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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 2 of 5
1 Kings 8:1-11
His house being ready, God is going to take up residence in it. Solomon assembles the princes of the people, and the priests bring in the ark of the covenant into the oracle of the house. Precious ark! It was a type of Christ; it had known the people’s weariness and sustained their conflict. It had gone down for them into the river of death. Now it comes into its resting place. But something will always call to mind the desert path: the staves remain visible. Although henceforth not in use, the staves were not drawn out of their rings. "And the staves were long, so that the ends of the staves were seen . . ." (v. 8, JND).
Amid the splendour of heaven, we shall contemplate Jesus in His beauty. But upon His Person we shall see that which profoundly touches our hearts: the indelible marks of His sufferings on the cross. Like the staves of the ark, they will remain in the heavenly glory as an everlasting witness to His divine love. How beautiful also are the Saviour’s feet, which grew weary in the paths of this world to seek us (Isaiah 52:7), before being pierced on the cross, when He let Himself be nailed there to save us! On these holy feet Mary’s homage had already been poured out, in that blessed Bethany home, which was filled with the odour of the ointment. Foretaste of the Father’s House which will be for ever filled with glory!
