When Jerusalem was attacked and the temple destroyed, the Isrealites were forced to make changes to the way they worship.
With no sanctuary, no cult, no focus point, the Isrealites had to find some other way...
The torah.
They gave this book the central role, its laws and scriptures THE most important thing.
Synagogues are not mini version of the original temple, these were just meeting places for fellowship, praying and reading the torah.
This continued until Jerusalem was theirs once again and the temple was rebuilt. The temple served its purpose the same as the 1st until it was destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD.
Worship was forced to change with times and situations, however it's centre and heart did not.
In the western world we have seen many changes in our attitude to worship and some of these changes have been widely recieved as positive and some not so (stupid dancing with ribbons!).
This is the end of my study on WORSHIP. I have no idea what to look at next, if anyone still reads this (welldone!) and has any ideas or something they wanna study & learn with me, then drop a comment and let me know!
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