nerdy theology

So I am a nerd, it is true. However that has proven to be a blessing when it causes me to study scripture. Right now I am studying the theological significance of Jerusalem after Gen. 14. and before David conquers it from the Jebusites. Here is something that I thought was interesting.

1) Genesis 14- Abraham meets Melchizedek the king of Jerusalem (or Salem), and honors him (cross reference Hebrews 7). Melchizedek points to christ.
2)Genesis 22-Abraham almost sacrifices his son on Mt. Moriah (or the land of Moriah). The Lord used this instance to point to the coming sacrifice of his son.
3)The Israelites saw Jerusalem in a favorable light because they took Adoni-Bezek there to die (Judges 1), as well as the head of Goliah (I Samuel 17)
4) The angel of the Lord relented from destroying Jerusalem at the threshing floor or Arunah the Jebusite 2 Samuel 24:16, which is what david later bought, and ended up being the location of Solomon's temple. The threshing floor of Arunah (or Ornan), was the on Mt. Moriah (II Chron 3:1), which is where the messianic foreshadow of a perfect sacrifice was made during Abraham's time. God gave us an OT picture of his son's perfect sacrifice, on the exact spot that all the millions of sacrifices for the next 500 years would be made. I doubt that is a coincidence.

So prior to the presence of the Lord there, there already was some sort of significance to that city. I thought it was interesting. If that does not interest you I will fight you.