CONSTRUCTION
MORE THAN 180,000 MEN WORKED FOR 7.5 YEARS TO CONSTRUCT THIS WORSHIP CENTER. ITS PREDECESSOR WAS A MOBILE TENT
WHAT IS THE TEMPLE
THIS FRUIT MIGHT NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE FOOD PYRAMID
THE HIGH PRIEST WOULD ENTER THE MOST HOLY 3 TIMES ONCE A YEAR ON THIS DAY
WHAT IS ATONEMENT DAY
IN THE BEGINNING...
WHAT IS GENESIS
SHE WAS THE WIFE OF A WEALTHY BUT HARSH MAN NAMED NABAL
WHO IS ABIGAIL
WHEREAS ROUGH STONES MIGHT BE EMPLOYED FOR FOUNDATIONS, THEY WERE ALIGNED AND BONDED BY THESE, WHICH WERE CAREFULLY SMOOTHED AND FITTED
WHAT IS CORNERSTONE
WHAT IS SALT
THE FIRST OF THE GOSPELS
WHAT IS MATTHEW
MOUNTAINOUS REGION WHERE TURKEY, IRAN, AND ARMENIA JOIN. ALSO WHERE THE FIRST SEA VESSEL RESTED.
WHAT IS ARARAT
THE NAME MEANING OF THESE TWO FEATURES OF THE TEMPLE, MEANT "MAY JEHOVAH FIRMLY ESTABLISH THE TEMPLE IN STRENGTH"
WHAT ARE THE TWO COPPER PILLARS
THESE TWO OF THE THREE ITEMS IN THE THE ARK OF THE COVENANT WERE LATER REMOVED. EVIDENTLY, THEY WERE NOT IN IT WHEN THE ARK WAS LATER MOVED INTO THE TEMPLE
WHAT ARE THE JAR OF MANNAH AND AARON'S ROD
THIS WAS A LETTER TO GAIUS DELIVERED BY THE HAND OF DEMETRIUS.
WHAT IS 3RD JOHN
A SEMIPRECIOUS VARIETY OF CRYSTALLIZED QUARTZ, PURPLE OR VIOLET IN COLOR AND USED FOR JEWELRY
WHAT IS AMETHYST
THIS INSTRUMENT WAS USED BY CRAFTSMEN TO ACHIEVE HORIZONTAL ACCURACY. IT ALSO FIGURATIVELY EXPOSED WICKEDNESS OR MORAL BADNESS
WHAT IS A LEVELING INSTRUMENT OR PLUMB LINE
ON ATONEMENT DAY, LOTS WERE CAST FOR 2 GOATS. ONE WAS DESIGNATED "FOR JEHOVAH" AND THE OTHER "FOR THIS". A WORD THAT OCCURS FOUR TIMES IN THE BIBLE
WHAT IS AZAZEL
THE SHORTEST BOOK IN THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES, PROCLAIMS JUDGEMENT UPON EDOM
WHAT IS OBADIAH
HE, FALLS PASSIONATELY IN LOVE WITH ABSALOM'S SISTER, TAMAR. HE EVEN FEIGNS ILLNESS TO HAVE HER CARE FOR HIM.
WHO IS AMNON
***ROMAN BUILDERS WERE ABLE TO EXTEND THE SPAN OF ARCHES AND COSNTRUCT MULTISTORIED EDIFICES, SUCH AS THE COLOSSEUM, USING THIS AS MORTAR, WHICH DERIVES FROM THE ITALIAN TOWN POZZUOLI
WHAT IS POZZOLANA
WHAT IS CAROB
ON ATONEMENT DAY, THE HIGH PRIEST WOULD DO THIS BEFORE PRESENTING THE BLOOD OF THE SIN OFFERINGS, MAKING SURE HE WOULD HAVE JEHOVAH'S APPROVAL
WHAT IS BURN THE INCENSE
THIS BOOK, WRITTEN BY JEREMIAH, WAS A COMPILATION OF 5 POEMS, OF WHICH THE FIRST 4 WERE WRITTEN IN AN ACROSTIC MANNER.
WHAT IS LAMENTATIONS
PERSIAN KING ALSO BELIEVED TO BE XERXES I, SON OF DARIUS THE GREAT
WHO IS AHASUERUS