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.
Threshing floor of ornan.
Ornan s threshing floor became a place of answered prayer and deliverance i chron 21 28.
Ornan offers to give the land along with the bulls for a burnt offering and the threshing sledge as wood for the fire.
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.
And so it is today spiritually.
Early in king david s reign the large hill to the north of the city of david mount moriah was still devoid of buildings.
Ornan s threshing floor became a place chosen by god for worship and service i chron 21 18.
The threshing floor of ornan stood upon mount moriah the very mount in which abraham was told to sacrifice isaac 2nd chron.
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.
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.
At that time it is owned by ornan who used it for threshing grain top.
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.
Thus the temple the house of the lord was build upon the mount of sacrifice.
The lord s altar in a barn.
And the angel of the lord stood by the threshingfloor of ornan the jebusite.
The altar hallows the barn.