The Temples

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The following are the temples mentioned in the Word of God:- Solomon's Temple (1 Kings 8), was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar in the year 588 B.C. Zerubbabel's Temple (Ezra 3; 6) was pillaged and dedicated to the heathen god, Jupiter, by Antiochus Epiphanes, in the years 168 and 170 B.C. Herod's Temple (John 2:20) was reconstructed and almost rebuilt in a style of surpassing magnificence; commenced in the year 17 B.C. Antichrist's Temple (2 Thess. 2:4) will be built by the Jews in unbelief when returned to their land (Isa. 18); the "Antichrist" and the "Beast," i.e., head of the revived Roman Empire, will establish idolatrous worship in it. Christ's Millennial
Temple (Ezek. 40) will be entirely new, and not on the site of the old one; it will be grand and capacious, according to Divine plan and measurement, and the glory of Jehovah will fully occupy it.
Both Phinehas and Aaron were set in the priesthood, the latter by the choice of Jehovah (Lev. 8), the former by earning his title to it (Num. 25).
We have no mention of rain during the first sixteen and a half centuries of the world's history (Gen. 7:4); the ground was watered by a mist which went up from the earth (Gen. 2:6).
The first recorded instance of Egypt invading Judah is in the reign of Rehoboam. The temple and palace were plundered of their wealth; but Jerusalem itself and the country were spared for a time (1 Kings 14; 2 Chron. 12).