Dictionary of Bible Themes Dictionary of Bible Themes » 5000 Humanity » 5200 Human civilisation » 5207 architecture 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. Examples of architecture The tabernacle Hebrews 8:5 See also Exodus 25:8-9; Exodus 26:1-37 The temple 1 Chronicles 28:11-12 See also 1 Kings 6:1-10,15-38; 1 Chronicles 28:19; 2 Chronicles 3:1-17; Corinthians 4:1-22 Altars Joshua 8:31 See also Exodus 20:25; 2 Kings 16:10-11 Adopting the design of a pagan altar indicated both idolatry and submission to Assyria. Ordinary dwellings Ezekiel's vision of a restored temple Ezekiel 40:1-49; Ezekiel 41:1-26; Ezekiel 42:1-20; Ezekiel 43:10-17 Other structures Genesis 11:4; 1 Kings 7:1-12; Proverbs 24:3-4 implies that a house must be more than bricks and mortar; Jeremiah 22:13-14 Divinely dictated design The ark Genesis 6:14-16 the earliest recorded example of naval architecture Building design as a spiritual metaphor The prophecy of the rejected stone Psalm 118:22; Matthew 21:42 pp Mark 12:10 pp Luke 20:17; 1 Peter 2:7; Matthew 7:24-27 the two foundations pp Luke 6:48-49; 1 Corinthians 3:10-13 the work of Christian ministers; Ephesians 2:19-22 the church; 1 Peter 2:4-7; Isaiah 54:11-12 the heavenly city; Hebrews 11:10; Revelation 21:9-22 God as the architect of creation See also
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