by Shannon Popp | Dec 3, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 7:48 ““‘Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord, or what is the place of my rest?” These religious leaders who have put Stephen on trial are guilty of temple worship. Really worshiping what their...
by Shannon Popp | Dec 2, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 7:47 “But it was Solomon who built a house for him.” David never builds the temple, but his son Solomon does using the material collected by David. The temple Solomon had built was destroyed before this. In fact this temple they are referring to is the third...
by Shannon Popp | Dec 1, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 7:46 [David] “who found favor in the sight of God and asked to find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.” King David looked at his palace and compared it to the tent that was built for God, and desired to build a better place for God’s dwelling on earth. The...
by Shannon Popp | Nov 30, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 7:45 “Our fathers in turn brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations that God drove out before our fathers. So it was until the days of David,” Remember Stephen is telling them and us that the worship of God is not confined to a place or a...
by Shannon Popp | Nov 29, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 7:44 ““Our fathers had the tent of witness in the wilderness, just as he who spoke to Moses directed him to make it, according to the pattern that he had seen.” Stephen speaking of this “tent” of witness, is reminding them of this tabernacle that was built and...
by Shannon Popp | Nov 28, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 7:43 “You took up the tent of Moloch and the star of your god Rephan, the images that you made to worship; and I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.’” Stephen calls out their idolatry again. They made gods with their hands, so they could worship the god of...
