Object: a picture of Herod's Jerusalem temple.

Good morning, boys and girls. Today I want to talk to you about the big temple in Jerusalem, where Jesus used to go to worship when he was a boy about your age. Have you ever wondered what that building really looked like? Today I have a picture to show you. Now, this picture may not be exactly right - we don't really know what the Jerusalem temple looked like when Jesus was alive. But we do know some things about it. It was very, very big. It was very expensive. It was built out of big, heavy stones. It had tall front doors. And there was a wall around the building.

We also know that the temple in Jerusalem took years to build and cost a lot of money. T…