The “Holy Of Holies” was a sectioned of SPECIAL place where originally, the Ark of the Covenant was kept.
Access as limited to the High Priest alone; and then ONLY once a year on “Yom Kipper” the “DAY OF ATTONEMENT. It was thought to hold the Divine Presence of “G-D”.
So when the Jews as a “People” Crucified Christ for the sins of ALL MANKIND; the Divine Presence Removed Himself from their midst, as signified by the TOREN Curtain of separation. The Current Temples maintains a Holy of Holies even though the Ark of the Covenant is missing.
Jewish People who still practice Judaism [they struggle just as we Catholics and Christians do with membership issues], STILL hold this Hold to a Divine Presence in this reserved area.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_of_Holies “Traditional Judaism regards the location where the inner sanctuary was originally located, on the Temple Mount in Mount Moriah, as retaining some or all of its original sanctity for use in a future Third Temple. The exact location of the Kodesh Hakodashim is a subject of dispute.
Traditional Judaism regards the Holy of Holies as the place where the presence of God dwells. TheTalmud gives detailed descriptions of Temple architecture and layout. According Babylonian Talmud Tractate Yoma, the Kodesh Hakodashim is located in the center North-South but significantly to the West from an East-West perspective, with all the major courtyards and functional areas lying to its east.
The Talmud supplies additional details, and describes the ritual performed by the High Priest. During the ritual, the High Priest would pronounce the Tetragrammaton, the only point according to traditional Judaism that it was pronounced out loud. According to Jewish tradition, the people prostrated themselves fully on the ground when it was said.”
Shalom
Patrick
