Reformed Doctrine Daily Devotions

Today’s devotion comes from 1 Kings 6:14-22.  

“So Solomon built the house and finished it.  Then he built the walls of the house on the inside with boards of cedar;  from the floor of the house to the ceiling he overlaid the walls on the inside with wood, and he overlaid the floor of the house with boards of cypress.  He built twenty cubits on the rear part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the ceiling;  he built them for it on the inside as an inner sanctuary, even as the most holy place.  The house, that is, the nave in front of the inner sanctuary, was forty cubits long.  There was cedar on the house within, carved in the shape of gourds and open flowers;  all was cedar, there was no stone seen.  Then he prepared an inner sanctuary within the house in order to place there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.  The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits in length, twenty cubits in width, and twenty cubits in height, and he overlaid it with pure gold.  He also overlaid the altar with cedar.  So Solomon overlaid the inside of the house with pure gold.  And he drew chains of gold across the front of the inner sanctuary, and he overlaid it with gold.  He overlaid the whole house with gold, until all the house was finished.  Also the whole altar which was by the inner sanctuary he overlaid with gold.”  1 Kings 6:14-22.  

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The whole house was overlaid with gold which draws us to faith in the house to come.  For, we are “… looking for the city which has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.”  Hebrews 11:10. 

“…  and the city was pure gold, like clear glass.”  Revelation 21:18.

“…  And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.”  Revelation 21:21.

“And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband.  And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them, and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes;  and there will no longer be any death;  there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain;  the first things have passed away.”  Revelation 21:2-4.