2 Chronicles 3 · Grade 5

A Place of Meeting

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Read and Think

The temple rose on Mount Moriah, the place where Yahweh appeared to David at Ornan's threshing floor. Many readers also connect Moriah with the place where Abraham offered Isaac (Genesis 22:2). The Chronicler links this house to God's mercy and to the promises given to the fathers.

Solomon built with the finest materials. Pure gold covered the walls, the beams, and the doors. Precious stones were set for beauty, and the walls bore carved cherubim. The most holy place was a perfect cube of twenty cubits, overlaid with six hundred talents of gold.

Two cherubim filled the most holy place, their wings touching wall to wall. A veil of blue, purple, crimson, and fine linen separated it from the rest. In the New Testament, the veil of the temple was torn in two when Jesus died (Matthew 27:51). The way to God was opened.

Show What You Know

What happened at Ornan's threshing floor?
What event do many connect with Moriah?
What shape was the most holy place?
What separated the most holy place?
What happened to the veil in Matthew 27:51?

Crossword

Across

Across the width of the ____
The ____ of the one was five cubits

Down

And engraved ____ on the walls
He made ____ in the inner sanctuary
Which he overlaid with fine ____

Think About It

The veil kept people out of the most holy place. How does the torn veil in the New Testament show God's welcome to you?
The temple was a place of meeting with God. Where do you meet with God each day?

Memory Verse

“He set up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.”

2 Chronicles 3:17 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for Your house. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

Where have you seen God show you mercy?
How does God welcome you to come near?
What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?