Introduction
DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE, 1 Kings 8:1-66.
As Moses had solemnly consecrated the tabernacle in the wilderness, (Exodus 40:0, Numbers 7:0,) so now must Solomon, with fitting ceremonies, consecrate that grander house which is to supersede and supplant the tabernacle. And as Moses, the inspired servant of Jehovah, faithful in all his house, (Numbers 12:7,) was the chosen one to consecrate the tabernacle, so Solomon, the divinely-chosen king in Zion, (1 Chronicles 28:6,) in whose person the Hebrew monarchy at this time reached the highest summit of its glory, was the only proper person to consecrate the temple. No priest could perform this holy service as properly as he. No other person in the realm had concentrated in himself such sanctity, exaltation, and power. He was the type of that Greater Solomon who is now silently building his spiritual temple, and will himself presently, at the time appointed, fill and hallow it with a cloud of glory that shall never pass away.
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