Worship Buildings, 2of3

~ The Temple ~

Key Passages  ~  The temple was modeled after the tabernacle, however it was much more elaborate contained numerous rooms and porches (1 Kings 6-8). 

Key Purpose  ~  The temple was the Jewish center of worship for about 350 years. 

Key Results  ~  1) It was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar when Judah was taken into captivity (2 Chronicles 36:14-21).   2) After Israel returned from captivity a smaller temple was built on Mt. Moriah (Ezra 6:13-22).   3) Later King Herod developed an extensive building program to enlarge and enhance the temple (John 2:20). 

Key Application  ~  Jesus Christ purifying the temple (John 2) is a clear picture of how He is purifying the human temples of His followers through the work of the Holy Spirit. 

Key Prophecy  ~  Jesus Christ prophesied that the existing elaborate temple would be destroyed (Matthew 24:1-2).  The Messiah’s prophecy was fulfilled in the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem by Titus in a.d. 70.

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW

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Worship Buildings, 1of3

~ The Tabernacle ~

Key Passages  ~  Shortly after God gave Moses the law on Mt. Sinai He told him to build a tabernacle for national worship.  He gave Moses specific instructions for the tabernacle (see Exodus 25-30) and he also described the actual building in detail (Exodus 35-40). 

Key Elements  ~  1) The tabernacle was a small portable center of worship build of wood overlaid with gold and covered with four curtains.  2) The tabernacle was portable—capable of being dismantled and carried from location to location during the wilderness wanderings. 

Key Purpose  ~  The tabernacle served as Israel’s center of worship until the reign of King Solomon some 400 years after its construction.  King David expressed a desire to build a more permanent place of worship but it he was told that his son Solomon was the one God had chosen to construct the more permanent building of worship (1 Kings 8:17-21). 

Key Results  ~   A lavish temple was built on a high place in Jerusalem (Mt. Moriah), the place where Abraham went to offer his only son Isaac (Genesis 22).  It was David who purchased the site to build an altar, but it was Solomon who constructed the temple on that location. 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW

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Identity in Christ, 15

~ I Am at Peace ~

Introduction  ~  When Christians understand the various characteristics and aspects of the birthright which came with their second birth, they comprehend their identity in Christ.  Once Christians understand their identity, their destiny is also clear!  This series of “Abundant Life Now” posts will look at one of those facets each week. 

This Week’s Verse  ~  “Having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God” (Romans 5:1-2).

~~~ EXPLANATORY “IDENTITY IN CHRIST” NOTES ~~~  

(1)  Each Monday ALN posts an example of Scripture’s description of aspects/characteristics of Christians—those who have personally trusted in Jesus Christ, The Messiah, as their personal Savior.

(2)  This series is not intended to be an exhaustive list.

(3)  God the Father described Himself to Moses as the great “I AM” (Exodus 3:14).  God the Son also said “I AM” (John 8:58). 

(4)  Jesus Christ is the Son of God and several times in the Gospel of John He refers to Himself as “I am.”  “I am the Bread of Life” (6:35-51), “I am the Light of the World” (8:12, 9:5), “I am the Door” (10:7-9), “I am the Good Shepherd” (10:11-14), “I am the Son of God” (10:36), “I am the Resurrection and the Life” (11:25), “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life” (14:6), “I am in the Father, and the Father in Me … Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me” (John 14:10-11), and “I am the True Vine” (15:1-5). 

(5)  Individual Christians are also sons and daughters of God.  This series will show some of the various “I am” aspects of a Christian. 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW

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