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1 | Don't understand Revelation and 1 Cor 15 | 1 Cor 15:28 | biblicalman | 228318 | ||
Hi Holmes I said With regard to the desirable things of the nations coming see my previous post on Isaiah 60.14 re the riches that poured in to Jerusalem. They specifically came to the Temple of which Haggai was speaking. And the latter house was greater than the former when Herod built his magnificent structure, which was the admiration of the world. People gasped when they saw its beauty.” you replied God would not allow King David to build His Temple because David was a man of war. So the Temple was built by King Solomon, chosen by God Himself. This Temple contained God’s Shekinah, the Ark of the Covenant and contents, and the Urim and Thummim. My comment Now I in fact question that statement. I do not think that God wanted the Temple to be built (2 Samuel 7.5-7), even though when it was built He graciously recognised the good intent that lay behind it. The house that Solomon was to build in 2 Samuel 7.13 was the house of David, not the house of God. See the whole context. But I will not labour that point. Your further reply Herod’s Temple was built by a non-Hebrew for his own purposes. It lacked the Shekinah, the Ark, and the Tablets of the Law. How can it be possible that Herod’s Temple is greater than Solomon’s? How did Jesus give peace in Herod’s Temple? my comment Herod was a proselyte to Judaism He WAS therefore a Hebrew by adoption as were all proselytes. Theoretically they were to be treated as to all extent equal. So you not being exactly correct. I am interested to know how you know what was in Herod’s mind. Do you have any grounds for such a statement other than your own assumption? Do you not think that he had one eye on the glory of God and another on his own? Furthermore, do you really think that Solomon solely had in mind God’s glory.? He spent twice as long on building his own house as he did on God’s house. Solomon’s Temple (a good designation) contributed as much to the glory of Solomon as it did to the glory of God. God had said that all He wanted was a tent. Remember God knew what Solomon was going to be, the man who through his extravagance and unfaithfulness would destroy Israel. He was hardly a model Temple builder. Now how do you know that Herod’s Temple lacked the Shekinah? Are you saying that God had totally deserted the Israel to which Jesus came? You make bold assumptions. Clearly it lacked the Ark and the tablets of the Law. But so did the Second Temple which WAS built at God’s direct command. Was that Temple therefore not pleasing to God? But all that is by the way because Haggai was not referring to Solomon’s Temple at all. He was comparing the Second Temple to the one that was coming, that is, to Herod’s Temple. Solomon’s Temple had nothing to do with it. But the real reason why the latter glory of the house would be greater than the former (whatever the former refers to) was because it was to Herod’s Temple would come the greatest glory of all. Through its gates would walk the Son of God, and in its courts would He preach. Could any house have greater glory than that? You say it lacked the Shekinah? He was the Shekinah. Best wishes. |
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2 | Don't understand Revelation and 1 Cor 15 | 1 Cor 15:28 | Holmes | 228323 | ||
Hi biblicalman You wrote: “But all that is by the way because Haggai was not referring to Solomon’s Temple at all. He was comparing the Second Temple to the one that was coming, that is, to Herod’s Temple. Solomon’s Temple had nothing to do with it.” See Haggai 2:3 “Who is left among you who saw this temple in its former glory? There was only one “former temple.” If God had been referring to the 2nd temple He would have said, “The latter glory of this house will be greater than the present (the one you are currently working on).” You wrote: I am interested to know how you know what was in Herod’s mind. From Unger’s Bible Dictionary: “Herod was not only an Idumaean in race and a Jew in religion, but he was a heathen in practice and a monster in character. During his administration as king he proved himself to be exceedingly crafty, jealous, cruel, and revengeful. He exercised his kingly power with the disposition of a very despot.” And those are just his good features! Holmes |
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