<TITLE>09. Par 33-36</TITLE>L-33 But did you notice, after the building was completed, it was still an empty building? There was nothing in it but furniture. So Solomon had done all he could do. Now, the great day of dedication come when they were going to dedicate this building for worshippers to worship something. Now, without something there to worship, the building would've been in vain. But the building was now ready for dedication.
And when the Levites and the priests, with thousands of trumpets blasting the sky, with lamb after lamb dying for sacrifice for sin... And the Levites positionally took their place, went into the corner and got their poles, run them through the rings on the ark where the tables of stone was on the inside: two tables of stone (same stone: these two are one; same commandments, same covenant). When these two tables of stone, with the cherubims and their wings pitched across one to another...

L-34 When these Levites... Only that consecrated group could bear the ark. No man could touch it outside of them. If he did, he died. And they took these poles, knowing that they were consecrated to the service for this particular thing. And they run the poles through the rings, as been instructed, Moses had been by God, to build the construction of the ark. And they picked it up.
From its tent they started marching, and the trumpet sounding, the psalteries playing, the smoke going up from the dead animals that was being sacrificed before Jehovah, down through the building of dedication they came, till they brought it to its resting place, where it fit down into the sockets of the great huge place that had been set for it. And when it fit down, and finally come to its resting place, the ark, the Bible said that the Lord descended down upon the place, till it filled the entire temple. The Pillar of Fire came in there with such great glory of God till the ministers could not minister any more, because of the glory of God.

L-35 That's when it found its final resting place, the Shekinah Glory that followed those Capping Stone, not the corner, the Capping Stone, the main thing... All other stones was of non effect until then. But this main Stone came in, the Headstone, and took its place positionally for its resting place for that generation. The glory of God filled the place where they were setting, and there was Shekinah Glory upon the whole building. And the glory was so great till the priests couldn't even minister because of the glory.

L-36 Now, we read now, and take from the dedication of the temple... Let us go now to Acts the 7th chapter again and the 44th verse, and we start in quotation. Stephen in his notable sermon as he preached, he said, "Solomon built Him a temple," because it was promised through David that he would... God promised David that he'd build the temple. And God in a type, which was to be taken away by an antitype... Just like the sacrifice of the lambs at the dedication was a type of the real Lamb coming for sacrifice, all the natural typing the spiritual...
And we find out that when this taken place, Stephen is speaking of it. He said, "Our fathers found a favor before God, and Solomon built Him a temple. But howbeit, the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands, as the prophet said, 'Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool: and where is the house that you could build Me? Heaven's My throne; earth is My footstool; and how could you build Me a house to dwell in?'"
Then, how beautiful Hebrews 10:5, "But a body hast thou prepared Me," showing that God was going to dwell in a body. [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.] "... prepared Me." Oh.


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