2 Chronicles 4 · Grade 5

Light, Bread, and Cleansing

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Read and Think

The temple's furnishings each pointed to how people came near to God. The great bronze altar stood for sacrifice. The sea and the ten basins stood for washing, since the priests had to be clean to serve. The work was done by Huram-abi, the craftsman from Tyre.

Inside were ten golden lampstands and ten tables for the show bread, ten times the single lampstand and table of the tabernacle. Light and bread were always before Yahweh. The courts and doors marked out where priests and people could stand.

The Chronicler stresses abundance: the bronze could not be weighed, and the gold was pure. In the New Testament, Jesus says, I am the light of the world (John 8:12), and, I am the bread of life (John 6:35). The lampstands and tables point forward to him.

Show What You Know

What did the bronze altar stand for?
Why did the priests need the basins?
How did the temple compare to the tabernacle's lampstand and table?
What does the Chronicler stress?
What does Jesus say in John 8:12?

Crossword

Across

Solomon made all the vessels that were in God’s ____
Then he made an altar of ____

Down

He also made ten ____
Under it was the likeness of ____
He made one hundred basins of ____

Think About It

Jesus calls himself the light and the bread of life in the New Testament. How does he give light and life to you?
The courts showed where people could stand before God. How does it feel to know you can come to God?

Memory Verse

“He made the ten lamp stands of gold according to the ordinance concerning them; and he set them in the temple, five on the right hand and five on the left.”

2 Chronicles 4:7 (WEB)

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Prayer

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

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

How do John 8:12 and 6:35 in the New Testament point to Jesus?
How can you use what you have for God?
What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?