Posts Tagged ‘temple’
The Pillars of the Temple
by Jefferson David Tant In giving Solomon instructions for building the temple, God gave a somewhat unusual command concerning two pillars at the entrance. “And he set up the pillars at the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin; and he set up the left…
Read MoreWhy did David prepare for a silver lampstand when the tabernacle had a gold lampstand?
Question: It says David prepared silver for the lampstand of silver, but in the tabernacle it was gold. Why does it say silver in Chronicles? Answer: “The weight for the lampstands of gold, and their lamps of gold, by weight for each lampstand and its lamps; for the lampstands of silver by weight, for the…
Read MoreWhy is the Temple called a house of prayer?
Question: Can you tell me what the phrase “house of prayer” means from Matthew 21:13? Is this word used as a synecdoche or is it meant to mean literal “prayer?” If prayer was not the only thing they did at the temple, could this word have been used to mean a house of ‘worship?’ Answer:…
Read MoreDo you know of any prophecy that says the Temple will never be rebuilt?
Question: Do you know of any prophecy that says the Temple will never be rebuilt? Answer: No, there isn’t prophecy that says the temple would not be rebuilt because it has been rebuilt: “Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,…
Read MoreThe Temple of the Lord
https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/TempleOfTheLord.mp3 by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: II Corinthians 6:14-7:1 I. What is a temple? A. In warning Christians not to bind themselves with unbelievers, Paul reminds us that we are the temple of God – II Corinthians 6:16 1. It is the place where God dwells – I Corinthians 3:16 2. Both on an individual scale as well…
Read MoreWhat was the source of the water used to fill the bronze sea?
Question: What was the source of the water used to fill the bronze sea? Answer: The Bible doesn’t mention what water was used to fill the bronze sea. Jerusalem had numerous pools and we know from archeology that Solomon has several underground cisterns hewn into the rock. Ecclesiastes 2:6 mentions that Solomon did build pools.…
Read MoreDid David do some of the preparatory work for the Temple?
Question: I know Solomon built the temple; David couldn’t because of the wars he had been involved in (I Kings 5). But didn’t David prepare some of the material for the building of the temple? Or was he involved a little in the preparation? Answer: “Now it was in the heart of my father David to build…
Read MoreDo I understand the history of the Temple accurately?
Question: Okay, let’s see if I have this correct. Solomon built the temple because David was not allowed to do so because he was known as a “man of war”. Then that temple was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar. Another temple was built, but not as big or as elaborate. This would be the temple during the…
Read MoreWhat was the Sea of Bronze?
Question: What is the Sea Of Bronze? Answer: One of the furnishings in the tabernacle and the temple was a laver to hold water so that God’s requirements for the priests to wash before doing certain ceremonies could be done. “You shall also make a laver of bronze, with its base also of bronze, for…
Read MoreIndwelling
by Jeffrey W. Hamilton I was asked if I could explain the concept of indwelling, specifically the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. It is an interesting question because what is asked is not necessarily what the questioner intended to ask. Most who ask this question have numerous misconceptions that interfere with a plain answer to…
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