THE KING' S BUSINESS v, 9. There was nothing in the ark. Aaron’s rod and the pot of manna were missing. The rod of Aaron was the emblem of the priestly grace which had accompanied them on their journey and the manna was their food in the wil derness. Both were provisions for the wilderness. They would not have been in keeping with the reign of glory and peace, as well as the rest, they now enjoyed. Thus when we are brought into glory we have no more need of priestly intercession and help, nor do we longer need the manna, the wilder ness bread.—rAnno. Bible. Save the two tables of stone. The holy law was there because in our most ripened ex perience we need to build and medi tate on the eternal righteousness which is the foundation of God’s throne.-fi Meyer. v. 10. When the priests were come out. When the temple was left emptied of everything else for God Himself, He came down and filled it with His own glory. When everything is , in place and we have presented ourselves to God to be His temple and have taken off our hands, He will come and fill us too with His glory.— Torrey. The conclusion of man’s work would seem to be the beginning of God’s. When man can go no farther, God takes up the line of revelation and continues it to the limit of human capacity.— Peo ple’s Bible. Cloud filled the house. All cost and pains are lost on stately structures unless God has been in the work, and if He fails to manifest His glory in them, they are, after all, but a ruinous heap. The temple without the ark and the glory was like a can dlestick without the candle.— Sum. Bible. v. 11. Priests could not stand. For the awe which the near presence of the Lord inspired. Cf. Ex. 3:6; Is. 6:5; Ezek. 1:28.—Dummelow. The glory of the Lord. The cloud was the visible symbol of the divine presence, and its
86$ occupation of the sanctuary was a testi mony of God’s gracious acceptance of the temple, as of the tabernacle (Ex. 40:34). The brightness struck the minds of the priests as it formerly had done Moses (Lev. 16:2-13; Deut. 4:24; Ex. 40:35).— Jamieson. May that presence fill the throne room of our nature that there may be no dark part (Luke 11:36), but that soul, mind and strength may be full of love and light.— Devo. Com. House of the Lord. The idea of the temple rather than a literal building is perpetuated in Chris tian thought. Jesus Himself supplied the germ for this development in the word He spoke concerning the temple of His body (Jn. 2:19-21). The Col lective church (1 Cor. 3:16, 17), and also the individual believer is a temple (1 Cor. 6:19). The sanctuary and an it included were but representatives of heavenly things. Finally in Revelation the vision is that of the heavenly tem ple itself (11:19). The climax is reached in 21:22, 23, “ I saw no tem ple therein, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple thereof and the lamp thereof is the Lamb.”— . Caldecott. God’s House. 1 Kings 8:1-11. Memory Verse: “ I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.” Psalm 122:1. Approach. Secure and bring to class a good picture of the temple in the process of building; also one showing temple finished, and. one of ark and review lesson of BEGINNERS August 1st, the AND PRIMARY bringing of the ark Mabel L. Merrill back to Jerusalem by David. We re member the ark was covered with gold on the outside and on the inside, and the ark was a very holy thing, and showed that God was in the midst of His people Israel. Do you boys and
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