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abode on the Mount of Olives hoping that Israel would repent, but they did not; while a Bet
Kol [a supernatural voice from heaven] issued forth announcing, Return, O backsliding
children [Jer. 3:14]. Return unto me, and I will return unto you [Mal. 3:7]. When they did
not repent, it said, I will return to my place [in heaven] [Hosea 5:15] (Midrash, Rabbah
Lamentations 2:11).

YEHOVAH’s Shekinah Glory returned to heaven where it now awaits the restoration of all
things and the new Temple to be built in Jerusalem by the Messiah when he returns. Notice, now,
the striking parallel to the Millennial Temple -- as Ezekiel was allowed to see it through a vision:

Behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like
a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory....And the glory of the LORD
came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east. So the spirit
took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and behold, the glory of the LORD filled
the house (Ezekiel 43:2-5).

The Jewish people called the glory that filled Solomon’s and Herod’s Temple the Shekinah,
whose root word means “to dwell” or “to tabernacle.” This glory was manifested as a “supernatural
light” that symbolized YEHOVAH God’s presence among men! This Divine light became visible
as it shone between the Cherubim over the Mercy Seat and the Ark of the Covenant. It was this
“light” that the Jewish historian Josephus mentions in War VI, 290. He states that a great light
shone over the altar in the Holy of Holies for thirty minutes at 3 o’clock in the morning (a week be-
fore Passover in 66 A.D.) and then departed.

There is a remarkable prophecy in the New Testament that uses the Greek equivalent of
Shekinah to show the symbolic meaning to the Messiah as dwelling among his people. This proph-
ecy is found in John 1:14: “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt [Gr. Shekinize] among us,
(and we beheld his glory).”

The Kingdom of YEHOVAH God can only begin its rulership of the world when
YEHOVAH God Himself returns to take up the reigns of His government. The Millennium will
witness the reception of the Messiah by the nations of Israel, and will also witness the return of
YEHOVAH’s Shekinah Glory to the Holy of Holies in the newly rebuilt Temple in Jerusalem!

Although there will be many similarities to both Solomon’s and Herod’s Temple -- there
will also be vast differences in the Millennial Temple. For example, there is no reference to, or need
for the Ark of the Covenant -- for the TRUE ARK will be in their midst! The same holds true for the
High Priest -- Yeshua the Messiah will hold this esteemed office in the Millennium!

This glorious time in the affairs of mankind, when YEHOVAH God Almighty will dwell
with the nation of Israel, is recorded by the prophet Ezekiel:

Then they shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob My servant, where your fathers
dwelt; and they shall dwell there, they, their children, and their children’s children, forever;
and My servant David shall be their prince forever.

The Berean Voice March-April 2003