The Temple in Man: Sacred Architecture and the Perfect Man

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Even when looking at just the original covered portion of the temple, many of the walls are slightly off and unaligned. Egyptologists attribute this to error. Schwaller de Lubicz’s discovery of the axes, however, confirms that it was all deliberate. Le Temple de l'homme by Schwaller de Lubicz is an absolute must for all who are interested in the search for the truth about Ancient Egypt and its pivotal place in the unfolding of the cosmic drama and the human quest for immortality and spiritual perfection. For years we have all waited for an English translation. Here it is at last!"

While a small Middle Kingdom temple once existed at the spot, the earliest extant construction at Luxor Temple is the shrine built by Thutmosis III (c. 1479-1425 BC).

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The height of the 18 squares was then divided by Phi to locate the naval of the figure, thus keeping everything in harmonic proportion. God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; … The breasts represent the nutritive aspect of nature, and such feminine principles have long been symbolized by the moon in various world cultures.

Over to the left is another peculiarity – the Abu el-Haggag Mosque. But what is a mosque doing in the middle of an ancient temple? The space was originally transformed into a church by the Romans, and then later converted by the local Muslim community. First, there is a difficulty in connecting Ezekiel’s “gate facing east” with the Eastern Gate of the Old City of Jerusalem. Ezekiel specifically says the gate he saw is “the outer gate of the sanctuary” (Ezekiel 44:1); that is, it’s a gate of the temple court, not a gate of the city. The temple builders used locally available stone of which they had a thorough knowledge. They used hard coralline limestone for external walls and the softer globigerina limestone for the more sheltered interiors and decorated elements.Once you observe the myriad of correspondences, however, you can’t unsee them. A study of Luxor Temple reveals that the ancient Egyptians had much deeper knowledge of human anatomy (and a whole lot else) than Egyptologists give them credit for. The imperfect ἐβαστάζετο, he was being brought, denotes the action in reference to the simultaneous ἀνέβαινον, Acts 3:1; and ἐτίθουν, its daily repetition. The New Testament writers continue to use temple language, but they are no longer concerned with a building. When they write about the temple, they are talking about the people of God. The apostle Paul writes, “do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you” (1 Cor. 6:19-20)?

But the Most High God doesn't live in houses made by humans. It is just as the prophet said, when he spoke for the Lord, Anatomically, this section of the temple corresponds to the femur, the largest bone in the body. Visually, this long, narrow colonnade does indeed resemble the shaft of a femur. There are four different men named Simeon mentioned in the Bible: Simeon, a son of Jacob (Genesis 29:33); Simeon, a man who met the baby Jesus in the temple of Jerusalem (Luke 2:25); Simeon, a church member in Antioch (Acts 13:1); and Simeon who was listed in the lineage of Jesus (Luke 3:30). We will focus on the first two Simeons listed above, because there is no detailed information given in the Bible pertaining to the other two. At face value, this could be mistaken as an individualistic idea, and that is often how many modern Jesus followers are introduced to this passage. However, in English, we don’t have a grammatically correct way to differentiate between a singular “you” and a plural “you all.” All of the “yous” in this text are actually second-person plurals. That means we should read Paul’s words as, “y’all’s body is a temple of the Holy Spirit.” There are some immense implications here, both for the early Church and us today. Let’s take a look.

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary2. a certain man lame from his mother's womb—and now "above forty years old" (Ac 4:22). At the gate of the temple; where there must needs be the greater notice taken of him; none going in or out but such as might see him.