Once so full of people…

 Once so full of people…

I enjoy going to estate sales…not the beginning of them, but in the middle or maybe at the end…they used to remind me of my grandparents, then later-my parents and now they are my generation…

At the end of the sale, as you walk through, the place is hollow sounding, empty…you can’t hear the laughter of people past…the fun had there, the clatter of dishes in the sink, grandchildren running from one end to another, nor  the jokes and stories told, the hugs  good bye for the day...hollowness, empty…people have come and gone for the sale, excited about their bargains not knowing what  it meant  to the residents…the stories, maybe the sacrifice…they had collected items that had personal significance to them…how we value our treasures gathered over time…they each have a story…and then leave the sale as an “item” rather than a treasure…

Jermaiah 52 speaks of the destruction of Jerusalem…how the army took and took of the temple, the wealth, the people…piece by piece , bit by bit, not necessarily of the objects but amount of the wealth, gold, silver, bronze…and took it back to Babylon…the meaning of the handcrafted pieces had no meaning to them…just the value in precious metals…

 How deserted lies the city,once so full of people!

Lam.1.1a

 On the tenth day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard, who served the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. 

He set fire to the temple of the Lord, the royal palace and all the houses of Jerusalem. 

Every important building he burned down. 

The whole Babylonian army, under the commander of the imperial guard, broke down all the walls around Jerusalem. 

But Nebuzaradan left behind the rest of the poorest people of the land to work the vineyards and fields. 

The Babylonians broke up the bronze pillars, the movable stands and the bronze Sea that were at the temple of the Lord and they carried all the bronze to Babylon. 

They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes and all the bronze articles used in the temple service. 

The commander of the imperial guard took away the basins, censers, sprinkling bowls, pots, lampstands, dishes and bowls used for drink offerings—all that were made of pure gold or silver. The bronze from the two pillars, the Sea and the twelve bronze bulls under it, and the movable stands, which King Solomon had made for the temple of the Lord, was more than could be weighed. 

Each pillar was eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference; each was four fingers thick, and hollow. 

The bronze capital on top of one pillar was five cubits high and was decorated with a network and pomegranates of bronze all around. 

The other pillar, with its pomegranates, was similar. 

There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; the total number of pomegranates above the surrounding network was a hundred.

Jer.52.12-23

Our treasure is in Christ alone…his life, his death, his resurrection, his Salvation…a gift beyond comprehension…

Thank YOU…

Treasure…

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