Randall Q. Lawrence
Faith Bible College
Temple of Solomon, Tabernacle of David
Bro. K., Elder L.
3/15/2011
Temple of Solomon Reflection 6 (Week 8)-Tabernacle of David Reflection—Is the “latter rain” reflected in the above?
Dr. Nick gave a 2-part sermon series this past weekend on the “Latter Rain” with the concepts of corn/wheat (substance), oil (consecration, glory, Presence), and wine (joy in the Lord). Are these reflected in the Temple of Solomon and Tabernacle of David? My first thoughts are that they are reflected in the sacrifices and types of sacrifices for the Temple and Tabernacle.
As for grain (substance), the main sacrifices of oxen and goats would be fed with these, but there is also a meat (grain) offering—Leviticus 2 which involved flour (grain), oil, and frankincense (v.2—“sweet savour unto the Lord”)—also includes unleavened “cakes”—“firstfruits unto the Lord” (v.12 14). Verse 14 speaks of “green ears of corn dried by the fire” and “corn beaten out of full ears”. Verse 16 speaks of “part of the beaten corn thereof…”.
In addition, the tables of showbread had an important place both in the Temple and in the Tabernacle—within the Holy Place.
The peace offering (Leviticus 3) was to be “of the herd” and “without blemish before the Lord” (v. 1,6) It could be a “goat” (v.12). The sin offering (Leviticus 4) was a “young bullock without blemish” (v. 3) The trespass (guilt) offering (Leviticus 5:14-19) was a “ram without blemish out of the flock” (v.18). All of these offering would have been fed with grain, corn, and/or in the field.
Now, I’m not sure about the wine, but we realize that the bread and wine of Passover became the Bread and Wine of Christ with Communion and the Last Supper so this is important. I thought that I had read somewhere in the Scriptures about a pour offering, but I am not finding it now so I will have to do some more research.
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Tabernacle of David Homework (Appendix II): good vs. evil
Randall Q. Lawrence
Faith Bible College
Tabernacle of David
Elder L.
March 8, 2011
Homework (Appendix II): good vs. evil
It was interesting to read the use of dancing in both good and evil circumstances. I liked how dancing before the Lord is used to glorify God and in worship and praise while dancing for selfish, sensual, carnal reasons just glorifies satan/devil [I do not capitalize—no respect].
This section reminds me of a favorite movie Footloose that was released when I was first in high school. This movie was about a town preacher who got the town to pass anti-dancing laws following the death of his son from driving under the influence coming back from dancing at a bar. The new kid, Ren, played by Kevin Bacon, becomes the hero as he stands up to this preacher in trying to get a Sr. High prom put on.
One of the highlights is in the Ren character standing up to the town council and using a Bible with highlighted Scriptures of Psalm 149:3 & 2 Samuel 6:14-16. My parents and I really liked this movie and it connected with teens and their rebellious ways, had great music and dancing, and it showed how good persons could go to controlling and judgmental extremes. The sad thing about this movie is that it glorifies dancing for sensual, earthly pleasure. It’s easy to pull for the new kid and great to see some reconciliation and healing come between this kid and the preacher over him taking his daughter to the Prom. This movie used dance and great music to make money—another earthly focus.
I want to contrast the above with my experiences this summer. I attended the CCM (Contemporary Christian Ministries) Celebration (family camp) Reunion in June 2010. I went up the whole week with the attitude to serve rather than be ministered to. We had a “soaking room” for prayer, meditation, drawing apart with the Lord. I had to skip out on classes, but I made time to be with the Lord. I also had volunteered to help with the Sr. High group which I did being there to help the young adult leaders. Peggy dropped me off on Sunday, but she could not be there all week and came back up on Wednesday night. We were secretly engaged, but we shared this with quite a few of our friends. We had quite an encounter after I was delivered of some junk—encounter with the Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, and Abba Father God. Our friend Dan, who helped with wedding, prayed a prayer of unity over us and “seemed to marry us in the sight of God”. I bring this up because we were so blessed through this experience and others like a youth “fire tunnel” (double prayer line). I also had a role in getting the baptism re-scheduled later so a father in Texas could make it to Iowa to be a part of the service. The Spirit and a friend motivated me to call and everything fell into place for the blessing of this family. Before the baptism, I was so excited and was going to give a prayer for the service. I got dressed in my swimsuit in case they needed any more help or there were anymore baptisms. I went ahead of Peggy to the pool where the baptisms were being held. Peggy had an accidental fall breaking bones in both legs. She experienced a miraculous healing following 3 rounds of prayer over her. This among many other experiences led to a joy that could only be expressed in movement. I could not keep still. I was so filled with joy and overflowing that I just had to dance before the Lord. I use this example to express my desire to not take experiences with the Lord for granted and expressing how rich, how blessing, how wonderful dancing before the Presence of Lord is compared with the carnal, sensual dancing of my younger days.
Faith Bible College
Tabernacle of David
Elder L.
March 8, 2011
Homework (Appendix II): good vs. evil
It was interesting to read the use of dancing in both good and evil circumstances. I liked how dancing before the Lord is used to glorify God and in worship and praise while dancing for selfish, sensual, carnal reasons just glorifies satan/devil [I do not capitalize—no respect].
This section reminds me of a favorite movie Footloose that was released when I was first in high school. This movie was about a town preacher who got the town to pass anti-dancing laws following the death of his son from driving under the influence coming back from dancing at a bar. The new kid, Ren, played by Kevin Bacon, becomes the hero as he stands up to this preacher in trying to get a Sr. High prom put on.
One of the highlights is in the Ren character standing up to the town council and using a Bible with highlighted Scriptures of Psalm 149:3 & 2 Samuel 6:14-16. My parents and I really liked this movie and it connected with teens and their rebellious ways, had great music and dancing, and it showed how good persons could go to controlling and judgmental extremes. The sad thing about this movie is that it glorifies dancing for sensual, earthly pleasure. It’s easy to pull for the new kid and great to see some reconciliation and healing come between this kid and the preacher over him taking his daughter to the Prom. This movie used dance and great music to make money—another earthly focus.
I want to contrast the above with my experiences this summer. I attended the CCM (Contemporary Christian Ministries) Celebration (family camp) Reunion in June 2010. I went up the whole week with the attitude to serve rather than be ministered to. We had a “soaking room” for prayer, meditation, drawing apart with the Lord. I had to skip out on classes, but I made time to be with the Lord. I also had volunteered to help with the Sr. High group which I did being there to help the young adult leaders. Peggy dropped me off on Sunday, but she could not be there all week and came back up on Wednesday night. We were secretly engaged, but we shared this with quite a few of our friends. We had quite an encounter after I was delivered of some junk—encounter with the Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, and Abba Father God. Our friend Dan, who helped with wedding, prayed a prayer of unity over us and “seemed to marry us in the sight of God”. I bring this up because we were so blessed through this experience and others like a youth “fire tunnel” (double prayer line). I also had a role in getting the baptism re-scheduled later so a father in Texas could make it to Iowa to be a part of the service. The Spirit and a friend motivated me to call and everything fell into place for the blessing of this family. Before the baptism, I was so excited and was going to give a prayer for the service. I got dressed in my swimsuit in case they needed any more help or there were anymore baptisms. I went ahead of Peggy to the pool where the baptisms were being held. Peggy had an accidental fall breaking bones in both legs. She experienced a miraculous healing following 3 rounds of prayer over her. This among many other experiences led to a joy that could only be expressed in movement. I could not keep still. I was so filled with joy and overflowing that I just had to dance before the Lord. I use this example to express my desire to not take experiences with the Lord for granted and expressing how rich, how blessing, how wonderful dancing before the Presence of Lord is compared with the carnal, sensual dancing of my younger days.
Tabernacle of David Homework (Appendix III): ark
Randall Q. Lawrence
Faith Bible College
Tabernacle of David
Elder L.
March 22, 2011
Homework (Appendix III): ark
The book on pg. 265 under “C. The Ark in the Promised Land” under #4 states, “The Ark is positioned between Mt. Ebel, the Mt. of Cursing, and Mt. Gerizim, the Mt. of Blessing” (Joshua 8:30-35, Deuteronomy 28). The text had me thinking in regards to the statements that the Ark and its journey’s mirrored the life of Jesus Christ. There were a lot of interesting parallels, but I would like to just focus on this one.
It occurred to me that Jesus Christ hung on a cross between two thieves—one who cursed him and one who blessed him (Luke 23:39-43 contrasted with Matthew 27 that implies both of the thieves cursed him; gospels agree that he was crucified with 2 others, but this story is found only in Luke). The one thief “railed on him”, but the other rebuked him saying they were receiving their just reward, “but this man hath done nothing amiss” and asks Jesus to “remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.” “And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise.” (Luke 27:43) This situation kind of rebukes those that say you cannot be saved on your death bed and cannot be saved without being baptized. The 2nd thief showed faith, and Jesus blessed that faith with a promise.
This mirrors the image of the Ark (Jesus Christ on the cross) as being between the cursing (1st thief on the cross cursing, questioning him) and the blessing (2nd thief on the cross having faith and insight into Jesus and obtaining the promise for the next life). I really appreciated this parallel. Jesus is in the middle as our mediator between life and death, light and darkness, covenant and sin/disobedience, blessing and cursing. Jesus is also our “Way, Truth, and Life” (John 14:6) and way to obtain the Presence/Favor of the Father. Like the 2nd thief, our just reward for our sins is death. Romans 5:8 states, “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” This is a powerful image between the Crucifixion and the three crosses and the Ark and the Mount of Cursing and Mount of Blessing.
[I thought about a comparison with this same imagery and the Parable of the Sheep (blessing) and Goats (cursing) in Matthew 25:31-46, but I will just stick with the above for my paper.]
Faith Bible College
Tabernacle of David
Elder L.
March 22, 2011
Homework (Appendix III): ark
The book on pg. 265 under “C. The Ark in the Promised Land” under #4 states, “The Ark is positioned between Mt. Ebel, the Mt. of Cursing, and Mt. Gerizim, the Mt. of Blessing” (Joshua 8:30-35, Deuteronomy 28). The text had me thinking in regards to the statements that the Ark and its journey’s mirrored the life of Jesus Christ. There were a lot of interesting parallels, but I would like to just focus on this one.
It occurred to me that Jesus Christ hung on a cross between two thieves—one who cursed him and one who blessed him (Luke 23:39-43 contrasted with Matthew 27 that implies both of the thieves cursed him; gospels agree that he was crucified with 2 others, but this story is found only in Luke). The one thief “railed on him”, but the other rebuked him saying they were receiving their just reward, “but this man hath done nothing amiss” and asks Jesus to “remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.” “And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise.” (Luke 27:43) This situation kind of rebukes those that say you cannot be saved on your death bed and cannot be saved without being baptized. The 2nd thief showed faith, and Jesus blessed that faith with a promise.
This mirrors the image of the Ark (Jesus Christ on the cross) as being between the cursing (1st thief on the cross cursing, questioning him) and the blessing (2nd thief on the cross having faith and insight into Jesus and obtaining the promise for the next life). I really appreciated this parallel. Jesus is in the middle as our mediator between life and death, light and darkness, covenant and sin/disobedience, blessing and cursing. Jesus is also our “Way, Truth, and Life” (John 14:6) and way to obtain the Presence/Favor of the Father. Like the 2nd thief, our just reward for our sins is death. Romans 5:8 states, “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” This is a powerful image between the Crucifixion and the three crosses and the Ark and the Mount of Cursing and Mount of Blessing.
[I thought about a comparison with this same imagery and the Parable of the Sheep (blessing) and Goats (cursing) in Matthew 25:31-46, but I will just stick with the above for my paper.]
Tabernacle of David Assignment 1
Randall Q. Lawrence
Faith Bible College
Tabernacle of David
Elder L.
1/25/11
Tabernacle of David assignment 1: What is it?
First, I would understand that this relates to King David of Judah/Israel who followed after King Saul who courted God’s disfavor. Most understand that David’s son, King Solomon, a man of peace, as opposed to King David, a man of war, built the Temple dedicated to the Lord, and the Lord God of Israel’s Presence (Shekhinah Glory) then enveloped the whole Temple like a cloud—very much like Moses on the mountain getting the Law and leading the Israelites out of Egypt.
Tabernacle would seem to indicate a connection with Moses and the Tabernacle of Moses (really God) that was portable and went with the Israelites everywhere they went. Tabernacle of David would seem to indicate that David restored something very much like the Tabernacle of Moses—portable, though it did not move because the Israelites mostly controlled Judea and Palestine thanks to the exploits of David and his mighty men.
Tabernacle of David would seem to indicate that King David played a role in honoring God through worship, prayer, and in seeking His will. We know that David got his start as a shepherd boy composing psalms to God and playing them in the wilderness. It would seem that there is a connection between music to God and seeking intimacy with God (David was a “man after God’s own heart”) that then can manifest courage in the face of battle whether lions, bears, or the giant Goliath. Music and prayer/intercession seem central to spiritual warfare.
I know that David set up worship leaders, music leaders for 24/7/365 worship, praising God and honoring God. David in his psalms and life was also prophetic for Jesus so I would expect the Tabernacle of David to foreshadow and point to the ministry of Christ and His Bride/Kingdom.
Faith Bible College
Tabernacle of David
Elder L.
1/25/11
Tabernacle of David assignment 1: What is it?
First, I would understand that this relates to King David of Judah/Israel who followed after King Saul who courted God’s disfavor. Most understand that David’s son, King Solomon, a man of peace, as opposed to King David, a man of war, built the Temple dedicated to the Lord, and the Lord God of Israel’s Presence (Shekhinah Glory) then enveloped the whole Temple like a cloud—very much like Moses on the mountain getting the Law and leading the Israelites out of Egypt.
Tabernacle would seem to indicate a connection with Moses and the Tabernacle of Moses (really God) that was portable and went with the Israelites everywhere they went. Tabernacle of David would seem to indicate that David restored something very much like the Tabernacle of Moses—portable, though it did not move because the Israelites mostly controlled Judea and Palestine thanks to the exploits of David and his mighty men.
Tabernacle of David would seem to indicate that King David played a role in honoring God through worship, prayer, and in seeking His will. We know that David got his start as a shepherd boy composing psalms to God and playing them in the wilderness. It would seem that there is a connection between music to God and seeking intimacy with God (David was a “man after God’s own heart”) that then can manifest courage in the face of battle whether lions, bears, or the giant Goliath. Music and prayer/intercession seem central to spiritual warfare.
I know that David set up worship leaders, music leaders for 24/7/365 worship, praising God and honoring God. David in his psalms and life was also prophetic for Jesus so I would expect the Tabernacle of David to foreshadow and point to the ministry of Christ and His Bride/Kingdom.
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