Temple Pamphlet: the Temple Throughout Bible History

The Temple Pamphlet includes full-color pictures and diagrams of the First Temple (Solomon's Temple) and the Second Temple (New Testament Temple) in Jerusalem.

The Temple Pamphlet is an amazing full-color booklet with hundreds of facts about the Temple. In the First Temple picture, each of the furnishings are identified. In the Second Temple diagram, you can see King Herod's expansion of the New Testament Temple with the massive courts that were added before Jesus' birth. These were the courts where Jesus taught and prayed.

The Temple Pamphlet tells the 1000-year history of the Temple in Jerusalem. King David gathered gold and silver for the First Temple's construction, but his son King Solomon built the Temple on Mt. Zion. After the destruction of the Temple in 586 BC a Second Temple was built on the same site in 516 BC by Zerubbabel. Then just before Jesus' birth King Herod expanded the Temple Mount and enlarged the entire Second Temple complex. The Jewish Temple was destroyed in AD 70 by the Romans, but the Temple Mount remains.

The First Temple Diagram: Key Features

A beautiful cutaway illustration of the first temple, Solomon's Temple, shows what the Temple may have looked like inside and out.

• The Ark of the Covenant
• The Mercy Seat
• The Brazen Altar
• The Sea (The Bronze Basin)
• Sacrifice / the Brazen Altar (Bronze Altar)
• The Sea (Bronze Basin)
• Brass Pillars (Bronze Pillars)
• Golden Lampstand (Golden Candlestick) and Table of Showbread
• Golden Incense Altar
• The Veil
• Cherubim
• The Holy Place and the Holy of Holies
• ...and more

The Second Temple Diagram: Shows the Expanded Courts

Detailed Bird's Eye View of the Second Temple, Also Known as Herod's Temple or the New Testament Temple

• The Court of the Gentiles
• The Court of the Women
• The Israel Court
• The Priest's Court

The Temple pamphlet has a detailed and colorful diagram of the Jewish Temple drawn to scale based on measurements from the Bible. Each of the Temple furnishings are explained in detail, as well as their functions, purposes, and the meanings they have for believers today. The Temple Pamphlet also has a question and answer seciont filled with fascinating facts about the biblical Temple.
12 panels, fits inside most Bibles, 8.5 x 5.5 inches, unfolds to 33 inches long

Teachers can show students the outer courtyards of the Temple and the area where Jesus praised the widow who gave sacrificially to the Lord, giving "the widow's mite." The Temple pamphlet explains each of the Temple's key features: the Ark of the Covenant, the Veil, the Holy Place, and the Most Holy Place (the Holy of Holies), to name a few. The Temple pamphlet includes:

• A tour of the temple and its features
• An historical time line and fascinating facts
• A Q & A about the Temple
• A beautiful illustration of Herod's Temple (sometimes called the third temple)
• References to Jesus in the Temple
• Biblical encounters that happened in God's Temple