The heart symbol on the Migdal Jewish temple stone surprised me. The heart symbol is more Egyptian. Moses in Exodus may have brought some sacred symbols with him.
The Egyptian's believed the heart was weighed on a scale for judgment. The heart symbol was used on talismans and amulets for protection. Book of Jeremiah 17:9, it is written that the Lord is the judge who "tries" the human heart. In the Sacred Heart of Jesus is very similar symbolism. The Sacra Coeur church in Paris is a church dedicated to the heart symbol. It's amazing to see these symbols in Migdal's temple. "Mary of Magdala", a town on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee could this be her temple that her family worshipped at. Did Jesus worship there too? What do you think?
• www.jewishencyclopedia.com
• en.wikipedia.org
• www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast
• www.regnumchristi.org
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