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Podcast: Seeking the Gospel Truth
Episode: 29.13: 1 Kings 6: Solomon's Massive Temple is Blah Compared to the Heavenly One that Awaits us!
Description: King  David wanted desperately to build a permanent home for the Ark of the  Covenant (Ark of God), but God told him that it was not his job.  That task would fall on his son Solomon. See, David was a warrior king.  Solomon was a king of peace and wisdom. Therefore, it was Solomon who  got to build the magnificent structure that was to be a semi-permanent  home. This temple, luxurious and marvelous that it was, would be  destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 BC. Wait, we’re way not there yet!
It was in the Spring c. 967 BC, 480 y...