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XVI. In particular, many Jews, both those from abroad and those residing here in Halle, came with their wives to see the work The "work" refers to the massive physical model of the Temple of Solomon/Herod.. They claimed a certain right to it, as it were, by mostly announcing themselves thus: "Our Temple is supposed to be here," or "We wish to see our Temple." Indeed, some of them even returned a second time to listen to the demonstration original: demonstration; refers to the guided lecture or explanation of the model’s Biblical significance..

XVII. However, they were always given some good guidance and presented with the following: The Messiah is to come from the lineage of David; but neither the lineage of David nor his entire tribe, the Tribe of Judah, is still in existence. Therefore, it has now become impossible for a Messiah to come from the Tribe of Judah, which is no longer present. This argument original: argument was formulated from the admission of a Jew who confessed that no more than two tribes of the entire Jewish people still exist, and the Tribe of Judah was not among them.

XVIII. Likewise, not a single person has yet been able to answer the conclusion: Moses destroyed many heathen nations with the sword; but did Moses, or any of all those prophets, convert as many heathen nations from their idolatry to the one God of Heaven and Earth as Christ? Therefore, Christ must be greater than Moses and the greatest among all the prophets.

XIX. Furthermore, it was pointed out to them: The Old Testament, which you Jews possess, is indeed the Word of God; and who brought this Old Testament and Word of God into the hands of so many heathens, so that they read it diligently and hold it in high esteem? None other than Christ; therefore He must be a great prophet, indeed the greatest among all the prophets.

XX. The Lord God spoke through the prophet Haggai [chapter] II, verse 10 In many modern Bibles, this is Haggai 2:9.: The glory of this latter house shall be greater than that of the first; yet in this latter house or Temple, the well-known five items were missing: 1) The Ark of the Covenant. 2) The Eternal Fire. 3) The Pillar of Cloud. 4) The gift of prophecy, and 5) The Light and Right Light and RightA translation of 'Urim and Thummim,' the sacred lot used by the High Priest to determine God's will.. In what, then, did the glory of this latter house consist, since these five most excellent items were not present? At that point, the prophet pointed with outstretched hand and finger to the Temple, and this one, (which word is found explicitly in the Hebrew original: expreße im Hebräischen) which was then being built...