I believe that Ezekiel 40-48 describes a temple of a coming millennial age. Some think it is not to be taken literally at all and is simply symbolic or apocalyptic. Some believe that prophecy was already fulfilled by Ezra’s temple. These chapters are controversial among Bible commentators and interpreters.
Second, a temple that will exist during the millennium, described in Ezekiel 40-48. It is exciting to see the desire to build a temple in Jerusalem as a fulfillment of prophecy, but it is grieving to think of it being built as a denial of the perfect sacrifice of Jesus. As Christians we have mixed feelings about such a temple. However, I do believe that there will be two more temples in Jerusalem:įirst, a restored temple that will be the place where the abomination of desolation takes place (Daniel 9, 11, and 12 Mathew 24, and 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4). So, to answer Erin’s question, there were two temples – one built under Solomon, and the other one built under Ezra and Zerubbabel after the exile – and that same temple was greatly improved by Herod. Everything in the New Testament that happened at the temple or the temple courts happened there.Īfter standing for 585 years, the second temple was destroyed by the Romans, under the command of Titus – this happened in ad 70. This is the temple that stood in the days of Jesus and the apostles – the temple that Jesus visited and taught in its courts. And, in the last 100 years of the second temple, a wealthy visionary named Herod the Great made huge improvements to the temple – so much so, that the second temple is sometimes called “Herod’s Temple,” even though it stood for more than 450 years before Herod did anything to it. However, that temple stood longer than Solomon’s – a total of 585 years. They didn’t have the resources that Solomon had, so it was a much humbler building. The second temple was built about 516 bc, under the leadership of Ezra and Zerubbabel after the Babylonian exile. There was no temple for about 70 years, then came what we call the second temple. Solomon’s temple stood for about 410 years, until the Babylonians conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the temple. In many ways, Solomon simply assembled the temple that David prepared. Then, 1 Chronicles 29 goes on to describe all that David prepared for the temple – what he himself gave, and what the people gave for the building work. In 1 Chronicles 29:2 David said, Now for the house of my God I have prepared with all my might. However, it’s easy to forget that though Solomon actually built the temple, David did much of the preparation work. That man of peace was Solomon, David’s son – and in the reign of Solomon, a magnificent temple was built – what is called “Solomon’s Temple” or “The First Temple.” God said “no” to David desire to build a temple David was a man of war, and God wanted a man of peace to build His temple. In the reign of King David, he decided to build God a temple – a permanent building instead of the tent (though it was a pretty nice tent – costing, in modern terms, up to $13 million USD for the materials). The tabernacle was the “temple” (so to speak) for Israel for about 500 years – from the time of Moses to the time of Solomon. This idea is repeated twice again in the New Testament (Acts 7:44, Hebrews 8:5) – again, that God gave Moses the pattern for building the tabernacle. Did they ever finish the temple after being brought back after the exile?įirst there was the tabernacle, designed by God and built under the leadership of Moses.Īt least four times in the Old Testament it says that the tabernacle was build “according to the pattern” that God gave to Moses.Īccording to all that I show you, that is, the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furnishings, just so you shall make it. How many times was the temple built? I’m aware of Solomon’s and Herod’s.
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