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Describe the place of the temple in first-century Jerusalem’s social, economic, and political life.
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Our Lord went to great lengths to explain to Moses the details about the Tabernacle design and use while Israel sojourned in the desert. Throughout the Older Testament the place of the Tabernacle and then Temple was an essential element of life for Israel. The first century Temple was the center of all things, socially, economically, and politically to all Jewish and their gentile converts worldwide at the time. It was the center of life for all things related to their relationship with God. Even Jesus, spent many days and hours in the temple listening, learning and then teaching the wonderful word about God and His Kingdom.
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The temple was the center of Jewish life. To be outside the temple was to be outside the economic and social structures of society
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Just listening to him describe the temple, it was a serious place . With so many things going on and so many people relying on it just to have access to the economic and religious events. Everything or at least so many things were done at . or, in the temple. Now we really understand what and why Jesus tore the place up . They had forgotten the purpose of the Temple. The place of worship had lost its value.
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the temple was a central religious, political, social, cultural, and economic institution in ancient Israel, and beginning in the days of Hezekiah and Josiah it was the only place where the ancient Israelites, under the authorization of the priests and Levites, worshipped the Lord God through sacrifices and …
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The Temple was more or less the most central focus of all life for the first-century Jerusalem population and the surrounding areas of Jewish culture. Everything stemmed from the activities and supervision of the temple. Social structures reflected the teachings from the synagogue; each level of society was comprised of the clergy and layman realms, although, it was also based on the financial ability of each tier. Economically, tithes went to the synagogue, taxes went to Rome, their first-fruits went to the synagogue, it all revolved around the teachings, again, from the synagogue. Politically, this was set up through the clergy, comprised of the Sanhedrin, then the Sadducees and Pharisees, down to the lay priests of each township. Rulings were passed down through each level to the layperson through the local synagogue.