plan which may be given to him, with your skillful men and with the skillful men of my lord David your father.
FATHER knew Huram before HE formed him in the womb and gave him the gifts and calling to become a master craftsman. You can imagine how Huram’s parents marveled at his attraction and preoccupation with working and crafting gold, silver, bronze, and iron as he was growing up. Huram had been prepared for this very task at hand, to be a builder of the Temple.
Who did the heavy lifting? Interestingly enough, Solomon assigned the real work to non-Jews:
17 Then Solomon numbered all the aliens who were in the land of Israel, after the census in which David his father had numbered them; and there were found to be one hundred and fifty-three thousand six hundred.
18 And he made seventy thousand of them bearers of burdens, eighty thousand stonecutters in the mountain, and three thousand six hundred overseers to make the people work.
153,600 aliens in the land actually served all of Israel in building the Temple for they cut the stones and carried them to the construction site. Would you have been a willing worker to build FATHER’S House and carry the burden for others? Do you believe that FATHER might have blessed all 153,600 who were burdened with the heavy lifting? What were their names? None are mentioned but their participation was critical to the completion of the Temple.
Here we have 153,600 servants whereas Jesus called forth 153 fish to enter into the nets in John 21 as food to be consumed. The fish were willing to be “eaten” or consumed according to FATHER’S Will. They were to provide sustenance for the disciples and others. Surely the disciples did not eat all 153 fish themselves.
I believe that there will soon be a rallying cry for those who have been prepared, called, and chosen to come forth. They will have the revelation of Love and are willing to carry the burden of others to bring forth the Temple as lively stones. This Temple of lively stones will be the dwelling place of FATHER for all the world to see. A Standard will arise and men’s actions will then be compared to that Standard causing a great repentance to come forth. Love will wipe the tears away.