Exodus 24:17-18
Upon the Mountain of God
Isaiah 66:1 “Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool. Where then is a house you could build for Me? And where is a place that I may rest?”
1st Kings 8:27 “But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You, how much less this house which I have built!
Exodus 24:17-18
Upon the Mountain of God
Quick History: Tabernacle
• In 1446 BC The Hebrews come out of Egypt and within a couple of years built the tabernacle, a tent-temple.
• It is used during the wilderness wanderings and in the Promised Land for about 400 years.
Quick History: The First Temple (Solomon’s)
• King David purchased land and collected supplies for temple construction on his mountain-capital of Jerusalem.
• About 960 BC King Solomon built the temple. It was the center of religious life for over 400 years.
• In 587 BC the temple was destroyed by the Babylonians, when many Jews were taken in exile.
Quick History: The Second Temple
• In 538 B.C. Cyrus returned the Jews to Israel and helped them rebuild the temple. It was smaller and less impressive than the First Temple.
• Around 19 B.C. King Herod the Great began expanding and renovating the temple, now called “Herod’s temple”.
• In 70 A.D. the Second Temple was destroyed by Roman General Titus during the Jewish Revolt.
Quick History: The Temple Mount
• The site where these temples were is called the “Temple Mount”.
• It currently holds the Western Wall, sometimes called the Wailing Wall - the only part of the Second Temple that remained after the Roman destruction.
• It also holds the Al-Aqsa Mosque, which is important to Muslims.
Ezekiel 6:13
“Then you will know that I am the Lord, when their slain are among their idols around their altars, on every high hill, on all the tops of the mountains, under every green tree and under every leafy oak—the places where they offered soothing aroma to all their idols.”
Mountain/Temple/Dwelling
Exodus 24:17-18
Upon the Mountain of God
Genesis 2:2-3
“By the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. 3 Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.”
Ezekiel 28:13–14
“You were in Eden, the garden of God; Every precious stone was your covering: The ruby, the topaz and the diamond; The beryl, the onyx and the jasper; The lapis lazuli, the turquoise and the emerald; And the gold, the workmanship of your settings and sockets, Was in you. On the day that you were created They were prepared. 14 “You were the anointed cherub who covers, And I placed you there. You were on the holy mountain of God; You walked in the midst of the stones of fire.
Isaiah 51:3
Indeed, the Lord will comfort Zion; He will comfort all her waste places. And her wilderness He will make like Eden, And her desert like the garden of the Lord; Joy and gladness will be found in her, Thanksgiving and sound of a melody.
Psalm 46:4
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, The holy dwelling places of the Most High.
Ezekiel 47:1-12
Then he brought me back to the door of the house; and behold, water was flowing from under the threshold of the house toward the east, for the house faced east. And the water was flowing down from under, from the right side of the house, from south of the altar. 2 He brought me out by way of the north gate and led me around on the outside to the outer gate by way of the gate that faces east. And behold, water was trickling from the south side. 3 When the man went out toward the east with a line in his hand, he measured a thousand cubits, and he led me through the water, water reaching the ankles.
Ezekiel 47:1-12
4 Again he measured a thousand and led me through the water, water reaching the knees. Again he measured a thousand and led me through the water, water reaching the loins. 5 Again he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not ford, for the water had risen, enough water to swim in, a river that could not be forded. 6 He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen this?” Then he brought me back to the bank of the river. 7 Now when I had returned, behold, on the bank of the river there were very many trees on the one side and on the other. 8 Then he said to me, “These waters go out toward the eastern region and go down into the Arabah; then they go toward the sea, being made to flow into the sea, and the waters of the sea become fresh.
Ezekiel 47:1-12
9 “It will come about that every living creature which swarms in every place where the river goes, will live. And there will be very many fish, for these waters go there and the others become fresh; so everything will live where the river goes. 10 “And it will come about that fishermen will stand beside it; from Engedi to Eneglaim there will be a place for the spreading of nets. Their fish will be according to their kinds, like the fish of the Great Sea, very many. 11 “But its swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they will be left for salt. 12 “By the river on its bank, on one side and on the other, will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither and their fruit will not fail. They will bear every month because their water flows from the sanctuary, and their fruit will be for food and their leaves for healing.”
Isaiah 2:2–4
“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. 3 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.”
Isaiah 2:2–4
For the law will go forth from Zion And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. 4 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.
Exodus 24:17-18
Upon the Mountain of God
Revelation 22:1–4
1 Then he showed me a river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming from the throne of God and of the Lamb, 2 in the middle of its street. On either side of the river was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. 3 There will no longer be any curse; and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His bond-servants will serve Him; 4 they will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads.