And the angel of the lord stood by the threshingfloor of ornan the jebusite.
Threshing floor of ornan.
Early in king david s reign the large hill to the north of the city of david mount moriah was still devoid of buildings.
Then david said this is the house of the lord god and this is the altar of the burnt offering for israel 1 chronicles xxii.
Thus the temple the house of the lord was build upon the mount of sacrifice.
There the temple was built and for a thousand years it stood as the centre of divine worship as far as it was visibly presented according to his ordinance.
Ornan s threshing floor became a place chosen by god for worship and service i chron 21 18.
1 chronicles 21 18 view whole chapter see verse in context then the angel of the lord commanded gad to say to david that david should go up and set up an altar unto the lord in the threshingfloor of ornan the jebusite.
The lord chose the threshing floor of ornan the jebusite as the place where for many a day his holy worship should be publicly held according to the outward ceremonies of the old covenant.
The lord s altar in a barn.
And so it is today spiritually.
Well what matters it.
At that time it is owned by ornan who used it for threshing grain top.
It was in the threshing floor of ornan the jebusite that the angel of the lord sheathed his sword and where the voice of the lord was heard it is enough stay now thine hand there by divine command the altar was to be reared.
Ornan offers to give the land along with the bulls for a burnt offering and the threshing sledge as wood for the fire.
It is thought that ornan s threshing floor became the center of what was the great temple in jerusalem and what we today refer to as the dome of the rock 2 chron 3 1.
The altar hallows the barn.