Studying the account of these two pillars (1st Kings 7; 2 Chron. 3) we notice a startling fact: These pillars don’t hold up anything! Why is that? Merely decorative? Hardly. All the details of this temple were given to Solomon’s father David, and faithfully handed down. Clearly, they had a purpose. The first clue is in the names themselves, Jachin and Boaz. And this is where mistakes are already made...
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The Two Pillars of God’s Presence
“And he raised up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.” – 2 …