The Temple and Its Impact (Visionary Leadership, Part 4)
O God, You are more awesome than Your holy places.
The God of Israel is He who gives strength and power to His people.
Blessed be God! Psalm 68.35
A magnificent temple
It’s interesting to speculate about how David communicated his vision for the temple to the people of Israel. We know that he had written plans and diagrams which were approved by God Himself (1 Chron. 28.19). Were these copied and sent around to all the villages of Israel? Were local leaders brought to Jerusalem to hear the plans and perhaps see a mock-up?
Loving God
Foundations of a Worldview
Now the LORDcalled to Moses, and spoke to him from the tabernacle of meeting, saying, “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When any one of you brings an offering to the LORD…’” Leviticus 1.1
Live it Up, but…
Ecclesiastes 9.7-10
7Go, eat your bread with joy,
And drink your wine with a merry heart;
For God has already accepted your works.
8Let your garments always be white.
And let your head lack no oil.
9Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your vain life which He has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity; for that isyour portion in life, and in the labor which you perform under the sun. 10Whatever your hand finds to do, do itwith your might; for there isno work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going.
2 Corinthians 5:18-20 [1]
All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself,not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. […]