2Ch 4:12-13 | KingComments | STEP | “The pails” ( ) are boiling pots in which the sacrificial meat is boiled (cf. ). “The shovels” are for cleaning the altar. The remainders are thus shoveled away after the sacrifice has been burnt. We have already spoken about “the bowls” ( ). Huram completes his work ( ) by making the aforementioned objects. He finishes his work. It’s good to start a work, it’s also good to finish that work. Paul did this ( ) and we must do it, otherwise we are not good disciples of the Lord Jesus ( ). The Lord Jesus says to the Father: “I glorified You on the earth, having accomplished the work which You have given Me to do” ( ). In , a summary is given of what Huram made. Also some objects are mentioned that have not been mentioned before. The two pillars ( ) that one passes when one goes to the sanctuary are from above, in the height, covered with four hundred pomegranates. This presupposes one has to enter the sanctuary to see the rich fruit of Christ’s work on high. The stands for the basins and the oxen as stand for the sea ( ) make it easier to use the water. The stands lift up the water and bring it to the level of the priests. We can also apply it this way that the stands lift the basins and the sea, as it were, above the pollution of the ground. Cleansing is not from the earth, but from heaven. The Lord Jesus washed the feet of His disciples in the upper room ( ). Of the tools used in the sacrifices ( ), we have already had “the pails” and “the shovels” before us ( ). Now “the forks” are added. “The forks” are used to take the boiled meat out of the boiling pots. The wicked priest sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, have used the forks to take the meat out of the pot for themselves ( ). As an application to us, we can ask the question how we ‘treat’ our sacrifices of praise, how we deal with them. Is it only for ourselves, for our own feeling, or is it really for the Father and the Lord Jesus? The bronze objects are cast in the plain of the Jordan ( ). The Jordan is a picture of the death and the resurrection of Christ and our identification with Him. This shows us the origin of the way we bring the sacrifices. It should all be in connection with the death and resurrection of Christ. We must not follow our own ideas and views in offering up sacrifices of praise.

‏ 2 Chronicles 4:12-13

The Work of Huram

“The pails” (2Chr 4:11) are boiling pots in which the sacrificial meat is boiled (cf. 1Sam 2:13-14). “The shovels” are for cleaning the altar. The remainders are thus shoveled away after the sacrifice has been burnt. We have already spoken about “the bowls” (2Chr 4:8).

Huram completes his work (2Chr 4:11b) by making the aforementioned objects. He finishes his work. It’s good to start a work, it’s also good to finish that work. Paul did this (2Tim 4:7) and we must do it, otherwise we are not good disciples of the Lord Jesus (Lk 14:27-33). The Lord Jesus says to the Father: “I glorified You on the earth, having accomplished the work which You have given Me to do” (Jn 17:4).

In 2Chr 4:12-16, a summary is given of what Huram made. Also some objects are mentioned that have not been mentioned before. The two pillars (2Chr 4:12-13) that one passes when one goes to the sanctuary are from above, in the height, covered with four hundred pomegranates. This presupposes one has to enter the sanctuary to see the rich fruit of Christ’s work on high.

The stands for the basins and the oxen as stand for the sea (2Chr 4:14-15) make it easier to use the water. The stands lift up the water and bring it to the level of the priests. We can also apply it this way that the stands lift the basins and the sea, as it were, above the pollution of the ground. Cleansing is not from the earth, but from heaven. The Lord Jesus washed the feet of His disciples in the upper room (Jn 13:2-10).

Of the tools used in the sacrifices (2Chr 4:16), we have already had “the pails” and “the shovels” before us (2Chr 4:11). Now “the forks” are added. “The forks” are used to take the boiled meat out of the boiling pots. The wicked priest sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, have used the forks to take the meat out of the pot for themselves (1Sam 2:13-14). As an application to us, we can ask the question how we ‘treat’ our sacrifices of praise, how we deal with them. Is it only for ourselves, for our own feeling, or is it really for the Father and the Lord Jesus?

The bronze objects are cast in the plain of the Jordan (2Chr 4:17). The Jordan is a picture of the death and the resurrection of Christ and our identification with Him. This shows us the origin of the way we bring the sacrifices. It should all be in connection with the death and resurrection of Christ. We must not follow our own ideas and views in offering up sacrifices of praise.