In the words of King David "The Torah [scripture] of God is perfect! ... As well, when King Solomon built the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, he specifically asked God to heed the prayer of non-Jews who come to the Temple (1-Kings 8:41-43). ... What future does religion have in the world? ... As it says: "God will be King over all the world - on that day, God will be One and His Name will be One" (Zechariah 14:9). ...
Pilgrimage is a journey taken to sacred locations where those that one reveres once stood. ... (Dorling & Kindersley, 1997) Beginning when King Solomon built the First Temple (between 965 and 928 BC), the origin of Jewish pilgrimage stems from the directive given in the Jewish sacred text, the Torah, (Deuteronomy 16.16: "Three times a year all men appear before the God in the place that God will choose, on the festivals of Pesach (Passover), Shavuot (the Feast of Weeks), and Sukkot (the Festival of Booths). ... (About.com Judaism, 2014) When Jews were again allowed into Jerusalem in the ...
This majority attraction to Pharisaism enabled the Pharisees to hold majority power over Jews, with their greatest power served under the reign of King Herod. ... White explains that, "Once we come to the early Roman period, however, literature was typically produced in written form. ... These revelations were considered to be first account glimpses, into the future, of God's plans for his chosen people. ...
