(continued from part 1)
The scriptures are vague about David’s tent. There is some information, but very few details are described. The Tabernacle of Moses was still in operation in David’s time. In fact, the main article of the tabernacle was lost to the Philistines in the days of Saul, David’s predecessor. The ark of the covenant represented God’s Holy presence to the nation of Israel. This gold overlaid article of furniture was lost in a battle, many years before during the time of Eli the high priest. The ark was returned safely back to Israel miraculously, and was stored at Kiriath-jearim, in the house of Abinadab and Eleazar.
Saul didn’t do much about returning it to the tent of Moses, which was set up in Shiloh. For Saul, the ark was a piece of furniture, and he had more pressing matters to tend to. …read more »
King David seemed to spend his whole life longing. He was never satisfied with the place he stood. His heart yearned for something that God Himself had given the king to hope for. The meeting place that God had instructed Moses to build was a portable and transient habitation. The children of Israel would move along in the wilderness from camping spot to camping spot. This is sort of like a flock moving around in search for pastures to graze in. We all know that God was leading them and preparing them to enter into the homeland of His promise. God does indeed look upon us as a flock, and He is our Shepherd, the one who knows what we need and leads us firmly yet with gentleness. Anyway, David saw the tent that was used for the time of preparation and moving, and wanted to build for God a house, that was established and unmovable. David longed for the resting place of God’s permanent habitation. …read more »
What is Beauty?
I have been pondering about this question, what is beauty. There are many opinions out there, probably more than many. What would define this complex, yet very personal word, beauty?
One definition that has been going around for quite some time is: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. This would allude to the paradigm that each person defines what is beautiful within themselves. If you were to run this out all the way it would be like saying that freedom is being able to do whatever the heck you want no matter what anyone else has to say about it. Somehow, I know that freedom means something way more wonderful than anarchy. I believe that beauty also is much more wonderful than anyone’s opinion about the object in question.
In ancient times, design and artwork evolved into templated patterns of what was culturally popular, very much like styles and genres of today. If you look at each culture, such as the Egyptian, or Greek, you can identify characteristic modes that make them unique. …read more »
What does it mean to have faith? Jesus would often times condescend toward His disciples with the phrase, “O you guys, your faith is so little”. He would say this sometimes after there was an event that demonstrated that the disciples lacked the perspective that Jesus had into the situation. …read more »
