I have never held one hundred thousand dollar bill in my hand, but it must be quite a feeling. That amount of money could buy a lot of things, but in today's market it couldn't buy a upscale home. I wouldn't mind having that much money in my checking account for spending money, but then, what would I do with it? King David wanted to build a house of worship for his God, but he wasn't allowed to. Instead he gathered the resources for his son Solomon to do it. In David's last days, he says the following...
1 Chronicles 22:14 (WEB)
14) Now, behold, in my affliction I have prepared for the house of Yahweh one hundred thousand talents of gold, one million talents of silver, and brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance. I have also prepared timber and stone; and you may add to them.
There are 75 pounds of Gold in a talent, that figures out to be 19 billion 200 million dollars at $1600 an oz. (75 x 16oz per pound= 1200 oz @ 1600 = 1,920,00 per talent) times 100,000= $19,200,000,000.00. And that is just the gold!!! I can't even begin to get my mind around that figure, but it is sure A LOT MORE THAN THE PICTURE ABOVE!!! This says a lot about David's love for God; what does our giving say about us??? Something to think about today? For those math wizards out there... am I right?