JERUSALEM
THE HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE BIBLE
LESSON #6
A VISUAL OF CANAAN AND
JERUSALEM
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JERUSALEM
• Heb. 7:2 – Salem = Peace
• Possession of Peace or Habitation of Peace
• The First Mention of the City is in the Time of
Abraham.
• Gen. 14:18 – Melchizedek Came to Meet
Abraham.
• He Is The Only Priest and King in the Bible…Until
Jesus.
• City Was Called Salem at that Time.
JERUSALEM
• CHALLENGE QUESTION – Abraham Returned to
Salem (or Close By). Can You Tell Me Why or
What Is the Story That Takes Place Near
Salem?
• Gen. 22:2
• Abraham Offered His Son Isaac at Mt. Moriah
THE DAYS OF JOSHUA
• Josh 10:1ff – The First Mention of the Name
Jerusalem Is In This Story.
• Joshua Defeats the King of Jerusalem, With 4
of His Allies.
• Jud 1:8 – Records That Israel Took the City of
Jerusalem Also and Burned It With Fire.
• How Many Times Will This City Be Set On Fire?
THE DAYS OF JOSHUA
• Josh. 15:63; Jud. 1:21 – Indicates That the
Jebusites Eventually Took the City Back and
Fortified It.
• This Time Israel Could Not Drive Them Out. So
the Jebusites Continued to Occupy Jerusalem
Until the Days of David.
IN THE DAYS OF DAVID
• David Ruled From Hebron When He First
Became King.
• How Many Years Did He Live and Reign in
Hebron?
• 2 Sam. 5:6-10
• David Built His Palace In a Section of the City
That Once Was the Strong Hold of the City For
the Jebusites. This Was the Highest Section of
the City…Often Referred to As Mt. Zion.
IN THE DAYS OF DAVID
• David Not Only Made Jerusalem a Huge City,
But He Made It The Religious Capital of Israel.
• Prior to the Time of David, The Tabernacle Was
Moved to Several Different Locations.
• Gilgal
• Hebron
• Shiloh
• Nob
• Gibeon
IN THE DAYS OF DAVID
• 2 Sam. 6:17 – David Pitched a Tabernacle or
Tent for the Ark of the Covenant in Jerusalem.
• Where Had the Ark Been?
• What Trouble Did David Have Bringing It Back?
IN THE DAYS OF DAVID
• David Wanted to Build a Permanent House for God,
But God Forbid Him From Building It.
• Instead, God Planned to Have Someone Else Build
It? Who?
• What Did David Do Instead?
• How Did David Decide and Acquire Mt. Moriah for
the Temple?
• 2 Sam. 24:15-25
• 2 Chron 3:1
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JERUSALEM
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IN THE DAYS OF SOLOMON &
THE KINGS
• Solomon Built the Temple on Mt. Moriah.
• He Also Expanded The City’s Borders.
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IN THE DAYS OF SOLOMON &
THE KINGS
• After Solomon Finished the Temple He Built His
Palace.
"HOUSE OF THE FOREST OF
LEBANON,"
• A Series of 5 Structures Built Next to the
Temple.
1. an assembly hall
2. a storage place for arms
3. an anteroom for the throne, where
distinguished guests were received
4. the throne room, an ornately carved
enclosure that contained the throne, which
was made of carved ivory inlaid with gold
"HOUSE OF THE FOREST OF
LEBANON,"
5. the king's palace, which was very large so
as to hold the king's family; and the
residence for Solomon's Egyptian wives,
which adjoined the king's palace.
• Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Copyright
© 1986, Thomas Nelson Publishers)
IN THE DAYS OF SOLOMON &
THE KINGS
• Jerusalem Is Mentioned in Almost Every Book
of the Old Testament and Many in the New
Testament.
IN THE DAYS OF THE KINGS
• Jerusalem Was Destroyed By the Babylonians
as a Punishment For Breaking Covenant With
God.
AFTER CAPTIVITY
• After 70 Years of Captivity God Brought a
Remnant Back to Rebuild the Temple and the
City.
• However, Both the Rebuilding of the Temple
and the Walls of Jerusalem Were Delayed By
the People.
• God Sent Two Prophets to Get The People
Building Again – Haggai and Zechariah.
• It Took About 20 Years to Rebuild the Temple.
DISCOURAGEMENT
• Hag 2:3-4
“Who is left among you who saw this temple in its
former glory? And how do you see it now? Does it
not seem to you like nothing in comparison?
But now take courage, Zerubbabel,' declares the
Lord,' take courage also, Joshua son of
Jehozadak, the high priest, and all you people of
the land take courage,' declares the Lord,' and
work; for I am with you,' says the Lord of hosts.”
JERUSALEM IN THE
DAYS OF JESUS
• Jesus Used Jerusalem and the Feasts as an
Opportunity Teach Many Jews, Especially
Those Outside of Canaan.
• However, Jesus Had to Time Out His Exposure
So That His Hour Would Come At the Right
Time.
• Lesson – Where Was Jesus Buried?
The IndianView
The IndianView
"This site is devoted to demonstrating that
Jesus Christ physically survived the
crucifixion as an 'ordinary' human being,
then traveled eastwards to join Jewish
tribes that had been scattered to the
northern tier of Afghanistan and also
Kashmir, Northern India."
The IndianView
After surviving the crucifixion, Jesus Christ arrived
in Kashmir, where he took up residence for the
remainder of his life. There he ministered to Israelite
tribes of the area, continuing to preach. The
Negaristan-i-Kashmir book says that he eventually
married a woman named Maryan, who bore him
children. He died at the ripe old age of 120 years. His
tomb [see picture of his tomb on our home page] is
located in the Mohala Kan Yar district of the capital
city of Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, Northern India,
and is called the Roza Bal ("The Site of the Honored
Tomb").
The JapaneseView
The JapaneseView
The signboard explains that Christ first arrived
in Japan at the age of 21 and after studying
Ancient Shintoism for 10 years he evolved a
doctrine and returned to Judea to teach it. The
authorities opposed this and decided to crucify
him. Jesus' brother, Isukiri, volunteered to die
on Jesus' behalf . Christ returned to Japan at
the age of 37 and ultimately settled in Japan,
passing away at the age of 106. The remains of
Isukiri were brought to Japan and entombed,
accounting for the second grave."
The Lost Tomb of Jesus
• 2007 film maker Simcha Jacobovici
claimed to discover the real tomb of
Jesus.
Two Realistic Views
OR
The Church of the
Holy Sepulchre
The Garden Tomb
The Church of the
Holy Sepulchre
(Holy Grave)
The Shrine
Above The
Tomb of
Jesus
Inside The Shrine
The Church of the
Holy Sepulchre
(Holy Grave)
The Roman Emperor Constantine
Believed This To Be The Spot Where Jesus
Was Buried (or His Mother Helena).
Golgatha Was Believed To Be A Few Yards
Away.
The Church Enshrines Both Spots.
The Church of the
Holy Sepulchre
(Holy Grave)
 It is believed that the Roman Emperor Hadrian
had filled in the tomb with dirt and built a
temple to Venus on top because of his hatred for
Christianity.
In The 4th Century, Constantine Apparently
Chose This As The Spot of Jesus' Tomb. He Chose
The Tomb From Several Tombs In The Area, But No
One Knows What Evidence He Had For Choosing
This Tomb.
The Church of the
Holy Sepulchre
(Holy Grave)
Constantine Built A Church Above The Tomb
Declaring He Had Found The Tomb of Christ.
The Persians Destroyed The Church In A.D. 614
The Church of the
Holy Sepulchre
(Holy Grave)
The Church Was Rebuilt Soon Afterward, But
Suffered Damage When The Muslims Gained
Control of the Sight Both In A.D. 976 and A.D.
1009.
In 1099 The Crusaders Erected Another Church
Around The Existing One.
Additional Chapels and Buildings Were Built
Around This Church In The 11th, 16th, and 19th
Centuries.
The Garden Tomb
The Garden Tomb
Matt 27:60, "and laid it in his own new tomb,
which he had hewn out in the rock; and he rolled
a large stone against the entrance of the tomb
and went away."
John 19:41, "Now in the place where He was
crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a
new tomb, in which no one had yet been laid."
Matt 27:33, "And when they had come to a place
called Golgotha, which means Place of a Skull ..."
What Can We
Learn From All Of
This?
Reminds Me Of Two Ways Man Has
Approached God Over The Years
A Simpler Approach