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Discover the rich symbolism of 7 Towers in the Bible, from the Tower of Babel to Jerusalem's watchtowers, and their divine lessons for us today.
Jan 4, 2022 · In commenting on the fall of the tower of Siloam, Jesus negates four assumptions that people often make: 1) Suffering is proportional to sinfulness. 2) Tragedy is a sure sign of God’s judgment.
Feb 14, 2019 · As Jews mingled and discussed the blood bath of the Galileans, some concluded that the Galileans were worse sinners than most and God let this happen to them because of it. Jesus countered that by telling them that they were in as much need of repentance as the Galileans Pilate killed at the Temple.
- Introduction
- Why Put Up A Tower?
- Rest
- Food/Sustenance
- Worship
- A Dwelling
- Divination
The biblical narrative about the Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1-9) has been the source of many interpretations and even more questions. Why did God destroy the tower? Why did the people build it? What did it mean when the people wanted to “make a name” for themselves? Did the tower have any connections with other similar structures in its time period...
Below we will explore the main purposes of the tower/temple complex. It’s also important to understand that the types of towers differed from region to region and from one historical age to another. The development of temples within the Levant, during the time period that Israel occupied it, followed a normal and predictable pattern. A small diagra...
The very first ziggurats were simple. They were square or rectangular structures with a staircase around the outside of the front walls that led up to the peak. At the peak was a single room. That room was a place where a deity could come and rest. It was a temporary lodging. The room contained a bed and other bedroom furniture. It often contained ...
The culture probably most closely related to that of early Israel is probably northern Canaanite culture. We have tablets from a city named Ugarit, in north Canaan that depicts temple ritual in the early phases. At the temple animals are sacrificed to gods and goddeses that would be familiar to the biblical audience. There were multiple temples and...
While it seems counterintuitive that a deity would need to be worshipped, in the ancient world deities were fighting for rank and also for status on the earth. Large central temple for a deity were thought to demonstrate the strength of their deity. In the myth of Etana an eagle appeals to Shamash to save him from a pit. In return it would make the...
The idea that a deity might live in a temple rather than visit is a late idea in antiquity. Most ancient cultures transitioned slowly from worshiping remote deities to local ones as they moved from nomadism to city-states. We see this transition partly in the scripture with the worship of El and/or YHWH on the mountain slowing moving towards a loca...
The relationship between the god of the ANE and fertility is hard to overstate. For females of the time fertility was everything. This is one reason why Inanna/Ishtar and the fertility cult was so popular. In the temples erected for Inanna/Ishtar some were prepared with the intent that the goddess would make love to Damuzi and in return would bring...
Jan 4, 2022 · The full meaning of “the life is in the blood” would only be revealed in Jesus Christ: “That is why, when Christ came into the world, he said to God, ‘You did not want animal sacrifices or sin offerings. But you have given me a body to offer’” ( Hebrews 10:5, NLT ).
Repent or Perish - Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. Jesus answered, “Do you think that these Galileans were ...
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The Tower of Siloam ( Greek: ὁ πύργος ἐν τῷ Σιλωάμ, ho pyrgos en tō Silōam) was a structure which fell upon 18 people, killing them. Siloam is a neighborhood south of Jerusalem's Old City. In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus refers to the tower's collapse and the death of the 18 in a discourse on the need for individual repentance for sin.
