Reformed Doctrine Daily Devotions

Today’s devotion comes from 1 Kings 7:13-22.

“Now King Solomon sent and brought Hiram from Tyre.  He was a widow’s son from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in bronze;  and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill for doing any work in bronze.  So he came to King Solomon and performed all his work.

He fashioned the two pillars of bronze;  eighteen cubits was the height of one pillar, and a line of twelve cubits measured the circumference of both.  He also made two capitals of molten bronze to set on the tops of the pillars;  the height of the one capital was five cubits and the height of the other capital was five cubits.  There were nets of network and twisted threads of chainwork for the capitals which were on the top of the pillars;  seven for the one capital and seven for the other capital.  So he made the pillars, and two rows around on the one network to cover the capitals which were on the top of the pomegranates;  and so he did for the other capital.  The capitals which were on the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily design, four cubits.  There were capitals on the two pillars, even above and close to the rounded projection which was beside the network;  and the pomegranates numbered two hundred in rows around both capitals.  Thus he set up the pillars at the porch of the nave;  and he set up the right pillar and named it Jachin, and he set up the left pillar and named it Boaz.  On the top of the pillars was lily design.  So the work of the pillars was finished.”  1 Kings 7:13-22.

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Why did Solomon name the two pillars in the temple Jachin and Boaz?

Boaz was great-great-grandfather (a/k/a “second great-grandfather”) to Solomon and was also an ancestor to Jesus.  See the genealogy of Jesus in Matthew chapter 1.

Jachin was a son of Simeon, one of the sons of Israel.  See Genesis 46:8-10.  

Footnotes in my Bible (New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995)) to the name of Jachin is “he shall establish” and to the name of Boaz is “in its strength”.  

Certainly, a pillar to our house a/k/a life should be Jesus.  

But, who will establish Jesus as a pillar to our house a/k/a life?

Can we establish Jesus as a pillar to our house a/k/a life by our will or our works?

No.  Only God can establish Jesus as a pillar to our house a/k/a life.

“But by His doing you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption, so that, just as it is written, “LET HIM WHO BOASTS, BOAST IN THE LORD.”  1 Corinthians 1:26-31.

“Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and anointed us is God, who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a pledge.”  2 Corinthians 1:21-22.