Naos is Greek for temple
but properly
means
SANCTUARY
Often translated temple however,
Sanctuary
is a more correct word.
Another word for
temple/sanctuary
in Hebrew is
HEYKAL
Palace/dwelling of the king
Spelled:
Hey Yod Kaf Lamed
The meaning of the Hebrew paleo pictographs tell us something:
Hey – Man with raised arms = Behold or, pay attention to what follows.
Yud – Arm and hand closed = a work or, a mighty deed.
Kaph – palm of hand = to cover, to allow, to open, to atone.
Lamed – shepherd staff = to shepherd, control, to have authority or the voice of authority.
The picture it gives could be:
Behold pay close attention
the temple is a place where
the mighty works of the one in authority
will be revealed.
This work or mighty deed is of course:
the atoning sacrifice of Yeshua/Jesus.
Each letter also has a number value:
Hey – 5 = Grace
Yud – 10 = something ordained in heaven
Kaf – 20 = Redemption
Lamed – 30 = points to a blood sacrifice.
It could be interpreted as the following:
The great work (Kaf)
we will behold (Hey)
is the blood sacrifice of Yeshua (Lamed)
which was
ordained by the Father in Heaven (Yud)
And:
This (Yud/10) work was carried out
under the Authority of His Father(Lamed/30)
and by His Grace (Hey/5)
will result in Redemption (Kaf/20)
The HEYKAL
is where God and His people
developed their relationship
and was prophetic…
the mystery which Paul revealed in
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (KJV) 19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? 20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
There is no need of a rebuilt Temple/Hekel/Sanctuary for those who have His Ruach dwelling within… however all scripture must be fulfilled and the rebuilding of a 3rd Temple is in accordance with Gods’ plans to be carried out prior to Messiahs return.
Namely the situation described by Paul in
2 Thess. 2:3,4
This structure will not be for the benefit of our Heavenly Father or for Yeshua/Jesus return, but it is to fulfill prophecy as concerns the false Messiah and we are reminded by Paul that:
His Sanctuary is now is IN us.
The Sanctuary is the portion of the temple (and previously the wilderness tabernacle/mishkan); that was
set apart – Holy to the Lord.
Not the Holy Place but the Holy of Holies.
John 2:18 and 19 – 21. Jesus/Yeshua answered and said to them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
In Greek, Temple is ‘ieron.
The Letter h is the accent ‘ mark and is called
the hard breather.
Hieron
So what’s in a word? … does it matter?
Yes, because…
We are not to be like the Tabernacle/Mishkan building or the Temples of stone, where there was an outer court where sin was acceptable.
1Corinthians 3:16, 17; 16:19
Our bodies are now the sanctuaries – Naos – the set apart place – His holy of holies….
This Naos/ Sanctuary is for His Holy Spirit to dwell/ abide.
Ruach HaKodesh.
The Holy Spirit of a Holy God cannot dwell where there is sin…
1 Corinthians 3:16 King James Version (KJV) 16 Know ye not that ye are the Naos of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
2 Cor. 3:18
And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
The more that we commune with Yeshua/Jesus and come into His presence,
more of the veil that divides will fall off
and we will be able to see more clearly.
Then more of His glory will abide within us, and then be reflected through us.
His glory will be seen upon us.
Glory
In Greek – doxa: honor, glory
Original Word: δόξα, ης, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: doxa
Phonetic Spelling: (dox’-ah)
Definition: opinion (always good in NT), praise, honor, glory
Usage: honor, renown; glory, an especially divine quality, the unspoken manifestation of God, splendor.
Glory in Hebrew:
ū·ḵə·ḇō·wḏ
וּכְב֣וֹד
kabowd
Faith has its’ seat in the heart.
The kind of faith which believes in the God who created the Universe and Who also created us and a belief that He loves us enough to give His life for us.
John 3:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3.
It is engraved there. It is not written in ink, or engraved on stone, but it is written on the heart by the Spirit of God.
With the heart man believes with the mouth we confess
Therefore any professed belief that does not reach the heart, and has its home there, is most likely to be false and delusive being more head knowledge of the intellect and mind.
The Hebrew word for sanctuary is
mikdash (מקְדָּשׁ),
which comes from the root word
kadash (קָדַשׁ),
to be set apart as sacred.
A mikdash is therefore a
set apart space, or a holy place
that represents something treasured – a place of beauty and worship, a refuge, a place of rest.
Hebrew Translation. מִקְלָט.
More Hebrew words for sanctuary.
noun מִקְלָט. shelter, refuge, asylum, haven.
noun מִקדָשׁ. temple, shrine
miqdash
מִקְדָּשׁ
miqdash or miqqedash: a sacred place, sanctuary
Strong’s Hebrew: 4720. מִקְדָּשׁ
(miqdash or miqqedash) — a
chapel, hallowed part, holy place, sanctuary .
Or miqqdash (Exod. 15:17) {mik-ked-awsh’};
from qadash; a consecrated thing or place, especially, a palace, sanctuary (whether of Jehovah or of idols) or asylum — chapel, hallowed part, holy place, sanctuary.
מִשְׁכָּן
mishkan: dwelling place, tabernacle
Strong’s Hebrew: 4908
Original Word: מִשְׁכָּן
Transliteration: mishkan
Phonetic Spelling: (mish-kawn’)
Definition: dwelling place, tabernacle
In the Old Testament the word
miqdas [ v’D.qim] from qds, holy,
implying a distinction between space that is sacred versus profane; commonly refers to the worship sanctuary (e.g., Exod 25:8), where the Israelites offered their various kinds of offerings and sacrifices to the Lord under the supervision of the priesthood.
[The] Sanctuary
is a term in the Hebrew Bible which refers to the
inner sanctuary of the Tabernacle
where God’s presence appeared.
According to Hebrew Tradition, the area was defined by:
four pillars which held up
the veil of the covering,
under which the Ark of the Covenant was held above the floor.
Tabernacle, Hebrew Mishkan, dwelling, in Jewish history, the portable sanctuary constructed by Moses as a place of worship for the Hebrew tribes during the period of wandering that preceded their arrival in the Promised Land.
Moreover, the English translation becomes even more confusing when interpreters translate two entirely different Hebrew words
(אהל and משׁכן, ohel and mishkan, H168 and H4908),
by using the exact same English tabernacle word.
In the case of Exodus 26:7, this translation is especially hard to understand, as the two different Hebrew words are used so close in the same sentence.
Another word for
tabernacle or tent is:
OHEL
the Hebrew letters:
alef – hey – lamed
In the middle of a word h or hey
or man with raised arms means:
to reveal the heart or the core of.
Placed in the middle of the word for God it becomes the word
o-hel or
lamed hey alef (reading right to left)
this word for a tent or the tabernacle is presented as:
the heart of God revealed.
This shows that both your home and where you worship, reveals your god.
Lord who shall abide in thy tabernacle?
Who shall dwell in your holy hill?
Psalm 15:1
OHEL –
The heart of God revealed.
God is EL = the letters alef and lamed
and H = hey behold revealed.
The tabernacle was the place of God’s revelation.
Our tent or home where we live is where our God is revealed.
Strongs#168
Again, when the letter H/hey is
in the middle of a word
it reveals all, especially the heart.
The god that we follow is revealed in the tent/home and in the tabernacle, the place of worship.
It is relevant not only for the home/physical structure or building we live in; but also the home within ourselves that we create for His Ruach HaKodesh/Holy Spirit to live/abide/dwell.
Our physical bodies become the home of spiritual power; the seat of spiritual influence and it can be the opposite of holy as Jesus/Yeshua warned in
Matthew 12:43-45
“When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. 44 Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ When it arrives, it finds the house unoccupied, swept clean and put in order. 45 Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first.
Impure/unclean spirits call peoples bodies their house!
What’s In our Naos/Sanctuary/tabernacle /house/home?
What’s in our OHEL?
Let the Lords words in John 14:23 be our desire and goal as Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
The Tabernacle no longer served a purpose after the building of Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem in 950 B.C.
His Holy Spirit cannot be where there is sin, so any where there is sin there is no presence of His Spirit/Ruach
This is recorded in
1 Samuel 4:21,22
Ichabod the glory has departed for the ark (dwelling place) of God has been taken
Ichabod definition is — used to express regret for departed glory.
Ichabod was born after his father’s death. His mother gave him this name on her death-bed to indicate that the “glory (had) departed from Israel” (1 Samuel 4:19)
and it was what Samson realized when he tried to do as he had always done and in Judges 16:20
Then she called, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!” He awoke from his sleep and thought, “I’ll go out as before and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the Lord had left him.
Sin is manifested rebellion against God’s commands and will for our life. It can be in many and take various forms in our lives.
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. 1Samuel 15:23
Consider this for a moment that: In other words, God deems rebellion to be the same or equal to witchcraft and stubbornness is just as good as kneeling or falling down before and worshipping a statue of another religions god or any other idol for that matter.
Another translation says:
For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and presumption is as iniquity and idolatry.
Rebellion definition is – opposition to one in authority or dominance.
Rebellion, uprising, or insurrection is a refusal of obedience or order. It refers to the open resistance against the orders of an established authority.
A rebellion originates from a sentiment of indignation and disapproval of a situation and then manifests itself by the refusal to submit or to obey the authority responsible for this situation.
Sin must be dealt with because we cannot approach a Holy God with any sin in us.
Jesus/Yeshua said He was the temple/ sanctuary when He referred to Himself and that when His body would be destroyed He would rebuild it in three days. Speaking of His future resurrection and glorified body.
He had the Ruach/Spirit without measure because
He was without sin and
His Fathers Spirit could dwell within Him to the fullness.
Mishkan is spelled
Mem, Sheen, Kaf and Noon.
מִשְׁכָּן
noon kaf sheen mem
(Read right to left)
Mishkan is the Hebrew word we translate into English as Tabernacle.
The Mishkan was a Pattern, showing the children of Israel
the process to approach the Holy presence of Adonai/YHVH.
Sin has to be dealt with before that can take place because, God and sin cannot coexist.
The life is in the blood and sin requires a price to be paid and wages of sin is death.
“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 6:23).
So a sacrifice must be made and blood has to be spilled
Life has to be forfeit to cover the sin. And that life must be innocent without sin and without blemish clean and acceptable to the Lord.
Jesus/Yeshua became that innocent, clean, without blemish life.
He willingly gave His life, allowing His blood to be spilled.
His life was forfeit to cover our sins once and for all time.
The Pattern of the Mishkan and later both temples,
show God’s redemptive plan
in the structure of the building
and in all the furniture within.
Also in the priests clothing
and in the format of each of the ways
every action was carried out.
Jesus /Yeshua was literally the fulfillment of the Mishkan/Tabernacle and the Temples.
Both were just as our bodies are while on earth:
temporary physical dwelling places for God’s presence,
His Ruach HaKodesh/ רוח הקודש ,
Ruach HaKodesh is God the Creator:
In the Tanakh/Bible, the words breath and Spirit are 2 different translations of exactly the same word: רוח /ruach.
Of the 348 times ruach appears in the Tanakh, it is translated 321 times as spirit and only 27 times as breath.
It would seem that the Ruach Hakodesh is divine inspiration or prophetic inspiration and is not the same as what is generally taught in Christianity. No place in the Hebrew Scriptures is there any reference to a spirit divine in itself, or Holy Ghost, as distinct from a spirit that comes from God to inspire human beings.
His Ruach HaKodesh is called the Comforter, which is the word used for the advocate who goes before the judge on behalf of someone to plead his case.
We are told in this verse that this pleader, who comes from the Father at the request of Yeshua/Jesus, will teach us all things.
Ruach Ha-Kodesh (ROO-akh hak-KOH-desh)
Holy Spirit; the Holy Ghost
(Luke 3:16; 11:13; Eph. 1:13; 4:30; 1 Thess. 4:8;
Titus 3:5; 1 Cor. 6:9; Jude 1:20).
Occurs more than 90 times in the
ReNewed Testament/Brit Chadashah.
Hebrew: רוח הקודש, holy spirit
also transliterated ruacḥ ha-qodesh
is a term used in the Hebrew Bible and Jewish writings
to refer to the spirit of YHWH (רוח יהוה).
He fulfilled the pattern of the process to approach the Father’s presence with His Own Blood as the sacrificial atonement for all sin for all time, for who so ever will accept that that is exactly what He has done.
As High priest He entered into the
Holy- NAOS/ miqdash place –
the Holy of Holies
and placed His own blood on the
Mercy Seat of The Ark of the Covenant.
The kapporet.
This required Him going through the veil that hung between the Holy Place where the menorah/ showbread/ bronze altar of incense were and the Holy of Holies where the Ark was.
It is recorded that the temple veil/ curtain was torn at the moment of His death, opening the WAY to the father’s presence the Holy of Holies where the ark of the covenant was located.
