Living Water Community Church

We worked our way through the dedication of the temple. This was a huge event. A once in a lifetime kind of happening. Solomon assembled all the key leaders of the tribes and the families to come and be present. Of course many of them would have brought their families and children if they could. This was one of the biggest gatherings which had even happened in Jerusalem. The ceremonies started with the ark of the covenant being brought up from the city of David to the temple mount. This was done with so many sacrifices that they could not be numbered. This had to be quite a few because earlier in 1 Kings we saw Solomon offering a thousand sacrifices. So this was way more then that. This was what was going on as they placed the ark of the covenant in the temple in the holy of holies under the wings of the cherubim. The ark only held the two tablets of stone which were inscribed with the law of God. This was the covenant God had made with His people. The law showed the people how they fell short of God’s perfec