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Study of the Book of Kings – 1Ki 10:14-20 “So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom” – Part 2

Tony Cullen — Thu, 24 Feb 2022 14:40:21 +0000

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1Ki 10:14-20 “So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom” – Part 2

[Study Aired February 24, 2022]

1Ki 10:14 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,
1Ki 10:15 Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country.
1Ki 10:16 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target.
1Ki 10:17 And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
1Ki 10:18 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.
1Ki 10:19 The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.
1Ki 10:20 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.

The physical things that we are looking at in the temple of Solomon represent the workmanship of God (Eph 2:8-10) within the body of Christ which is the temple of God (1Co 3:16) where we learn that “by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God” (1Co 15:46, 1Co 2:13-14, Eph 2:8-10).

Eph 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves [Eph 1:6]: it is the gift of God:
Eph 2:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Eph 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

Heb 9:23 It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
Heb 9:24 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, [Col 1:27] now to appear in the presence of God for us [making it possible for us to be “better sacrifices than these” now being accepted in the beloved (Eph 1:6)]:

Col 1:27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

Eph 1:6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

1Co 2:13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual [using the physical (Rom 1:20)].

Rom 1:20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

1Co 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

With these verses in mind, we can now look at the temple and all the interactions that take place around the temple and know for a certainty that God has used all these events for our sakes upon whom the end of the world has come within us (2Co 4:15, 1Co 10:11).

In this section of the book of Kings we will look more at the intricate and very costly workmanship which took place within Solomon’s temple. These riches tell us how valued God’s people are because of the life of Christ within us, the pearl of great price, typified by king Solomon (Mat 13:45-46): “So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.“

Mat 13:45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls [Son 3:1-11]:
Mat 13:46 Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

God’s elect are likened “unto a merchant man.“

Son 3:1 By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not [“seeking goodly pearls” (Joh 6:44)].
Son 3:2 I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways [Mat 7:13-14] I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
Son 3:3 The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
Son 3:4 It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, [Jos 23:7-8, 2Ki 18:5-6] until I had brought him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me [Gal 4:26, Joh 3:3].

Daughters of Jerusalem represent the elect bride of Christ who has been conceived and born of the will of God (Joh 1:12-13, Rom 8:9):

Son 3:5 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
Son 3:6 Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
Son 3:7 Behold his bed, which is Solomon’s; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.
Son 3:8 They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.
Son 3:9 King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.
Son 3:10 He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem [‘This section is telling us what Christ does for the bride of Christ‘].
Son 3:11 Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals^H2861, and in the day of the gladness of his heart [Rev 19:9].

It is not only what is in the temple, per se, but also the demonstrated wisdom of Solomon in how he was given to deal with all those who were drawn to the temple to hear the king, as we saw last week with the queen of Sheba who sought out his wisdom. This wisdom of Solomon is a type and shadow of the manifest knowledge of God that will be made known through the church, through the pearl of great price (Col 1:27). His judgments will be in the earth so humanity can learn of His righteousness that can only abide with purified gold and silver (Eph 3:10, Isa 26:9, Php 3:9).

Eph 3:10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,

Isa 26:9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night [Son 3:8]; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

Php 3:9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

God has gone to great lengths to impress upon the elect how blessed we are to have the words of eternal life abiding within our temple (Joh 6:68), and that has always been what all this pomp and pageantry that we are going to look at in regard to Solomon’s temple and all the inner workings of the king’s mind is about (Pro 25:3, Rom 11:33). Solomon’s great riches and wisdom represent the mind of Christ that the body of Christ has been given (1Co 2:16, Pro 8:8-14, Pro 3:13-19).

Joh 6:68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.

1Co 2:15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things [2Co 10:5], yet he himself is judged of no man.
1Co 2:16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

The value of the mind of Christ:

Pro 8:8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.
Pro 8:9 They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
Pro 8:10 Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.
Pro 8:11 For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it [Php 3:8].
Pro 8:12 I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.
Pro 8:13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
Pro 8:14 Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.

Pro 3:13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
Pro 3:14 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
Pro 3:15 She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her [Php 3:8].
Pro 3:16 Length of days is in her right hand [Joh 6:68]; and in her left hand riches and honour.
Pro 3:17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
Pro 3:18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her [1Ti 6:12, Joh 6:68]: and happy is every one that retaineth her [Rev 1:3, Joh 8:31-32].
Pro 3:19 The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens [Heb 9:23-24].

Heb 9:23 It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
Heb 9:24 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself [Col 1:27], now to appear in the presence of God for us: [making it possible for us to be “better sacrifices than these” now being accepted in the beloved (Eph 1:6)]:

The weight of the gold “that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold” (666 talents) apart from (“beside”H905) everything else brought to Solomon via “the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country.

That gold represents God’s word that must be purified within God’s people today if we are going to be among those who are working with the nations outwardly during the thousand-year reign. Those nations, and the various kings and governors that Solomon was dealing with at that time in history, represent “The kingdoms of this world [that] are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ” that we will be dealing with during the thousand year reign (Rev 11:15, Rev 20:6).

Rev 11:15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.

Rev 20:6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

Notice the context when we read of the mark of the beast 666 in Revelation 13:17-18 where it speaks of merchants who symbolize the beast which interacts with Christ who is typified by Solomon, as stated in this section of scripture: “the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country“. Like the queen of Sheba who brought gifts to king Solomon due to his wisdom (Rev 18:6-15), so, too, do these “merchantmen” who represent the time in our life when we bring many wonderful works before Christ but they are not upon a burnt offering and not acceptable to God unbeknown to us at that time, as demonstrated in the story of Cain and Abel (Gen 4:5-7).

Rev 13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Rev 13:18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man^G444; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

Solomon’s works are typical of Christ’s mindset and His body, which is that we of our own selves can do nothing. We can’t build the temple. Christ has to do that (Joh 5:30, Joh 15:5, Psa 127:1). As mentioned many times, there are three sixes in Revelation 13:17-18, showing the process of spiritual completion through judgment [seals, trumpets, vials – 3] that all mankind (represented by the number 6), must go through, each man in his order.

So, just as we are being judged today for any self-righteous part of Babylon that is still in our heavens, this is the torment the harlot systems of the world are going to receive through the body of Christ, also typified by Solomon (Rev 18:6). We experience God’s wrath first if we are being prepared to be kings and priests who will rule under Him, and so we must understand that we must endure God’s wrath or much tribulation described as seals, trumpets and vials in order to be found clothed with His righteousness when He returns: “Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame” (1Pe 4:17, Rev 16:1-14, Act 14:22, Rev 16:15, Rev 19:7).

Rev 19:7 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.

Outwardly we know that in time all men will be judged, which is the one event that is common to all men of Ecclesiastes 9:2, and we all in our appointed time are the carnal anthropos^G444 man that walks according to the course of this world (Eph 2:2-3) right in lock-step with all “the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country” having the mark or the name of the beast , or the number of his name on us and as such are able to buy and sell (Rev 13:17).

Rev 13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

Dispensationally, 1 Kings 10:14-15 represents a time when the kingdoms of this world will be ruled over by God’s government which will be looking to make its mark (pun intended) upon the church with the interaction they will have with the government of God that will be ruling over those many nations outwardly (Rev 11:15). God uses this occasion of great exchange to fatten up the nations, and as knowledge increases so will the pride of man which always precedes our destruction (Pro 16:18).

God’s elect are learning these things now, in advance of all the world, and our being judged now is the same process of judgment that the rest of the creation will endure. We are being apprehended by Christ today (Php 3:12), which is the same as saying “He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword [2Sa 12:10]. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints” (Rev 13:10) that leads into the subsequent verses about the mark of the beast (Rev 13:17-18). We must be killed with the sword of God’s word today if we are going to administer those judgments to the rest of the world one day, spoken of as “he that killeth with the sword…”. We will lead the world into the captivity of becoming a living sacrifice for God (Rom 12:1) but can’t do that unless we first go into that captivity ourselves today, as we die daily and present ourselves a living sacrifice unto God!

It takes this experience of evil to come to see what we are; mere beasts that must become a new creation through the destruction of the old, and God seeks the occasion against each man in his appointed day of evil (Rev 20:8, Pro 16:4).

Rev 20:8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

Pro 16:4 The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

This loosing of Satan at the end of the thousand years is typical of the time when we have thought that we have cleaned up the temple of God so thoroughly and swept it clean [all our exchange of commerce, which is God’s gold and silver in Babylon that we pilfer and wrap around the idols of our own hearts], only to find seven spirits worse come back (Luk 11:25-26). So all of mankind is the same in our corrupt nature, and it’s just the order that is different in which God reveals we are beasts that need to be humbled under His mighty hand through His fiery words of judgment [6.6.6.] (Ecc 3:18, 1Co 15:23-24, Mat 23:12).

It is glorious to contemplate that Solomon truly does represent, in this instance of the book of Kings, those who have been blessed to overcome, typifying outwardly the time when this will happen to God’s elect (Rev 11:15). And this is the inheritance of the saints, already exercised and given to remember these verses which point to the self-righteous flesh of Solomon that naturally resides in our hallowed halls of vanity called flesh, which God can do through Christ (Php 3:9, Mat 6:28-29, Son 2:1-2, Col 1:27, Luk 1:37), God willing.

Php 3:9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

Mat 6:28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
Mat 6:29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

Son 2:1 I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
Son 2:2 As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

Col 1:27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: [the lily within]

Luk 1:37 For with God nothing shall be impossible.

1Ki 10:16 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target.
1Ki 10:17 And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

Nothing is impossible for God, and these verses demonstrate for us the armor of God which is given to us to defend against the self-righteousness within us that is typified by “the house of the forest of Lebanon^H3844“ where the king “put them” (the 300 shields), telling us that Christ knows where the battle is, which is in our heavens where we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against powers and principalities that want to enslave us to a self-righteous nature that tries to defend our own existence rather than live by the faith of Christ (Eph 6:12, Eph 2:8).

It must be “beaten gold” meaning it is through much tribulation that we enter into the kingdom of God (Act 14:22, 1Co 9:27), and it is “two hundred targets^H6793” reminding us that it is Christ the true witness [2] who is working this workmanship within us. He is our buckler (Psa 18:2), and of our own selves we can do nothing (Joh 15:5). These “two hundred targets” are the large shields that are needed against the fiery darts of the devil (Eph 6:16) and are forged through the fiery trials of our faith that are precious unto God, seeing they do create this great shield of protection in our heavens that can quench all those darts of the adversary (1Pe 1:7).

target: H6793
tsinnâh
tsin-naw’
Feminine of H6791; a hook (as pointed); also a (large) shield (as if guarding by prickliness); also cold (as piercing): – buckler, cold, hook, shield, target.

Total KJV occurrences: 22

Psa 18:2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

1Pe 1:7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

It takes “three hundred shields of beaten gold” which are made up of “three pound of gold went to one shield” demonstrating that God is leading the church into “The Process of Spiritual Completion Through Judgment” as we grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ (2Pe 3:18). That process is represented by “three pounds of gold” which went into “one shield“. It is not just one shield, however, that keeps the body of Christ safe from the fiery darts of the enemy but rather this second multiple of three’s “three hundred shields of beaten gold” that includes all of the body of Christ, each joint that operates in the measure of faith that God gives us to His glory (Rom 12:1-3, Eph 4:16).

Jdg 7:7 And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place.

[i.e. in reference to “300” being related to the body of Christ; See other examples such as Genesis 6:15 as the length of the ark, Genesis 45:22 as the amount of silver given to Benjamin, Judges 15:4 as the number of foxes Samson caught, and 2 Chronicles 35:8 as the number of oxen given by Josiah’s princes for the passover offering.]

Rom 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service [‘becoming a shield of faith along with the rest of the body of Christ‘].
Rom 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God [“grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ“].
Rom 12:3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

Eph 4:16 From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.

1Ki 10:18 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.
1Ki 10:19 The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.
1Ki 10:20 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.

The “great throne of ivory” that has been overlaid “with the best gold” represents where the pure and undefiled mind of God resides in our heavens if Christ is in us (Rom 8:9). None of this imagery is going to have any impact on us personally unless we see its inward application for us today (1Co 3:16). This section of Revelation (Rev 4:4-11) brings to light what is unique to God’s elect who have the kingdom of God within them in earnest while in their flesh (Eph 1:14), which is what this typical statement means in its present use: “there was not the like made in any kingdom” (Luk 17:20-21).

ivory^H8127 From ^H8150 [A primitive root; to point (transitively or intransitively); intensively to pierce; figuratively to inculcate: – prick sharp (-en) teach diligently whet.]; a tooth (as sharp); specifically (for H8143) ivory; figuratively a cliff: – crag X forefront ivory X sharp tooth.

Rev 4:4 And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.
Rev 4:5 And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
Rev 4:6 And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.
Rev 4:7 And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.
Rev 4:8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
Rev 4:9 And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,
Rev 4:10 The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
Rev 4:11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

That kingdom within us is where Christ resides on the throne of our heart. We enter into God’s presence through Christ through whom we are accepted (Eph 1:6). He is the one who has all power over heaven and earth within us (Mat 28:18), and as such it is possible for us to fulfill God’s will in earth as in heaven through Christ (Mat 6:10) as He works in us both to will and to do of God’s good pleasure (Php 2:12-13). The kingdom of God resides within God’s elect today in earnest and is recognized through the eyes that see and ears that hear, which God has given us (Mat 13:16). We are immeasurably blessed to have this relationship with our Father and Christ that is promised to lead to eternal life (Joh 17:3, Php 1:6).

With these verses in mind, the figures and imagery around the throne of Solomon should take on their true meaning in our heavens. Starting with “The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind“. Six steps represent man and how, through Christ in us represented by the witness of a lion on either side of the step, “twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps“, we can transition toward knowing Christ as we grow in the grace and knowledge of Him (2Pe 3:18). Therefore there are twelve lions, one on each side of each step as well as two at the top, one on either side of the throne which represent the finished work of grace and faith that has us abiding beside our Lord.

The “two lions stood beside the stays^H3027“: this word translated “stays” is the Hebrew word ‘yawd’, reminding us all along who it is that was giving us increase up those steps to get to this point of a mature relationship, it was all by his power and direction in our lives (1Co 3:6, Rom 8:14-16).

H3027
yâd
yawd
A primitive word; a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote: – (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, [broken-] handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand [-staves, -y work], X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, [left-] handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X them-selves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, [way-] side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X your-selves.

Total KJV occurrences: 1612

It is God’s hand represented by the stays^H3027–yawd that is behind all the judgment that is taking place from “the top of the throne” where it was “round^H5696 behind:^{H4480 H310}“.

The Strong’s number translated “round^H5696” in the verse: “The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round^H5696 behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays“, is used six times in the old covenant, and in most instances is connected to the molten sea or the elect. I’ve copied and pasted those entries here so we can see the obvious connection to judgment and repentance that God’s elect, represented by the “two lions” at the top of the stairs have experienced, and as such are going to be used of our Father to bring the world to give an accounting of all their actions.

1Ki 7:23 And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round^H5696 all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.

1Ki 7:30 And every base had four brasen wheels, and plates of brass: and the four corners thereof had undersetters: under the laver were undersetters molten, at the side of every addition.
1Ki 7:31 And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit: but the mouth thereof was round^H5696 after the work of the base, a cubit and an half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their borders, foursquare, not round.
1Ki 7:32 And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of the wheels were joined to the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit.

1Ki 7:34 And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one base: and the undersetters were of the very base itself.
1Ki 7:35 And in the top of the base was there a round^H5696 compass of half a cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof were of the same.
1Ki 7:36 For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the proportion of every one, and additions round about.

1Ki 10:19 The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round^H5696 behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.^H3027–yawd

2Ch 4:2 Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about^H5696.

H5696
‛âgôl
Total KJV Occurrences: 6

round, 6 1Ki_7:23, 1Ki_7:31 (2), 1Ki_7:35, 1Ki_10:19, 2Ch_4:2

Next week, Lord willing, we will look at the last section of this chapter of kings that further brings home the point of why God has given Solomon, who is a type of the elect, such great riches and wisdom which represent the mind of Christ that has been given to His people so we can be sent as Christ was (Joh 20:21) to ultimately bring healing (Psa 107:20) to all the nations without through judgment (1Pe 4:17, Jas 2:13, Oba 1:21, 1Co 6:3, Joh 9:39).

1Pe 4:17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?

Jas 2:13 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.

Oba 1:21 And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD’S.

1Co 6:3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?

Joh 9:39 And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.

Study of the Book of Kings – “He Made a Molten Sea” Part 3

Tony Cullen — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 15:32:09 +0000

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1Ki 7:47-51 “He made a molten sea” Part 3

[Study Aired December 16, 2021]

1Ki 7:47 And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.
1Ki 7:48 And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread was,
1Ki 7:49 And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold,
1Ki 7:50 And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple.
1Ki 7:51 So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the LORD. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house of the LORD.

These verses below are all taken from Matthew 6:1-34 and, as part of the introduction to our study, serve to help us see what the workmanship Solomon accomplished “for the house of the LORD” represents. It is at the altar, which represents the cross, that God has dragged His people to Christ to worship our Father and Christ in spirit and in truth (Joh 6:44), and it is the truth found in God’s word that is likened unto silver and gold vessels (“the things which David his father had dedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house of the LORD“) that must abide in us and be brought into the “the house of the LORD” if we are going to be among those who worship our Father in spirit and in truth (Joh 4:23).

The “treasures of the house of the LORD” are symbolic of the increase God gives the bride of Christ and is laid up in heaven, meaning our hearts and minds. This section of Kings shines a bright light for those who have eyes to see and ears to hear what it means to “lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven” (Mat 6:21, Luk 12:33) which is represented by:

the altar of gold

the table of gold

the candlesticks of pure gold

the lamps, and the tongs of gold

the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold

Joh 6:44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.

Joh 4:23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
Joh 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

Mat 6:21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Luk 12:33 Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.

Seeing it is God’s gold, we are admonished from the onset of the sixth chapter of Matthew not to take any glory for the gold God is laying up in store within the body of Christ, which is the temple of God (1Co 3:16, Luk 17:10, 1Ch 29:14).

“Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.” (Mat 6:1-4)

Where and how we pray is contrasted with the wrong way we naturally pray when Christ is not the one orchestrating that prayer with His righteousness (Php 3:9-11), and it is through the dying daily process through which our Father drags us to Christ that we are able to overcome the hypocrisy that abides within all flesh.

Php 3:9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
Php 3:10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
Php 3:11 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.

“And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.” (Mat 6:5-8)

This next section of Matthew chapter six is a whole study within itself that explains to us how we are to pray to our Sovereign Father in heaven Who has given us this outline to build fervent prayer upon which does avail much when it is His righteousness working that prayer.

Jas 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

“After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.” (Mat 6:9-15)

God is faithful to reward and to punish those with whom He is working in this age (Heb 12:6), and He has given the elect to see that He is in charge of both the light and darkness, the good and evil within us (Isa 45:7). As such, we are admonished not to mourn as others even though we do mourn the putting off of our flesh. This good and evil or light and darkness are represented by the “the silver, and the gold” that was brought into the temple of God and reminds us that the longsuffering process to which God has called us in order to become mature sons (Rom 2:4) is accomplished through a lifetime of having a contrite and broken heart God grants to the elect (Isa 66:2) who can be easily intreated and who acknowledge our transgressions as we endure the chastening every son of God can and must endure in this life to cease from sinning so we can be prepared to rule under Christ (Heb 12:7, 2Ti 2:12)

Heb 12:6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
Heb 12:7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

Isa 45:7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.

Rom 2:4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

Isa 66:2 For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.

2Ti 2:12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:

“Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.” (Mat 6:16-18)

It is “At that day” (Joh 14:20) that we realize where our treasure is and begin to see all those gold items in the temple of Solomon for what they really represent. The character of Christ being formed within the body of Christ through the fiery trials that prove our faith in Him (1Pe 4:12, 1Pe 1:7), is the immeasurably more valuable workmanship of God that is an ongoing cleansing process which is making the bride ready for that great and blessed day of His return (Eph 2:10, Php 3:8, Rev 19:7-8).

Joh 14:20 At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.

Php 3:8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,

Rev 19:7 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.
Rev 19:8 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.

“Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness! No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.” (Mat 6:19-24)

We just read it, “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”, which is what it means to be one of “the lilies of the field” which are contrasted against Solomon and all his glory that was shown in the temple and his kingdom. The lilies represent Christ in us (Son 2:1-2), and so, with that knowledge, we do not need to take “thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on.” The Lord will provide and direct the lives of His little flock (Psa 23:1-3) as we are led by the spirit of God (Rom 8:14-16) that will make a way for us to endure through this life, taking care of one another both physically and spiritually (3Jn 1:2-3, Luk 6:38, 1Jn 3:17-18).

Psa 23:1 A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
Psa 23:2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
Psa 23:3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

3Jn 1:2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
3Jn 1:3 For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.

Luk 6:38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

1Jn 3:17 But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
1Jn 3:18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

“Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? [1Co 3:6] And why take ye thought for raiment? [Rev 19:8] Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; [1Co 3:6] they toil not, neither do they spin: [Php 2:12-13] And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.” (Mat 6:25-29)

God knows what we have need of, and we can so easily forget that in our flesh and start seeking to be clothed with our own righteousness (Php 3:9) as opposed to being clothed by Christ on whom we are to wait (Psa 27:12-14): “shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?” God knows we lack that faith, so He sends an evil spirit to trouble us that only by His grace and faith is overcome after we have been brought to our wits’ end and ask our heavenly Father to help us in our unbelief (Mar 9:24).

Psa 27:12 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty. [Both can be understood within and without and both an experience of evil to humble us thereby so Christ can be exalted in due time (Ecc 1:13)]
Psa 27:13 I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
Psa 27:14 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.

Php 3:9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, [“why take ye thought for raiment?“] which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: [Rev 19:8]

“Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.” (Mat 6:30-32)

Christ himself and Christ in us are praying for each other and have prayed and will continue to pray for the faith needed to not give up in our quest of seeking the kingdom of God first and His righteousness, and as such those prayers will lead to our salvation availing much in every way through this life (Php 3:9, Luk 22:32, Gal 6:2). These are also some of “the treasures of the house of the LORD” that we will be looking at tonight.

Php 3:9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: [“Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?” (1Co 3:6)]

Luk 22:32 But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.

Gal 6:2 Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ [by bearing with the infirmity of those who are weak in faith by praying for their faith we are helping them on that road to being “converted” so they can go and do the same for those who they will “strengthen” by the strength that they received from others].

“But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” [What is added to God’s elect is the gift of being able to help convert and strengthen others in this life and the next. The experiences God gives the elect turns us into a brand new creation whose function is likened unto the implements in the temple (1Ti 4:16)] ”Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.” (Mat 6:33-34)

1Ki 7:47 And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.

This language that describes ‘the brass that could not be weighed there was so much’ is symbolic of the innumerable multitude who are purified after the elect (Rev 7:9). Those who go on to be the golden vessels in the temple of God do so by the grace and faith of Christ, purging “himself from these [within], he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work” (2Ti 2:19-26). The house contains both vessels, and everyman’s work is made known of what sort it is by fire, and the fire judges us either now in this age or in the lake of fire depending on what God has ordained from the foundation of the world (1Co 3:13-15).

Rev 7:9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;

2Ti 2:19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
2Ti 2:20 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.
2Ti 2:21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work.
2Ti 2:22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
2Ti 2:23 But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.
2Ti 2:24 And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
2Ti 2:25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
2Ti 2:26 And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.

1Co 3:13 Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is.
1Co 3:14 If any man’s work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
1Co 3:15 If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

1Ki 7:48 And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread was,

Solomon who is a type of Christ and “made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread was,“.

Making “the altar of gold” and “the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread [is]” are both symbols of what Christ has done for us in giving His body at the altar, which is the cross, and in so doing made it possible for us to receive the true bread of life (Joh 6:51) symbolized by the “shewbread” which could not be given to humanity until Christ died and sent the comforter on Pentecost (Joh 16:7, Act 2:1-4). Christ is the first wave offering spoken of in Leviticus 23:11-12, and the elect of God are symbolically represented by the “two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the LORD” spoken of in Leviticus 23:16-17. We are like Christ in that regard giving our bodies as a living sacrifice for the world that will one day be used to feed the masses spiritually as Christ has done and is doing for us today through the church (Eph 3:10).

Joh 6:51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

Lev 23:11 And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.
Lev 23:12 And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the LORD.

Lev 23:16 Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD.
Lev 23:17 Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the LORD.

1Ki 7:49 And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold,

God’s mercy and favor are witnessed through the grace that is symbolized by the light of “the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left“. The elect are likened to these candlesticks in Revelation 11:4, and there are two because it is the witness of Christ’s life in us that makes it possible for our witness to be steadfast and true, seeing those candlesticks are in Christ’s right hand and are not able to be taken out of His hand or the Father’s hand (Rev 1:3, Rev 3:14, Rev 2:1, Joh 10:28-29). What we are called to do as God’s two witnesses is to faithfully speak the word of God that will proceed out of our mouth as fire, both in this life and going forward, until all the world is consumed by that fire (Jer 5:14, Rev 11:4-5, Jas 3:5, Luk 12:49).

Jer 5:14 Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.

Rev 11:4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
Rev 11:5 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.

Jas 3:5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!

Luk 12:49 I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?

Where this fire is being kindled is “before the oracle^H1687, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold“, telling us that Christ and His Christ are the ones who will administer God’s judgments upon the world from the “inner most part of the sanctuary”^H1687, and that is made possible by being the first to be tried by those words of eternal life that are purified “before the oracle”^H1687 today (Joh 6:68). The “flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold” are symbolic of Christ’s and God’s word, which is likened to hot coals in Isaiah, that will be used to give the world one pure language after their mouths (Isa 6:6, Zep 3:9), from where our words come, are sanctified or purged with fiery coals as ours are being tried today (Joh 12:48, Isa 6:7, 1Pe 4:12)

1Ki 7:50 And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple.

These implements and vessels and hinges are connected with “the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread was” of 1Kings 7:48 describing the blessing that God’s elect have to be in such a trusted and blessed relationship with our Father and Christ to be used to administer God’s word that will be used to purify the nations.

“The bowls“^H5592 and “the basons“^H4219 are the symbolic vessels that are used to contain the blood of the sacrificed animal, which blood symbolizes God’s word that is likened to blood and is now kept within the purged vessels we have become to the glory of God.

Then we have “the snuffers“^H4212 (‘tweezers’), which word is derived from the word “to prune”, telling us our function as kings and priests will be to prune the nations and wash them with the word of God in which we were blessed to be the first to trust (Eph 1:12).

The word “spoons“^H3709 demonstrates that it will be with the humble mind of Christ that God’s elect, who are those spoons, will wash the feet of the nations (Rev 22:9, Joh 13:15).

H3709 kaph the hollow hand [Psa_26:6] or palm [Isa_49:16] (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole [Eze_1:7] , and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm tree); figuratively power: – branch, + foot, hand ([-ful], -dle, [-led]), hollow, middle, palm, paw, power, sole, spoon. [Also used as “clouds” in Job_36:32]

From H3721: A primitive root; to curve: – bow down (self).

The “censers“^H4289 is “a pan for live coals” and the root of this Strong’s number is H2846 (“to take away” or “heap” – Pro 25:22). Therefore this vessel again symbolizes the elect who will use God’s word, alive and active, to purge the nations of all iniquity.

Lastly, “the hinges“^H6596 reveal that God’s elect are in an intimate spiritual relationship with Christ, like a husband and wife (Eph 5:28-32). We are the first who learn to trust our Husband before all the world (Eph 1:12), learning that He is the one who is sovereign over all things that consist by Him (Col 1:17). He is the one “that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth” (Rev 3:7-8) as the Father directs. The gold “hinges” make it possible for the door of our heavens to be opened, increasing our spiritual knowledge that comes about by our fiery trials “hinges of gold” that bring us to trust in the living God (1Co 3:6).

H6596 pôth / pôthâh From an unused root meaning to open; a hole, that is, hinge or the female pudenda: – hinge, secret part.

Eph 5:28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
Eph 5:29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
Eph 5:30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

Rev 3:7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
Rev 3:8 I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.

the bowlsH5592

the snuffersH4212 from H2168

the basonsH4219 from H2236

the spoonsH3709 from H3721

the censersH4289

the hingesH6596

1Ki 7:51 So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the LORD. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house of the LORD.

What God has started in us He will finish through Christ in us, a thought that is typified by this statement: “So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the LORD” (Php 1:6).

Php 1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

Then we’re told “And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated”^H6944 telling us that only the words of God in our life that have been sanctified by Christ in us can become treasure laid up in heaven (Mat 6:20). David is a type of Christ who dedicated/sanctified^H6944 the temple with “even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house of the LORD” which is all typical language of what Christ is doing in the body of Christ to sanctify it with the word of God (Joh 17:17).

Mat 6:20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
Mat 6:21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart^G2588 be also.

Joh 17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

Anyone who is going to become sanctified to God in this life (Rom 8:30), or dedicated to God, will do so through Christ (Heb 10:10), and all these items “even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels” represent the work Christ does in the lives of the elect who then become the vessels of honour (2Ti 2:21, Rom 9:21) He will use to redeem the rest of mankind through his body which is the temple of God (1Co 3:16, Oba 1:21).

Rom 8:30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

Heb 10:10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

2Ti 2:21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work.

Rom 9:21 Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?

We’ll end this last section of our 4-part study entitled “He made a molten sea” with these verses in Hebrews 9:23-28 which remind us that the workmanship of Solomon within and outside the temple is a type of the workmanship in “the heavenly things themselves” which is where our Father and Christ are abiding (Eph 2:6) with those many vessels that represent His word within each of us (Joh 14:23, Joh 8:32) that is likened to gold and silver.

Joh 14:23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

Joh 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

Heb 9:23 It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
Heb 9:24 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us: [Eph 2:6]
Heb 9:25 Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;
Heb 9:26 For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself [within us (Rom 12:1-2)].
Heb 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
Heb 9:28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

Rom 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
Rom 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. [1Jn 2:17]