THE MYSTERY OF THE HEKEL 
The TEMPLE DOORS
Hekal: a palace, temple; strongs 1965
Hebrew: יכַלה
Transliteration: hekal
Phonetic Spelling: (hay-kal’)
The Temple was large, the figures in the picture below give some perspective.
Deleth –
‘door, page (of a book) that which hangs’, pathway to enter.
Something hanging
The word
deleth (Strong’s 1817) means ‘the leaf’ of a door, i.e., that which hangs or swings (on hinges or a post) and can be opened or shut. It derives from the root verb,
dâlâh (Strong’s #1802) which means ‘to hang down’ and includes the idea of letting down to draw out, as with water from a well.
In the centuries following the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem (70 C.E.),
the Jewish people began writing two versions of Jewish thought, religious history and commentary. One was written in Palestine and became known as the Jerusalem Talmud. 
The other was written in Babylon and was known as the Babylonian Talmud.
Jesus died in 30 A.D. or 30 C.E. (Common Era)
In the following 40 years after his death and prior to the destruction of the temple, something very strange happened in Jerusalem. It is found recorded in both the documents referred to above.
In the Jerusalem Talmud:
“Forty years before the destruction of the Temple,…. they would close the gates of the Temple by night and get up in the morning and find them wide open” (Jacob Neusner, The Yerushalmi, p.156-157). [the Temple was destroyed in 70 C.E.]
A similar passage in the Babylonian Talmud states:
“Our rabbis taught: During the last forty years before the destruction of the Temple …. the doors of the Hekel [Temple] would open by themselves” (Soncino version, Yoma 39b).
What are these passages talking about?
Since both Talmuds’ recount the same information, this indicates that the knowledge of these events was accepted by the widespread Jewish community.
Something else concerning this historical mystery beginning in in 30 A.D. was recorded in the Talmud:
“Said Rabban Yohanan Ben Zakkai to the Temple, ‘O Temple, why do you frighten us? We know that you will end up destroyed. For it has been said, ‘Open your doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour your cedars’ ” (Zechariah 11:1)’ (Sota 6:3).
The door in front (dark brown) is the Nicanor Gate, the Gold doors behind lead into the Holy Place.
The doors of the heikhal (the Holy Place of the Temple) opened of their own accord, until Rabbi Yochanon ben Zakkai rebuked them.
He said to it [the Temple]:
‘O heikhal, heikhal, why do you alarm yourself? I know full well that you are destined to be destroyed, for Zechariah ben Iddo has already prophesied concerning you ‘Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour the cedars’ (Zech. 11:1).’
-Talmud Bavli, Yoma 39b
There would seem to be only one possible explanation for this unusual phenomena:
Because Jesus the Messiah/Yeshua ha’Mashiyach was the perfect sin sacrifice who died in 30 A.D!
The very massive doors of the Temple opened on their own accord and normally it took the strength of many men to open and close them.
Since the Talmudic reference is 40 years before the destruction of the Second Temple. The Second Temple was destroyed in 70 C.E. The date of this amazing event was 30 C.E. which is the exact year that Yeshua (Jesus of Nazareth) was sacrificed in Jerusalem.
There is also a secular Jewish source that indicates the doors also opened on their own accord. 
Flavius Josephus was employed to write an historical account of the Jews for the Romans who ruled at the time.
With respect to Herod’s temple, Faber van der Meulen rightly notes that Josephus mentions but a single veil (katapevtasma; J.W. 5.5.5 §219) before a set of doors which serve as the “gate opening into the building” and entrance to the holy of holies:
. . . it had golden doors fifty-five cubits high and sixteen broad. Before these hung a veil (katapevtasma) of equal length, of Babylonian tapestry (Babul∫nioÍ poikilto;Í), with embroidery of blue and fine linen, of scarlet also and purple, wrought with marvelous skill. Nor was this mixture of materials without its mystic meaning: it typified the universe. For the scarlet seemed emblematical of fire, the fine linen of the earth, the blue of the air, and the purple of the sea; the comparison in two cases being suggested by their colour, and in that of the fine linen and purple by their origin, as the one is produced by the earth and the other by the sea. On this tapestry was portrayed a panorama of the heavens,8 the signs of the Zodiac excepted. . . . The innermost recess measured twenty cubits, and was screened in like manner from the outer portion by a veil (kata- petavsmati). In this stood nothing whatever: unapproachable, inviolable, invisible to all, it was called the Holy of Holies. (J.W. 5.5.4 §211–5.5 §219 LCL)9
“At the same festival (Passover)… the Eastern gate of the inner court of the Temple, which was of brass, and vastly heavy, and had been with difficulty shut by twenty men,
and rested upon a base armered with iron, and had bolts fastened very deep into the firm floor, which was there made of one entire stone, was seen to be opened of it’s own accord about the sixth hour of the night.”
-Josephus; The Wars of the Jews 6.5.3
With each door being 55 cubits in height and 16 in width (J.W. 5.5.4 §211), the veil was of equal size. Some have presumed Josephus’s doors here are the same as those in J.W. 5.5.4 §202. These, he says, were 30 by 15 cubits, though elsewhere they were 60 high by 20 broad and required 200 men to close them every day (Ap. 2.1.9 §119). Josephus also speaks of doors “covered with variegated veils” (ejmpetavsmata; Ant. 15.11.3 §394; cf. Ant. 12.5.4 §250),10 though it does not seem entirely clear that in the latter reference he is speaking of the holy of holies.
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Why did this happen? What is the significance?
The purpose and heart of the Law
The Tabernacle of Ancient Israel was a sanctuary which was given in a vision to Moses as a pattern and constructed by the children of Israel. God’s promise was that He would dwell within the Holy of Holies above the Mercy Seat of the Ark of the Covenant. After they reached the promised land and built the permanent Temples in Jerusalem His Glory was present in both.
At least 50 chapters (13-Ex, 18-Lev, 13-Num, 2-Deut, 4 -Heb) in Scripture speak in figurative language concerning the tabernacle. Sadly, in many Bible studies this subject is overlooked and considered insignificant.
God Himself thought so much of the importance of the type, as shown by the tearing of the veil:
Matt 27:50-51 And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit. Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split,
If we don’t understand the meaning in Scripture of holy of holies and the veil we miss out on extremely significant information concerning exactly what Christ’s death meant to sinful mankind.
for more detail on the tearing of the veil.
The Tabernacle is a Type of Messiah Jesus:
As, “all Scripture is given by inspiration (God-breathed) of God…” The Bible doesn’t just contain the Word of God, or merely point to religious experience, this is the Word of God.
No wonder that each and every detail and Word about the tabernacle has spiritual significance, there is great symbolism and typology found in the structure of the mishkan/tabernacle and temple.
Everything was a finger pointing to the Messiah.
The tabernacle/temple, as a type, designed specifically and in detail by God, would point to the character and aspects of the ministry of Jesus The Messiah.
The more we become familiar with the tabernacle/temple, so we will become more familiar with Jesus/Yeshua and all that He means to us.
Heb 10:20 by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh,
Col 2:17 which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ.
Jn 1:14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
It is a Representation of the True Tabernacle in Heaven:
The Lord wants us to be aware that things are really happening in the heavenly dimension. There is a real tabernacle in the heavenlies and Messiah really appeared before the throne of heaven as the Lamb of God (Rev 5).
Heb 9:11 But Christ came as High Priest of the good things to come, with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation.
The Presence Within the Holy of Holies Dwells Within the Believer in Jesus:
Jesus said I am the sanctuary/temple (Mishkan) of God. When the glory (Heb. Sh’chinah) would come down like a tornado or funnel right through the roof of the Holy of Holies and the Presence would manifest on the mercy seat between the cherubim after the blood was sprinkled, that was the mishkan.
That Presence was what Jesus said dwelt within Him and Paul said, “Know ye not that you are the sanctuary/temple (Mishkan) of God?”
We, as the body of Messiah, have the same Presence dwelling within us.
God doesn’t dwell in buildings now but within His people.
1 Cor 6:19 Or do you not know that your body is the sanctuary /temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?
‘The Entrance Gate’
When a Israelite approached the tabernacle the found that a wall of white linen around the entire tabernacle area formed a barrier against him all the way around for 300 cubits (450 feet) except one stretch of 20 cubits (30 feet) that was different.
(For a modern reference 20 cubits = 30 feet/10yards or 9.144 meters.)
That section was known as The Entrance Gate.
It clearly marked out the ONE WAY by which a sinner could gain access to the court of God’s house.
Once an Israelite entered the gate into the outer court with his sacrifice he was standing on “holy ground”. There was a curtain or screen made of richly woven material:
Ex 27:16 “For the gate of the court there shall be a screen twenty cubits long, woven of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, made by a weaver. It shall have four pillars and four sockets.
This was the ONE AND ONLY WAY by which men and women could draw near to God. The single entrance to the entire tabernacle.
There was no other way in.
Whether he is a priest going to carry out his duties or a repentant sinner seeking forgiveness, a man had to enter by that one way.
Any Israelite approaching the Tabernacle leading his sacrifice and desiring atonement knew that there was no way to reach the bronze altar but through the gate that faced east.
Num. 2:3 ‘On the east side, toward the rising of the sun, those of the standard of the forces with Judah shall camp according to their armies;’
The Gate was always open, never barred, with no one to forbid a person who wanted to worship God.
However one must make a personal decision to enter if he is to receive.
There is an amazing passage in Zechariah 12:10 which continues to speak about the pierced Messiah:
Zechariah 13:7 reads, “Awake , O sword against my shepherd…”
In other words, the whole section is about the death of the Messiah, and at the same time, it is all linked to the opening of the doors to the Temple–thirty pieces of silver, the Shepherd who is pierced and the sword that comes against Him.
The rabbis believed that if the doors of the Temple would open by themselves, as by God, this whole prophecy would be fulfilled. Meaning, there is a whole new covenant to be fulfilled–one whose inauguration is linked to the opening of the Temple Doors in this way would mean Messiah has come!
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A Type of Christ
Jesus/Yeshua revealed Himself as the only entrance to God.
The eastern gate pointed to Him.
Every other possible way has been barred by the righteousness of God
but because of the blood of Jesus the Messiah we have a way of approach.
The book of Revelation says, in effect:
‘I have opened the doors. Nobody can shut it.’
Jesus/Yeshua Has opened the Gate for us to enter in.
Those gates that miraculously would not stay shut after His death and resurrection, indicate clearly that He Has Made A Way.
A Way that is to remain open for whosoever will!
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Feast of the Tabernacles 
Fall is the end of the harvest seasons, its themes include: 
The sounding of the trumpets announcing His coming
The Ingathering (agriculture and souls.) (Chag haAsif) and 
We are in fact, living now in the time between the Lamb, His first coming and the Lion, His second coming. Let’s live with joy and excited anticipation for the return of the One we love, serve and worship. The One who has a plan to completely reveal the mystery of the Autumn/Fall Calendar Feasts.
The observance of Sukkot is the 15th-21st of Tishri (September/October). Most people consider it an 8 day holiday. The first 6 days are known as Sukkot. The 7th day takes upon itself a new name known as Hoshanna Rabba, (the huge water libation ceremony). The 8th day is known as Shemini Atzaret, Yom haSh’miyniy’Atzaret, The eighth day assembly. In Israel, the 8th day is also Simchat Torah (rejoicing in the Torah scriptures). 
Sukkot frequently called the Feast of Tabernacles. A better English translation would be the Feast of Booths, which is the meaning of Hebrew word Sukkot, celebrating the fall harvest with the third first fruits of the growing season. Leviticus 23:39 
The Festival of Ingathering Hag HaAsif,
The Festival of Dedication
The Festival of Lights
In contrast to the serious tone of Rosh HaShanah and the Day of Atonement, the 3rd feast in Tishrei was a time of joy because Israel had passed through the season of repentance and redemption.
ISRAELITES Past FULFILLMENT: Celebrate the Harvest and Entering the Promised Land with Great Rejoicing to be Celebrated Yearly Forever.
MESSIANIC Future FULFILLMENT: (Prophetic) The Messianic Era or Millennium. The Kingdom of God on Earth. (Athid Lavo.) The Two become One. 
SPIRITUAL APPLICATION: (Halacha) A daily rest (Shabbat) in the Messiah and having the rest, (menuchah) of His Kingdom in our hearts.
Not coincidentally, the same time period marks the beginning of the construction of God’s sukkah, the mishkan, the sanctuary or tabernacle in the desert (Ex. 25:8-9). Tabernacle, is the word mishkan in Hebrew. 
According to tradition, Moses again ascended Mount Sinai for 40 days and nights to receive the second set of tablets and descended on Yom Kippur, carrying them as a sign of God’s forgiveness of Israel for the sin of the golden calf, and as a symbol of the lasting covenant between God and Israel (Ex.24:12-18; 34:1-2; 27-28). 
Sukkot is also called the ‘Season of Our Joy.’ 
Spiritual application in Messiah: a daily rest and having the rest, ‘menuchah’, of His Kingdom in our hearts
Sukkah is the Hebrew term for the temporary building that is constructed for this holiday. Sukkot(h) is the Hebrew name of the holiday, the moed and usually translated as booth or small hut and to tabernacle with someone, is to dwell with them.
and a pillar of fire by night.
It is also symbolic of the protection that the Israelites received from God in the desert after they were freed from bondage in Egypt (Lev. 23:43). It reminds us that our survival is dependent upon God.
The Hebrew word for tabernacle is sukkah. It means ‘a booth, a hut, a covering, a pavilion or tent.’ The Greek word for tabernacle is sk’en’e, which also means ‘a tent, hut, or habitation.’ and the context by which the word tabernacle is used in the New Covenant (Brit Hadashah).
The Bible speaks of a heavenly tabernacle (Hebrews 8:1-2; Revelation 13:6; 15:5). This heavenly tabernacle will come to earth (Revelation 21:1-3).
The sukkah remain standing for the entire 8 days of the holiday.
Sukkot is the plural of Sukkah (more than one hut or booth) and sometimes the holiday is referred to as Sukkot
The Feast of Tabernacles has an agricultural meaning, because it reminds us of how the farm laborers in ancient days lived as they worked to bring in the harvest.
Olive harvest.
In some ways, the Feast of Tabernacles is considered an Exodus holiday.
The Great Salvation
Messianic Understanding. In John 7:37-38, Jesus/Yeshua said, “If any man thirst, let him come unto Me, and drink. He that believeth on Me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.”
The drama of the water drawing ceremony took on a new dimension of meaning when Jesus/Yeshua attended the Feast of Sukkot (Tabernacles). On the seventh day of the feast, Hoshana Rabbah, which literally means ‘the great hosanna, the great salvation’, the festival activities were different from those of each of the six previous days when the priests circled the altar in a procession, singing Ps. 118:25. 
Spiritually speaking, in the Bible, there is a link between water and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit (Ruach HaKodesh). Yeshua told the woman at the well to drink of living water (John 4:7-14; 6:35; Matt. 5:6). 
This relationship between water and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit is contained in the symbolism of pouring out water. 
Is. 44:3 links the pouring out of water with the pouring out of God’s Spirit and parallels the thirsty land again links water with the Holy Spirit.
The link can also be seen in Joel 2:23,28; Acts 2:1-4,14-17; and Ezek. 39:22,27-29. Zech. 14:8 speaks of living waters. 
Is.12:2-3 speaks of drawing water out of the wells of salvation. 
Water and the Spirit are connected in Psalm 42:1-4; Zech. 13:1; and Rev. 7:17. It can also be seen in Ezek. 36:24-27.
Jesus/Yeshua was trying to communicate this to Nicodemus in John 3:1-6. 
At the ceremony of the water drawing, the people’s attention was focused on the pool of Siloam.
(Pool full)
Notice again the statement in John 9:5. This is the last day of the feast (Hoshana Rabbah) (John 9:14; Lev. 23:34-36).
The 6th of 7 specific dates the Lord set into the annual cycle of life, incorporating the harvest seasons of the grains and fruits. Times chosen when The Lord God wanted to spend time with His people.
He does not need to make sacrifices for Himself and for us year after year in order to atone for our sins–it has already been accomplished for ever. Hebrews 9:6–12
‘Kadosh’
The sins of the people were laid upon the scapegoat (Lev.16:21-22).
Furniture of the Tabernacle
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