Southwest Corner
I just found out that their was a single Colonnade on east side of the TEMPLE. I was for people who wanted the experience of walking into the Temple and visually seeing the Curtain on the Holy of Holies as all doors were open during Feasts Days. That would be special for the Gentile Believers, as they could not go any further than to the Court of the Gentiles. So I found an etching that seem to fit, and added it to this drawing. Don't forget the two Colonnades on the west end were for Roman Soldiers in an EMERGENCY to get to the TEMPLE quickly, so I doubt that anyone else could even wonder onto that Colonnade Bridges. They would have all four of the top two Colonnades, Guarded at all times. Roman Guards on all four of those sites, would have been visible from the two towers on each of the south side corners.
On the east side the seems to be one Gate, unless like Josephus reported, the Gate of the Essens, was a second name for the East Gate, or the entrance to eastern Colonnade was considered a GATE.
DID YOU PICK UP ON THIS FACT FROM JOSEPHUS:
But if we go the other way westward, it began at the same place; and extended through a place called Bethso, to the gate of the Essens: and after that it went southward: having its bending above the fountain Siloam; where it also bends again towards the east at Solomon’s pool, and reaches as far as a certain place which they called Ophlas [what they called the OPHEL], where it was joined to the eastern cloister of the temple. The second wall took its beginning from that gate which they called Gennath, which belonged to the first wall. It only encompassed the northern quarter of the city, and reached as far as the tower Antonia. - Josephus The Jewish War Book V chapter 4
Josephus PINPOINTED US to the OPHEL is the CORRECT LOCATION of THE TEMPLE.
I just found out that their was a single Colonnade on east side of the TEMPLE. I was for people who wanted the experience of walking into the Temple and visually seeing the Curtain on the Holy of Holies as all doors were open during Feasts Days. That would be special for the Gentile Believers, as they could not go any further than to the Court of the Gentiles. So I found an etching that seem to fit, and added it to this drawing. Don't forget the two Colonnades on the west end were for Roman Soldiers in an EMERGENCY to get to the TEMPLE quickly, so I doubt that anyone else could even wonder onto that Colonnade Bridges. They would have all four of the top two Colonnades, Guarded at all times. Roman Guards on all four of those sites, would have been visible from the two towers on each of the south side corners.
On the east side the seems to be one Gate, unless like Josephus reported, the Gate of the Essens, was a second name for the East Gate, or the entrance to eastern Colonnade was considered a GATE.
DID YOU PICK UP ON THIS FACT FROM JOSEPHUS:
But if we go the other way westward, it began at the same place; and extended through a place called Bethso, to the gate of the Essens: and after that it went southward: having its bending above the fountain Siloam; where it also bends again towards the east at Solomon’s pool, and reaches as far as a certain place which they called Ophlas [what they called the OPHEL], where it was joined to the eastern cloister of the temple. The second wall took its beginning from that gate which they called Gennath, which belonged to the first wall. It only encompassed the northern quarter of the city, and reached as far as the tower Antonia. - Josephus The Jewish War Book V chapter 4
Josephus PINPOINTED US to the OPHEL is the CORRECT LOCATION of THE TEMPLE.
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