Tag Archives: solomon

Sanctuary Vesture: A Brief Overview and Comparison

I’m very pleased to welcome another guest post by Matthew B. Brown.  Some of his writings, particularly his book The Gate of Heaven, are what inspired me to study the temple more in depth.  He offers a wealth of insight and learning for the Latter-day Saints. ~Bryce Matthew B. Brown holds a degree in history [...]

Ancient Israelite Temples Timeline (1300 BC—AD 100)

Ancient Israelite Temples Timeline (1300 BC—AD 100) by Bryce Haymond is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. That means you can use this graphic however you please, as long as you attribute the original work to me and this website, and any derivatives must be licensed the same. See the [...]

Temple Construction Costs vs. Humanitarian Aid?

I received a comment this evening from YouTube user JAMaddict on my video Inside the LDS (Mormon) Twin Falls Temple.  This is what she said: It makes me physically ill to think about the “hand selected” granite flooring. What a waste, when so many millions of people need various types of aid. Before you start [...]

Freedom’s Gate: U.S. Capitol as a Temple

Some of you may remember I wrote about The Apotheosis of Washington painting in the U.S. Capitol.  A friend just informed me that someone has published an ebook that investigates the U.S. Capitol as a type of temple, including this painting, and many other interesting details.  It is called Freedom’s Gate: The Lost Symbols in [...]

Video Tour of Solomon’s Temple, Reconstructed for Nova

Grandpa Enoch once again points us to some great material, a video showing how Solomon’s Temple may have looked originally.  The below video is a short behind the scenes of a 2-hour Nova program that will air on Tuesday, November 18th, on PBS entitled “The Bible’s Buried Secrets.”  Looks like it will be an interesting [...]

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