The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts.
The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of hosts - (Job 41:11; Psalms 50:12). Ye are disappointed at the absence of these precious metals in the adorning of this temple as compared with the first temple. If I pleased I could adorn this temple with them, but I will adorn it with a "glory" (Haggai 2:7; Haggai 2:9) far more precious-namely, with the presence of my Divine Son in His vailed glory first, and at His second coming with His revealed glory (Zechariah 2:5), accompanied with outward adornment of gold and silver, of which the golden covering within and without, put on by Herod, is the type. Then shall the nations bring offerings of those precious metals which ye now miss so much (Isaiah 2:3; Isaiah 60:3; Isaiah 60:6-7; Ezekiel 43:2; Ezekiel 43:4-5; Ezekiel 44:4). The heavenly Jerusalem shall be similarly adorned, but shall need "no temple" (Revelation 21:10-22). Compare 1 Corinthians 3:12, where gold and silver represent the most precious things. The inward glory of the New Testament redemption far exceeds the outward glory of the Old Testament dispensation. So, in the case of the individual poor believer, God, if He pleased, could bestow gold and silver, but He bestows far better treasures, the possession of which might be endangered by that of the former (James 2:5).