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The Tabernacle's Journey & End

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The Tabernacle's Journey and End

The Tabernacle travelled for 40 years in the desert before the Jews settled in the Holy Land of Israel.

The Tabernacle's journey

The Tabernacle's journey

  • This Tabernacle traveled for 40 years in the desert.
  • When Moses died, the Jews crossed over into the Holy Land of Israel, and the Tabernacle was still used there to worship God.
The First Temple

The First Temple

  • When David became King he wished to honour God by building a temple.
    • He reasoned that people were living in proper homes and God was still being worshipped in a mobile building.
    • His son Solomon built the First Temple which stood for 420 years.
  • The Babylonians destroyed the First Temple and exiled the Jews from their homeland.
The exile of the Jews

The exile of the Jews

  • The Jews spent 70 years living out of their homeland.
  • The prophet Jeremiah had told the Jews they would be punished for their lack of commitment to God.
  • Jeremiah said if the Jews were good citizens for 70 years they could return to their homeland.
The Second Temple

The Second Temple

  • A small group of Jews returned to their homeland and over the years the Second Temple was built.
  • It was not as beautiful as the first and did not have some of the important holy items found in the First Temple.
  • Over time, the Second Temple became the centre of Jewish worship and a place for Jewish pilgrims to visit from all over the world.
The Romans

The Romans

  • The Romans had been conquering places around the world and had their sights on Israel as the link between the Middle East and Africa.
  • The Romans destroyed the Second Temple in the year 70 AD.
    • It had been standing for 410 years.
  • The Jews tried hard to push the Romans back.
    • However, the vast Roman Empire defeated the Jews and expelled them from Jerusalem.
Jewish resistance to the Romans

Jewish resistance to the Romans

  • The Romans left one wall of the Second Temple standing.
  • This section of the wall has a number of names.
    • The Western Wall describes its location on the original site of the Second Temple.
    • It is also called the Wailing Wall as many Jews came to pray and cry over the destruction at this site.
  • Today the area is an open space for all people to visit and pray at.
  • For Jews this spot is the closest they can get to the site of their Holy Temple.
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