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To: muawiyah
"David's Temple was where? Then there's Solomon's Temple. It was destroyed by the Egyptians. It was replaced."

You are really showing your total ignorance of Biblical History. There was NO David's Temple. He was not permitted by God to built it because he shed blood. That task was given to his son Solomon. That Temple was destroyed by the Babylonians under Nebuchadnezzar in 586 B.C.. It was rebuilt by the Jews under the edict of King Cyrus of Persia: "Thus says Cyrus, King of Persian: All the kingdoms of the Earth the LORD God of Heaven has given to me, and He has commanded me to build Him a house at Jerusalem (Yerushalayim), which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all His People? May his God be with him! Now let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the House of the LORD God of Israel (He is God), which is in Jerusalem. And whoever remains in any place where he sojourns, let the men of his place help him with silver and gold, with goods, and livestock, besides the freewill offerings for the House of GOD which is in Jerusalem." Ezra 1:14. The Second Temple was inhanced by Herod, and it was destroyed 40 years after Jesus began His minstry by General Titus Flavius Vespasian in 70 A.D.

111 posted on 06/11/2005 4:13:37 PM PDT by Iam1ru1-2
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To: Iam1ru1-2
OK, David was prohibited from building what he wanted, but he was a rebellions man. There are other sites throughout the ancient land of Canaan that look exactly like the layout Hebrews used for their tabernacles and temples.

May we suggest that an Egyptian sacked the Temple and hauled off the treasure. Try 2 Kings 22 starting with 1 and the word "Josi'ah.

What do you imagine has happened in between to cause such devastation to the House of the Lord (i.e. The Temple) to require major repair, and why are these people down to ONE REMAINING COPY OF THE LAW?

BTW, they not only had only one copy, they had a hard time putting it all back together! That meant that the entire caste of men who memorized the entire Torah had disappeared.

Might we suggest that the Egyptians had come in, smacked them down, hauled off the loot, and then disappeared leaving the Jews alone in their little part of the world.

This all happens before the Babylonian devastation.

118 posted on 06/11/2005 4:30:33 PM PDT by muawiyah (q)
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