Temple of Solomon Reflection 8 (week 10)-Love

Randall Q. Lawrence
Faith Bible College
Temple of Solomon
Bro. K.
3/29/2011

Temple of Solomon Reflection 8 (Week 10)-Love

Last week was a very stressful situation with work, sudden death of a friend, and more, and so is this week with health news in regards to my Dad. I picked love to do my reflection on because that is how the week ended and what the weekend reflected with a 40 year “love affair” (loving relationship) attested at the funeral for our friend Gail, with your wedding with Chely, with Friday and Sunday services.

One might ask what love has to do with the Temple of Solomon. Well, the Temple of Solomon foreshadows Jesus Christ and points to Him. Jesus Christ was all about love. To be honest, the Temple of Solomon (& Tabernacle of David) is not something I really ever focused much on yet in looking at how God works and in understanding Jesus Christ more then these topics become very relevant. As a Christian, we hear non-believers talking about this wrathful, judgmental, Old Testament God. We look at what happened after a long time of disobedience, of breaking of covenants, of idolatry and more and then assign these results to the personality of God without digging deeper. Focus on the Temple of Solomon is about digging deeper.

Solomon, wisest in the world, foreshadowed Jesus Christ. Yet, a Solomon without Jesus Christ inside, fell prey to idolatry and being led astray by his wives. The ultimate story of the Temple is in the crucifixion of Christ with the tearing of the veil of the Temple and then with Pentecost. “The Kingdom of God is within you” contrasts with our fallen nature. I have heard the Bible being called a “love letter” and “love story”. I believe that this is true. God, Abba Father as a Holy, Omnipotent, Omniscient Creator has done all this work like the Temple of Solomon to provide access to Him to weak, fallible, broken humans and set forth a plan of redemption in Jesus Christ so that we might have access. Ultimately, it was about a Temple and Holy of Holies place that became not without (outside of us) but within (inside of us) through the ministry of Jesus Christ and Holy Spirit—this is the love story which was illustrated so aptly this past weekend in a funeral and a wedding demonstrating the love story continues.