The first thing God's people did when the rebuilt the temple was to erect the altar of burnt offering and re-establish the sacrificial system. With this completed, they went to work laying the foundations of the temple. It took some time, but when the people of God were finished, there was great celebration! Yet, somewhat surprisingly to the younger Israelites I’m sure, the laying of the foundation of the temple and its courts evoked tears amongst the aged.
Ezra 3:12, “Yet many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers’ households, the old men who had seen the first temple, wept with a loud voice when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes…”
Why the tears? Because these older men remembered the former glory of the temple; they could recall what it was like, and it moved them quite deeply!
The Scripture gives us a glimpse of heaven so that we can look forward in anticipation to the glory that awaits us in Christ.
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