Posted by: biblestudyseattle | January 21, 2017

Solomon & David’s Temple

“Now it came about in the four hundred and eightieth year after the sons of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the Lord.”  1 Kings 6:1

“In the fourth year the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid, in the month of Ziv. In the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished throughout all its parts and according to all its plans. So he was seven years in building it.”  1 Kings 6:37-38

Notice that it took 7.5 years to build the temple.

“The time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.”  2 Samuel 2:11

Isn’t that interesting?  David goes on to rule all Israel for 33 years after this.  Is it possible that it will take 7.5 years out of 40 to build the spiritual Temple in heaven?  Could it take the same relative amount of time out of 1,000 years for Jesus to build the heavenly Temple?

“The Jews then said to Him, “What sign do You show us as your authority for doing these things?”  Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” The Jews then said, “It took forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?”  But He was speaking of the temple of His body.”  John 2:18-21

Jesus is really saying it will take 3,000 years to complete the heavenly temple.

“Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?”  1 Corinthians 6:19

“For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said, “I will dwell in them and walk among them; And I will be their God, and they shall be My people.”  2 Corinthians 6:16

“So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God’s household, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.”  Ephesians 2:19-22

“He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will not go out from it anymore; and I will write on him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God, and My new name.”  Revelation 3:12

Different verses also say the temple took seven years:

“In the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished throughout all its parts and according to all its plans. So he was seven years in building it.”  1 Kings 6:38

“The days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years he reigned in Hebron and thirty-three years he reigned in Jerusalem.”  1 Kings 2:11

Seven years is a ‘week’ of years.  There’s a possible connection:

“Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to make an end of sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place.”  Daniel 9:24

Notice that the seventy weeks will conclude with the annointing of the most holy place – that is the most inner sacred part of the temple.  The last week is specified:

“ Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and have nothing, and the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. And its end will come with a flood; even to the end there will be war; desolations are determined.  And he will make a firm covenant with the many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put a stop to sacrifice and grain offering; and on the wing of abominations will come one who makes desolate, even until a complete destruction, one that is decreed, is poured out on the one who makes desolate.”  Daniel 9:26-27

This is a complicated, multifaceted prophecy (YHWH is concise with words), but the last week involves sacrifices.  These can only happen properly in a temple, whether that temple is a stone structure or a person’s body or Messiah’s body.  “so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.”  Romans 12:5

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Posted by: biblestudyseattle | January 20, 2017

Solomon’s Millennial Kingdom

1 Kings 1-10 provides a wealth of insight into the Messianic millennial kingdom.  After David battled practically his whole reign to establish the strength of Israel, Solomon spends virtually his entire reign building – building the Temple, the palaces, the royal cities, ships, and on and on.  No doubt YHWH planned this to give us a peek at the future.  The glory of that time is hinted at:  “All the earth was seeking the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart.”  1 Kings 10:24

This will surely be true of Yahshua in that day:

“Now it will come about that
In the last days
The mountain of the house of the Lord
Will be established as the chief of the mountains,
And will be raised above the hills;
And all the nations will stream to it.
And many peoples will come and say,
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
To the house of the God of Jacob;
That He may teach us concerning His ways
And that we may walk in His paths.”
For the law will go forth from Zion
And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
And He will judge between the nations,
And will render decisions for many peoples;
And they will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks.
Nation will not lift up sword against nation,
And never again will they learn war.”  Isaiah 2:2-4

“Many nations will come and say, “Come and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord And to the house of the God of Jacob, That He may teach us about His ways And that we may walk in His paths.” For from Zion will go forth the law, Even the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.”  Micah 4:2

“Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘It will yet be that peoples will come, even the inhabitants of many cities.  The inhabitants of one will go to another, saying, “Let us go at once to entreat the favor of the Lord, and to seek the Lord of hosts; I will also go.”  So many peoples and mighty nations will come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem and to entreat the favor of the Lord.’  Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘In those days ten men from all the nations will grasp the garment of a Jew, saying, “Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.”  Zechariah 8:20-23

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Posted by: biblestudyseattle | January 16, 2017

David’s Crucifixion

Compare this:  “ Then a messenger came to David, saying, “The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absalom.”  David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, “Arise and let us flee, for otherwise none of us will escape from Absalom. Go in haste, or he will overtake us quickly and bring down calamity on us and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”  Then the king’s servants said to the king, “Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king chooses.”  2 Samuel 15:13-15

With this:  “Then He came to the disciples and *said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Behold, the hour is at hand and the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.  Get up, let us be going; behold, the one who betrays Me is at hand!”  Matthew 26:45-46

They are not the same, but the urgency is palpable.  Also, compare these:

“While all the country was weeping with a loud voice, all the people passed over. The king also passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over toward the way of the wilderness.  Now behold, Zadok also came, and all the Levites with him carrying the ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God, and Abiathar came up until all the people had finished passing from the city.  The king said to Zadok, “Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the sight of the Lord, then He will bring me back again and show me both it and His habitation.   But if He should say thus, ‘I have no delight in you,’ behold, here I am, let Him do to me as seems good to Him.”  The king said also to Zadok the priest, “Are you not a seer? Return to the city in peace and your two sons with you, your son Ahimaaz and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.  See, I am going to wait at the fords of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me.”  Therefore Zadok and Abiathar returned the ark of God to Jerusalem and remained there.  And David went up the ascent of the Mount of Olives, and wept as he went, and his head was covered and he walked barefoot. Then all the people who were with him each covered his head and went up weeping as they went.”  2 Samuel 15:23-30

“When King David came to Bahurim, behold, there came out from there a man of the family of the house of Saul whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera; he came out cursing continually as he came.  He threw stones at David and at all the servants of King David; and all the people and all the mighty men were at his right hand and at his left.  Thus Shimei said when he cursed, “Get out, get out, you man of bloodshed, and worthless fellow!  The Lord has returned upon you all the bloodshed of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned; and the Lord has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. And behold, you are taken in your own evil, for you are a man of bloodshed!”  2 Samuel 16:5-8

And these:  “When they led Him away, they seized a man, Simon of Cyrene, coming in from the country, and placed on him the cross to carry behind Jesus.  And following Him was a large crowd of the people, and of women who were mourning and lamenting Him. But Jesus turning to them said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, stop weeping for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.  For behold, the days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.’  Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us,’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us.’”  Luke 23:26-30

In both cases it seemed as though Absalom/Satan was winning.  There was much lamenting as these two leaders were lead out toward the Mount of Olives.  Ernest L. Martin makes a pretty solid case that Jesus was crucified on the Mount of Olives.

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Posted by: biblestudyseattle | January 12, 2017

David’s First Annointing

David was first annointed about age 15 by Samuel.  “Now the Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have selected a king for Myself among his sons.”  1 Samuel 16:1

“So he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, with beautiful eyes and a handsome appearance. And the Lord said, “Arise, anoint him; for this is he.”  Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon David from that day forward.”  1 Samuel 16:12-13

If the period from David annointing to his second represents the time from baptism at the Jordan to his second coming, what does it tell us about that time?  Would Saul represent the Jews?  Would the Philistines represent evil and Satan in particular?  The first thing that happened after David’s annointing was his going in to Saul’s service as a musician to calm him when the evil spirit came.  The second major event was David’s fearless battle with Goliath.  Would that represent Jesus conquering Satan at the cross?

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Posted by: biblestudyseattle | January 9, 2017

David’s Inaugurations

King David was annointed or inaugurated king three times.  The first was privately and secretly while Saul was still king.

“Now the Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have selected a king for Myself among his sons.”  But Samuel said, “How can I go? When Saul hears of it, he will kill me.” And the Lord said, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’  You shall invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do; and you shall anoint for Me the one whom I [a]designate to you.”  So Samuel did what the Lord said, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the city came trembling to meet him and said, “Do you come in peace?”  He said, “In peace; I have come to sacrifice to the Lord. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.” He also consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.

When they entered, he looked at Eliab and thought, “Surely the Lord’s anointed is before Him.”  But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”  Then Jesse called Abinadab and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, “The Lord has not chosen this one either.” Next Jesse made Shammah pass by. And he said, “The Lord has not chosen this one either.”  Thus Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel. But Samuel said to Jesse, “The Lord has not chosen these.”  And Samuel said to Jesse, “Are these all the children?” And he said, “There remains yet the youngest, and behold, he is tending the sheep.” Then Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and bring him; for we will not sit down until he comes here.”

David Anointed

So he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, with beautiful eyes and a handsome appearance. And the Lord said, “Arise, anoint him; for this is he.”  Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon David from that day forward. And Samuel arose and went to Ramah.”  1 Samuel 16:1-13

It is interesting that David was annointed at his father’s house in Bethlehem.  Commentators have noted that the father and brothers never necessarily knew what Samuel was there for.  He simply pored oil on David’s head.  No announcement was made possibly.  On commentator thinks that Samuel merely whispered in David’s ear, “you are king”.   Josephus says this happened when David was 10!  Most other commentators think he was about Bar Mitzva age, no older than 15.  This explains why Jesse didn’t have David pass in front of Samuel.  Even if the family did know what was going on, they kept the matter to themselves, else Saul would have them killed.  A long time passed before David became king of Judah at age 30.  Saul spent much of that interim time jealous of David and trying to kill him.

“Then it came about afterwards that David inquired of the Lord, saying, “Shall I go up to one of the cities of Judah?” And the Lord said to him, “Go up.” So David said, “Where shall I go up?” And He said, “To Hebron.”  So David went up there, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite.  And David brought up his men who were with him, each with his household; and they lived in the cities of Hebron.  Then the men of Judah came and there anointed David king over the house of Judah.

And they told David, saying, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.”  David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said to them, “May you be blessed of the Lord because you have shown this kindness to Saul your lord, and have buried him. Now may the Lord show loving kindness and truth to you; and I also will show this goodness to you, because you have done this thing.  Now therefore, let your hands be strong and be valiant; for Saul your lord is dead, and also the house of Judah has anointed me king over them.”  2 Samuel 2:1-7

Here David is king over Judah, but Abner appointed Saul’s son king over the northern ten tribes.  After 7.5 years of challenges, David gets the whole tamale:

“Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.  Previously, when Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and in. And the Lord said to you, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be a ruler over Israel.’”  So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them before the Lord at Hebron; then they anointed David king over Israel.  David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years.  At Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.

Now the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, and they said to David, “You shall not come in here, but the blind and lame will turn you away”; thinking, “David cannot enter here.”  Nevertheless, David captured the stronghold of Zion, that is the city of David.  David said on that day, “Whoever would strike the Jebusites, let him reach the lame and the blind, who are hated by David’s soul, through the water tunnel.” Therefore they say, “The blind or the lame shall not come into the house.”  So David lived in the stronghold and called it the city of David. And David built all around from the Millo and inward.  David became greater and greater, for the Lord God of hosts was with him.”  2 Samuel 5:1-10

Isn’t this amazing?  Does not this show the progression of the Messiah?  Isn’t it interesting that David’s first annointing was at Bethlehem?  Like Jesus’ first public ministry 2,000 years ago.  Then there’s a long period of trouble with Saul (Satan).  Did Jesus have trouble with Satan even after the cross?  There’s some evidence to support this (primarily the story of Joseph).  Then he’s crowned publicly in Hebron, but only over Judah since Saul’s son is crowned over the northern tribes.  This is the first part of the second coming, where Jesus is crowned secretly while Satan still has some sway over the world.  Finally, David gets the complete throne over all Israel.  This is like the second part of the second coming – Armageddon, where Satan is bound a thousand years, and Jesus’ reign is total.  We even get some timing clues.  While David’s first annointing has no dating, his second and third are 7.5 years then 33 years.  This is probably the ratio of time in the Millennium – rougly up to the completion of the bride of Christ, the church.  187 years, then 823 years, give or take.

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Posted by: biblestudyseattle | January 5, 2017

Happy New Year!

January 1st marked the start of 2017.  But according to YHWH’s work, spring time marks the beginning of the year.  “Now the Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, “This month shall be the beginning of months for you; it is to be the first month of the year to you.”  Exodus 12:1-2

January 1st is the start of the Roman year.  And the names of the months are all pagan.  So are the names of the days of the week.  And Jesus was not born on December 25th.  It’s amazing how much of our world is Roman or Babylonian.

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Posted by: biblestudyseattle | December 26, 2016

Pondering the Christmas Story

After hearing another Christmas sermon about the Nativity Scene including lots of animals, shepherds, and the wise men, I got to thinking.  First of all, the magi were not present at the birth of Jesus.  That would have been extremely difficult and impractical for Mary & Joseph.  Imagine just giving birth and the very next day fleeing the country for your life!  No.  Joseph and Mary had about a year and a half of peacefully raising their baby until the wise men show up.  This becomes apparent by Herod’s actions:  “Then when Herod saw that he had been tricked by the magi, he became very enraged, and sent and slew all the male children who were in Bethlehem and all its vicinity, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined from the magi.”  Matthew 2:16

John the baptist was born about 6 months before Jesus around Passover.  Jesus was born during the fall feasts; trumpets or atonement or tabernacles.  It is likely that the magi were planning on visiting Jerusalem as they were likely Persian Jewish converts, of the school of Daniel.  They probably knew this prophecy:  “Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to make an end of sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place.  So you are to know and discern that from the issuing of a decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; it will be built again, with plaza and moat, even in times of distress.”  Daniel 9:24-25

The magi were probably expert chronologists.  The only question was when was the decree issued to rebuild Jerusalem?  Cyrus issued the decree, but the work was stopped.  It then had to be reissued.  The other problem is how would they know the Messiah’s death would finish the transgression?  And even if they knew that, how old would the Messiah be upon death?  Hence, other signs were required for the magi to know when the birth occured.

But why did the Magi visit at all?  Would YHWH have prevented the slaughter of the innocents if they hadn’t visited?  Perhaps not.  Perhaps at some point, word would have made it to Herod that a pretender to the throne was living in Bethlehem.  We can’t know at this point.  But the Magi’s visit made Mary & Joseph instantly wealthy.  It enabled them to leave very fast when Herod came hunting.  Bethlehem is only 7 miles from Jerusalem.  Mary & Joseph probably had no more than 2 days to flee.  It is appropriate that the night shepherds were told about Jesus’ birth.  No one would really care what they said.  But very wealthy Persians visiting Herod for information about the birth location of a new king, got Herod’s attention.  The magi were probably visiting during one of the high seasons in Jewish life: Tabernacles.  This may be shown by: “And the Word became flesh, and did tabernacle among us, and we beheld his glory, glory as of an only begotten of a father, full of grace and truth.”  John 1:14 YLT

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Posted by: biblestudyseattle | December 18, 2016

Sunday Resurrection?

The women went to Jesus’ tomb the day after the Sabbath, as going to the tomb on the Sabbath was not in line with their faith.  The morning of the first of the week is half way through the day already.  Hebrew days start at sundown.  Therefore it is impossible to know if Jesus rose on the Sabbath or on the 1st of the week (which might be considered the 8th day).  Might this be on purpose?  Will the resurrection happen in the great Sabbath or will it happen in the great Jubilee?  Or both?

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Posted by: biblestudyseattle | December 12, 2016

Disbelieving

“So the people, who were with Him when He called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead, continued to testify about Him.  For this reason also the people went and met Him, because they heard that He had performed this sign.  So the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you are not doing any good; look, the world has gone after Him.”  John 12:17-19

“But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.’  But he said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent!’ But he said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’”  Luke 16:29-31

Jesus declared that the Pharisees wouldn’t be moved to faith even upon seeing someone rise from the dead!  Apparently this will be repeated in the future, because billions will rise, yet a significant number will still follow Satan to fight the saints at Jerusalem.

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Posted by: biblestudyseattle | December 6, 2016

Election Predictions

It is very hard if not impossible to predict the future.  The U.S. election of Donald Trump came as a surprise to many.  But what does YHWH see?  The two forces of centralization and decentralization continue their war.  If the rising water of Noah’s flood is a prophecy for our time, the rising flood of truth via the internet and other sources should continue for a while.  This no doubt frustrates the elites no end.  President Obama has ceded control of ICANN to the UN.  This seems to be a move to eventually control the internet.  But technology moves fast.  The thrust to go cashless is really gaining steam, but this author thinks the elites will be frustrated in their plans.  The true cashless world will probably have to wait many decades.  Hopefully freedom will remain and decentralization will hold sway.  Faith in institutions continues to slide.

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