Solomon's Temple

The 1981 film Raiders of The Lost Ark (Paramount 1981) shows Indiana Jones on the search for the Ark of the Covenant. However, the Ark of the Covenant has been around much longer than 1981. According to the Bible, the Ark of the Covenant has been in existence since the time of Moses and the Israelites' exodus of Egypt. The Bible further explains the Ark was created according to instructions given to Moses by God. After its completion, the Ark was carried by its staves in advance of the people or…

understood literally if one is to get the correct understanding, after all, it is a very precise prophecy of a very real future physical temple. Supporting specifics in the Ezekiel passage Firstly, Ezekiel 40-48 temple prophecy is very detailed and well-articulated and it’s an actual future tangible temple that is just as literal as that of Solomon’s Temple (1 Chronicles 22:14-15), “ that was filled with the glory of the Lord”…

The story of two kings and one’s jealousy leads to the want of the other dead. He turns away from God. The people are warned what would happen if they were given a king to rule them. Saul was chosen to become king but the most the people rejected him from the start. After Saul’s sin, God anoints a new king to one day take his place, David. David will become the better king over Saul. After David’s reign, another king takes charge and divides the Israel due to his sin against God. God has plans…

Historians. The books of Joshua, Judges, 1+2 Kings, and 1+2 Samuels, which together comprise the Former Prophets, all reflect ideas surrounding the exclusive worship of Yahweh and the continued apostasy of the Israelite peoples, the establishment of a temple based upon the ideals of monotheistic, centralised worship, and the formation of the Davidic Covenant. Overall, the primary themes depicted throughout the Former Prophets reflect the idealized…

before the birth of Jesus Christ ("Synagogue | Judaism.”). The first real evidence of Synagogues suggests that they first arrived into Judaism around the 3rd Century B.C.E. ("Synagogue | Judaism."). “Some scholars think that the destruction of Solomon’s Temple in 586 bce gave rise to synagogues after private homes were temporarily used for public worship and religious instruction,” say the editors of The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica…

with you, which I made to your father David. I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.” (1 King 6:12-13 NRSV) Once the Ark of the Covenant was transferred to the temple in Jerusalem, the city was showered with God’s blessings. The presence of the Holy Temple transformed the empty Jebusite area into the Jerusalem we know today. Jerusalem’s evolution from being a Jebusite city to becoming the holy capital of the world demonstrates Tweed's definition of…

Amos Time period: around 750 BC, during the reign of Jeroboam II, (786–746 BC) Location preached: northern Kingdom of Israel He was from judah. In his writing, he against the increased between the very wealthy and poor. The theme of his book is social justice and God's omnipotence. The Book of Amos is attributed to him. "Amos saw God as personally in control of all the world. Amos made clear that, contrary to the view within pagan religious…

but the city is also enriched with other religions like Christianity and Islam and influenced by the cultures of Christians and Muslims. One religious site that is entwined with all three of these religions is the Dome of the Rock located on the Temple Mount. The Dome of the Rock which was finished under Caliph ‘Abd al-Malik around 692 was not a mosque but a shrine. This structure is significant not just because of how interrelated it is with the religions of Islam, Judaism, and Christianity,…

aggression from a bordering state. Grapes and figs are the most precious fruits of the land. To be able to sit underneath them means security from danger of war. The pairing of vine and fig tree echoes and expands upon the peaceful prosperity of Solomon’s empire (1 Kings 5:5), and occurs elsewhere as an expression of living in joy or harmoniously with one’s neighbors (Zech. 3:10). The picture that Micah presents presupposes the kind of peace that is established in verse 3. Moreover, this…

Palestine is the Holy Land, though it doesn’t seem like it. For the past century, Palestinians and Israelis (Zionists) cannot seem to like each other or at least try not to kill each other. The hostility between these two “countries” is extremely controversial. The Palestinian revolts have been escalating and there have been two intifadas that have killed thousands of people; it is just a matter of time for the third one. With the way things are going it will likely happen sooner than later. The…