The Pilgrimage to Little Rock

[TJJJ]

Well, some on this forum have now made your yearly pilgrimage to Mecca at Little Rock, paying your respects to the large edifice there in the honor of men.

So, how did your trip go?

How did you feel when you looked at the golden Moroni angel above and behind the pulpit?

Did you get the sense of idolatry or was it business as usual?

Isn't it amazing that when we look at the Book we see where the only thing that God said to build was the Tabernacle.

We see the temples being build to glorify man, not God. Poor ol David could not get it right on this one, walking in his flesh as he were.

God told David that David's son would build the temple. David thought it meant Solomon, God meant Jesus Christ. God was referring to the Temple of the Body of Christ.

We see that when Solomon build the temple that from then on it is referred to as Solomon's Temple. When Herod built his temple it is referred to as Herod's Temple. The edifice there in Little Rock is called JH's church. But the Tabernacle is called either the Tabernacle of God or the Tabernacle in the Wilderness. Stephen called it the Church in the Wilderness.

When you went to the Tabernacle your eyes were immediately drawn to the glory cloud, overshadowing the tent. Yet when the queen of Sheba visited Solomon we see that she was drawn to the glory of the buildings, not the glory of the Cloud.

We see this also in Matthew 24 when even the disciples got caught up in the glory of the buildings. Jesus had to remind them that within a generation that was all going to end. How many times have we seen, even in Pentecost, where it only takes one generation to see the end of the glory of the buildings.

God deliver us from the same mistakes that have been made over and over. Men building temples for their glory and God then walks out. Just as He did to the Solomon's Temple, the Glory cloud first went to the doors, then to the gate of the city then to the mount, then left for good. He will not share His glory with another.

Man builds temples, God builds Tabernacles.

[UnTraditional]

Sorry, I'm outta the loop on this one... What "Temple"?

[TJJJ]

Joel Holmes' camp meeting for GIBS. (Good independent brethren)

This is not a UPCI sanctioned camp meeting.

[TJJJ]

Google : Joel Holmes little rock images. You will see what I mean about the angel and the edifice.

[Disciple4life]

Originally Posted by TJJJ

God told David that David's son would build the temple. David thought it meant Solomon, God meant Jesus Christ. God was referring to the Temple of the Body of Christ.

Man builds temples, God builds Tabernacles.

Wow never thought of it like that. Thanks for the post!

[TJJJ]

Originally Posted by Disciple4life

Wow never thought of it like that. Thanks for the post!

David even misinterpreted the Word of God.

1Ch 22:8 But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build a house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.
1Ch 22:9 Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days.
1Ch 22:10 He shall build a house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.
1Ch 22:11 Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; and prosper thou, and build the house of the LORD thy God, as he hath said of thee.

Solomon echoed those words also.

1Ki 8:18 And the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build a house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart.
1Ki 8:19 Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.
1Ki 8:20 And the LORD hath performed his word that he spoke, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

But what God did say was this.

1Ki 5:5 And, behold, I purpose to build a house unto the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spoke unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build a house unto my name.

We see this fulfilled in Matthew 1:1

Mat 1:1 The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

The Temple Jesus Built was His Body, the Church.

Joh 2:19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
Joh 2:20 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?
Joh 2:21 But he spake of the temple of his body.

Paul wrote,

1Co 6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

Again, men build temples, God builds Tabernacles.

[DaveC519]

Originally Posted by TJJJ

David even misinterpreted the Word of God.

1Ch 22:8 But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build a house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.
1Ch 22:9 Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days.
1Ch 22:10 He shall build a house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.
1Ch 22:11 Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; and prosper thou, and build the house of the LORD thy God, as he hath said of thee.

Solomon echoed those words also.

1Ki 8:18 And the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build a house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart.
1Ki 8:19 Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.
1Ki 8:20 And the LORD hath performed his word that he spoke, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

But what God did say was this.

1Ki 5:5 And, behold, I purpose to build a house unto the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spoke unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build a house unto my name.

We see this fulfilled in Matthew 1:1

Mat 1:1 The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

The Temple Jesus Built was His Body, the Church.

Joh 2:19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
Joh 2:20 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?
Joh 2:21 But he spake of the temple of his body.

Paul wrote,

1Co 6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

Again, men build temples, God builds Tabernacles.

Say WHAT????

[Abiding Now]

Originally Posted by TJJJ

David even misinterpreted the Word of God.

Of all the things that I have read of late around here, this has got to be the worse and most dangerous thing I have read. When a man starts degrading the Word, then there is no stopping place. MAYBE Moses "misinterpreted the Word of God" with Deut. 6:4 and Peter "misinterpreted the Word of God" in Acts 2:38. And the list goes on and on.

[UnTraditional]

Originally Posted by Abiding Now

Of all the things that I have read of late around here, this has got to be the worse and most dangerous thing I have read. When a man starts degrading the Word, then there is no stopping place. MAYBE Moses "misinterpreted the Word of God" with Deut. 6:4 and Peter "misinterpreted the Word of God" in Acts 2:38. And the list goes on and on.

Sadly, as I have seen in the past several months, that is becoming common place. From someone who used to be sandy, stand firm on The Rock of Christ people. His Word is eternal, and His truth is indeed everlasting.

[DaveC519]

Originally Posted by Abiding Now

Of all the things that I have read of late around here, this has got to be the worse and most dangerous thing I have read. When a man starts degrading the Word, then there is no stopping place. MAYBE Moses "misinterpreted the Word of God" with Deut. 6:4 and Peter "misinterpreted the Word of God" in Acts 2:38. And the list goes on and on.