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Preparing for Worship June 2nd, 2013
Genesis 22, I Kings 8:22-23, 41-43 and I Corinthians 3:11-12, 16
Have you been to the Temple Mount? There Abraham worshiped God, 
discovering how God provides. There Solomon built the first Temple of Worship to Yahweh. This particular mount has been a significant site for worship of Jebusites and Jews, Muslims, Romans and Christians. The Jewish Temple there has been built and torn down a couple of times over the millennia. Some wait for it to be build for the third and final time. I think it is interesting that of the original Temple built by Solomon (in 957 BCE), all that remains are the large stones that made up the foundation of the western wall. This is where the Jewish faithful come to pour out their prayers to the Lord.
It seems to me that the faith of Abraham is as strong a foundation and model and witness to faith in God as the Temples built to the Glory of God. It speaks volumes to us in just a few chapters of Genesis (Gen.12-25). The stones of the Temple that remain are a witness as well, but the message is not as clear or resilient. Are they a sign of faith that has failed or a symbol that God is still our foundation when everything else is destroyed?
Perhaps the faith of Abraham, Paul’s words about keeping our foundations in Christ and the stones of the Western Wall are there to remind us to think carefully about what it means to build on a secure foundation.
Pastor Mitch