December 26, 2005

Biblical Robe

After much hard work and research, the Techelet (azure blue) robe of the High Priest has been completed by the Temple Institute. The project was researched and undertaken by skilled artisans over the past three years. It will join the already completed ephod and choshen (breastplate), featuring the 12 precious stones associated with the 12 tribes of Israel. They are located at the Temple Institute in Jerusalem's Old City.

The members of the Temple Institute hope they will be found fit to be used by the High Priest in the third temple. "This is the first robe woven entirely out of techelet in nearly 2,000 years," Rabbi Chaim Richman of the Temple Institute is reported to have said. Richman adds, “The completion of this sacred garment marks a great step forward towards the renewal of the Divine service in the Holy Temple,".

In the near future, the Institute plans to embark on another major project: the production and supplying of the Torah-specified white garments of the ordinary priests for every male Jewish descendant of Aaron. "Every Kohen from all over the world, will be given the opportunity to register and order his own uniform so that he can be ready to serve in the rebuilt Holy Temple," Richman said.

If you are not a regular visitor to the website of the Temple Institute, here is the web address: http://www.templeinstitute.org, which is a must for those who want to keep abreast of events that are clearly going to influence events in the near future. Given the recent re-establishment of the Sanhedrin, the discovery that the ancient temple site is not occupied by the Dome of the Rock, and the completion of the necessary temple furnishings Daniel’s prophetic clock can begin at any moment. Daniel 9:24-27 indicate that a temple will play a critical role in the last seven years of his prophecy.