In keeping with Scripture and
progressive revelation, this chapter will illustrate that Yahuah designed the
physical Temple of Solomon in the previous covenants as a shadow picture or
physical representation of the temple in the Kingdom of Yahuah. That
spiritual Truth, alluded to by the design of the physical Temple of Yahuah, was
that Yahuah’s Temple was always the bodies of the sons of Yahuah.
This fact was the meaning
behind Yahusha’s declaration that he would tear down the Temple and raise it
again in 3 days. This “Temple” the Messiah was referring to was his body. The
Bible confirms that the resurrection of the Messiah was, in fact, the beginning
of the construction of the true Temple of Yahuah as the Messiah is the Chief
Cornerstone.
In this chapter we will examine
the physical design of the Temple of Solomon demonstrating the design was a
divine physical portrait of the human body. Then we will apply our
understanding of “transposition” as it relates to the Temple of Yahuah
from physical to spiritual Truth. Once we have fully established that the
Temple of Solomon was a temporary physical structure illustrating a
greater spiritual Truth, we can fully understand the physical and spiritual
state in which Yahuah’s Temple now exists in the Kingdom of Yahuah.
The physical design of the
Temple of Solomon was literally a human portrait. In keeping with progressive
revelation, this physical world is literally a training ground and a teaching
tool for the sons of Yahuah. We are being trained and taught spiritual Truths
concerning the Kingdom of Yahuah by what we see and experience in
the physical world. Every detail of the previous 6 covenants including the
physical priesthood of Levi, the High Priesthood of Aaron, the sacrifice of the
Passover Lamb, the scapegoat, the Temple of Yahuah, the
Altar of Yahuah, were all given to us physically as training aids.
The Spring and Fall Festivals were given as physical “rehearsals” to teach us
about the spiritual plan of salvation.
Everything in the first 6
covenants was designed to point us to the Messiah and teach us about Yahuah’s
Spiritual Kingdom. It is only within the scope of this chapter to discuss the physical
to spiritual parallels of the Temple of Solomon as it relates to the
Temple of Yahuah in the Kingdom of Yahuah.
One evident physical to
spiritual parallel is that both the Tabernacle of Moses and the Temple
of Solomon contained three distinct and clearly defined sections. There was the
Outer Court (Ulam), the Inner Court or Holy Place (Hekal), and the Holy of
Holies or Most Holy Place (Beit HaMikdash).
These three sections find
perfect correspondence to man as he is also a tri-part being consisting of
body, soul and spirit. The Apostle Sha’ul was speaking of our body temples
below and the physical to spiritual parallel of the Temple:
I
Thessalonians 5:23
Now may the Elohim
(Sha’ul declares the Shema) of peace Himself (Yahuah) sanctify you (His
Temple) entirely; and may your spirit (Holy of
Holies) and soul (Inner Court) and body
(Outer Court) be preserved complete, without
blame at the coming of our King Yahusha the Messiah.
It is only my intention to
communicate what Tony Badillo and others have illustrated.
The Temple of Solomon
was a physical portrait of a human body (physical to spiritual parallel).
Very specifically crafted as
a 3 layered “Temple Man” carefully constructed to illustrate, physically, the
ultimate spiritual Truth that the Temple of Yahuah is the human body.
The section below is
taken from Tony Badillo’s website
http://www.templesecrets.info/.
The picture below is the temple floor plan as seen from
looking at the Temple from above. It is transformed into a figure of the Zadok
High Priest; and within the figure are 13 red
numbers briefly explained below. All
are in sequence except nine (9).
1. PRIESTS’
CELLS as a TURBAN1
west side – Gold and silver bullion, I Kings 7:51, was
likely stored here. These cells form the High Priest’s head cover or turban
mentioned in Exodus 28:4, 37. The common priest’s cap or bonnet, Exodus 28:40,
was more globular, resembling an inverted bowl.
2. PRIESTS’
CELLS, south and north sides – These are the arms. Only
one ingress is given, I Kings. 6:8, but Ezekiel 41:11 includes a second. The
entrances correspond to the onyx stones the High Priest wore on his left and
right shoulders. Each was engraved with the names of six Israelite tribes,
twelve names total, Exodus. 28:9 -12.
3. TWO
LARGE STARS – These are two 10-cubit tall cherubs of gold plated olive
wood, I Kings. 6:23, 28; they are the eyes within Temple Man’s head, while the
head is the Holy of Holies2
.
4. THE ARK of the COVENANT – This is a
gold plated chest with a solid gold cover and two small cherubs (small
stars).The Ark is his nose; and its poles –when attached to its long sides and drawn forward (I
Kings. 8:8) – depict extended nostrils smelling the sweet smoke from the
Incense Altar in the Holy Place.
5. STAIRWAY
– A short staircase or ramp led from the Holy Place to a slightly elevated (six
cubits) Holy of Holies. The stairway is his neck/throat and its top is his
mouth.
6. INCENSE
ALTAR – This small gold plated altar (I Kings 6:22) is national
Israel’s heart, and its sweet-smelling smoke is the prayers and
spiritual life of national ideal Israel,
7. TABLES
OF THE SHOWBREAD – On these gold plated tables (I Kings 7:48) were
bread and wine, symbolizing flesh and blood, i.e., the humanity of
national Israel.
8. THE
LAMP STANDS (I Kings 7:48, 49) – Their total number was 10
stands/menorahs x 7 stems each = 70 lights, relating to the 70 Israelites of
Exodus 1:5 (Jacob’s offspring). This is national Israel as the light to the
world,
and the world is the 70 nations of Genesis 10. They may also symbolize the
Sabbath multiplied 10 times, implying a messianic age of worldwide rest
(meaning peace).
9. THE
PORCH, Portico or vestibule – This antechamber, the ulam, (I Kings
6:3, II Chronicles 3:4) corresponds to the human pelvis (hips) and, therefore, procreation
through the male and female genitalia.
10. TEN
LAVERS – Five bronze water lavers were on the north and five on the
south side. These signify the ten fingers of the hands. The lavers were for washing
the blood off the sacrificial offerings, I Kings 7:38
11. JACHIN,
BOAZ – The large bronze pillars were named Jachin and Boaz
(II Chronicles.3:17) and form Temple Man’s legs. These are two hybrid plants
symbolizing Kings David and Solomon, war and peace.
12. SEA
OF BRONZE, TWELVE BULLS – This was a huge basin full of water for the
priests to wash their hands and feet (II Chronicles 4:2). It depicts the twelve
tribes of Israel crossing the Red Sea. Its water symbolizes the Yahuah’s spirit
and also his seed.
13. THE SACRIFICIAL ALTAR – This
(II Chronicles. 4:1) forms Temple Man’s feet, while also symbolizing the
metallic King Messiah’s feet and
footstool,
as was the custom of that time, II Chronicles 9:18, Psalms 110:1.
The point here is that the physical Temple that
existed in the previous covenants prior to the 7th Yahushaic
Covenant was designed as a physical metaphor or “shadow-picture” or portrait. The
Temple of Solomon was a physical shadow designed to teach us the greater
Spiritual Truth found in the Messiah that the Temple of Yahuah
is our body.
Many men throughout
history have studied the Temple of Solomon. It is considered one of the 7
Wonders of the World and Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1727), the noted English scientist,
mathematician and theologian, studied and wrote extensively upon the Temple of
Solomon. He dedicated an entire chapter of the Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms
to his observations regarding the temple. Newton was intrigued by the temple's
sacred geometry and believed that it was designed by King Solomon with
privileged eyes and divine guidance.
Now that we have looked into
the physical design of the Temple of Solomon, and see a portrait of the human
body, is there evidence in Scripture to support this
physical to
spiritual parallel. Is it true now, in the 7th and final Yahushaic
Covenant, that the Temple was transposed from a physical place to its final
Spiritual state never to be rebuilt physically again?
Could it be that there
will never be another physical temple built by the hands of man in Jerusalem? There
hasn’t been in 2,000 years!
This spiritual Truth
concerning the state of the Temple of Yahuah is a consistent
theme in Scripture which clearly defines the Temple of Yahuah as
the human body in the Yahushaic Covenant:
John 2
19 Yahusha
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? 21 But he spake of the
temple of his body.
I
Corinthians 6:19
Do you not
know that your body is a temple of the Spirit of Yahuah who is in you, whom you
have from Yahuah?
II Corinthians 6:16
What agreement has the Temple
of Yahuah with idols? For we are the temple of the living Elohim; just as Yahuah
said, “I will dwell in them and walk among them; and I will be their Elohim,
and they shall be My people.”
Ephesians
2:19-22
So then you
are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints,
and are of Yahuah’s household, having been built upon the foundation of the
apostles and prophets, the Messiah Yahusha Himself being the corner stone (of the Temple of Yahuah), in whom the whole
building, being fitted together is growing into a Holy Temple of Yahuah; in
whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of Yahuah in the Spirit
(the Kingdom of Yahuah).
I
Peter 2:5
You also, as
living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house (Temple)…
We see this Spiritual Truth
clearly in Revelation as the “physical Temple” was not seen in the City of
Jerusalem, but rather that Temple is now spiritual:
Revelation
21
22 I did not see a temple in the city, because the Yahuah
Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.
The Temple of Yahuah has been transposed from its physical shadow to its
Spiritual Reality and is the human body, the sum total of the sons of Yahuah.
In the Kingdom of Yahuah,
the Ark of the Covenant has been transposed from physical to spiritual. The
hearts/minds of the sons of Yahuah are now the Ark of the Covenant. As we see, in the Yahushaic
Covenant, the Torah or "Law" or
"Commandments/Instructions" are now written within our
"heart" which is now the spiritual Ark of the Covenant:
Romans
2:14-15
14 (Indeed,
when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the
law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law. 15
They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their
consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing them
and at other times even defending them.)
Inside each of us, is the
spiritual equivalent of the physical portrait of the Ark of the Covenant! The tablets
of the Law of Yahuah as given to Moses... Aaron's staff, and a
portion of Manna (bread from Heaven). Sha’ul lists the physical items found
within the physical Ark of the Covenant:
Hebrews
9:4
4 which had the golden altar of incense and the
gold-covered ark of the covenant. This ark contained the gold jar of manna,
Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets
of the covenant.
The Ark of the Covenant is within each of us in the Kingdom of Yahuah.
The blood of Yahusha, the Passover Lamb, is poured on top of the Ark spiritually
inside us to cover our sins as we keep Passover in light of Yahusha’s
sacrifice.
Inside the Ark (in our heart)
is:
·
The Commands of Yahuah. They are “written on our hearts” or placed inside the
Ark of the Covenant. We keep them out of love.
·
The staff of Aaron. Yahuah is our shepherd (Yahusha by proxy), Yahuah “Rohi”.
·
The Manna. We are fed spiritually “manna from heaven” as we are
filled with the Spirit of Yahuah
