Temple

  • Sacrifices

 

  • Priesthood

 

  • Feast days (which are kept?)

 

  • Nations worshipping at Temple for Sukkot

 

  • Effect of Temple's presence in bringing blessing from above

 

  • Compare to previous Temples

Ezekiel 40-48

  1. Different land divisions for the twelve tribes and a Holy allotment for temple complex
  2. Allotted area around temple complex - approximately 5250 feet square
  3. Temple complex - approximately 875 feet square
  4. Temple structure and services:
    1. Two courts - outer and inner courts
    2. Three gates in each court
    3. Altar of sacrifice has steps facing east instead of a ramp facing south
    4. No Brazen laver in inner court
    5. No menorah, table of showbread, incense altar, or veil in the Holy place
    6. A throne instead of an ark in the Holy of Holies.
    7. Rosh HaShannah, Yom Kippur, and Shavuot festivals missing
    8. Daily sacrifices reinstated for atonement of reconciliation
    9. No High Priest mentioned - Prince mentioned (probably Messiah)
    10. Common priests take on a higher level of holiness akin to that of the High Priest on Yom Kippur

  • Stream coming from the Temple

Tanach - Ezekiel Chapter 47

1. And he brought me back to the door of the house; and, behold, waters flowed from under the threshold of the house eastward; for the front of the house faced to the east, and water run out from beneath the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar.
2. And he brought me out by the way of the gate northward, and led me around the way outside to the outer gate by the way that faces to the east; and, behold, there ran out water on the right side.
3. And when the man who had the line in his hand went out eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the water; the water reached the ankles.
4. And he measured a thousand, and brought me through the water; the water reached the knees. And he measured a thousand, and brought me through; the water reached the loins.
5. And he measured a further thousand; and it was a stream that I could not pass over; for the water had risen, water to swim in, a stream that could not be passed over.
6. And he said to me, Son of man, have you seen this? Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the edge of the stream.
7. And when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the stream were many trees on one side and on the other.
8. And he said to me, These waters flow out towards the eastern region, and go down to the Arabah, to the sea; and when they enter the sea, the waters shall be healed.
9. And it shall come to pass, that every thing that lives, which moves, wherever the streams shall come, shall live; and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come there; for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live where the stream comes.
10. (K) And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from Ein-Gedi as far as Ein-Eglayim; they shall be a place for spreading nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, a great many like the fish of the Great Sea.
11. But its swamps and its marshes shall not be healed; they shall be left for salt.
12. (K) And by the stream, upon its bank, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for food, whose leaf shall not wither, nor shall its fruit fail; it shall bring forth fresh fruit every month, because the waters for them flow from the sanctuary; and their fruit shall be for food, and their leaves for healing.

Tanach - Twelve Prophets - Zecharia Chapter 14

8. And it shall be on that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the eastern sea, and half of them toward the western sea; in summer and in winter shall it be.

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