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Jacob and David at the same place-- THE PLACE!

29/12/2017

Jacob encountered (as the Hebrew says) THE PLACE (Ha Makom) and said “how awesome is THE PLACE; this is none other than the Bayth-El” which means the house of God (see Genesis 28:17 & 19).
Years later King David used Jacob’s very words--“this is the Bayth-El”--when he purchased from Ornan his threshing floor, which David called THE PLACE
(1 Chronicles 21:25; 'Ha Makom').
It was just near the Gihon Spring, at that time surrounded by a rectangular enclosure wall to secure its 'living water' for the people of Jebus--later to become The City of David (see the artist's impression below).

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THE JEWISH TEMPLE WAS IN ZION IN THE CITY OF DAVID!

15/12/2017

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Ezekiel captured the vision of the glory of God departing the temple when Judah went into captivity. His description is telling. He saw the glory of God rise to depart and that departure was from ‘the MIDDLE of the city’ (see Ezekiel 11:23). Clearly the temple was located in the middle of the city, not on a hill to its north.

But wait...there’s more: Zechariah later described the return of God’s glory and wrote, ‘Thus says the Lord, “I will return to ZION, and dwell in the MIDDLE of Jerusalem...” Also in chapter 2, verse 10 the Lord talks about dwelling in the midst of His people. He always desires to be right in the midst of His people, just as the tent in the wilderness was the central feature of the camp. Read 'THE PLACE; where Jerusalem's temples stood' available at https://wipfandstock.com/the-place.html

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JERUSALEM THE CAPITAL OF ISRAEL

11/12/2017

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Now that the US President, Donald Trump has recognized Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel, what do you know about ancient Jerusalem, the city of David and the biblical site for the historic Jewish Temples? It’s time to know just where the historic Temples of Jerusalem were sited: surprise! It was not so-called Temple Mount! Find out about the site that the bible knows as THE PLACE (HaMakom) by reading ‘THE PLACE: HaMakom, where Jerusalem’s temples stood’ available at https://wipfandstock.com/the-place.html

Incidentally--if you want to read more about Israel's place in the Middle East why not visit Israel Team at https://israelteam.org/
You might enjoy taking their Propaganda Test on the Resources page.

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The importance of the location known as THE PLACE in the Bible

8/12/2017

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God established Jerusalem at a location known as THE PLACE. It’s where Abraham offered Isaac; where Jacob had his dream; where Moses told Joshua to go within the Promised Land. It’s what David called the threshing floor he bought and what the prophet Jeremiah said God would bring the people back to.

THE PLACE is the site on which the House of God (Bethel) was built by Solomon and the fire of God fell…. and, the site where the fire fell again on His new temple—the believers during Pentecost!
Don’t miss THE PLACE available at Wipf and Stock....
https://wipfandstock.com/the-place.html and bookstores.

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BEING FOUND

7/12/2017

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The prodigal of Jesus’ parable was ‘FOUND’ even though no-one went looking for him (‘this my son was lost and now is FOUND’). He became ‘FOUND’ because he returned to his ‘FOUND-ation’ and to ‘FOUND-ness’: it was in his father’s house, waiting for him!
FOUND describes a status: that of belonging and person-hood.
You were created to be FOUND ‘in’ that only saving Representative Son, Jesus Christ—within Father’s house!
You belong in Him; your ‘FOUND-NESS’ is in Him; it depends on whether you’ll come home to your Father, ‘in’ Him.
This is what Paul means when he talks about believers ‘being FOUND’ in Christ.

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QUESTION: Why did King David pitch a tent at Gihon?

6/12/2017

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ANSWER: To accommodate the ark of the covenant, because that was The Place spoken of throughout biblical history, where the temple was to be. When Solomon was anointed with the sacred oil for kingship, Zadok took the oil from that tent at Gihon and anointed him--
'So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites and the Pelethites went down and had Solomon mount King David's mule, and they escorted him to Gihon. Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the sacred tent and anointed Solomon. Then they sounded the trumpet and all the people shouted, "Long live King Solomon!"’ (1 Kings 1:38-39). Read THE PLACE for the full biblical story. Available here https://wipfandstock.com/the-place.html

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There must be Living Water at the Temple!

5/12/2017

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In the scriptures, the flow of life from God is frequently represented by what is known as ‘living water’ flowing at and from the temple (ie., the presence of God). 'Living water' means water that is active; that is, flowing and ‘alive’ in contrast to that which is still or stagnant. If the temple site has no living water it fails to meet the requirements as an earthly symbol of the throne room and presence of God. There is no such ‘living water’ on Temple Mount, only cisterns, but there was (and still is, though now greatly reduced) a stream of living water at the City of David—the Gihon Spring—where Abraham and Jacob and David drank, and where Jacob said, ‘this is none other than Bayth-El, the house of God.’

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Jacob and David at the same place-- THE PLACE!

THE JEWISH TEMPLE WAS IN ZION IN THE CITY OF DAVID!

JERUSALEM THE CAPITAL OF ISRAEL

The importance of the location known as THE PLACE in the Bible

BEING FOUND

QUESTION: Why did King David pitch a tent at Gihon?

There must be Living Water at the Temple!

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