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The Scriptures. We believe the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be the Bible, “as it is in truth, the Word of God…” (I Thessalonians 2:13). We believe in verbal, plenary inspiration in the original writings, and God’s preservation of His pure words to every generation (II Timothy 3:16, Psalms 12:6-8).
Sep 9, 2019 · The ancient Israelite temple was a gigantic symbol that visualized God’s desire to live together with his human creatures and rule the world through them. If you were to ask any ancient Israelite to tell you the most important place on earth, you would get a clear and consistent answer: the temple in Jerusalem.
After the fall of the Crusader kingdom, Bethel was left in ruins under the rule of Saladin, remaining uninhabited for centuries until the mid-19th century when modern-day Beitin was established. [5] In 1977, the biblical name was applied to the Israeli settlement of Beit El, founded nearby.
While the temple certainly has a history and integrity of its own, it was created by extension of the tabernacle and is associated with such diverse topics as a mountain and a city, the cosmos and a person's body, and God's glory and name.
The name for temple in W Sem., hekal, is derived from the Sumer. E.GAL “great house, palace” via the Akkad. ekallu. Its name emphasizes its function as the palace of the divine being, comparable to that of the residence of the earthly ruler.
In 1930, the University of Chicago’s Oriental Institute uncovered a small temple at a site in the Amuq Valley, at the northern Orontes known as Tell Tainat. 4 This temple bore a remarkable resemblance to Solomon’s Temple as described in the Bible.
Jul 22, 2015 · For people who are wondering what biblical theology is about, show us how the theme of the temple develops from Genesis to Revelation in God’s plan. If we think of temple as the meeting place between God and people, then there is a sense in which the garden of Eden is a kind of proto-temple.
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