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"Petronius - what are your thoughts on the lavishly jeweled ark of the covenant, as demanded by God?"

I am familiar with all the OT passages regarding the skilled workmanship that went into the tabernacle and temple. I am not anti-art.

But one thing is clear to me - we are in a different age and play by different rules. Israel was an earthly kingdom. They engaged in earthly warfare and had earthly rewards.

In the present age we are in a spiritual kingdom with spiritual warfare and spiritual rewards.

The temple that God inhabits now is made out of people, and the gold and jewels that adorn it are the faithful acts and righteous deeds of the people of God.

"Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints." Rev 19