Temple, the Second

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Beautiful gate of, mentioned Built on the site of the first temple Christ: Frequently taught in. Christ: Miraculously transported to a pinnacle of. Christ: Predicted its destruction. Christ: Presented in. Christ: Purified, and the commencement of his ministry. Christ: Purified, at the close of his ministry. Christ: The vail of, rent at our Lord`s death. Christ: To appear in. Cleansed and rededicated by Judas Maccabaeus after its desecration by Antiochus Epiphanes Cyrus: Furnished means for building. Cyrus: Gave a decree for building, in the first year of his reign. Cyrus: Gave permission to the Jews to go to Jerusalem to build. Cyrus: Gave the vessels of the first temple for. Cyrus: His decree for building, predicted. Cyrus: Ordered those who remained in Babylon to contribute to the building of. Dedication of, celebrated with joy and thankfulness Desecrated by the Romans Desecration of, foretold Divine worship commenced before the foundation was laid Finished the third of the twelfth month in the sixth year of Darius Foundation of, laid the second month of second year after the captivity Future glory of, predicted Grief of those who had seen the first temple

Its completion by Zerubbabel foretold, to encourage the Jews Its dimensions Joy of those who had not seen the first temple Materials for building procured from Tyre and Sidon No Gentile allowed to enter the inner courts of Repaired and beautified by Herod, which occupied forty-six years Resumed by Zerubbabel and Jeshua Separation between the outer or Gentile court and that of the Jews alluded to Solemnities connected with laying the foundation of Solomon`s porch connected with Tatnai the governor wrote to Darius to know if the building had his sanction The decree of Cyrus found and confirmed by Darius The Jews encouraged to proceed in building The Jews punished for not persevering in building The Jews reproved for not building The Jews: Considered it blasphemy to speak against. The Jews: Desecrated by selling oxen, &c in. The Jews: Prayed without, while the priest offered incense within. The magnificence of its building and ornaments The Samaritans: Procured its interruption for fifteen years. The Samaritans: Proposed to assist in building. The Samaritans: Their help refused by the Jews. The Samaritans: Weakened the hands of the Jews in building. The Samaritans: Wrote to Artaxerxes Smerdis to interrupt the building.