Jul 20, 2026 · 31 min · 11 segments
This is our Sunday teaching by our Senior Pastor, Tom Thompson. Recorded live at our Sunday Service in Harris Academy Purley, Croydon on Sunday 19th July, 2026.
He's got a complex story, like origin story is quite complicated, but he's king.
And he's taken on from his dad the charge to build a temple, like build this space at the center of our nation where God's presence will be worshipped and would dwell.
They were to bring the Ark of the Lord's Covenant to the temple from its location in the city of David, also known as Zion.
Because the The central part of the nation had been this tabernacle, this tent that Moses first constructed and David honoured, and now they're making it into a permanent space in this building.
So all the men of Israel assembled before the king at the annual festival of shelters, which is held in early autumn.
The priests and Levites brought up the ark along with the special tent and all the sacred items that had been in it.
King Solomon and the entire community of Israel sacrificed so many sheep, goats and cattle that nobody could keep count.
Then the priest carried the Ark of the Lord's Covenant into the inner sanctuary of the temple, the most holy place, and placed it beneath the wings of the cherubim.
The cherubim spread their wings over the ark, forming a canopy over the ark and its carrying poles.
All the priests who were present had purified themselves, whether or not they were on duty that day.
I mean, I just always loved, one of the first things I loved was finding Heman was in the Bible because he was like a cartoon I enjoyed when I was a kid.
All their sons and brothers were dressed in fine linen robes and stood at the east side of the altar playing cymbals, lyres and harps.
He's got a complex story, like origin story is quite complicated, but he's king.
And he's taken on from his dad the charge to build a temple, like build this space at the center of our nation where God's presence will be worshipped and would dwell.
They were to bring the Ark of the Lord's Covenant to the temple from its location in the city of David, also known as Zion.
Because the The central part of the nation had been this tabernacle, this tent that Moses first constructed and David honoured, and now they're making it into a permanent space in this building.
So all the men of Israel assembled before the king at the annual festival of shelters, which is held in early autumn.
The priests and Levites brought up the ark along with the special tent and all the sacred items that had been in it.
King Solomon and the entire community of Israel sacrificed so many sheep, goats and cattle that nobody could keep count.
Then the priest carried the Ark of the Lord's Covenant into the inner sanctuary of the temple, the most holy place, and placed it beneath the wings of the cherubim.
The cherubim spread their wings over the ark, forming a canopy over the ark and its carrying poles.
All the priests who were present had purified themselves, whether or not they were on duty that day.
I mean, I just always loved, one of the first things I loved was finding Heman was in the Bible because he was like a cartoon I enjoyed when I was a kid.
All their sons and brothers were dressed in fine linen robes and stood at the east side of the altar playing cymbals, lyres and harps.
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