No Mediation Needed
The Jerusalem temple was segmented into three spaces. There was the: Porch: Also known as the vestibule. This is where sacrifices and the preparation of those sacrifices took place. There, people would give their sacrifices to the priests who prepared them as burnt offerings to present to God inside the temple. We might imagine the porch as our narthex, but one where sacred BBQ’s took place! Holy Place/Sanctuary: This is the main room for religious ritual where priests, and only priest, presented to God their own prayers and sacrifices and the people’s prayers and sacrifices given to them in the narthex. Priests, and only priests, interceded for the people here with prayers, burnt offerings and did so twice a day. Holy of Holies: This is the most sacred space. This space is where God abides. Only the high priest can enter this holiest of spaces and only on one day. The high priest on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, enters the holy holies and presents burnt offerings for atone