Rico Cortes "Water Sources of the Temple" |
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- Was the Gihon Spring the only water source for the Temple in Jerusalem? In reality, the Temple did not use the Gihon Spring in the City of David at all. Bible teacher Rico Cortes gives an overview of the water sources for the Temple and the surprising truths that can be learned from the evidence. Cortes is the founder of Wisdom in Torah Ministries and focuses on Temple Studies, Righteousness and Justice, Ancient Near East, among other topics with the goal of bringing a better understanding to the overall context of the Scriptures. wisdomintorah.com
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That is incredible. I want to go there and learn this stuff.
Thanks for this video. I learned much!
Thank you Rico for taking of your time and teach us about the temple and give us a wake up call to story about the temple. Yhwh Bless you
I’m studying the Torah with rabbi Grossman in palm beach Florida USA 🇺🇸 Old Testament says everything!!! It’s written 3000 years or more
Very well put together.... Great presentation....
It can`t be well. It has to be running water.
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Cistern water is not pure and fresh. For sacrifices God demands pure water. Cisterns may supply other things but not the Temple.
Every day fresh living water would flow from the spring of Ein Etan through aqueducts. This new water was used. It was filled in a cistern and the laver was lowered into it by a priest in the morning and lifted up.
Where did the water come from to fill up the cisterns for Solomon's Temple? The aqueduct from Solomon's Pools to Warren's Gate was not built until the time of Herod. It is also my understanding that the water must be "Living Water", in other words, free flowing. It could not be dipped from the cisterns with buckets, which would render it unfit or unclean to use in the temple.
Exactly. In addition ground water filling cisterns is a magnet for parasites and vermin like rats. I sincerely doubt they would use the water filled with parasites like Giardia from animal excrement and perhaps even E.Coli, dead vermin and vermin excrement for purification. Perhaps this is why it must be "Living Water".
Rico says that it doesn't make sense that Hezekiah would redirect the Gihon Springs south away from the Temple because it would interrupt services so there must have been a separate water source to the Temple (i.e. the Roman aqueducts and connected cisterns). However, there are several issues with this: 1) The aqueducts and cisterns didn't exist at the time of Hezekiah so where did the water for the temple come from, if not from the Gihon Springs? 2) If there was a separate water source to which Hezekiah had access, why would he redirect the Gihon Springs in the first place? 3) If the Temple was outside the protective walls of the city, why would Hezekiah leave the Temple and its water source exposed to be destroyed by any attackers? The reason Hezekiah redirected the Gihon Spring waters south to inside the walls of the city is because the Temple and the people were inside the protective walls of the city and he needed them protected from any attackers. In other words, he didn't want the attackers to have access to that part of the springs that was north of the city walls and the Temple.
Amen 🙏🏻
Water flows down hill.
The first approach to water on the Temple mount should be an extensive study of topographic elevations outside the walls of the Temple.
Aristais said in 200 bc, that he was shown the source of the Temple water outside the walls. He was taken to a place where he put his ear to the ground and heard water flowing downhill and converging from two underground water channels from two upper pools.
Hezekiah said that he covered up the waters. I say that the two underground channels and two pools were built by Hezekiah.
Hi Rico,
Your theory does not go well with Charles Warren's findings. His findings show that the water flowed south on entering the Temple Mount through Wilson's arch.
www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-jerusalem-temple-mount-charles-wilson-charles-warren.htm
We also know from the topography of the Temple Mount that the dome of the rock is the highest place and it slopes towards the south. Josephus tells us that fort Antonia stood on the highest hill. Don't you see these evidences before you and correct your theory?
Ezekiel 47 says that the water flowed from the Temple downhill to the east. This agrees with Josephus that the Temple was built on a hill that sloped to the east. Right?
So, when water flows south from the Dome of the Rock, how can the Dome be the location of the Temple?
What did the Roman historian Tacitus say about a "spring of never-failing water" in the temple in section 12 of the passage below? He was a teenager when the temple was destroyed during 70 AD.
The Jews
Book Five (1-13) of The Histories by Tacitus
11. So after encamping, as I have said, before the walls of Jerusalem, he paraded his legions in formation before the eyes of the enemy. The Jews, marshalled close under their walls, were in a position to venture further out if they were successful and had a place of refuge ready at hand in case of defeat. Titus sent against them cavalry and some cohorts in battle order, but the encounter was indecisive. Then the enemy gave ground, and for some days thereafter fought a succession of engagements just in front of the gates. Finally, repeated losses drove them behind the walls. The Romans then concentrated on an assault. After all, it seemed beneath them to wait for hunger to do its work on the enemy, and the troops actually asked to be allowed to risk their lives. Some did so because they had real courage, many from mere bravado and a desire for rewards. As for Titus, his imagination dwelt on Rome, wealth and pleasure: it would be long before these dreams were realized if Jerusalem were destined not to fall in the immediate future.
But the city occupied a commanding position, and it had been reinforced by engineering works so massive that they might have rendered even a flat site impregnable. Two lofty hills were enclosed by walls skilfully staggered and forming re-entrant angles designed to expose the flank of an attacker. At the edge of the crags was a sharp drop, and a series of towers dominated the scene, 105 feet high where the rising ground helped, and 135 or 120 feet high on the lower contours. (19) These presented an impressive appearance, and to the distant observer seemed to be on a level. There were further walls inside around the palace, and a conspicuous landmark was the lofty castle of Antonia, so named by Herod in honour of Mark Antony.
12. The Temple was like a citadel and had its own walls, which had been even more laboriously and skilfully constructed than the rest. The porticoes around it constituted in themselves an excellent defensive position. To these advantages must be added a spring of never-failing water, chambers cut in the living rock, and tanks and cisterns for the storage of rainwater. Its builders had foreseen only too well that the strange practices of the Jews would lead to continual fighting. Hence everything was available for a siege, however long. Moreover, after Pompey's capture of Jerusalem, fear and experience taught them many lessons. So taking advantage of the money-grubbing instincts of the Claudian period, they purchased permission to fortify the city, and in the days of peace built walls meant for war. Already the home of a motley concourse, its population had been swollen by the fall of the other Jewish cities, for the most determined partisan leaders escaped to the capital, and thereby added to the turmoil. There were three different leaders and three armies. The long outer perimeter of the walls was held by Simon, the central part of the city by John, and the Temple by Eleazar. John and Simon could rely on numbers and equipment, Eleazar on his strategic position. But it was upon each other that they turned the weapons of battle, ambush and fire, and great stocks of corn went up in flames. Then John sent off a party of men, ostensibly to offer sacrifice but in reality to cut Eleazar and his followers to pieces, thus gaining possession of the Temple. Hence-forward, therefore, Jerusalem was divided between two factions, until, on the approach of the Romans, fighting the foreigner healed the breach between them.
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The tabernacle was at Gihon when Solomon was anointed king of Israel.
1Ki 1:38 So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and brought him to Gihon.
1Ki 1:39 And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon.
The Temple was in City of David above Gihon spring.
Until Hezekiah's time, Gihon spring was not protected. This is clear evidence that it did not give water to the Temple. Why didn't you think about it?
What's with the hats?
doesn't matter if the water came from Gihon or other waters, temples threshold was hovering above water
Terrible video presentation, the viewers don´t know what hi is pointing at and only Mr Rico Suave can see what he is talking about, so he could be convincing himself.
You said, we have the stones, yet Jesus said, not one stone will be left upon the other. I guess you don`t believe Jesus.
suzanne eggert Joseph Good addresses the scripture...”not one stone left upon another”. When we approach a matter as already knowing the truth instead of studying a matter on merits hidden from our spiritual eyes then when are sinning. That is in the Bible. Chuck Missler used to say that in most of his Bible teachings. Pray for a humble heart to understand and much will be revealed. Shalom.
EZEKIEL IS TALKING ABOUT FORTH TEMPLE. YAHOVAHS TEMPLE. Not the same one
Yep
We do have the temple today when we allow Yeshua to dwell in us we ARE the TEMPLE!It will be a matter of removing the VEIL,the PHYSICAL that is used to explain the SPIRITUAL in which teachers keep ignoring and not HEARING,to explain the things to come!The VEIL is the SHADOW and passing away,as the PHYSICAL PASSES AWAY!!!!
There IS going to be this temple.. the anti christ temple. Rico is excited about it because he is mixed up and thinks it is good
Yeshua was born in Israel 🇮🇱 lived taught and died rose again he is a Jew his mother Mary a Jew Joseph a Jew
The Temple did not levitate cause it was built over a MILLO. The natural water spring is the second key. Millo and water spring. Nice books and I bet the contractors are after getting their piece. שלום
Josephus provides the evidence below that the eastern cloister of the temple complex was built over the "Cedron" valley. See the last section below.
Book 6, Chapter 3
CONCERNING A STRATAGEM THAT WAS DEVISED BY THE JEWS, BY WHICH THEY BURNT MANY OF THE ROMANS; WITH ANOTHER DESCRIPTION OF THE TERRIBLE FAMINE THAT WAS IN THE CITY.
1. BUT now the seditious that were in the temple did every day openly endeavor to beat off the soldiers that were upon the banks, and on the twenty-seventh day of the forenamed month [Panemus or Tamuz] contrived such a stratagem as this: They filled that part of the western cloister (14) which was between the beams, and the roof under them, with dry materials, as also with bitumen and pitch, and then retired from that place, as though they were tired with the pains they had taken; at which procedure of theirs, many of the most inconsiderate among the Romans, who were carried away with violent passions, followed hard after them as they were retiring, and applied ladders to the cloister, and got up to it suddenly; but the prudent part of them, when they understood this unaccountable retreat of the Jews, stood still where they were before. However, the cloister was full of those that were gone up the ladders; at which time the Jews set it all on fire; and as the flame burst out every where on the sudden, the Romans that were out of the danger were seized with a very great consternation, as were those that were in the midst of the danger in the utmost distress. So when they perceived themselves surrounded with the flames, some of them threw themselves down backwards into the city, and some among their enemies [in the temple]; as did many leap down to their own men, and broke their limbs to pieces; but a great number of those that were going to take these violent methods were prevented by the fire; though some prevented the fire by their own swords. However, the fire was on the sudden carried so far as to surround those who would have otherwise perished. As for Caesar himself, he could not, however, but commiserate those that thus perished, although they got up thither without any order for so doing, since there was no way of giving the many relief. Yet was this some comfort to those that were destroyed, that every body might see that person grieve, for whose sake they came to their end; for he cried out openly to them, and leaped up, and exhorted those that were about him to do their utmost to relieve them; So every one of them died cheerfully, as carrying along with him these words and this intention of Caesar as a sepulchral monument. Some there were indeed who retired into the wall of the cloister, which was broad, and were preserved out of the fire, but were then surrounded by the Jews; and although they made resistance against the Jews for a long time, yet were they wounded by them, and at length they all fell down dead.
2. At the last a young man among them, whose name was Longus, became a decoration to this sad affair, and while every one of them that perished were worthy of a memorial, this man appeared to deserve it beyond all the rest. Now the Jews admired this man for his courage, and were further desirous of having him slain; so they persuaded him to come down to them, upon security given him for his life. But Cornelius his brother persuaded him on the contrary, not to tarnish his own glory, nor that of the Roman army. He complied with this last advice, and lifting up his sword before both armies, he slew himself. Yet there was one Artorius among those surrounded by the fire who escaped by his subtlety; for when he had with a loud voice called to him Lucius, one of his fellow soldiers that lay with him in the same tent, and said to him, "I do leave thee heir of all I have, if thou wilt come and receive me." Upon this he came running to receive him readily; Artorius then threw himself down upon him, and saved his own life, while he that received him was dashed so vehemently against the stone pavement by the other’s weight, that he died immediately. This melancholy accident made the Romans sad for a while, but still it made them more upon their guard for the future, and was of advantage to them against the delusions of the Jews, by which they were greatly damaged through their unacquaintedness with the places, and with the nature of the inhabitants. Now this cloister was burnt down as far as John’s tower, which he built in the war he made against Simon over the gates that led to the Xystus. The Jews also cut off the rest of that cloister from the temple, after they had destroyed those that got up to it. But the next day the Romans burnt down the northern cloister entirely, as far as the east cloister, whose common angle joined to the valley that was called Cedron, and was built over it; on which account the depth was frightful. And this was the state of the temple at that time.
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