"How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God,"
When God blesses Jacob he says, "and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed." Jacob is on a journey and it has its spiritual corollary, "and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed" and "and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of."(vv.14-15) He shall indeed come back to his father's house."And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned."(Gen.35.29). The House of God in his dream is yet another. Jesus coming to the temple and ihe refers to the house of God. "And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves." (Mt.21.13). The heaven as a sign sets his cleansing the temple as foreordained. Isaiah refers to it as the house of prayer for all nations.(Isa.56.7) The spiritual plane carries a throne as well so we find the souls praying to God."And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:/ And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?"(Rev.6.9-11) In the visions of St John we find this same throne doubling for the temple. "And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe."(Rev.14.15-20)
Here we have cleansing of the temple in its true sense."by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs."(v.20) Multiples of Four tells that it was in accordance with the Word.
"How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God,"
When God blesses Jacob he says, "and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed." Jacob is on a journey and it has its spiritual corollary, "and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed" and "and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of."(vv.14-15) He shall indeed come back to his father's house."And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned."(Gen.35.29). The House of God in his dream is yet another. Jesus coming to the temple and ihe refers to the house of God. "And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves." (Mt.21.13). The heaven as a sign sets his cleansing the temple as foreordained. Isaiah refers to it as the house of prayer for all nations.(Isa.56.7) The spiritual plane carries a throne as well so we find the souls praying to God."And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:/ And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?"(Rev.6.9-11) In the visions of St John we find this same throne doubling for the temple. "And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe."(Rev.14.15-20)
Here we have cleansing of the temple in its true sense."by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs."(v.20) Multiples of Four tells that it was in accordance with the Word.
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