Journey to the Land of Uz

The story of Job was set in Uz, an obscure land far from Israel, during an unknown time
period, the book of Job focuses on questions about God's justice and why good people
suffer. This place of Uz is very important. The story that took place on this place is very
unique. It will give us great values and faithfulness to God.  
Place Description:
The land of Uz is associated with the territory of Edom (Lamentations 4:21: Rejoice and
be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz), which is near the area
southeast of the Dead Sea, toward the upper reaches of the Sinai Peninsula, east of
Egypt and just north of the Red Sea. Although that area is not very pleasant now, at the
time of Abraham it was “well watered everywhere, before the LORD destroyed Sodom
and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest
unto Zoar” (Genesis 13:10). Quite likely, this was one of the more beautiful spots that
was safely away from the rule of Nimrod and farther away from the climate shifts that
were leading to the coming Ice Age.
Character in the Land of Uz:
Job was a blameless and upright man, who feared God and turned away from
evil. There were born to him seven sons and three daughters. He possessed 7,000
sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, and 500 female donkeys, and very many
servants, so that this man was the greatest of all the people of the east.
 
Journey to King Solomon’s Temple

The crowning achievement of King Solomon’s reign was the erection of the
magnificent Temple (Hebrew- Beit haMikdash) in the capital city of
ancient Israel – Jerusalem. His father, King David , had wanted to build the great
Temple a generation earlier, as a permanent resting place for the Ark of the Covenant
which contained the 10 Commandments.

Place Description:
The Bible's description of Solomon's Temple (also called The First Temple) suggests
that the inside ceiling was was 180 feet long, 90 feet wide, and 50 feet high. The highest
point on the Temple that King Solomon built was actually 120 cubits tall (about 20
stories or about 207 feet). According to the 2 Chronicles:3:3-17, The foundation
Solomon laid for building the temple of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide
(using the cubit of the old standard). The portico at the front of the temple was twenty
cubits long across the width of the building and twenty cubits high.He overlaid the inside
with pure gold.  He paneled the main hall with juniper and covered it with fine gold and
decorated it with palm tree and chain designs.  He adorned the temple with precious
stones. And the gold he used was gold of Parvaim. He overlaid the ceiling beams,
doorframes, walls and doors of the temple with gold, and he carved cherubim on the
walls. He built the Most Holy Place, its length corresponding to the width of the temple—
twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. He overlaid the inside with six hundred
talents of fine gold.  The gold nails weighed fifty shekels. He also overlaid the upper
parts with gold.For the Most Holy Place he made a pair of sculptured cherubim and
overlaid them with gold. The total wingspan of the cherubim was twenty cubits. One
wing of the first cherub was five cubits long and touched the temple wall, while its other
wing, also five cubits long, touched the wing of the other cherub.  Similarly one wing of
the second cherub was five cubits long and touched the other temple wall, and its other
wing, also five cubits long, touched the wing of the first cherub.  The wings of these
cherubim extended twenty cubits. They stood on their feet, facing the main hall.He
made the curtain of blue, purple and crimson yarn and fine linen, with cherubim worked
into it.For the front of the temple he made two pillars, which together were thirty-five
cubits long, each with a capital five cubits high.  He made interwoven chains and put
them on top of the pillars. He also made a hundred pomegranates and attached them to
the chains.  He erected the pillars in the front of the temple, one to the south and one to
the north. The one to the south he named Jakin and the one to the north Boaz.
Characters in King Solomon’s Temple:
King Solomon, Hebrew Shlomo, was a biblical Israelite king who built the first Temple
of Jerusalem and who is revered in Judaism and Christianity for his wisdom and
in Islam as a prophet.
Jew, Hebrew Yĕhūdhī or Yehudi, any person whose religion is Judaism. In the
broader sense of the term, a Jew is any person belonging to the worldwide group
that constitutes, through descent or conversion, a continuation of the ancient Jewish
people, who were themselves descendants of the Hebrews of the Bible (Old
Testament). 
 
Journey to Jerusalem:

Jerusalem is a city located in modern-day Israel and is considered by many to be one

of the holiest places in the world. Jerusalem is a site of major significance for the three
largest monotheistic religions: Judaism, Islam and Christianity, and both Israel and
Palestine have claimed Jerusalem as a capital city.

Place Description:
Jerusalem is a holy city for Jews, Christians, and Muslims, the capital of the ancient
kingdom of Judah and of the modern state of Israel. The name means “city of
peace.” Jerusalem is often called Zion; Mount Zion is the hill on which the fortress of the
city was built.
Map is showing Jerusalem as the seat of the Israeli government and largest city of
Israel. The city is located in the Judaean hills about 32 km (20 mi) from the Jordan River
and about 30 km west of the northern tip of the Dead Sea.
Characters in Jerusalem
Ben Sira, the author, was a devout man of wisdom who lived in Jerusalem about 200
BC. The first 43 chapters of the Book provide moral instruction and common sense
gained from experience, fitting of Wisdom literature. As with the Book of Job, the author
notes the "beginning of wisdom is fear of the Lord."
Jew, Hebrew Yĕhūdhī or Yehudi, any person whose religion is Judaism. In the broader
sense of the term, a Jew is any person belonging to the worldwide group
that constitutes, through descent or conversion, a continuation of the ancient Jewish
people, who were themselves descendants of the Hebrews of the Bible (Old
Testament).