Solomon's Temple

The 21st century is full of new experiences and new sensations that captivate Americas modern society. New iphones, apple watches, cars that drive themselves, all of these are things that the new generation craves and claims they have to have. One of the biggest changes though? Religion. The world has now put more emphasis on sports then religion. Back in the 20th century you went to church every sunday and had to do you daily devotions before you could have dinner. Now, we trade those bibles…

FIRST CENTURY INSTITUTIONS During the first century A.D. the people lived in an environment dominated by Judaism. Most were poor and lived off the land. Although Saul of Tarsus came from a “well-to-do” family; nonetheless, he grew up in this environment. Bible readers are aware that God, in the past, changed the names of some men and women; however, there is no indication, in the Bible, that He changed Saul’s name. In fact, the Bible makes no mention of Saul’s name ever being changed. It…

My prophet project is Habakkuk. Habakkuk “complains” to God about the injustices being committed by the Babylonians. Habakkuk was a prophet in the Old Testament. He is the author of the Book of Habakkuk. Almost nothing is known about Habakkuk, aside from what few facts are stated in the book Habakkuk within the Old Testament, or those inferences that may be drawn from that book.His name appears in the Bible only in Habakkuk 1:1 and 3:1, with no biographical details provided other than his…

prove the Bible to be true. Biblical evidence about Canaan and archeological evidence lead to the conclusion that the Hebrews originated from outside of Canaan. Records of victory against the Israelites as well as the life and fall of David and Solomon’s Kingdom verifies that the Israelites were a powerful nation, but not consistently. Finally, studies about the Hebrew religion and history confirm that they were only polytheistic for a short time. Studies about Canaan prove that the Israelites…

and began to let people worship idols in his own house, and built a temple for these false gods. Hindson and Yates discuss how it was because of Solomon disobedience to the covenant that led to the division of Israel (181). Even though he started off well by building God a temple, he ended up turning away from God. Solomon’s actions led to the division of Israel, and the only reason God did not divide Israel during King Solomon’s reign was only because out of the respect that God had for his…

a place that had a perceived higher religious meaning. With the building of the Temple, there became an authority on religious matters. Therefore, the fact that priests in Jerusalem had little control over the High Places out in the country led to them to believe that practices in use at the High Places could be heterodox or idolatrous. This led to an effort in Deuteronomist theology to centralize worship at the Temple in Jerusalem before King Hezekiah or King Josiah. Biblical texts also started…

commentary on how he doesn’t show that he truly has wisdom (“Solomon in All his Glory”). Solomon’s downfall is that he has a mentality of “I want…” which results in “selfish, ambitious egotistic king who violates the terms of the covenant” (“Solomon in All his Glory”). He ends up building the temple for God without a divine “go-ahead” which pretty much dooms his rule (“Idea of the Temple”). In the end the temple plays a huge role in bringing about the destruction of the nation and the Babylonian…

Gate.” The Western Gate is an ancient limestone wall in the Old City of Jerusalem. It is a fairly small section of an extended ancient retaining wall. Theoretically, it was thought to have been raised as part of the development of the Second Jewish Temple by Herod the Great. According to Unger,…

other churches in Jerusalem. It was common to build churches where the divine had once appeared or an important religious event occurred. For instance, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre was built over the place of Jesus’ burial and crucifixion. Solomon’s Temple is believed to have been built on Mount Moriah over the site where Abraham took Isaac for…

Scholars agree on the heading “Song of Songs”, recognizing the Song as the ”best of songs”, the most excellent of songs, in like manner other superlatives are understood, such as the Holy of Holies was the most sacred part of the temple (Exod. 26:33; 1Kgs 8:6 and Lord of Lords, the lord above all lords, all powerful and mighty ((Ps. 136:3). However, there is contention on authorship. Traditional view of the Song, as held by early rabbis and church fathers, presume that Solomon wrote…