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It is sacred for Judaism. The temple has remained as the central place of worship, locus of offering sacrifices,and house of prayer for the Jews. |
The TEMPLE |
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True or False? The first temple was built by Solomon in 967 to 964 B.C.But was destroyed by the Chaldeans in 586 B.C |
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True or False? The second temple was erected by Zerubbabel in 515 B.C. but was profaned by the Syrians. Herod the Great began a magnificent restoration of this temple. |
True |
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True or False? The great temple of Jerusalem was considered to be the most impressive of all Herod's achievements, and one of the most magnificent religious buildings in the Roman world. |
True |
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True or False? The central sanctuary was constructed from massive blocks of masonry and many parts of it were overlaid with gold and silver. |
True |
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It is the most sacred space of the temple where the stone of the Ark of the Covenant is placed, and the presence of the Lord is believed to reside. |
Holy of Holies |
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True or False? The high priest, the head of the temple,was the only person who can visit the Holy of Holies once a year. |
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It is the place where lay Jewish malecan assist the priest at the services. |
Court of Israelites |
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Is where Jewish priests make their ritual at the altar of sacrifice |
Court of Priests |
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It is only intended for Jewish women. If it happens that a non-Jew enters this court, he/ she could be punished, even with the sentence of death (Acts 21:28-30) |
Court of Women |
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Fifteen steps of the staircase away from the court for women lies the court for Gentiles. Such portion of the temple is meant for buying and selling. |
Court of Gentile |
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The life of Jesus is closely tied with the temple. His reverence for the sanctuary made clearest when he saw others profaning the sacredness of the temple. |
Scott Han (2009) |
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True or False?
The Jewish rebellion broke out in 66 A.D., the great temple was finally destroyed by the Romans in 70 A.D. This event was prophesied by Jesus himself during his public ministry(Matthew 24:1-51, Mark 13:1-27) |
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True or False? In Exodus 20:8-11, the Sabbath Law was made and became part of the covenant between God and Israel. Remember to keep holy the Sabbath day. Six days you may labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. No work may be done then either by you, or your son, or your daughter, or your male or female slave or your beast, or by the alien who lives with you. |
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True or False?
Jesus must have been very accustomed with the Sabbath observance, and conscious of its spirit. But the religious leaders during his day accused him of violating the Sabbath observance in several occasions. |
True |
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From the Hebrew word pasha which means "pass over". Passover annually commemorates the liberation of the Hebrews from the bondage of slavery in Egypt when the angel of death pass over the Israelite household, and spared their first born from death (Exodus 12:13, 23,27) |
FEAST of the PASSOVER or PESAH |
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is held as the holiest among all the Jewish feasts. Today the feast is celebrated by all Jews from all over the world "either in March or April |
Feast of Passover |
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True or False? According to the gospel of John, Jesus died on the day of the Passover. An event that symbolically, and theologically embodied Jesus as the Paschal Lamb who was sacrificed for the atonement of sins. |
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was later integrated in Christian celebration commemorating the Descent of the Holy Spirit. |
Pentecost |
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It commemorates the rededication of the temple in 164 B.C. after it was desecrated by the Syrian Greeks, in particular by Antiochus IV Epiphanes. It is also known as the feast of the lights. |
FEAST of the HANUKKAH |
