The Messiah in the Temple By Dr.Roger Liebi On November 2, 2016 At Wattana Church, Bangkok

1. THE MESSIAH IN THE TEMPLE
The Temple in the time of Jesus Christ
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2. JERUSALEM IN 30 AD
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3. THE SYMBOLISM OF THE TEMPLE

4. John 2.19-22:
19 Jesus answered
and said unto them,
Destroy this temple,
and in three days I will raise it up.
20 Then said the Jews,
Forty and six years was this temple
in building,
and wilt thou rear it up
in three days?
1. THE MESSIAH
21 But he spake
of the temple of his body.

5. Revelation 11.19a:
And the temple of God
was opened in heaven,
and there was seen
in his temple
the ark of his testament
2. THE HEAVENLY TEMPLE

6. 1 Corinthians 3.16:
Know ye not that ye
are the temple of God,
and that the Spirit of
God dwelleth in you?
3. THE CHURCH

7. 1 Corinthians 6.19-20:
19 What? know ye not that your body
is the temple of the Holy Ghost
which is in you,
which ye have of God,
and ye are not your own?
20 For ye are bought with a price:
therefore glorify God in your body,
and in your spirit, which are God's.
4. THE BELIEVER

8.  Archetype: the heavenly Temple
 Meaning:
- the Messiah
- the Church
- the Believer
 Copy: the Temple in Jerusalem

9. GENERAL VIEW
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View from the East
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10. THE TEMPLE PLACE TODAY
View from the East
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11. GENERAL VIEW
View from the Southwest
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12. THE TEMPLE PLACE TODAY
View from the Southwest
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13. AT THE SOUTHERN WALL
Psalm 122.1:
I was glad when
they said unto me,
Let us go into the
house of the LORD.

14. THE BEAUTIFUL GATE
Acts 3: The Healing of the Paralytic at the Beautiful Gate

15. THE BEAUTIFUL GATE TODAY
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16. THE TUNNEL
 1 Thessalonians 4.18:
Wherefore comfort one another
with these words.
 1 Thessalonians 5.11:
Wherefore comfort yourselves
together, and edify one another,
even as also ye do.
 1 Thessalonians 5.14:
Now we exhort you, brethren,
warn them that are unruly,
comfort the feebleminded,
support the weak,
be patient toward all men.

17. THE PARALYTIC AT THE BEAUTIFUL GATE
Acts 3.1-6:
1 Now Peter and John went up together into
the temple at the hour of prayer,
being the ninth hour.
2 And a certain man lame from his mother's
womb was carried, whom they laid daily at
the gate of the temple which is called
Beautiful, to ask alms of them
that entered into the temple;
3 Who seeing Peter and John
about to go into the temple asked an alms.
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18. THE PARALYTIC AT THE BEAUTIFUL GATE
Acts 3.1-6:
4 And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him
with John, said, Look on us.
5 And he gave heed unto them,
expecting to receive something of them.
6 Then Peter said,
Silver and gold have I none;
but such as I have give I thee:
In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth
rise up and walk.
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19. THE ORIGINAL STEPS
Psalm 40.2-3:
2 He brought me up (…),
and set my feet upon a rock, and established my steps.
3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth,
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20. THE RITUAL BATH HOUSE

21. RITUAL BATH
Matthew 7.13-14:
13 Enter ye in at the strait gate:
for wide is the gate, and broad is the way,
that leadeth to destruction,
and many there be which go in thereat
14 Because strait is the gate,
and narrow is the way,
which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.
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22. RITUAL BATH
Ephesians 5.25-27:
25 Husbands, love your wives, even
as Christ also loved the church,
and gave himself for it;
26 That he might sanctify
and cleanse it
with the washing of water
by the word,
27 That he might present it to
himself a glorious church,
not having spot, or wrinkle,
or any such thing;
but that it should be holy
and without blemish.
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23. RITUAL BATH SOUTH OF THE BEAUTIFUL GATE
Hebrews 6.2: “the doctrine of baptisms”
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24. THE WAY TO THE HULDA GATES
Hulda (Hebrew: chuldah) = Mole

25. UPSTAIRS TO THE HULDA GATE
Psalm 118.19-20:
19 Open to me the gates of
righteousness:
I will go into them,
and I will praise the LORD:
20 This gate of the LORD,
into which the righteous shall enter.
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26. THE HOLY SQUARE OF 500 CUBITS

27. THE HOLY SQUARE OF 500 CUBITS TODAY
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28. THE MIDDLE WALL OF PARTITION
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29. THE MIDDLE WALL OF PARTITION
Ephesians 2.11-14:
11 Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are
called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made
by hands; 12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the
commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having
no hope, and without God in the world: 13 But now in Christ Jesus ye
who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one,
and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us .
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30. WARNING FOR GENTILES
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31. ON THE CHEL (THE TERRACE)
Luke 2.46-47:
46 And it came to pass,
that after three days
they found him in the temple,
sitting in the midst
of the doctors,
both hearing them,
and asking them questions.
47 And all that heard him
were astonished at his
understanding and answers.

32. THE ROYAL STOA

33. THE ROYAL STOA

34. THE JUDICIAL PROCESS AGAINST JESUS
Matthew 27.1-2:
1 When the morning was come, all
the chief priests and elders of the
people took counsel against Jesus
to put him to death:
2 And when they had bound him,
they led him away, and delivered
him to Pontius Pilate the governor.

35. THE OSSUARY OF CAIAPHAS
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36. THE JUDICIAL PROCESS AGAINST JESUS
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37. THE GATE OF REJECTION
Matthew 27.2:
And when they had bound
him, they led him away,
and delivered him to
Pontius Pilate the governor.

38. CALVARY
Hebrews 13.12:
Wherefore Jesus also,
that he might sanctify
the people with his
own blood, suffered
without the gate.
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Jerusalem

39. THE WAILING WALL AND THE GATE OF REJECTION
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40. UNDER THE ARCH OF WILSON
2 Corinthians 3.13-18:
13 And not as Moses,
which put a veil over his
face, that the children of
Israel could not stedfastly
look to the end of that
which is abolished:
14 But their minds were
blinded:
for until this day
remaineth the same veil
untaken away in the
reading of the old
testament; which veil is
done away in Christ.
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41. UNDER THE ARCH OF WILSON
2 Corinthians 3.13-18:
15 But even unto this day,
when Moses is read, the veil
is upon their heart.
16 Nevertheless when it shall
turn to the Lord,
the veil shall be taken away.
17 Now the Lord is that
Spirit: and where the Spirit
of the Lord is,
there is liberty.
18 But we all, with open face
beholding as in a glass the
glory of the Lord, are
changed into the same
image from glory to glory,
even as by the Spirit
of the Lord.
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42. VIEW FROM THE EAST
The Eastern Gate
And the Miphkad Gate
The Pinnacle of the Temple
Northern side: the Israel Pool,
The Sheep Gate,
the Antonia Fortress

43. ON THE PINNACLE OF THE TEMPLE
Luke 4.9-12:
9 And he brought him to Jerusalem,
and set him on a pinnacle of the temple,
and said unto him,
If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself
down from hence: 10 For it is written,
He shall give his angels charge over
thee, to keep thee:
11 And in their hands they shall bear
thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy
foot against a stone.
12 And Jesus answering said unto him,
It is said,
Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

44. AT THE PINNACLE OF THE TEMPLE TODAY
Original stone
courses of the
Temple’s Pinnacle
Islamic Building
Stones
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45. MESSIAH IN GALILEE
Isaiah 9.1-2:
1 Nevertheless the dimness shall not be
such as was in her vexation,
when at the first he lightly afflicted
the land of Zebulun
and the land of Naphtali,
and afterward did more grievously
afflict her by the way of the sea,
beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations:
2 The people that walked in darkness
have seen a great light:
they that dwell in the land of the
shadow of death,
upon them hath the light shined.
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46. EASTERN VIEW
The Eastern Gate
The Miphkad Gate

47. THE EASTERN GATE
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48. FROM THE EASTERN GATE TO THE MOUNT OF OLIVES
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49. THE EASTERN GATE AND THE MIPHKAD GATE
Leviticus 16.21-22:
21 And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon
the head of the live goat,
and confess over him all the iniquities
of the children of Israel,
and all their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the head of the
goat, and shall send him away by the
hand of a fit man into the wilderness:
22 And the goat shall bear upon him all
their iniquities unto a land not inhabited:
and he shall let go the goat in the
wilderness.The Miphkad Gate
= the Gate of Revenge

50. THE SCAPEGOAT
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51. FROM THE EASTERN GATE TO THE MIPHKAD GATE
• Outside of the Temple
• Outside of the city

52. IN THE JUDEAN DESERT
Leviticus 16.22:
And the goat shall bear
upon him all their
iniquities unto a land
not inhabited:
and he shall let go the
goat in the wilderness.
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53. THE SOLOMON’S PORCH
John 10.23:
And Jesus walked
in the temple
in Solomon's porch
Acts 5.12:
… and they were all
with one accord
in Solomon's porch …

54. THE EASTERN WALL TODAY
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55. EASTERN VIEW
The Antonia Fortress
The Israel Pool
The Sheep Gate

56. ISRAEL POOL, SHEEP GATE,
ANTONIA FORTRESS
 Israel Pool:
Washing of the sacrifices
 Sheep Gate:
Entering Gate for the sacrifices
 Antonia Fortress:
Roman Control
over the Temple place

57. THE SHEEP GATE
John 10.7-9:
7 Then said Jesus
unto them again,
Verily, verily, I say unto you,
I am the door of the sheep.
(…)
9 I am the door:
by me if any man enter in,
he shall be saved,
and shall go in and out,
and find pasture.

58. THE TEMPLE PLACE TODAY
Israel Pool
Sheep Gate
Antonia Fortress
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59. DWELLING IN THE HOUSE OF THE FATHER
John 14.2-3:
2 In my Father's house are many
mansions: if it were not so,
I would have told you.
I go to prepare a place for you.
3 And if I go and prepare a place
for you, I will come again,
and receive you unto myself;
that where I am,
there ye may be also.

60. ON THE CHEL (THE TERRACE)
Luke 2.46-47:
46 And it came to pass,
that after three days
they found him in the temple,
sitting in the midst
of the doctors,
both hearing them,
and asking them questions.
47 And all that heard him
were astonished at his
understanding and answers.

61. THE ANTONIA FORTRESS

62. THE STAIRS OF THE ANTONIA FORTRESS
Acts 21.40 – 22.1:
40 And when he had given him
licence,
Paul stood on the stairs,
and beckoned with the hand
unto the people. And when
there was made a great
silence, he spake unto them
in the Hebrew tongue, saying,
22.1 Men, brethren, and
fathers, hear ye my defence
which I make now unto you.

63. THE ANTONIA FORTRESS TODAY AND THEN
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64. THE NORTHERN PORCH
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65. THE ANTONIA FORTRESS

66. THE INNER COURTS

67. IN THE WOMEN’S COURT

68. IN THE WOMEN’S COURT
The choir and the
orchestra of the Priests
and the Levites
on the 15 semicircular
stairs
(cf. The 15 Songs of Degrees,
Psalms 121-134)
in front of the monumental
Gate of Nikanor

69. THE PLACE OF THE SINGERS AND THE ORCHESTRA
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70. THE TREASURE PORCH
Mark 12.41:
And Jesus sat over
against the treasury,
and beheld how the
people cast money into
the treasury:
and many that were rich
cast in much.

71. MITE = THE SMALLEST COIN
Mark 12.42-44:
42 And there came a certain
poor widow,
and she threw in two mites,
which make a farthing.
43 And he called unto him
his disciples, and saith unto
them,
Verily I say unto you,
That this poor widow hath
cast more in, than all they
which have cast into the
treasury:
44 For all they did cast in
of their abundance;
but she of her want did cast
in all that she had,
even all her living.
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72. SUKKOTH IN THE WOMEN’S COURT
John 8.12:
Then spake Jesus again unto them,
saying,
I am the light of the world:
he that followeth me shall not
walk in darkness,
but shall have the light of life.

73. CHANNUKAH

74. IN THE CAMP OF THE SHEKHINAH
Hebrews 9.22:
(…) without shedding of blood
is no remission.
1 John 1.7:
But if we walk in the light,
as he is in the light,
we have fellowship
one with another,
and the blood of Jesus Christ
his Son
cleanseth us from all sin.

75. THE ALTAR
Hebrews 10.14:
For by one offering
he hath perfected for ever
them that are sanctified.

76. THE PRIESTLY BLESSING
Numbers 6.24-27:
24 The LORD bless thee,
and keep thee:
25 The LORD make his face
shine upon thee,
and be gracious unto thee:
26 The LORD lift up his
countenance upon thee,
and give thee peace.
27 And they shall put my name
upon the children of Israel;
and I will bless them.

77. THE GOLDEN VINE
John 15.1,4:
1 I am the true vine,
and my Father is the husbandman.
(…)
4 Abide in me, and I in you.
As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself,
except it abide in the vine;
no more can ye,
except ye abide in me.

78. GRAPES OF THE GOLDEN VINE
John 15.5:
I am the vine,
ye are the branches:
He that abideth in me,
and I in him,
the same bringeth forth much fruit:
for without me ye can do nothing.

79. THE ALTAR OF INCENSE
Psalm 141.2:
Let my prayer be set forth
before thee as incense

80. THE GOLDEN MENORAH
Acts 26.22b-23:
22b saying none other things
than those which
the prophets and Moses
did say should come:
23 That Christ should suffer,
and that he should be
the first that should rise from the
dead, and should shew light
unto the people, and to the
Gentiles.

81. THE GOLDEN MENORAH
 Anointing oil in the lamps:
“That Christ [= the Anointed One]”
 Production by hammer strikes:
“should suffer”
 22 Almond flowers (end of January):
“and that he should be the first
that should rise from the dead”
 7 lamps:
“and should shew light”

82. THE TABLE OF SHOWBREAD
Isaiah 46.4:
And even to your old age
I am he; and even to hoar hairs
will I carry you:
I have made, and I will bear;
even I will carry,
and will deliver you.

83. THE SEPARATING VEIL
Matthew 27.51:
And, behold,
the veil of the temple
was rent in twain
from the top to the bottom;
and the earth did quake,
and the rocks rent.

84. THE PLACE OF THE ARK
2 Samuel 22.47:
The LORD liveth;
and blessed be my rock;
and exalted be the God
of the rock of my salvation.

85. THE MOST HOLY PLACE ON THE ROCK
Isaiah 28.16:
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD,
Behold, I lay in Zion for
a foundation a stone,
a tried stone,
a precious corner stone,
a sure foundation:
he that believeth shall not make haste.
1 Corinthians 3.11:
For other foundation can no man lay
than that is laid,
which is Jesus Christ.
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86. THE MOST HOLY PLACE ON THE ROCK
Matthew 16.18:
And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter [= a stone],
and upon this rock [= Greek petra] I will build my church;
and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
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87. THE FOUNDATION UPON THE FOUNDATION
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Ephesians 2.20-21:
20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets,
Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth
unto an holy temple in the Lord.

88. BUILDING UP THE TEMPLE

89. TO DESTROY OR TO BUILD
1 Corinthians 3.17:
If any man defile
the temple of God,
him shall God destroy;
for the temple of God is holy,
which temple ye are.
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90. THE QUARRY IN THE NORTH
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Jerusalem

91. BUILDING STONE
1 Peter 2.4-5:
4 To whom coming,
as unto a living stone,
disallowed indeed of men,
but chosen of God,
and precious,
5 Ye also, as lively stones,
are built up a spiritual house
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92. THE BIGGEST BUILDING STONE
Weight: 578 t
Length: 13,7 m
Height: 3,5 m
Width: 4,6 m
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93. “SIMON, BUILDER OF THE TEMPLE”
Aramaic: “simon bannai heikhlah”
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94. YE ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD!
(Matthew 5.14)

95. PHOTOS AND QUOTATIONS
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• RL = Roger Liebi
 If not indicated:
Matthias Hempel, Kultur- und Begegnungszentrum
DE-Reichenbach
 Bible quotations: King James Version