Exodus 25:33-34
"Three cups shall be shaped like almond blossoms in the one branch, a bulb and a flower, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms in the other branch, a bulb and a flower-- so for six branches going out from the lampstand;"
"The monks then asked me if I would care to see implements from Solomon's Temple.
Intrigued by their statement, I waited expectantly while a monk approached a large mud-brick building, unlocked a heavy latch and lock (the only signs of modern society present on the island), entered and then emerged with four large, heavy artifacts.
I first was shown two large metal forks, which they claimed were meat forks used for burnt offerings in Solomon's Temple. They were about 4-1/2 feet long and bore the ancient symbol of a budding almond flower on the top of each one."
Why wouldn't a fork used for burnt offerings match the Lampstands?
Could you imagine?
Standing in the very spot that once housed the Ark Of the Convenient?
The ten commandments?
God's word engraved in stone?
Seriously, gotta go there.
Maybe do Cyrus the great's tomb, Djibouti and Tana Qirqos on the same trip?
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