INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSONS
COMMENT Keitk L. Brooks DAILY READINGS Dr. F. W. Farr ELEMENTARY - Mabel L. Merrill -
EXPOSITION AND PRACTICAL POINTS of th« LESSON,T. C. Horton ILLUSTRATIONS . W. H. Pike
SEPTEMBER 5, 1020 THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE Golden Text: “ My house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.“ Isa. 56:7. LESSON TEXT 1 Ki. 8:1-11. (Read 1 Ki. 5: 1-8: 6 6 ; Ps. 100.)
his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims^ (7) For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims cov ered the ark and the staves thereof above. (8) And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there, they are, unto this day. (9) There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the chil dren of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt. (10) And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD. (11) So that the priests, could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD. (1) The Pattern of the Temple. Ex. 2:40. (2) The Preparation of Material. 1 Ki. 9:15-28. (3) The Place of the Temple. 2 Chron. 3:1. (4) The Prayer of Solomon. 8:22-30. (5) The Presence of God's Glory. 2 Chron. 7:1-3. The Occasion: The dedication of the temple occurred at the Feast of Taber nacles— one of the three great feasts of Israel. Besides these great feasts there
(1) Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion. (2) And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast, in the month Eth- anim, which is the seventh month. (3) And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark. (4) And they brought up the ark of the LORD, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle; even those did the priests and the Levites bring up. (S) And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, ^that #were as sembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for mul titude. (6) And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto The Scripture given for the lesson to day is inadequate to meet the need of the teacher or scholar, if any real de scription is to be given of the history of the temple. We LESSON have therefore sug- EXPOSITION gested a little out- T. C. Horton line around which may be woven a story embracing the salient points oi interest and instruction. Outline
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