David has a palace, wants a Temple
David wants to build God a house, but God says He has never asked for one and he’ll establish David’s …
Tag Archives: Temple
Jesus the I AM
Jesus is arrested in the olive grove called Gethsemane: John 18:1–2; Mark 14:32–42; Matthew 26:36-46; Luke 22:39–46; Mark 14:43–52; Matthew …
No stone left unturned
Jesus tells His disciples the Temple will be destroyed, which worries them, then he tells them how they will know …
Not children’s praises!
Jesus comments on the Jews’ refusal to believe Him, then He curses a fruitless fig tree, clears out money changers …
An ageless man is a hard idea to grasp
Jesus explains that being free is about more than being a Jew or not a slave, then insults the people …
The time of Malachi
Malachi calls on the people to return to God, and for the priests to serve Him according to the Law: …
Shivering with cold and guilt
Ezra goes to Jerusalem with the support of king Atarxerxes, then he needs to reform local marriage practices with the …
30 (or more) years of peace, then Haman plots genocide
The Temple is finished, then Judah’s enemies stir up trouble when Xerxes becomes king of Persia, but Esther becomes queen …
Build the Lord’s house first
Haggai and Zechariah call to rebuild the Temple, with some encouraging prophecies for the Israel and messianic and end-times prophecies: Haggai …
The joy of the new Temple foundation
Cyrus lets the exiles return. They start rebuilding the Temple, but they are opposed by locals who stop the works: Ezra …
A new Temple and hope for the future
Ezekiel’s vision of the new Temple: Ezekiel 40–43 Sometime after the fall of Jerusalem, with its destruction of the Temple, God …
Spared from death by a mark
Judgement to come on Jerusalem, Israel and idolators, but those grieved by the sins are to be spared: Ezekiel 5–9 In …
Zedekiah rules over not much
Jehoiachin deported in chains after a siege of Jerusalem; he’s replaced by his uncle, Zedekiah: 2 Chronicles 36:10; 2 Kings 24:10–17; …
Power shift from Egypt to Babylon
Jehoiakim taken by Nebuchadnezzar and replaced with Jehoiachin (the second exile); Jeremiah prophesies against Jehoiachin: 2 Kings 24:5–7; 2 Chronicles 36:6–8; 2 Kings 24:8–9; 2 …
Still hoping for repentance
Jeremiah’s prophecies against the nations; Jeremiah compiles all his prophecies into one set of scrolls, which are read by Baruch, …
The Temple can’t save you
Jeremiah’s temple sermon about the coming invasion of Judah: Jeremiah 19; 26:1-7, 22, 7–8:17 Jeremiah didn’t pull his punches. The Temple …
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