This was first built by Solomon on Mount Moriah on the site of the threshing floor of Ornan (1 Chron. 21:28-30). It was divided like the tabernacle into Holy and most Holy. The wood, however, was generally cedar instead of shittim wood. It was several years in building and after a varied career was finally burnt and pillaged by the Babylonians (2 Kings 25:9, 13-17). Another temple was built by Ezra and Nehemiah under Cyrus, &c, (Ezra). This was repaired and greatly enlarged by Herod the Great, thus forming the third and last temple. Another will occupy the same site in the millennium, and will be constructed from the plan and descriptions given in Ezekiel, which are so exact that several models have been made by the Jews from the description, some in solid gold, there being a tradition that whoever has the most perfect modal will be selected by the Messiah as the architect of the building. Spiritually our bodies are temples of the Holy Ghost; believers corporately are builded together as an holy temple (Eph. 2). There will be no temple in the heavenly Jerusalem, which will be one distinguishing feature between it and the earthly, where we have seen there will be a glorious temple built.