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Adventistische Schriften über: "Is there a difference in meaning between temple and sanctuary, since Babylon had 53 temples and 955 sanctuaries? They must be different, but how?"
Answer
In Adventist writings, the term “sanctuary” is often used as a broader overarching concept, while “temple” refers to specific buildings or structures. A sanctuary can refer to the holy area as a whole, a single building, or even entire regions and religious sites, both for the true God and for pagan cults. The temple, on the other hand, is usually described concretely as the magnificent building in Jerusalem or its heavenly counterpart, which is often divided into various sections.
Different meanings of sanctuary and temple
The writings show that the word sanctuary can have diverse meanings, ranging from a part of the temple to entire regions or places of prayer.
The word sanctuary is used by the inspired writers in the following meanings. 1. It is the name of a specific part of the temple. ... 2. The various sections of the temple. ... 3. The temple itself. ... 4. Places of worship in general, true or false.
Pagan sanctuaries and temples
Even in paganism there was this distinction, with sanctuaries often serving as places of protection or worship for a variety of gods, while a temple could be a specific building such as the Pantheon.
What can be meant by the “sanctuary” of paganism? Paganism and errors of any kind have their sanctuaries just as truth does. These are the temples or asylums dedicated to their service. A particular and famous pagan temple may be meant here. ... One of the most splendid examples of classical architecture is called the Pantheon. The name means “the temple or asylum of all gods.”
The sanctuary as dwelling place
The sanctuary is primarily defined as the dwelling place that God provided for Himself among people, first in the tabernacle and later in the permanent building of the temple.
It [the sanctuary] is not the earth, not the land of Palestine, not the congregation; but, as revealed to us in Scripture, first the dwelling that the Lord prepared for Himself here among people, in Moses’ tabernacle and later in the temple of Jerusalem; and second, we consider it as the temple of God in heaven, His dwelling in the heights.
- Meaning sanctuary vs temple
- Pagan sanctuaries in the Bible
- The heavenly sanctuary
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