Solomon pictures depict which two entities?

• A. The Temple and the Holy of Holies
• B. Israel and the Church
• C. The Church and the Nations
• D. The King and His People

Answer: (B)

Solomon pictures use a type to show how God relates to his people across different eras, highlighting a relationship between two groups within his plan. Solomon’s kingship and the temple imagery point forward to a larger reality: Israel as the people of God in the old covenant and the Church as the spiritual people of God formed in Christ. The temple’s purpose—a dwelling place for God among his people—finds its fuller expression in the Church, where believers are united to God and to one another. So, the two entities depicted are Israel and the Church: the historic people of God and the ongoing spiritual people of God in the present age. The other options miss this focus on the overarching relationship between the physical people of God in the past and the spiritual people of God in the present.