The Temple, as envisioned by King Solomon was meant to be a “house of prayer for all nations.” Yeshua was upset at the fact that the priests of His time had lost sight of that mission to the point that they set up sales tables in the courtyard where the Gentiles were supposed to pray. However, the Bible tells us that even in the Messianic age, there will be a temple for God to dwell.
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Day 2 — Solomon’s life mirrors my own to a certain extent, minus the world-inspiring wisdom and riches plus hundreds of nuptials of geopolitical convenience.
Day 2 — King Solomon’s dedication of the first temple of Israel, described in 1st Kings 8, gives us a picture of some of what God is teaching through the Feast of Tabernacles, which points to Messiah as “God with us.”
Does the author of Hebrews replace the Levitical service in the temple with the New Covenant? Did the writer make a mistake about articles in the Holy of Holies, or the Most Holy Place? Does Hebrews change or cancel our obligations to Torah? This study explores Hebrews 9 and Leviticus 16.