Hey guys, welcome back talking about Jesus today, but in a way that is unusual.

We're talking about a building and architectural plans and rocks and wood.

How does that help us to understand about Jesus?

You'll find out why on today's podcast.

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episode. Hey, friends. Welcome back to yet another episode of Everyday Truth. It's been one of those

crazy days today. But sometimes when it feels like I'm in a shambles, I can come down to this

studio and it just feels electric to know that we're connecting

here over the airwaves and talking about the word of God. So I'm not being silly. I'm being

serious that this is a highlight in my day to talk to you. And I hope that it is at least a small highlight in your day as well.

Hey, we're in First Kings chapter six and at first glance you read passages like these and it seems

almost, I don't know, boring. We're talking about building construction and this room and this

size. It's almost like you're reading architectural plans. But please know that there's no

part of the Bible that is unimportant. And there's a reason why God gives the time and the attention to passages like this,

because what the temple was, that building that Solomon built all those many years ago,

was not in and of itself the most important thing. But remember, the temple was a shadow of a greater

temple. And of course, that greater temple is none other than the Lord Jesus. Remember, Jesus

said in the temple in John 2 that destroyed this temple, and I will race it up in three days. He spoke of the temple

of his body. So we know, according to scripture, that the temple really is a picture of the real

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