Title: Prince of Peace (11)
Series: Ephesians
Author: Stephen Whitney
Text: Ephesians 2:14-18
Herod the Great, one of the most corrupt and evil rulers to ever be king, built a temple in Jerusalem more magnificent, and greater than the temple Solomon had built. By the time of Jesus its construction had gone on for 46 years. A thousand vehicles transported the stone, a thousand priests supervised the work, and ten thousand skilled laborers made it beautiful.
It was built of marble and gold, the house of worship probably surpassed any of the architectural marvels of that day. Neither Rome nor Greece had anything to compare with it. The Jews had a proverb which kept the tradition: He that has not seen the Temple of Herod, has never known what beauty is.
That is why in Mark 13:1 as they were leaving the temple one of the disciples said to Jesus, "What magnificent buildings."
And in Luke 21:5 Some of the disciples were remarking about how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones.
The magnificent temple which Herod built covered an area of 40 acres. The entire temple compound was considered holy, but it became increasingly more holy the further you entered.
King Herod enclosed a very large outer court with colonnades which was referred to as the Court of the Gentiles because anyone who was not a Jew was permitted to enter into this area.
In the center was a large building which contained an inner courtyard for Jewish women, still another courtyard for Jewish men along with special rooms and the Holy Place where the altar was along with the Holy of Holies.
Gentiles were excluded from entering into any of the inner courts and warning signs were posted in Greek and Latin which stated that the penalty for trespassing was death. The Romans allowed the Jewish authorities to carry out the death penalty if someone did violate the law.
The Jewish historian Josephus wrote about the warning signs that were on the barrier that se ...
Series: Ephesians
Author: Stephen Whitney
Text: Ephesians 2:14-18
Herod the Great, one of the most corrupt and evil rulers to ever be king, built a temple in Jerusalem more magnificent, and greater than the temple Solomon had built. By the time of Jesus its construction had gone on for 46 years. A thousand vehicles transported the stone, a thousand priests supervised the work, and ten thousand skilled laborers made it beautiful.
It was built of marble and gold, the house of worship probably surpassed any of the architectural marvels of that day. Neither Rome nor Greece had anything to compare with it. The Jews had a proverb which kept the tradition: He that has not seen the Temple of Herod, has never known what beauty is.
That is why in Mark 13:1 as they were leaving the temple one of the disciples said to Jesus, "What magnificent buildings."
And in Luke 21:5 Some of the disciples were remarking about how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones.
The magnificent temple which Herod built covered an area of 40 acres. The entire temple compound was considered holy, but it became increasingly more holy the further you entered.
King Herod enclosed a very large outer court with colonnades which was referred to as the Court of the Gentiles because anyone who was not a Jew was permitted to enter into this area.
In the center was a large building which contained an inner courtyard for Jewish women, still another courtyard for Jewish men along with special rooms and the Holy Place where the altar was along with the Holy of Holies.
Gentiles were excluded from entering into any of the inner courts and warning signs were posted in Greek and Latin which stated that the penalty for trespassing was death. The Romans allowed the Jewish authorities to carry out the death penalty if someone did violate the law.
The Jewish historian Josephus wrote about the warning signs that were on the barrier that se ...
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