Stones of Solomon's Temple Foundation
Poem★★★★Some little while ago there was discovered in Jeru- salem a deep cavern close by the Damascus Gate, and those who have explored it have come to the conclusion that it is the spot from which the stones were taken to build the glorious Temple of Solomon. It was there that the hammering and cutting were done. It was there that the stones were shaped. From thence, by some process that we do not understand, the stones were brought from their deep grave, and separately placed in position.
The blocks of stone were taken one by one out of the bowels of the earth and out of the darkness. ‘Then they were carried by a mighty power to the Temple walls until, when the last stone was cut out and placed in position, with shoutings of “grace unto it,’”’ the whole building was complete.
‘This forms a beautiful illustration of the way in which the Lord builds His spiritual temple. ‘The Spirit of God goes into the deep black quarry of fallen nature and there hews out the hidden stones. ‘Then by His own almighty power He bears them to the foundation stone and places them in a _ living temple to go no more out for ever.
The point
Stones for Solomon's Temple were quarried in darkness beneath Jerusalem, cut and shaped in the deep, then carried out and placed perfectly in the light-filled temple. The allegory vividly depicts how God prepares and builds his spiritual temple from rough material.