The Altar had three ramps and they were called a “kevesh.” There is a main ramp called a “Kevesh Gadol” that went up to the Altar, and going around the Altar was a platform called a “Saviv”, and there was…

The Chel was a stabilizing platform. From the top of the last step there was 10 cubits to the building. It was also the common area of the inner courts. The word for “common” is “chol” and so you can…

There is a series of steps at the southern end of the Temple Mount called the “Southern Steps.” The astronaut Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon and he came to Jerusalem. He was being shown…

In this study we are going to look at the various areas in and around the Temple and give you a good feel for the area. You will need a goo, current overview of the Temple and underground cisterns. A…

After 1967, the Temple Mount was turned over to the Jordanian governing authority called the Waqf. The Arabs will riot if they think there is any digging being done on the Temple Mount. So, in secret, a tunnel was made…

We are going to go to the Mishnah and pick up some valuable information. It is going to tell us where the Ark is, and it is not going to be in Ethiopia, and it is not in South Africa,…

Solomon moved the Ark from the Gihon Spring into the Temple. He placed it in the Kodesh Ha Kodeshim, with the poles protruding out of the curtains. In 2 Chr 35.1-3 we read that Josiah moved the Ark, but why…

This is a topic of interest for many believers and non-believers. Knowledge of the Temple is very limited for most people, but nearly everyone has heard of the Ark of the Covenant. Movies and countless documentaries have been made about…

The Temple had a massive water system that came into the Temple Mount. Extensive work has been done over the years investigating this water system. They have found out where it operated from, exactly where the tunnel system was that…

In the 1990’s a photograph was found that was taken by the Palestinian Exploration Fund in the 1870’s (Palestine is what Israel was called back then). Shimon Gibson was the photo archivist for the PEF pictures that were taken. These…

We are going to look at the fourth theory called the “Dome of the Rock Theory” and look at some evidence as to why we believe this is the correct site for the Temple. At the southwest corner of the…

This is one of the most controversial subjects today, not only in the religious world but the secular world. There are several theories out there, but we are only going to look at the main ones. We will have the…

We left off in Part 3 talking about the 12 loaves on the Shulchan Lechem Ha Pannim, or the Table of the Bread of the Faces. We discussed how these 12 loaves were an allusion to the 12 heavenly signs…

We are going to begin Part 3 by going back and talking about the windows over the Great Gate. In the Mishnah, tractate Middot 3.8 it says, “And cedar posts were fixed between the wall of the Sanctuary and the…

At the Temple, people could bring money, vessels, brass, gems, silver and gold and it was put into the Temple treasury. You could do it where you are acknowledged for the gift, and you could also give anonymously by going…

In the first century, the Beit ha Mikdash, or “House of Kedusha”, was destroyed. Many, like Josephus and in the Mishnah, wrote about the glory of the Temple. Even the talmidim made mention of this glory in Matt 24.1. Many…

When King Joash was coronated in 2 Kings 11, we know that the Levites were guards, and they had weapons that came from the armory (2 Kings 11.4-11) because Joash was guarded. 1 Kings 10.16-17 says that Solomon made 200…

Solomon had several places for his throne, the Hall of Judgment and the House of the Forest of Lebanon. Why would he do this? It depended on the crime. A death sentence in the Second Temple could only be carried…

We left off last time talking about a discovery years ago. This discovery is called the “Monumental Stairway” on the south side and scholars believe this was part of the stairway that led to the Chel of the Second Temple.…