08/23/2026
What Did We Learn in Sunday School? 📖
📖 1 Kings 6–8
🏠 God Wants to Dwell With His People
Have you ever gotten excited when a special family member comes to visit? You clean the house, prepare a special meal, and make plans because you want them to feel welcome!
When Solomon became king, the people of Israel spent seven years building a beautiful temple for God. Every detail was carefully planned and prepared. Cedar panels, ornamental flowers, bronze furnishings, and pure gold made the temple a special place to worship and remember that God was with His people.
When the temple was finished, Solomon prayed and dedicated it to the Lord. But Solomon knew something important: even the heavens could not contain God, much less a building!
The temple reminded God’s people of His presence, but then God did something even greater.
📖 “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us.” — John 1:14
Jesus came to earth to dwell among us. We don’t have to go to a temple to find God because Jesus came to us!
When we trust in Jesus, our sins are forgiven, and we have the promise that one day we will dwell with God forever.
💡 WHAT WE LEARNED:
• Solomon built the temple, but God cannot be contained in a building.
• The temple reminded God’s people that He was with them.
• Jesus is God who came to dwell among us.
• Those who trust in Jesus will live with God forever!
Talk about it: Why do you think God wanted His people to have the temple as a reminder that He was with them?