The Temple Part 2

The Chosen People

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🗓️ 10 August 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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# 211 - The Temple Part 2 - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Solomon’s Temple stood in gold and glory, yet the God it honored could never be contained by walls. In this episode, we step into the moment when God’s presence filled the Temple—and discover what it means for Him to dwell in us today.Episode 211 of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-upFor more information about Yael Eckstein and IFCJ visit https://www.ifcj.org/Today's opening prayer is inspired by Acts 7:48, “The Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands.”Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the Pray.com app.Show Notes:(01:38) Intro with Yael Eckstein(02:38) The Temple Part 2(19:20) Reflection with Yael Eckstein See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Previously on the chosen people.
0:03.3	Ah, your father David would have been proud, King Solomon.
0:09.1	I see the care you've taken to build this as more than a monument.
0:15.2	This is a covenant in stone.
0:19.2	Thank you, King Hiram.
0:25.1	That was always the plan. This isn't just for us.
0:31.7	It's for every generation that follows. Every beam and every stone has been cut and shaped off-sight.
0:37.6	The temple itself has remained silent during construction, as the Lord instructed. No hammer or iron tool touched these walls here.
0:41.1	It was all fitted together like a puzzle in the quarries of sight.
0:45.6	Yet even in this moment of success, unease tugged at the edges of his mind.
0:52.2	There were other voices, whispers in his court. Wives vying for his time,
0:57.0	complaining of betrothals arranged for their daughters, arguments over altars to their
1:04.0	foreign gods beyond the city's walls. But for now there was peace and there was promise. The nearly complete temple stood tall, its triumphant limestone walls gleaming in the sunlight.
1:18.6	It had captured the heart and imagination of man, but would it please the heart of God?
1:24.6	Would the sum of Solomon's reign and his life be found worthy in the
1:31.1	eyes of the Lord?
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