Historic Jesus

1:8 Once when Zechariah's division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God, 9 he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to go into the temple of the Lord and incense. Luke
And when the time for the burning of incense came, all the assembled worshipers were praying outside. 11 Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right side of the altar of incense 10
indicates that people could not see him. People gathered together into the Holies for. This was possible only if he had gone behind the curtain , into the Holy of Holies This
16: 34 "This is to be a lasting ordinance for you: Atonement is to be made once a year for all the sins of the Israelites." Heb.9:7 But only the high priest entered the inner room, and that only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and Lev.
the sins the people had committed in ignorance for
this is so this must have been on Day of Atonement Yom Kippur - Tishri 10. Tishri is the first month in the civil year calendar also. Luke 1:21 indicates that while Zachariah was inside the temple, people were anxiously waiting outside. If
1: 21 Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he stayed so long in the temple. Luke
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in the Holy of Holies - where only the High Priest could go and - veil
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However we are told that: 7.
the vision was in assembly hall - in the Holy Place and people were the Court of the Gentiles, they could have gone in to see what was happening. Evidently this could not have been possible for some good reason. This situation possible only if Zachariah was inside the If