Dictionary of Bible Themes The design of buildings, for religious or secular use. Building designs were often regarded in Scripture as embodying spiritual truths, and capable of being divinely inspired. Hebrews 8:5Examples of architecture See also The tabernacle Exodus 25:8-9; 26:1-371 Chronicles 28:11-12 See also The temple 1 Kings 6:1-10,15-381 Chronicles 28:19 2 Chronicles 3:1-17; 4:1-22 Joshua 8:31 See also Altars Exodus 20:252 Kings 16:10-11 Deuteronomy 22:8 Adopting the design of a pagan altar indicated both idolatry and submission to Assyria. Ordinary dwellings Ezekiel 40:1-49; 41:1-26; 42:1-20; 43:10-17Ezekiel's vision of a restored temple Genesis 11:41 Kings 7:1-12 Other structures Proverbs 24:3-4Jeremiah 22:13-14 implies that a house must be more than bricks and mortar Genesis 6:14-16Divinely dictated design The ark the earliest recorded example of naval architecture Psalms 118:22Building design as a spiritual metaphor Matthew 21:42The prophecy of the rejected stone 1 Peter 2:7pp Mk 12:10 Matthew 7:24-27pp Lk 20:17 1 Corinthians 3:10-13the two foundations pp Lk 6:48-49 Ephesians 2:19-22the work of Christian ministers 1 Peter 2:4-7Isaiah 54:11-12 the church Hebrews 11:10Revelation 21:9-22 the heavenly city Job 38:4-5God as the architect of creation See also 4842 north5212 arts and crafts 5240 building 5256 city 5269 cornerstone 5317 foundation 5340 house 5437 palaces 5444 pledges 5779 advice 7459 tabernacle, in OT 7467 temple, Solomon's |
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