Saturday, June 12, 2004

Where's The Throne of David?

This is the first time I've ever joined one of these 'blogs'!! I think this is a great idea. Perhaps easier for me to speak up here than in class (grin). I was pulled to another ward to work Thursday nite, and spent a majority of that night discussing the Bible and our BC2AD course, the Minor Prophets, and The Day of The Lord with this person. It was great, because normally we don't get to do that! We got into a discussion as to where we think the Throne of David is located. Referring back to the scripture Isaiah 18:7 At that time gifts will be brought to the Lord Almighty from a people feared far and wide, an aggressive nation of strage speech, whose land is divided by rivers - the gifts will be brought to Mount Zion, the place of the Name of the Lord Almighty.The Bible mentions Cush (Ethiopia) and 'the land beyond the rivers of Ehiopia' (Assyria). I think that Christ's True Throne is in Assyria. In I Kings 8:25 God tells us that the throne is "in my sight"; He knows where it is. I just found it exciting to try and 'solve the puzzle' as it were. I may be way off, but it's fun to try and figure it out. A nice little 'mystery' for us to ponder.
There are many Christians working out at Western State Hospital, and it is officially frowned upon to discuss religion or pray with residents; however, we staff occasionally get blessed by being able to openly talk about this amongst ourselves. And, to date, no one has complained about us reading the Bible or doing Bible studies.
And that's a blessing, in itself!!

1 Comments:

At 5:56 PM, Blogger Roderick of TMin said...

What an interesting discussion for your co-workers to get into! Remember that in Hebraic thought, "throne" is a symbol or metaphor for "rule." David's (or Messiah's) throne will thus be wherever his rule is in effect. Biblically speaking, that rule always emanates from Zion, i.e., Jerusalem.

 

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