2 Chron. xxxil, 12. Hath not | sheep. So the king and all the the shields of gold which Solomon the same Hezekiah taken away people dedicated the house of had made.

his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying. Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn incense upon it.

2 Chron. xxxill, 16. And he repaired the altar of the LORD and sacrificed thereon peace-offerings andthank-offerings.and commanded Judah to serve the LORD God of

Israel.

God.

SACRILEGE.

all the silver and the gold that 1 Kings xv, 18. Then Asa took were left in the treasures of the ures of the king's house, and dehouse of the LORD, and the treas livered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to Ben-hadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying.

Ezra ili, 2. 3. Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burntofferings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses, the man of God. And they set the altar upon his bases; (for fear was upon them because of the people of those countries;) and they offered burnt-it offerings thereon unto the LORD, eren burnt-offerings morning and evening.

THE ALTAR A PLACE OF SAFETY.

king of Judah took all the hallow 2 Kings xil, 18. And Jehoash ed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahazlah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, to Hazael king of Syria; and he and in the king's house, and sent went away from Jerusalem. 2 Kings xvi, 8, 17. And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, 1 Kings i, 50, 51, 53. And Adou-house, and sent it for a present to and in the treasures of the king's ijah feared because of Solomon, the king of Assyria. And king and arose, and went, and caught Ahaz cut off the borders of the hold on the horns of the altar. bases, and removed the laver from And it was told Solomon, saying, off them; and took down the sea Behold, Adonijah feareth king So- from off the brazen oxen that lomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold were under it, and put it upon a on the horns of the altar, saying, pavement of stones. Let king Solomon swear unto me to-day that he will not slay his servant with the sword. So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar; and he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said unto him, Go to thine house.

1 Kings ii, 28--30. Then tidings came to Joab; (for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom;) and Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar: then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoida, saying, Go, fall upon him. And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab,

and thus he answered me.

kiah gave him all the silver that
2 Kings xvill, 15, 16. And Heze
was found in the house of the
LORD, and in the treasures of the
king's house.
Hezekiah cut off the gold from the
At that time did
doors of the temple of the LORD,
kiah king of Judah had overlaid,
and from the pillars which Heze-
and gave it to the king of Assyria.
of Athaliah, that wicked woman,
2 Chron. xxiv, 7. For the sons
had broken up the house of God;
and also all the dedicated things
of the house of the LORD did they
bestow upon Baalim.

took away a portion out of the
2 Chron. xxviii, 21. For Ahaz
house of the LORD, and out of the
house of the king, and of the
princes, and gave it unto the king
of Assyria: but he helped him not.

DEPREDATION.

[Jehoash] took all the gold and
2 Kings xiv, 14.
silver, and all the vessels that
And he
were found in the house of the
LORD, and in the treasures of the
king's house, and hostages, and
returned to Samaria.

of Egypt came up against Jeru-
2 Chron. xii, 9. So Shishak king
salem, and took away the treas-
ures of the house of the LORD, and
he took all: he carried away also
the treasures of the king's house;

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2 Chron. xxxvi, 18. And all the house of the LORD, and the treas and small, and the treasures of the vessels of the house of God, great ures, of the king, and of his nezzar] brought to Babylon. princes; all these he [Nebuchad

the LORD, and the bases, and the Jer. lii, 17-19. Also the pillars of brass that were in the house of brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans brake, and the shovels, and the snuffers, to Babylon. The caldrons also, and carried all the brass of them and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away. And the basons, and the fire-pans, and the bowls, and the caldrons, and the candlesticks, and which was of gold in gold, and the spoons, and the cups: that

that which was of silver in silver, took the captain of the guard away.

hand, with part of the vessels of Jehoiakim king of Judah Into his Dan. i, 2. And the Lord gave the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure-house of his god.

Dan. v, 2, 3. Belshazzar, whiles
sels which his father Nebuchad
bring the golden and silver ves-
he tasted the wine, commanded to
ple which was in Jerusalem; that
nezzar had taken out of the tem-
wives, and his concubines, might
the king, and his princes, his
drink therein. Then they brought
taken out of the temple of the
the golden vessels
house of God which was at Jeru-
that were
princes, his wives and his concu
salem; and the king and his
bines, drank in them.

taken my silver and my gold, and
Joel iii, 5. Because ye have
goodly pleasant things.
have carried into your temples my

REPAIRS.

Let the priests take it to them, 2 Kings xii, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 14 every man of his acquaintance; and let them repair the breaches so, that in the three and twentieth of the house, wheresoever any year of king Jehoash the priests breach shall be found. But it was had not repaired the breaches of the house. Then king Jehonsh called for Jehoiada the priest, and breaches of the house? them, Why repair ye not the the other priests, and said unto therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, but deliver Now And the priests consented to reit for the breaches of the house.

the eighteenth year of his reign, the meat-offering and the frank-shall pollute my secret place; for

gold changed! the stones of the
sanctuary are poured out in the
top of every street.

Fpoons, and all the vessels of house, and, being set up let him brass wherewith they ministered, be hanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this. Took they away. And the fireAnd the God that hath caused his pans, and the bowls, and such name to dwell there, destroy all things as were of gold, in gold. RESTORATION PREDICTED. kings and people that shall put to and of silver, in silver, the captain Zech. iv, 7. Who art thou, O their hand to alter and to destroy of the guard took away. The two great mountain? before Zerub-this house of God, which is at depillars, one sea, and the bases babel thou shalt become a plain: rusalem. I Darins have made s which Solomon had made for the and he shall bring forth the head-decree; let it be done with speed. house of the LORD: the brass of stone thereof with shoutings, cry- Then Tatnat, governor on this all these vessels was withouting, Grace, grace, unto it. side the river, Shetlar-boznal, and weight. their companions, according to that which Darius the king bad sent, so they did speedily.

2 Chron. xxxvi. 19. And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with

Zech. vi, 15. And they that are far off shall come and build in the

temple of the LORD; and ye shall

know that the LORD of hosts hath

fire, and destroyed all the goodly sent me unto you. And this shall that are given thee for the service come to pass, if ye will diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God

vessels thereof.

Ps. lxxiv, 3-8. Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations, even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. Thine enemies roar in the

midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs. man was famous according as he

AND ACCOMPLISHED UNDER CYRUS.

Ezra i, 7-11. Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth

Ezra vii, 19. The vessels als of the house of thy God, the deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem.

Ezra viii, 24, 25, 33 34. Then ! separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Ha-laba and ten of their brethren with them, And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the

had lifted up axes upon the thick out of Jerusalem, and had put vessels, even the offering of the trees. But now they break down them in the house of his gods; house of our God, which the king

the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers. They have cast fire into thy sanctuary; they have defiled by casting down the dwelling-place of thy name to the ground. They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burnt up all the synagogues of God in the land.

Ps. lxxix, 1. O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.

Isa. Ixiv, 11, 12. Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burnt up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste. Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?

Jer. vii, 12. But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel,

Jer. lii, 12, 13. Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar-adan,.. And burnt the house of the LORD. and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burnt he with fire.

Lam. ii. 7. The LORD hath cast off his altar; he hath abhorred his sanctuary: he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a solemn feast.

Lam. iv, 1. How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine

Even those did Cyrus king of
Persia bring forth by the hand of
Mithredath the treasurer, and
numbered them unto Sheshbazzar,
the prince of Judah. And this is
thirty
the number of them:
thousand
chargers of gold, a
chargers of silver, nine and twenty
knives, Thirty basons of gold,
silver basons of a second sort four
hundred and ten, and other ves-
sels a thousand. All the vessels
of gold and of silver were five
thousand and four hundred. All
these did Sheshbazzar bring up
with them of the captivity that
were brought up from Babylon
unto Jerusalem.

Ezra v, 15. And said unto him,
Take these vessels, go, carry
them into the temple that is in
Jerusalem.

Ezra vi, 3-5, 11-13. In the first
year of Cyrus the king, the same
Cyrus the king made a decree
concerning the house of God at
Jerusalem, Let the house be
builded, the place where they of
fered sacrifices, and let the foun-
dations thereof be strongly laid;
the height thereof threescore cu-
bits, and the breadth thereof
threescore cubits; With three rows
of great stones and a row of new
timber: and let the expenses be
given out of the king's house.
And also let the golden and silver
vessels of the house of God, which
Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of
the temple which is at Jerusalem,
and brought unto Babylon, be re-
stored, and brought again unto
the temple which is at Jerusalem,
every one to his place, and place
them in the house of God. Also I
have made a decree, that whoso-
ever shall alter this word, let
timber be pulled down from his

and his counsellors, and his lors and all Israel there present, bad offered. Now, on the fourth day was the silver, and the guld, and the vessels, weighed in the boose of our God by the hand of Mere moth the son of Uriah the prist

and with him

cas Eleazar the son

of Phinehas; and with them re Noadiah the son of Binual le Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and ites; by number, and by weigh of every one: and all the weighs was written at that time.

REBUILT UNDER DIVINE
PROMISE.

Ezra iii, 6--9. From the first
day of the seventh month bega
they to offer burnt-offerings
the LORD: but the foundation
the temple of the LORD was t
yet laid. They gave money
unto the masons, and to the c
penters; and meat, and drink,
oil, unto them of Zidon, and k
them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees
from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa.
according to the grant that th
had of Cyrus king of Persia N
in the second year of their c
unto the house of God at Jers
lem, in the second month bega
Zerubbabel the son of Stea
and Jeshua the son of Jozadak.
and the remnant of their brethr
the priests and the Levites, and
all they that were come out of the
captivity unto Jerusalem; and ap
pointed the Levites, from twent
years old and upward, to set fir
ward the work of the hous
the LORD. Then stood Jestl
with his sons and his bret
Kadmiel and his sons, the s
Judah, together, to set forward
the workmen in the house of

the sons of Henadad, with their NODS and their brethren the Levites.

Ezra v, 1, 2. 16. Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, even unto them. Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem: and with them were the prophets of God helping them. Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now

hath it been in building, and yet it is not finished.

Ezra vi, 14, 15. And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet, and Zecharlah the son of Iddo: and they builded, and finished it, according

to the commandment of the God

of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia. And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixta year of the reign of Darius

the king.

day of the sixth month, in the
second year of Darius the king.
Haggai ii, 2-4, 15, 16, 18, 19.
Speak now to Zerubbabel the son
of Shealtiel, governor of Judah,
and to Joshua the son of Josedech,
the high priest, and to the residue
of the people, saying, Who is
left among you that saw this house
in her first glory? and how do ye
see it now? is it not in your eyes
in comparison of it as nothing?
Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel,
saith the LORD; and be strong, O
Joshua, son of Josedech, the high
priest; and be strong, all ye peo-
ple of the land, saith the LORD,
and work: for I am with you,
saith the LORD of hosts. And
now, I pray you, consider from
this day and upward, from before
a stone was laid upon a stone in
the temple of the LORD; Since
to an heap of twenty measures,
those days were, when one came
there were but ten: when one
out fifty vessels out of the press,
came to the press fat for to draw
there were but twenty. Consider
now from this day and upward
from the four and twentieth day
of the ninth month, even from the
day that the foundation of the
LORD's temple was laid, consider
it. Is the seed yet in the barn?
yea, as yet the vine, and the fig-
tree, and the pomegranate, and
the olive-tree, hath not brought
forth: from this day will I bless
you.

and said unto them. Let us build
with you: for we seek your God,
as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto
him since the days of Esar-haddon
king of Assur, which brought us
up hither. But Zerubbabel, and
Jeshua, and the rest of the chiet
of the fathers of Israel, said unto
them, Ye have nothing to do
with us to build an house unto
our God; but we ourselves to-
gether will build unto the LORD
God of Israel, as king Cyrus the
king of Persia hath commanded
us. Then the people of the land
weakened the hands of the people
of Judah, and troubled them in
building, And hired counsellors
against them, to frustrate their
purpose, all the days of Cyrus
king of Persia, even until the
reign of Darius king of Persia.
And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in
they unto him
the beginning of his reign, wrote
against the inhabitants of Judah
and Jerusalem.

an accusation

Ezra v, 3-11, 13, 17. At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar-boznal, and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up this wall? Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make this building? But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this matter. The copy of the letter that Tatnat, governor on this

Zech. iv, 9, 10. The hands of Zerubabbel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you. For who hath de-side the river, and Shethar-boznai, spised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.

Haggai 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 12-15. Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD'S house should be built. Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD. Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and Zech. viii, 9, 10. Thus saith the ye run every man unto his own. LORD of hosts, Let your hands be house. Then Zerubbabel the son strong, ye that hear in these days of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son these words by the mouth of the of Josedech, the high priest, with prophets, which were in the day ail the remnant of the people, that the foundation of the house obeyed the voice of the LORD of the LORD of hosts was laid, their God, and the words of Hag-that the temple might be built. gai the prophet, (as the LORD their God had sent him) and the people did fear before the LORD. Then spake Haggai the LORD's messenger in the LORD's message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the LORD. And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua, the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came, and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God, In the four and twentieth

and his companions the Apharsachites, which were on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king: They sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto Darius the king, all peace. Be it known unto the king, that we weut into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands. Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls? We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them. And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house Ezra iv, 1-6. Now, when the that was builded these many adversaries of Judah and Ben-years ago, which a great king of jamin heard that the children of Israel builded and set up. But in the captivity builded the temple the first year of Cyrus the king unto the LORD God of Israel; of Babylon, the same king Cyrus Then they came to Zerubbabel, made a decree to build this house and to the chief of the fathers, i of God. Now therefore, if it seem

For before these days there was
no hire for man, nor any hire for
beast; neither was there any
peace to him that went out or
came in because of the affliction:
for I set all men every one against
his neighbour.

OBSTACLES.

Fara vi, 6, 7. Now therefore, Tatrai, governor beyond the river, Shethar-boznai, and your companfoss the Aphanachites, which are beyond the river, be ye far from thenes Let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews, and the elders of the Jews, build this house of God in his place.

DEDICATION OF THE SECOND

TEMPLE.

ITS PURIFICATION BY JESUS. Mark xi, 15, 16. And they come to Jerusalem; and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of them that sold doves; And would not suffer that any Inan should carry any vessel through the temple.

what manner of stones and what' of threese recclits, even onto the
buildings are here! And Jesus
answering, said unto Lim, Seest
then these great building there
shall not be left one stone upon
another, that shail not be thrown
down.

Luke xxi. 5. 6. And as some
spake of the temple, how it was
adorned with goodly stones and
gifts, Le said, As for these things
which ye beh, the days will
come, in the which there shall,
not be left one stope upon an-
other, that shall not be thrown
down.

111.

MYSTIC TEMPLE OF

EZEKIEL.

YEASUREMENT, PLAN, ETC. Ezekiel. xl, 1, 5-49. In the Ezra vi, 16, 17. And the chil-five and twentieth year of our dren of Israel, the priests, and the captivity, in the beginning of the Levites, and the rest of the chil-year, in the tenth day of the dren of the cap'ivity, kept the month, in the fourteenth year dedication of this house of God after that the city was smitten, with joy. And offered at the dedi- in the self-same day the hand of cation of this house of God an the LORD was upon me, and hundred bullocks, two hundred brought me thither. And behold rams, four hundred lambs; and for a wall on the outside of the house a sin-offering for all Israel, twelve round abont, and in the man's he-goats, according to the number hand a measuring - reed of six of the tribes of Israel. cubits long, by the cubit and an hand-breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed. Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad. And every little chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad; and between the little chambers were five cubits: and the threshold of the gate, by the porch of the gate within, was one reed. He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed. measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch little chambers of the gate eastof the gate was inward. And the ward were three on this side, and three on that side; they three were of one measure: and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side. And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits. The space also before the little chambers was one cubit on this side, and the space was one cubit on that side; and the little chambers were six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side. He measured then the gate from the roof of one little chamber to the roof of another: the breadth was five and twenty cubits, door against door. He made also posts

Luke xix, 45, 46. And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought; Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.

John ii, 15. And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money,

an i overthrew the tables.

PROPHECY OF ITS FINAL

DESTRUCTION.

Matth. xxiv, 1. 2. And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him, for to shew him the buildings of the temple. And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? Verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that

shall not be thrown down.

Mark xiii, 1, 2. And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see

Then

post of the curt round about the
gate. And from the face of the
gate of the entrance unto the fae-
inner-cate
of the porch of the
tcere fifty cabits. And there anome
Barrow windows to the Little
their pos79
chambers, and to

within the gate rorni about, and
likewise to the arches and wit
dows were round about inward
and upon each pist were pain.
trees. Then brought be me into
the outward court, and, lo, there
rere chambers, and a pivement
mate for the court round ab
thirty chambers were upon the
pavement. And the pavement
by the side of the gates, cer
against the length of the gates,

as the lower pavement. Then be measured the breadth fra the fore-front of the lower gre unto the fore-front of the in

A

court without, an hundred culass
eastward and northward.
the gate of the outward court
that looked toward the north, be
measured the length thereof, and
the breadth thereof. And the
little chambers thereof were three
on this side, and three on that
side; and the posts thereof and
the arches thereof, were after the
measure of the first gate: the
length thereof was fifty cabes
and the breadth five and twenty
cubits. And their windows, and
their arches, and their palm-trees,
were after the measure of the gate
that looketh toward the east; and
they went up into it by seve
steps; and the arches thereof ter
before them. And the gate of the
inner court was over against the
gate toward the north, and toward
the east; and he measured from
gate to gate an hundred cus
After that be brought me toward
the south, and behold a gate 1-
ward the south: and be measured
the posts thereof, and the arches
thereof, according to these mas
ures. And there were windows
in it, and in the arches theref
round about, like those windoss
the length was fifty cubits, and
the breadth five and twen
cubits. And there were seve
steps to go up to it, and the
arches thereof were before them
and it had palm-trees, one on La
side, and another on that g
upon the posts thereof. And
there was a gate in the inner
court toward the south: and te
measured from gate to gate t
ward the south an hundre i cabits
And he brought me to the inter
conrt by the south gate: ani be
measured the south gate accor
ing to these measures; And the
little chambers thereof, and the
posts thereof, and the
thereof, according to these meas
ures: and there were window. "
it, and in the arches there