head scratcher...

doing some reading in 1 kings and came across this verse - 'in building the temple, only blocks dressed at the quarry were used, and no hammer, chisel or any other iron tool was heard at the temple site while it was being built.' this is when solomon was building the temple for the people in jerusalem.

think about all the new homes being built in the areas we live in. what do you hear? hammers, saws, nail guns, heavy machinery, lots of noise! yet, here is solomon building this huge place (think a full-size basketball court up to the ceiling at a high school) for God to dwell and it was pretty quite. one probably heard conversations taking place, stones being moved around, people yelling when their fingers were caught between the big stones - but otherwise, silence. no hammering, no chiselling, no iron tools banging around.

sounds like not only was this going to be a place where God would dwell, it was going to be built in a fashion that said to everyone, 'this place is sacred. we want it to be holy when it is built, AND we want it to be holy now.' interesting.

now, if we could only get local developers to think the same way about developments...