And, as I told you before, I think I do not vary from the sense of the text in calling them cups; because, though there they have no name, they are joined with king Solomon's drinking vessels, and because as so joined in the type, so they are also joined here; therefore the cup here is called Christ's cup. What had he to do in God's house? King solomons house of the forest of lebanon images. Which privileges of hers, since they are soul concerns, make no infringement upon any man's liberties. Lebanon faced Tire and even belonged to it. "My well-beloved, " saith he, "lift up your eyes and consider the counsels of God.
It was a no-go zone for any males other than the king. Wherefore light against light in this last place, or where it is thus repeated, cannot, I think, be more fitly applied than to that now under our consideration; that is to say, than to the opposite persuasions, different apprehensions, and thwart conclusions, that are constantly drawn from the same texts to maintain a diverse practice. An army terrible with banners (Cant 6:4). If we seek its analogy in the New Testament, our thoughts turn immediately towards the Church of which He said: "Upon this rock I will build my church. "Thus, " saith he, "do we resemble Christ our Head, which said that the disciple cannot be above his master, nor the servant about his Lord. THE BEQA VALLEY SITS IN THE MIDDLE OF LEBANON'S TWO MASSIVE MOUNTAIN RANGES. OF THE PORCH OF THE HOUSE OF THE FOREST OF LEBANON.
We have already said that the union of Solomon with Pharaoh's daughter did not prefigure the relationship of the Lord with the Church, but that of the nations, formerly oppressors of God's people, with the Messiah. But though the house exceeded in length and breadth the temple of Jerusalem, yet as to their height they were the same, to show that what acts that in the wilderness doth, above what they have been capable to do, that have not been in that condition; yet the nature of their grace is the same (Rom 15:27; 1 Peter 1:1). "Be wise now therefore, O ye kings; be instructed, ye judges of the earth. No, no, it is a prophecy touching the afflicted state of the church in the wilderness, of which Lebanon, I mean this house of the forest of Lebanon, was a figure. Humanity, in its usual acceptation, means the inferiority of man to the divine or angelic nature, but superiority to the mere animal or brute creation. Here standeth first Christ Jesus in the front; about him stand the old fathers, prophets, and evangelists, apostles, and all the servants of God; of whom some do embrace and cherish me, some exhort me, some open the sacraments unto me, some comfort me, other some are singing about me: and how then shall I be thought to be alone, among so many, and such as these be, the beholding of whom to me is both solace and example. This is not so of "the house of the forest of Lebanon" (1 Kings 7:2-7 2He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars. Each one therefore hath the true and false profession, will be confident of his own way; he that was right, knew he was right; and he that was wrong, thought he was right, and so the battle began. This, as I said, is part of a letter writ by Pomponius Alerius, an Italian martyr, who, when he wrote it, was in prison, in, as he calls it, his delectable orchard, the prison of Leonine, 12 calend. Did not Haman lead Mordecai in his state by the hand of anger? These home-thrusts at conscience, so constantly met with in Bunyan's works, should have the effect of exciting us to solemn self-examination. If you add to these the different makes of the houses, it will sufficiently appear that they were not one. OF THE SHIELDS AND TARGETS THAT WERE IN THE HOUSE OF THE FOREST OF LEBANON. Similarly, the Lord had priests dwelling with Him in His temple.
I might here multiply things, but that light against light is now among the godly as light against light was in the house of the forest of Lebanon, is not at all to be questioned. Find the right content for your market. "I have likened, " says God, "The daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman" (Jer 6:2). As he said, the Lord is the portion of my cup. "When the blast of the terrible ones has been as a storm against the wall" (Isa 25:4; 1 Tim 3:15). They, I say, see not the weight, the glory, the weight of glory that is in a truth of God, and therefore they laugh at them that will count it worth the while to endure so much to support it from falling to the ground. And it was made by direction of Solomon, who was a type of Christ, by the power of whose grace and working our armour is also provided for us, as in the texts afore-mentioned may appear.
All heresies, errors, and delusions with which Christ's church has been assaulted in all ages, have bent themselves against some one or all of these (Rev 16:13, 16). And as it was forty cubits longer, so it was thirty cubits wider, still showing that every way she would abound. What can be more express? They that were for being members in the church in the wilderness, must not look for rest until their Lord shall come (Rom 13:13, 14; 2 Thess 1:5-9).
For after the first angel had sounded, and the star was fallen from heaven to the earth, and had received the key of the bottomless pit, and had opened the mouth thereof, the smoke came out amain. Lebanon geography divided the country into vastly different regions. For here is a face of threatening revenge, they were store-houses, chariot-cities, cities of horsemen, with castles and towers. And this shows that the church in the wilderness has the same foundation and support as had the temple that was at Jerusalem, though in a state of sackcloth, tears, and affliction, the lot of the church in the wilderness; for she, while there, is to howl (Zech 11:2).
CHAPTER V. OF THE WINDOWS IN THE HOUSE OF THE FOREST OF LEBANON. His life, and all other things, become but dross, that he may win Christ, and maintain his cause in the world. Who can accuse the Baptists with injuring those who differed from them when Roger Williams and his Baptist brethren obtained the charter of Rhode Island, with full power to rule themselves by any form of government they preferred? Thus in Lebanon, in this brave house, is found the excellency of the church, and the beauty of Christ, for that they are both as a rock, with glory and majesty, bended against the enemies of the truth. And as Christ thus compares his church, so she again returns, or compares the face of her Lord to the same, saying, "His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars" (Can 5:15). Natural ports and harbors lined the coast of Phoenicia in cities such as Tyre, Byblos, Sidon, Beyrutus, and Arvad. Next here is a promise that he will comfort her; and what doth this suppose but that she was in her wilderness state, uncomfortable at least as to her outward peace, her liberty, and gospel privileges and beauties? The second month in the Hebrew calendar began April 7.
We will now therefore here make a brief conclusion of all. However, these mountains are not as fertile, or productive, as Mount Lebanon. I told you before that by the windows is meant the Word, which is compared to glass (1 Cor 13:12; 2 Cor 3:18; James 1:23-25). Tyre furnished the shipbuilders and mariners; the fruitful plains of Palestine victualledthe fleets, and supplied the manufacturers and merchants of the Phoenician league with all the necessaries of life.
The windows here are figures of the Word of God, by which light the light of life is let into the heart; through that, the glass of these windows, the beams of the Sun of righteousness shine into the church. The house of the forest of Lebanon was forty cubits longer than was the temple at Jerusalem, to show that the church in the wilderness would increase more, and be far larger than she that had peace and prosperity. Here I see kings, princes, cities, and people; here I see wars, where some be overthrown, some be victors, some thrust down, some lifted up. Their face is made strong against the face of their enemies, and their foreheads strong against their foreheads (Eze 3:8, 9). But what do I cite particular texts, since reason, histories, experience, anything that is intelligible, will confirm this for a truth; namely, that a people whose profession is directly in opposition to the devil and Antichrist, and to all debauchery, inhumanity, profaneness, superstition, and idolatry, when suffered to be invaded by the dragon, the beast, the false prophet, and whore, must needs taste of these cups, and drink thereof, to their astonishment. If I am out I know it not; if others can give me better light here about for it I will be thankful. The first is called Solomon's "own house, " "his house where he dwelt, " his own residence. Mr. Kenrick's Phoenicia may also be consulted with advantage.
To enter into their counsels. The Phoenicians used these trees to build their extensive navy, as well as trade and build their mighty civilization. And did he not behave himself valiantly? Blessed are all they that put their trust in him" (Psa 2:10-12). Each has its own characteristics, each needs to be approached differently, " he said. The Word reflecting upon the understanding, without the interposing of man's traditions, makes the mind of God to a man more clear than when attended with the other. His own house, certainly of less importance than the temple, cost him thirteen years of labor. How then can the world judge of the condition of the saints? Was to live, set farther back, was similar in design. That the house of the forest of Lebanon was a house significant, I think is clear; also, if it had not, we should not have had so particular an account thereof in the holy Word of God: I read but of four buildings wherein, in a particular manner, the houses or fabrics are, as to their manner of building, distinctly handled. His magna charta concludes with these words, "And let the saints of the Most High walk in this colony without molestation, in the name of Jehovah their God, for ever and ever. " What means he here by Lebanon but the church under persecution, and the fruitful field? "if a fox go up he shall even break down their stone wall" (Neh 4:2, 3).
And if so, then it shows that as the house of the forest of Lebanon stood upon these four rows of pillars, as the names of the twelve tribes stood in four rows of precious stones upon Aaron's breastplate when he went into the holiest, so this house, or church in the wilderness, stands upon the doctrine of the apostles and prophets (Exo 28:17, 29:10). That was one thing that wrought with Moses to desire that he might go over Jordan; namely, that he might see that goodly mountain, and Lebanon. Wherefore in that he saith "light was against light in three ranks, " he suggesteth, to the life, how it would be in the church in the wilderness. But what have they got by all they have done, either against the head or body of the same? This house of the forest of Lebanon was therefore a significative thing, wisely built and fit for the purpose for which it was designed, which was to show what afterward would be the state of the church in the wilderness.
And indeed, here had need be pillars and pillars and beams and beams too, since it was designed for assaults to be made upon it, since it was set for a butt for the marksman, and to be an object for furious heathens to spend their rage against its walls. And whoso considers what has already been said as to what the house of the forest of Lebanon met with, will find that what is here inferred is not foreign but natural. Lebanon's Coastal Plain is a thin strip of land sandwiched between the Great Sea and the mountains. THE BEQA VALLEY RESTS BETWEEN THE TWO RANGES. Was not his mind elevated a thousand degrees beyond sense, carnal reasons, fleshly love, self-concerns, and the desires of embracing temporal things? This porch of the throne was the "porch of judgment. " They also used the resin in their mummification process. O that it may more and more abound. Let us be glad and joyous in our innocency and uprightness; the Lord shall reward them that persecute us; let us refer all revengement to him.
As the house therefore is a figure of the church in the wilderness, so, so great a porch belonging to it may be also to show that numbers may there be entertained that, if need be, will quickly whip out again. Thou hast made summer and winter. And so die by the sword of the Spirit. Troubles for Christ's sake are but like the prick of an awl in the tip of the ear, in order to hang a jewel there. Hence they that came out of great tribulation, when compared with others, are said to be a numberless number, or a multitude which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues. The stone barrier is part of a defensive complex that includes a gatehouse, an adjacent building, and a guard tower, which has been only partially excavated, according to Eilat Mazar, who led the dig for the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
I fear not thousands of people which compass me about. Within the history of Palestine, Israel and Phoenicia developed a very close bond, with Israel exchanging her agricultural goods for Phoenicia's trading links.
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Some cracking bream have been caught right in close to the rock walls along with heaps of jack and cod.