June 27, 2010
2 Chronicles 24 – 25
Ephesians 5
An overall question reading Old Testament readings so far…Who is mining all of this gold? How do they haul it around? Where do they get it? I.e. Solomon received 25 TONS of gold each year. 25 TONS of gold covered the walls in the temple. 20 OZ of gold used to make nails (really neat nails).
Readings for June 27.
In the Old Testament, the Jews couldn't keep to their beliefs when in other lands or surrounded by pagan worship. If they did not have a strong leader, they wandered. Isn't this like us today? We have a tendency to "wander" when surrounded by sin or not keeping God in our priorities. Human nature is to gravitate to the "easy way." However, God does not give up!! He continually pursues us and makes himself available so when we come back, we rejoin His fellowship.
Wow! That's a great question about the gold . . . do you know the answer?
ReplyDeleteI also liked the readings in both the old and new testament today. Sometimes it seems like the readings match up really well . . . other days not quite so much. I also like it when the readings can be related to struggles we are facing in our own lives. It makes the stories from the Bible not seem quite so far away!
I have always wondered that too about the gold - and I've wondered where it all is today. I'm assuming it must have been melted down over the years and re-used. Do you ever wonder how many people own pieces of jewelry that might contain gold from this beautiful temple?
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