The purpose of the Temple was for Our Heavenly Father to manifest HIMSELF in it as a specific reference point to commune with the people. HE cannot be contained in a building but HE chose to have a specific manifestation for mankind to be able to embrace- HIS manifested glory. As we saw in the last writing, the actual labor was done by 153,600 aliens in the land. Huram from Tyre was called to utilize his gifts and calling as the senior artisan. We find that the most precious contents of the Temple were made of gold and silver. It is FATHER who determines intrinsic value and thus gold and silver have always been deemed to be precious.
1 Kings 6:22 The whole temple he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the temple; also he overlaid with gold the entire altar that was by the inner sanctuary.
The Temple took seven and a half years to complete:
37 In the fourth year the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid, in the month of Ziv (April-May). 38 And in the eleventh year, in the month of Bul (October-November), which is the eighth month, the house was finished in all its details and according to all its plans. So he was seven years in building it.
In the very center of the Temple was the resting place of the ark where FATHER’S Glory would reside:
2 Chronicles 5:13 indeed it came to pass, when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD, and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the LORD, saying:
“For He is good, For His mercy endures forever,”
that the house, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud,
14 so that the priests could not continue ministering because of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.
Inside the Ark is where the Covenant with the people was placed. This Covenant represented the Law which was the foundation of the relationship of FATHER with the people. This is the focal point where HIS Glory would reside. This would be the center of the center of Jerusalem, the City of Peace. This Temple was to be a type and shadow for us today so that we could comprehend a mystery to be brought forth by Jesus Christ. What is that mystery?
In the center of the center of our being is where FATHER will dwell. HIS Covenant is Love for Jesus summed up the Law which represented an outward sign of an inward reality in Matthew chapter 22:
36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?”
37 Jesus said to him, “ ‘You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’
38 This is the first and great commandment.
39 And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’
40 On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”
Paul who had been a scholar well-trained in the law was able to comprehend the mystery Jesus spoke of when he wrote in Romans chapter 13:
8 Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law.
9 For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not bear false witness,” “You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
10 Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
If we are to be HIS lively stones and the dwelling place of HIS Glory, it will only be done as we fully embrace the revelation of Love. Love is at the center of the Law which was in the ark at the center of the Holy of Holies in the center of the Temple in the center of Jerusalem where peace would be found. Love must be at the center of our focus. Get the picture?