+Israel © MEA 20171227 (N243) Historical Sites in Israel -Temple Institute
Historical Sites in Israel -Temple Institute
The Temple Institute (Machon HaMikdash), founded in 1987, is a non-profit educational and religious organization located in Jerusalem’s Jewish quarter within the walls of Old City. It is making preparations for the building and furnishing of the ‘Third Temple’, complete with priests and sacrifices. Historically, the Jewish people, on returning to the ‘Promised Land’ in their own right, have always rebuilt Jerusalem first, followed by the rebuilding of the Temple.
Such was the case when Solomon’s Temple was destroyed by the Babylonians under Nebuchadnezzar in 586 B.C.E. and they began to rebuild it after their 70-year exile. Also, when the Jewish resistance won back their land and rededicated the Temple after the Greek ruler Antiochus IV devastated Jerusalem and defiled the Temple in 167 B.C. The last Temple, built by Herod was destroyed in 70 A.D. by the Romans. Interestingly, Jerusalem has been captured at least 40 times and besieged about 23 times by invading forces who wanted to control the city, not destroy it. And, even today the struggle for control of Jerusalem continues.
The Temple Institute’s short-term goal is to rekindle the flame in the hearts of people by raising public awareness of the Holy Temple, which was central and sacred to their religious life. The Institute has begun to restore and construct the sacred vessels for service in the Holy Temple, made according to the exact specifications of the Bible, and constructed from original source materials, e.g. gold, copper, silver and wood. These are authentic, accurate vessels, not merely replicas or models, including the three most important items: the seven-branched Menorah or candelabra, made from pure gold, the golden Incense Altar, and the golden Table of the Showbread.
Visitors can see these restored sacred vessels and original paintings at The Temple Institute’s Visitors’ Centre in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem.
“Go up to the mountains and bring wood and build the temple, that I may take pleasure in it and be glorified,” says the Lord. (Haggai 1:8)
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