From my last post, we know Isaac was offered on Mt. Moriah, as a precurser to the sacrifice of Jesus Christ.
God told David to build the temple on Mt. Moriah.
In 2Sam 24:24, David bought the threshing floor (and oxen) from Araunah, a Jebusite, for 30 shekels of silver. I find it interesting that threshing was the act of sifting chaf from wheat.
In 1Cron 21:24, David buys the entire site of Mt. Moriah for six hundred shekels of gold. The threshing floor was part of Mt. Moriah.
* In a beautiful gesture, both times, David refuses to take the threshing floor or Mt. Moriah as a gift. He proclaims he will not offer anything to God that does not come with a price to him. Do any of us feel this way today? This had to be one reason that David had God's heart. (He was being repentant for a foolish act that caused 70,000 men to die of a plague.)
David built an alter on Mt Moriah and eventually the City of David surrounded that spot. This former City of David is now Jerusalem.
On this spot, Solomon built the first temple inside which was the Holy of Holies. (Heb: Kadosh Hakado Shin)
The temple was later destroyed and rebuilt then replaced with a mosque which stands over the former Holy of Holies, the point of creation and the spot where the Arc of God's Covenant was placed.
It is the place God has chosen for Himself to manifest His glory. Rev. 21:3
Looking from the South, the Temple Mount towers over the Southern Ridge the City of David. (Note: the large building in the top center of the illustration.) It's high elevation, on "the sides of the north", signifies its greater holiness and suitability for the location of God’s Temple, where Israel’s sacrifices would all be offered. (The utmost point, top right in illus, is a monument to Calvary.) In the foreground of the above illustration is the Kidron Valley.
Ps 48:2, Zaphon is the higher area behind the temple; the north side of the temple. This Psalm talks of the power of this city because God has chosen it for His dwelling place, in the Holy of Holies and in the millennium. The writers of this Psalm, Sons of Korah (temple Priests), considered themselves keepers ("gatekeepers")of secrets of God.
Isa 14:13-14, “For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God (2nd Heaven); I will also sit upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds (1st Heaven); I will be like the most high. This is Lucifer talking but tells us where God will make His home - on Mt. Zion ("mt. of congregation") in the sides of the north (holy of holies) - with man.
Isa 14:13, Zaphon refers to the north quarter of the city; ie: sides of the north. Northern point of the city is the temple, northern area of the temple is the Holy of Holies.
Ezek 38:6, Beth Togarmah means "House of Togarmah". Togarmah is a son of Gomer, son of Japheth, son of Noah, Gen 10:3. Japheth is the son that went north after the flood.
* The north wall of Jerusalem, behind the temple, is referred to as the "sides of the north". It is the highest elevation, second only to Calvary, in Jerusalem.
Clear as mud? I have always been curious about the phrase, "sides of the north". Now, I have a location: northern most part of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem; the Holy of Holies. This is to be God's dwelling place for the universe for all eternity. Mt. Moriah, Heb: "Chosen of The Lord".
Amen
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| Sign on the west wall of the temple. |
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