Where do ancient Near East and modern Western culture meet? Dr. Matthew Grey explores how knowledge and origins of the ancient Israelite temple worship help inform our modern temple language by helping us learn the language of temple worship. Show Notes (English, French, Spanish, Portuguese): followhim.co/old-testament/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/followhimpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/followhimpodcast Thanks to the followHIM team: Steve & Shannon Sorensen: Executive Producers/Sponsors David & Verla Sorensen: Sponsors Dr. Hank Smith: Co-host John Bytheway: Co-host David Perry: Producer Kyle Nelson: Marketing Lisa Spice: Client Relations, Show Notes/Transcripts Jamie Neilson: Social Media, Graphic Design Will Stoughton: Rough Video Editor Krystal Roberts: Transcripts/Language Team/French Transcripts Ariel Cuadra: Spanish Transcripts Igor Willians: Portuguese Transcripts "Let Zion in Her Beauty Rise" by Marshall McDonald www.marshallmcdonaldmusic.com/products/let-zion-in-her-beauty-rise-piano Watch more videos of Hank and John at Our Turtle House: ourturtlehouse.com/ Please rate and review the podcast. 00:00 Part 1–Dr. Matthew Grey 01:07 Introduction 04:12 Foundational material for later Israelite temple worship 07:14 Latter-day Saint temple relationship, building temple literacy through temple preparation 09:22 Comparing temple preparation to learning a language 13:29 Compare similarities as well as differences between ancient and modern temples 17:08 Pentateuch, Torah and sacred space 21:41 Studying the ancient temples can help prepare our youth 23:59 Sacred space - something that is set apart 25:04 Artistic depiction and description of the tabernacle 27:42 Temple space is the meeting of heaven of earth 30:52 Later temples in Jerusalem 32:53 Functionality of the ancient temple space 36:30 Metaphoric language used in the book of Hebrews to understand the role of Jesus Christ 39:25 Ancient priests vs. modern priesthood 43:28 Ancient rituals of being washed, clothed, anointed and set apart 45:35 Specific ancient ritual clothing 56:02 The ancient office of high priest 57:25 Set apart, holiness, sacredness, sanctification 1:00:53 How the tabernacle is separated into zones 1:03:00 End of Part I