Then he made the Sea of cast bronze, ten cubits from one brim to the other; it was completely round. Its height was five cubits, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference. v.2
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Have you ever bought or rented a place that was fully furnished? It can be a pretty sweet set up (I don't think someone would choose to rent or buy a home that had bad furnishings). Well this chapter now describes the temple furnishing that Solomon made for God's dwelling place; he didn't just have the building made. One of the furnishings mentioned is the Sea of cast bronze. Now when you think of a sea most would think of a large body of water that you can't see the other side of. Well this isn't that kind of sea. This sea was a large basin of water used for washings when the priest were to wash their hands and feet in preparation for ministering at the alter (and I'm sure afterwards too with all the blood and dead animals they touched of the various offerings). This sea of water was 15 feet in diameter and 45 feet in circumference and could hold about 27,000 gallons of water, basically the size of a pool you see in people's backyards today yet they had an indoor pool;) Pretty fancy furnishings I'd say. When you think of the Lord's dwelling place (yourself or heaven) are you only looking of things on the outside or on the inside too? What are some "furnishings" of the Lord on your inside that are as amazing as an indoor pool?
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