2 Chronicles 4:10

 2 Chronicles 4:10 says, And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over against the south.  After telling of the doors, there is another reference to the location of the molten sea.  Since this was to be used for the purification of the priests, it may be that the importance of it before entering the temple was being emphasized.  I do know that we need to be purified by the blood of Christ before we enter into God's house if we are going to worship Him effectively and we can never forget that.  Verse eleven adds, And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God;  Huram was the craftsman, and he finished the work he was to do for Solomon by making the pots, shovels, and basins.  As Christians, we will never fully complete the work of God in this lifetime, but Jesus Christ completed the work of redemption once and for all time when He died on the cross as a penalty for all sin.  Still, we can choose to go to hell even with our sins forgiven if we don't accept His gift of salvation.  Verse twelve continues, To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were on the top of the pillars;  We have a continuation of the works that were done in the building of the temple, some of which was decorative.  Verse thirteen states, And four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths; two rows of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were upon the pillars.  The things listed in this verse and the last would have been more to make things look beautiful than for a specific purpose, I believe, and though we need to do things for God's glory, I am not sure He is impressed if we put too much of our resources into just making things look beautiful in the church.  Veres fourteen adds, He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases;  These would have been more functional than just decorative, and whatever we do for God today should have a useful function in His church.  Verse fifteen continues, One sea, and twelve oxen under it.  The oxen could have been considered decorative, but they also served a purpose of holding the molten sea.  Verse sixteen says, The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the Lord of bright brass.  We are told once again that Huram was the one who crafted all the things in the temple.  He likely had help, but he was the one who designed them, I would think under the leadership of the Holy Spirit.  If we are building for God today, we need to do so under the leadership of the Holy Spirit.  Verse seventeen adds, In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah.  We are told where they were made.  Our place of worship should always be at the foot of the cross, and any thing we do for God should be done because we have come to Him through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on that cross.  Verse eighteen continues, Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.  We are told that Solomon made all the vessels in great abundance, but he actually just had them made.  Jesus Christ has provided salvation in great abundance, so that none will be left out, and we need to always give Him the glory for anything we accomplish spiritually.  Verse nineteen states, And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread was set;  The next few verses simply state the things that Solomon had built for the temple, I believe under the leadership of God.  Verse twenty adds, Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold; Verse twenty-one continues, And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and that perfect gold;  Verse twenty-one concludes, And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold.  The temple was completed and ornate, and Jesus Christ later declared Himself to be the temple.  Instead of being ornately adorned, He was battered and bruised, but He is the only way to salvation.  We come to Him and through Him to worship God.