June 30, 2026
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Reading along with us in 2 Chronicles and Luke? Here’s today’s reading:
2 Chronicles 4 (NIV)
The Temple’s Furnishings
1 He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high. 2 He made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits high. It took a line of thirty cubits to measure around it. 3 Below the rim, figures of bulls encircled it—ten to a cubit.…..Continue Reading
Not just the structure itself but the furnishings are also made with incredible detail and care. That doesn’t surprise me with God because it is what is on the inside that matters so much to God. Are our hearts and our minds fixed and focused on Him! We definitely should be aware of the exterior condition of our temples and strive to keep them in a good state but hopefully we never forget that our hearts must be set to God’s design as well!
As we see described all the elements of what was made for the temple, it is amazing to see what was needed and thereby what God intended as to how the Israelites would engage with Him. The priests and Levites would have so much to do to fulfill the tasks of worship and sacrifices and keeping things clean and functioning. Making them, in a way, was the easy part….
2 Chronicles 3 & 4
Psalm 129; Daniel 5; 2 Chronicles 4
2 Chronicles 4.
2 Chronicles 4
2 Chronicles 4
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