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To: malakhi

1 Chronicles 28:9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve Him with a whole heart and with a willing mind; for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts; if thou seek Him, He will be found of thee; but if thou forsake Him, He will cast thee off for ever. 10 Take heed now; for the Lord hath chosen thee to build a house for the sanctuary; be strong, and do it.' 11 Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch of the temple, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper rooms thereof, and of the inner chambers thereof, and of the place of the ark-cover; 12 and the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, for the courts of the house of the Lord, and for all the chambers round about, for the treasuries of the house of God, and for the treasuries of the hallowed things; 13 also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of the Lord, and for all the vessels of service in the house of the Lord: 14 of gold by weight for the vessels of gold, for all vessels of every kind of service; of silver for all the vessels of silver by weight, for all vessels of every kind of service; 15 by weight also for the candlesticks of gold, and for the lamps thereof, of gold, by weight for every candlestick and for the lamps thereof; and for the candlesticks of silver, silver by weight for every candlestick and for the lamps thereof, according to the use of every candlestick; 16 and the gold by weight for the tables of showbread, for every table; and silver for the tables of silver; 17 and the flesh-hooks, and the basins, and the jars, of pure gold; and for the golden bowls by weight for every bowl; and for the silver bowls by weight for every bowl; 18 and for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot, even the cherubim, that spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of the Lord. 19 'All this do I give thee in writing, as the Lord hath made me wise by His hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern.' 20 And David said to Solomon his son: 'Be strong and of good courage, and do it; fear not, nor be dismayed; for the Lord God, even my God, is with thee; He will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until all the work for the service of the house of the Lord be finished. 21 And, behold, there are the courses of the priests and the Levites, for all the service of the house of God; and there shall be with thee in all manner of work every willing man that hath skill, for any manner of service; also the captains and all the people will be wholly at thy commandment.' (JPS)


1 Chronicles 28:18 and for the altar of incense, refined gold by weight; and the pattern of the chariot of the cherubim of gold, which spread out [their wings] and cover the ark of the covenant of Jehovah. 19 All this [said David,] in writing, by Jehovah's hand upon me, instructing as to all the works of the pattern. (Darby)


When one looks at all of this in detail and compares it with what is recorded about the temple that Solomon actually built (see 2 Chronicles 3:2 below), it becomes evident that Solomon’s Temple, furnishings and instruments were not constructed according to the specifications that David left for them. For example, the walls in Solomon’s Temple were overlaid completely with gold while the plans of Jehovah that David left called for at least some of them to be overlaid with silver. Furthermore, David’s specifications listed many gold and silver items that Solomon actually made of bronze. There is no mention whatsoever that Solomon made anything out of silver. Remember that the Spirit of the Lord gave the plans for the temple to David similar to the way that Moses received the instructions for building the tent tabernacle and all of its furnishings and instruments. David left plans for "gold for [things of] gold, and silver for [things of] silver" while Solomon actually made the things of gold out of gold or bronze and things of silver out of gold or bronze.

There is more would you like to read it.
Then go to http://www.aeragon.com/itz/07-TempleOfDoom-01.htm
Ops4 God BLess America!


43 posted on 12/10/2004 12:58:22 PM PST by OPS4 (worth repeating)
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To: OPS4
The verses I cited were clear. God gave David the specs, and he passed them on to Solomon. Solomon built the temple, and scripture says that it was built "according to all its specifications". Nitpicking this is no different than other forms of "higher criticism" which attempt to discredit scripture.

Your link makes an interesting interpretation of this verse:

2 Chronicles 9:20 And all king Solomon's drinking-vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; silver was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.

He says, " Some of these items were also supposed to be made of silver, but there is no mention of anything actually being made of silver." From this he assumes that nothing was made of silver. But it can more readily be understood that they didn't "account of" silver in the days of Solomon. Just because it wasn't specifically mentioned doesn't mean that they weren't made.

In fact, the entire thesis is based upon an absence of evidence. But an absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

Are you aware that the author of your link believes that the Euro is the Mark of the Beast?

44 posted on 12/10/2004 1:30:15 PM PST by malakhi
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