Volume 26, No.3, Aug. 2015
The Dedication of Solomon’s Temple and Its Relationship to the Seven Last Plagues
“And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of Jehovah, So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of Jehovah had filled the house of Jehovah” (1 Kings 8:10,11). Solomon’s temple was completed in the 8th month of Solomon’s 11th year as king [...]
Two Pillars
“He cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about” (1 Kings 7:15). The Temple of Solomon evidently is a picture for us of the Church class, which, when completed and glorified, will be God’s agent for drawing mankind back to Himself. “Know ye not that ye are the temple of [...]
Coverings of the Ark of the Covenant
When the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall go in, and his sons, and they shall take down the veil of the screen, and cover the ark of the testimony with it, and shall put thereon a covering of sealskin, and shall spread over it a cloth all of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof” (Numbers 4:5,6 ASV). Among the many details given [...]
The Eleventh Hour Worker
“When he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. And he went out about the third hour ... and said ... Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. ... Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise. And about the eleventh hour he [...]