Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
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2 Chronicles
Book: 2 Chronicles
Chapter: 4
Overview:
The furniture of the
Temple.
- Here is a further account of the furniture of
God's
House.
Both without
Doors and within, there was that which typified the
Grace of the
Gospel, and shadowed out good things to come, of
which the substance is
Christ. There was the brazen
Altar. The
making of this was not mentioned in the
Book of
Kings.
On this
all the sacrifices were offered, and it sanctified the
Gift. The
people who worshipped in the courts might see the sacrifices
burned. They might thus be led to consider the great
Sacrifice,
to be offered in the
Fulness of time, to take away
Sin, and
Put
an
End to
Death, which the
Blood of bulls and goats could not
possibly do. And, with the smoke of the sacrifices, their hearts
might ascend to
Heaven, in holy desires towards
God and his
favour. In all our devotions we must keep the
Eye of
Faith fixed
upon
Christ. The furniture of the
Temple, compared with that of
the
Tabernacle, showed that
God's
Church would be enlarged, and
his worshippers multiplied. Blessed be
God, there is enough in
Christ for all.