Hey, this is Dan at Bible Project. I'm the lead podcast editor.

And you might know that we've been exploring a theme called the City.

You know, this is such a big theme that we've actually decided to do two separate Q and R

episodes for it. So we're now taking questions for the first Q and R and we would really love to

hear from you. You can record your question by June 9th and send it to us at info at BibleProject.com.

Let us know your name, where you're from, and try and keep your question to about 20 seconds.

And if you're able to, please turn, describe your question in the email when you send it to us.

That is a huge help to our team. Again, our email is info at BibleProject.com.

Okay, that's it. We are really looking forward to hearing from you. Here's our episode.

In the storyline of the Bible, cities are mostly bad news.

Cain City is full of violence, Babylon is full of arrogance,

Sodom and Gomorrah, full of injustice and wickedness everywhere you turn.

Cities are a problem. Except the one bright spot, the ancient kingdom of Egypt,

under the leadership of Joseph, which becomes a place of salvation in a time of famine.

So cities can be a place of justice and peace, and that's what we'll look at today.

The second time a city is viewed positively in the Bible. This is the most iconic central city in

the Bible. This city on a hill, the city of Zion. Jerusalem becomes the closest image

to like a Eden heaven on our spot through the narrative imagery and through later poetic

depictions on the meaning of Jerusalem in the Psalms scroll. Today we look at the founding of Jerusalem.

In particular, we look at how David brings the Ark of the Covenant with the Tabernacle up to Jerusalem.

In it is a strange story. The Ark is put on a cart, and along the way the cart stumbles,

so a man named Uza reaches out to keep the Ark from falling and because he touches it, he dies.

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