No one would rob a temple, so people used to keep their savings there like a bank. The temple in Jerusalem was the most wealthy in the ancient world. (Hillsdale College - Ancient Christianity)
The Temple in Jerusalem
Cyrus and Darius allow the Temple to be rebuilt under Ezra and Nehemiah
The Jews under Cyrus go home and reestablish themselves under Ezra (fl. 480-440 B.C.) and Nehemiah (fl. 500-400 B.C.) and the law and the temple, but they are opposed by the Samaritans when rebuilding the temple and reestablishing themselves in Jerusalem. Darius reaffirms Cyrus's order. (Hillsdale College - Ancient Christianity)
Zeus Worship
Antiochus IV orders the Jews to bow to Zeus, erect a statue of Zeus in the Temple, and sacrifice to him instead of their own God. (Hillsdale College - Ancient Christianity)
Retaking the Temple
In 165 B.C., the Temple is retaken and cleansed. The oil in the lamp stands miraculously last 8 days. This rededication of the Temple is called Hanukkah. (Hillsdale College - Ancient Christianity)
Caligula wants a golden statue of himself in the Temple
Philo, Syria, and Damascus are detractors of this plan until it eventually is scrapped with Caligula's assassination by the Praetorian Guard. (Hillsdale College - Ancient Christianity)
Flavius Titus led the siege of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. Since the siege proved ineffective at stopping the Jewish revolt, the city's pillaging and looting and destruction of Herod's Temple (Second Temple) soon followed.
(Origin of the Bible handout by my small group leader, February 8, 2023. Summarized from Wikipedia. Page 4.)
For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God. - 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4
If the man of lawlessness has yet to be revealed and will sit in the literal temple of God, that necessitates a rebuilding of the temple to occur before the day of the Lord comes. (2 Thessalonians 2:3-4)
The Temple in Samaria
Their temple is built on Mount Gerizim. (Hillsdale College - Ancient Christianity)
The Temple in Morrowind
The Tribunal Temple or "The Temple" is the native religion. They worship three God-Kings, Almalexia, Sotha Sil, and Vivec, who are known together as the Tribunal. Talk to Feldrelo Sadri at the Balmora Temple to join.
(Caius Cosades)
The Tribunal Temple is at war with a rebellious faction, the Dissident Priests. Ordinators persecute and imprison them, which has driven them underground. They stuck Malur Omayn in the Ministry of Truth.
(Ulveni Daram, Larrius Varro)
Duties
List
- The Temple Scroll