Posted on 03/14/2015 8:03:58 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine
“And the altar of burnt-offering he set at the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and offered upon it the burnt-offering and the meal-offering; as the LORD commanded Moses.” (Exodus 40:29)
The Temple Institute in Jerusalem has announced that it has finished building an altar suitable for the Temple service. The altar, which took several years to build, can be operational at little more than a moment’s notice, reported Matzav Haruach magazine.
The Temple Institute is committed to preparing all the necessary clothing and tools for the rebuilt Holy Temple in Jerusalem. In addition, the institute operates an educational center for visitors and a preparatory training program for members of the priestly family who wish to be ready to serve as soon as the Temple is rebuilt.
The altar is a central component to the Biblical sacrificial service. In fact, there were separate altars for the incense and for other sacrifices.
The larger altar sat in the outer courtyard of the Tabernacle, and later the Temple. It was approximately five meters (16 feet) tall and 16 meters (52.5 feet) wide, with four “horns”, or raised corners, and a ramp.
According to the Bible, the altar may not be made out of stones hewn by metal implements. The altar prepared by the Temple Institute, under the direction of architect Rabbi Shmuel Balsam, follows this requirement.
It is constructed instead from bricks fired at roughly 1,000 degrees Celsius (1,832 degrees Fahrenheit), to withstand the immense heat of the Temple’s eternal flame and the weight of the sacrificial animals. Its measurements conform to the interpretation of Maimonides.
What makes the altar so unique is that it can be disassembled and reassembled easily, allowing it to be transported quickly and efficiently from its current location, on display at the institute, to the Temple Mount when the time comes. It was inaugurated in December 2014 and is now ready for use. With Passover around the corner, and the Passover sacrifice a central component of the traditional celebration, perhaps that time will come soon!
In other Israel-related news...
Passover Blood Moon Preceded by Exceedingly Rare Solar Eclipse
12MAR2015
http://www.breakingisraelnews.com/32497/passover-blood-moon-preceded-by-exceedingly-rare-solar-eclipse-biblical-zionism/#4LA0A5XGKoxtsHl2.97
An exceedingly rare solar eclipse will take place next week over a most symbolic location on a day infused with both great natural significance and profound religious meaning.
There will be a total eclipse of the sun for two minutes over the North Pole on Friday, March 20, the day of the Spring Equinox which coincides with the beginning of the Hebrew month of Nissan, the first month in the Biblical calendar year, a solar occurrence that has never happened before in human history.
(more at link.)
Without approval and supervision of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah and the Moetzet Chachmei HaTorah, it’s just an educational tourist attraction.
Is this the real, antichrist-ready Temple?
I’m gonna hold out for Sephardic approval!
That’s the Moetzet Chachmei HaTorah.
I’ll hold out for them too.
I know. I favor the Sephardim and their chachamim!
I’ve been hearing since the fall of 1967 that materials were being stockpiled for the rebuilding of the Temple.
Seems the victorious Israelis turned over control of the Temple Mount to the muzzies. We see its effects to this day when pious Jews are arrested for praying near that islamic abomination called the `dome of the rock’ which should have been blown to smithareens decades ago.
The reason why the Muzzies were given control was because Jews did not know what to do with it. It had been some 1900 years since it was last used and proper study needed to be done first. Since that time the rabbis have been doing much study.
Something I never understood: the original altar for the Tabernacle was built from acacia wood covered in bronze. Wouldn’t the wood burn up, unless sustained by divine intervention?
All this reality,,,
You’re describing the Ark of the Covenant, which wasn’t in the Second Temple.
There have been some recent news stories over the past few weeks indicating that the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque is not the original location of the Temple. Rather, that was the location of a Roman garrison. The true location lies nearby, freeing Israel to rebuild the Temple anytime they wish. Perhaps this was part of the reason to give control over the Dome of the Rock and surroundings to Muslims. Crafty Israelis.
At least they don’t have some of the Ashkenazi weirdness... but the recognition of the Messiah will greatly overshadow trivia of law.
They’ve been breeding Red Heifers too.
Who are the ‘they’ that get to decide to rebuild the Temple not on the Temple Mount?
Exodus 27:1-5 (NIV):
The Altar of Burnt Offering
27 “Build an altar of acacia wood, three cubits[a] high; it is to be square, five cubits long and five cubits wide.[b] 2 Make a horn at each of the four corners, so that the horns and the altar are of one piece, and overlay the altar with bronze. 3 Make all its utensils of bronze—its pots to remove the ashes, and its shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks and firepans. 4 Make a grating for it, a bronze network, and make a bronze ring at each of the four corners of the network. 5 Put it under the ledge of the altar so that it is halfway up the altar.
That would be the altar of the Tabernacle, predecessor to the Temple.
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