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08-Design of the Inner Temple and Western Building
This first seven pictures of this section of the schematics show the layout of the Inner Temple. The final picture is a proof of the first floor of the Inner Temple. The second to last picture shows the layout of the Western Building. We will discuss the layout of the Inner Temple and the proof first. The scripture describing the structures of the Inner Temple begins at Ezekiel 40:48 and ends at Ezekiel 41:26. The proof will be discussed first. Notice that the artist has divided the large square of 100 x 100 cubits (175 feet) which is the Inner Temple Module into squares of 1-cubit (21 inches). But why did he do this? Let us explain.
The existence of optical illusions is a fact. The bright yellow structures seen on the south, north, and west surrounding the Inner Temple in the first picture are the first-floor side chambers. Their width is 4-cubits (7-feet). To our eyes we would swear that their width is not uniform. The six side chambers on the west side of the Inner Temple look to be wider than the twelve side chambers on the south or north sides. The proof shows that they are in fact identical in width on all sides of the Temple, their width being the sum of four 1-cubit squares. The proof illustrates an important point concerning the structure we designate to be “The Modular Temple”. If we had the time and funds, a proof could be created for every Temple module and structure by dividing each module into squares of 1-cubit and then resolving every structure inside each module in terms of these 1-cubit squares.
Thus, theoretically, the structures of the Millennial Temple can be 100% resolved with zero error or uncertainty. Why? It is because it is a geometrically perfect structure. Nothing but the limits of the computer program prevents us from using squares smaller than 1-cubit. For example, we could divide the modules into squares of a billionth of a cubit or a trillionth, etc. No modern building even remotely possesses this remarkable property. When Jesus builds His House, every measurement will, quite literally, be perfect. No human measurer could measure the error or uncertainty, because there will be none.
In order to see the dimensions of the Inner Temple in detail, this section of the schematics must be purchased from the website. The first picture of this section of schematics shows the first floor of the Inner Temple. On either side are the 20 cubits (35 feet) wide separate areas (41:9-10, 41:14, 42:3). Its width south to north is 60 cubits (105 feet) and the widths of each of the structures, the sum of which equals 60 cubits, is clearly shown in the first picture. Going from south to north, the width of the free space is given as 5-cubits (8.75-feet) in 41:11.
The width of the side chamber walls is given as 5-cubits in 41:9. The width of the Inner Temple wall is given as 6-cubits (10.5 feet) in 41:5. The widths of the Nave (Main Room) and Most Holy Place are given as 20 cubits (35 feet) in 41:2, 4 (their widths are not summed), and then then the widths repeat themselves on the north side of the Inner Temple for its wall, side chambers, side chamber walls, and free space, the sum of which equals 60 cubits as shown in the first picture.
Now let’s address the lengths of the structures of the Inner Temple. To see the important details of these lengths please purchase this section of schematics from the website. The length of the porch is given as 20 cubits (35 feet) in 40:49. The length of the Nave or Main Room including its entrance is given as 40 cubits (70 feet) in 41:2. The length of the Most Holy Place including its 2-cubits (3.5-feet) partition is given as 20 cubits in 41:4. The width of the wall behind the Most Holy Place is given as 6-cubits (10.5 feet) in 41:5. The width of the side chambers behind the Inner Temple wall is given as 4-cubits (7-feet) in 41:5. The width or thickness of the walls of the side chambers is given as 5-cubits (8.75-feet) in 41:9. Finally, the width of the free space behind the side chamber walls is given as 5-cubits in 41:11. The total for this sum is 100 cubits (175 feet) which agrees with 41:13.
Before moving on to the Inner Temple side chambers we will briefly discuss some important points. However, it would require many pages to do the details seen in these seven pictures full justice and we simply don’t have the space in these brief descriptions to do so.
The width of the Inner Temple porch is given as 11 cubits(19.25 feet) in 40:49. This width is from outside wall to outside wall, so allowing for a wall width of .5 cubits (10.5 inches), the width inside wall to inside wall of the porch is 10 cubits (17.5 feet) which is the width of the entrance to the Nave given as 10 cubits in 41:2. A careful examination of the first picture shows this .5-cubit difference and also shows the .5-cubit square door posts (41:21) of the Nave located inside the Nave entrance. This makes the dimensions of the Nave doors 9 x 9 cubits (15.75 feet, H x W) which is a multiple of the Trinity.
The width of the entrance to the Most Holy place is given as 7-cubits (12.25 feet) in 41:3 as shown in the first picture. The height of the entrance is given as 6-cubits (10.5 feet). The width of the partition is deduced to be 2-cubits (3.5-feet). Since the doorposts are squares of .5-cubit (10.5 inches, L x W, 41:21) of height 6-cubits, the doors of the Most Holy Place are 6 x 6 cubits (10.5 x 10.5 feet, H x W) which is a multiple of the Trinity. The doorposts of these doors can be seen under magnification.
Under magnification the dimensions of the throne and its relation to the entrance to the Most Holy Place can be seen. The steps of the throne reach out to touch the boundary between the entrance and the inside of the Most Holy Place. The length of the throne including its twelve steps is 18 cubits (31.5 feet). Its length, width, and height not including its twelve steps is a perfect cube of 6-cubits (10.5 feet). The tread of each step is 1-cubit. The height of each step is .5-cubit.
The Lord’s Table is where Jesus will take His meals for the duration of the Millennium. It is also described in 41:22 as the Lord’s Altar. Its dimensions are 2 x 2 x 3 cubits (L x W x H) or 3.5 x 3.5 x 5.25 feet and so it follows that Jesus will take His meals standing. We consider it to be a mini-Altar of Sacrifice. Therefore, we believe that there is a profound spiritual connection between the location of this altar in the Nave and the Altar of Sacrifice of the Inner Court. We believe the distance between the base of the steps of His throne and the west side of the altar (Lord’s Table) where He will be standing to take His meals to be equal to the distance between west side of the ledge of the Altar of Sacrifice in the Inner Court and the base of the steps of the Inner Temple threshold. This distance is 8-cubits (14 feet) as shown in the first picture of this section and the third picture of 06-The Design of the Altar of Sacrifice titled “Inner Court”. This places the west side of the Table exactly 46 cubits (80.5 feet) from the west side or extreme rear of the Inner Temple, which, if the Inner Temple Module is superimposed over the Inner Court Module, places Jesus within the 1 x 1 cubit (1.75 x 1.75 feet, L x W) base of the Altar of Sacrifice and also locates Him to be in the center of the altar hearth of the Altar. Therefore, the altar known as the Lord’s Table becomes a profound reminder and symbol of the final sacrifice for all time for the sins of humanity that Jesus accomplished on His Cross.
We believe that all the side pillars of the Inner Temple including the columns of the porch (40:49) are ornamental and of no structural significance. There are three sets of side pillars shown in the first picture. We will briefly discuss each one.
The dimensions of the side pillars of the porch are 5 x 5 cubits (8.75 feet, L x W) as given in 40:48. Their height is deduced to be 25 cubits (43.75 feet) including the tent pillar. Their relationship and location to the porch are shown in the first picture under magnification. Please purchase this section of schematics for more details.
The dimensions of the side pillars of the Nave are 6 x 6 cubits (10.5 feet, L x W) as given in 41:1. Their height is deduced to be 36 cubits (63 feet) including their tent pillar. (We discover that the side pillars of the Nave possess a tent pillar from the first footnote of chapter 41 where the literal translation is “tent pillar”. We extrapolate from this that the side pillars of the porch and Most Holy Place also possess tent pillars). Their relationship and location to the Nave are shown in the first picture under magnification. Please purchase this section of schematics for more details.
The dimensions of the side pillars of the Most Holy Place are 2 x 2 cubits (3.5 feet, L x W) as given in 41:3. Their height including their tent pillars is deduced to be 12 cubits (21 feet) including the tent pillars. Although they abut the rear wall of the Nave, since they adorn the doorway of the Most Holy Place, they are measured as belonging to or a part of the doorway. Their relationship and location to the entrance of the Most Holy place are shown in the first picture under magnification. Please purchase this section of schematics for more details. To see the tent of the Most Holy Place in 3-dimensions please purchase picture 33 of the Gallery section. The pictures of the Inner Temple and its structures and rooms are numerous in the 3-D Gallery section. We will list the best: 2, 13, 14, 32, 34, 48, 53, 54, and 55. Also, please take the “Temple Tour” in our Millennial Temple Expedition to learn more about the Inner Temple and all of its rooms and structures.
Now we will move on to the side chambers of the Inner Temple. They are described in Ezekiel 41:5-11. The side chamber structure is set on the 6-cubits high platform of 41:8. The side chambers surround the Nave and Most Holy place on the south, west, and north sides of the Inner Temple. There are three stories of these side chambers. There are 30 side chambers per story with 12 located on the south, 12 located on the north, and 6 located in the rear or to the west (Ezekiel 41:6-7). This is per story for a total of 90 side chambers. They are fastened to the Inner Temple by means of 1-cubit ledges cut into the Inner Temple wall as shown by the decreasing wall width and increasing side chamber width progressing through the first three pictures (Ezekiel 41:5-7). Thus, their width increases from story to story by 1-cubit (41:7). On the first floor their width is 4-cubits (7 feet, Ezekiel 41:5); on the second floor their width is 5-cubits (8.75-feet); on the third floor their width is 6-cubits (10.5 feet).
On the west side (rear) of the Inner Temple on the first floor the side chamber on either end is length 6-cubits (10.5 feet) as is shown in the first picture; on the second floor the length is 5-cubits (8.75 feet) as shown in the second picture; on the third floor the length is 4-cubits (7 feet) as shown in the third picture. Therefore, except for these four end side chambers on the first and third floors, the lengths of all side chambers are 5-cubits (8.75-feet) on every floor. On the second floor the length, width, and height of every side chamber can form a cube of 5-cubits and thus the height of every side chamber on every floor must be 5-cubits (8.75-feet) because a cube is the holiest of all the geometric structures.
Now let’s discuss the stairs. On every floor to the west at the rear of the Inner Temple, the side chambers extend to the length of the rear wall of the Inner Temple but not beyond as is shown in the first three pictures. Since the length of the wall on the first floor is 32 cubits (56 feet) and the width of the Inner Temple, excluding the free spaces, is a constant 50 cubits (87.5 feet), the remaining space on either end is 9-cubits (15.75 feet) in width as shown in the first picture. We call this space the rectangular space or the open space. It is colored bright green in our pictures. The width of a flight of stairs is 2.5-cubits (4.375-feet) and two flights are needed to reach the second floor as shown in the first picture.
The necessary two flights are allowed by our design but no more. However, the situation improves on the second floor. Since the length of the rear wall of the Inner Temple has decreased to 30 cubits (52.5 feet) on the second floor, this increases (41:7) the width of the open space on either end to 10 cubits (17.5 feet) of width (50 – 30 = 20 cubits and 20/2 = 10 cubits), so this allows our design to have four flights of stairs junction on the second floor, so that the third-story side chambers may only be reached by way of the second story as shown in the second picture. On the third floor, since the length of the west wall of the Inner Temple wall has decreased to 28 cubits, the width of the rectangular spaces on either end has increased by an additional cubit to 11 cubits as shown in the third picture. Thus, our design is 100% consistent with the language of Ezekiel 41:7, which also states that the functional width of the Inner Temple increased from the lowest story to the highest story of the side chambers. These stairs are best seen in 3-dimensions in picture 36 of the Gallery section.
Now let’s discuss the walls of the side chambers. The side chamber walls are uniformly 5-cubits (8.75-feet) wide, and we believe hollow for every side chamber (Ezekiel 41:9). Why? Large personal residences of our age always contain a study or office which may contain an extensive library of books. Therefore, we believe they are study rooms for the priests. Creating an extensive personal library, we believe the side chambers, apart from their hollow walls, will provide an enormous amount of shelving for the incredible number of books we believe they will shelve. The length of the side chamber wall always equals the length of its side chamber. The side chamber walls which we sometimes refer to as wall rooms and their relationship to their side chambers are best seen in pictures 4, 5, 6, and 7 of the schematics of this section. The wall rooms are best seen in 3-dimensions in pictures 37 and 38 of the Gallery section.
Now let’s discuss the open spaces of the side chambers which are also referred to as rectangular spaces. They are colored green in pictures 1-7 of this section of the schematics. The entrances into these spaces from the separate areas that are outside are the south door and north door of Ezekiel 41:11 as is shown in the first picture. Let’s look at the first-floor rectangular space on the south side of the Inner Temple. It is best seen in the fourth picture. Its dimensions are 15 cubits (26.25 feet) E/W and 9-cubits (15.75 feet) S/N. On the second floor (second picture) its dimensions are 15 cubits E/W and 10 cubits (17.5 feet) S/N. On the third floor (third picture) its dimensions are 15 cubits E/W and 11 cubits (19.25) S/N. Thus the 10 cubits S/N width on the second floor is just wide enough to fit in a complete stairwell of total width 10 cubits, allowing access to the third floor by means of the second floor. This fulfills the requirement of 41:7 which states that the highest story may only be accessed from the lowest story by means of the second story. In addition, the functional width of the Inner Temple increases from floor to floor of the side chambers as the width of the wall of 41:5 decreases by 1-cubit (21 inches or 1.75 feet) on the second floor and an additional cubit on the third floor as shown in pictures 1-3. Also shown are the 1-cubit wide doors that open into the side chambers from the rectangular spaces as shown in pictures 1-5 and the 1-cubit wide doors that open from the side chambers into their wall rooms. Tables can be seen in all the wall rooms and shelving in all the side chambers. Pictures 37 and 38 best show the tables and shelving in 3-dimensions.
The side chambers are reached by stairs located on the separate areas on the south or north sides of the Inner Temple as seen in the first picture. The separate areas are 20 cubits (35 feet) wide (S/N) and are the free spaces of Ezekiel 41:9-10 and the pavements belonging to the Inner Court of 42:3. The south and north doors of the side chambers with their white stairs and their 5 x 5 cubits (8.75-feet) square grey thresholds can be seen at the top of the first picture (41:11, 16). Picture 35 of the 3-D Gallery section best shows the stairs, platform on which the side chamber structure is set, windows of the side chambers, and the free space of 20 cubits between them and the galleries.
The final picture we must discuss in this section of the schematics is the Western Building Module. It is located to the west behind the Inner Temple Module. This module contains the guest quarters of the House. It is the Guest House of the House. As previously mentioned, the architectural structure commonly known as the Millennial Temple or Ezekiel’s Temple is much better understood to be the personal residence of the Deity in this universe. It is the home of Jesus for one thousand years where He will reign as King. Since His home will be located in the middle of the lands of millennial Israel, this makes earth the center of our universe. As such, it is only appropriate for Him to have a large building inside His House where his guests can spend the night, dine, and be entertained.
His Guest House contains seventy-seven bedrooms and a fellowship hall where He will dine and fellowship with His guests. There will be no bathroom facilities because His guests will not need them while they are in His House. His House is holy. It will never be profaned by human waste. For an explanation of this claim please take the teaching “Medical Explanations for Millennial Bodies” available in the Millennial Temple Expedition.
The scripture describing the “building” of Ezekiel, which we refer to as the Guest House, is found in Ezekiel 41:12-15. The Geometric Principle correctly orients its length of 90 cubits (157.5 feet) east to west and its width of 70 cubits south to north as shown in the picture. Ezekiel 41:13 indicates that the separate area of this verse belongs to the Guest House as shown in the picture titled “Western Building” in this section of our schematics. Ezekiel 41:12, 15 indicates that the separate area is located behind or to the rear of the Guest House. Therefore, its main entrance opens on the west and faces the Mediterranean Sea as shown in the picture.
The front of the separate area of 41:15 abuts the rear of the Guest House. The length of the Guest House along the front of the separate area between the galleries is given as 100 cubits and since its width is given as 70 cubits and its length 90 cubits in 41:12 and since we have oriented this width in a south to north direction, this length must necessarily include the 15 cubits wide separate areas located between the galleries on either of its sides as shown in the picture. Here the concept of modularity becomes evident, because the length of the Western Building Module in the south to north direction is 100 cubits as shown in the picture. And this is the length that is being measured in verse 41:15. The side entrances into the guest bedrooms can be seen with magnification on the south and north and are labeled D. They are opposite the south and north doors of the Zadokian chambers of 42:1-2 which are entrances into these chambers. Careful examination of the picture shows these entrances opposite the Guest House entrances on the south and north. They are captioned in the picture to help you see them.
Now that we have provided a reasonable description of the location and orientation of the Guest House we will proceed to describe some of its notable features.
- Its main entrance faces the Mediterranean Sea. Since its elevation is 4-cubits above the lower pavement, the view looking westward when standing should be excellent. The yard on this side of the House may be devoid of trees so as not to impede the view.
- The wall is 5-cubits wide (8.75-feet, 41:12) and will be stone. It will provide the necessary physical isolation from the rest of the House that the Guest House must possess in order to protect the guests from contamination by the foods cooked by the Zadokian priests in the Holy Kitchens which are located directly across the separate areas on either side of its fellowship hall. For a further explanation of the necessity for physical isolation please take the teaching “Holy Kitchens” in the Millennial Temple Expedition.
- The most notable feature of the Guest House will be its fellowship hall. Its dimensions and location are shown in the picture. It is in this hall where Jesus will hold the banquet of Isaiah 25:6-8. It is at this banquet at the end of the Millennium where Jesus will abolish death and restore the human genome to its original immortal state. It will be the important event occurring after the destruction of Gog and Magog and the casting of Satan into the lake of fire (Revelation 20:7-10) and occurring before the final judgement of Revelation 20:11-15. It is the fulfillment of 1 Cor 15:23-26.
- For a full explanation of (3) please take the Millennial Temple Expedition.
The best 3-D pictures that we have of the Guest House are 13,14, 39, 40, 41, and 43 in our 3-D Gallery section. We have a good discussion of the Guest House in our “Temple Tour” in the Millennial Temple Expedition.