Lecture 6: Jan 20

Class started with 2 samuels 7. the most important verse in the hebrew bible especially for the christan bible. As far as mesianism is concerned. God comes to nathan and changes his mind saying no i dont want you to build me anything. God will appoint a place. The lord will make you a house verse 11-16. the reason he wont build him a house is so that God can build a house (dynasty) and will produce an aire and he will create a kingdom. The problem with this is that it doesnt happen. The babylonians come in and knock down the temple and the kings are dethrown. So people quesiton this because they dont want to lose their faith. they think that there must be something else that God ment by this. Who is going to be the king, the isrealites can thing that their is a messiah coming. In the new testement we are showing that there is a king of the jews, or JESUS!

Professor then made a quick note to 1 chronicles 21:28-22:10.In 2 samuels, God said he didnt want a temple, but here he says that you shouldnt build a house becasue they have shed to much blood.

(In review about David) God choose jerusalem specifically. We are presented with the Ark of the Covenant. Then the creation and the Sabbath story become affiliated with Jerusalem. Fourth Jerusalem is associated with Mt. Moriah when God tells him not to kill his son Isaac. Lastly, Melchizedek's Salem and Jerusalem are affiliated together. 

Next we talked about Solomon's Temple. In first kings 8, God still physcially dwells in the temple, however this will change. Solomon built the table, in order for the ark to be placed there.We were given Biblical acconts that talk about King Solomon. One important one was 2 Kings 3, 10. It showed his wisdom with the story of the two mothers and a child. In the Book of Provervs, Ecclesiastes and the song of songs, it is told that Solomon wrote them.We then reviewed some concepts that were already described in previous lectures.

We spent the last part of practice comparing Solomons temple in 1 Kings 6-7 from other temples. The front or big area, the back area, which is were the ark would have been located, and the front porch, which would be full of articles that were symbolic.There are two pillars that are at the front of the temple. They are the Boaz and the Jachin. Some scholars argue that these are early precursers to the jewish faith. It was like worshiping other Gods within the Hebrew Religion.