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Sep 4, 2019 · You, your body, is a temple—God’s temple. This is probably a phrase you’ve heard quite a bit if you’re familiar with the Church, but let’s unpack what this really means and observe how the temple theme unfolds throughout the biblical narrative.
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Apr 5, 2024 · We are the temple of God means that we—Christians, believers in Jesus Christ—who are joined together in one family as “the church” are a holy dwelling place for God’s presence. The Greek word translated as “you” in verses 16 and 17 is plural.
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The first time that there is a structure is in the tent of meeting before the tabernacle is built. And then the tabernacle is built, and many, many chapters of Scripture are devoted to discussing its proportions, the Most Holy Place, who can approach the holy God in the Most Holy Place, and when — namely, on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, once a...
Eventually you get to the remarkable chapters in 2 Samuel 6 and 7 which are hugely formative for the rest of biblical theology. David has been king at this juncture for seven years, but only over the southern two tribes. After seven years he becomes king over the entire country — all twelve tribes — and takes Jerusalem and makes it his capital. And...
This then runs eventually to the degeneration of the entire nation. The northern tribes are taken off into captivity by the Assyrians in 722 BC. And then the southern kingdom is broken up and taken off in a succession of raids and finally the destruction of the city and of the temple in 586 BC under the Neo-Babylonians. And for many people this cap...
So that really brings us close to the end of the Old Testament storyline. And when you come to the New Testament, it is not long before Jesus himself says in John 2:19, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” And neither his opponents nor his disciples had a clue what he was talking about. But John quietly comments, “After he w...
And you could track out various further emphases until you come to the book of Revelation. There are temple themes throughout the book that are really quite remarkable. But for want of time, let me just skip to the last two chapters where you have the final vision of a new heaven and a new earth. Or again, the vision changes and it is now a vision ...
809 The Church is the Temple of the Holy Spirit. the Spirit is the soul, as it were, of the Mystical Body, the source of its life, of its unity in diversity, and of the riches of its gifts and charisms.
Feb 17, 2021 · As God’s house, the temple is where God dwells with his people; this is why Jacob called the place where he met with God “Bethel,” which literally means “house of God” (Gen 28:10–22); a house is where you meet with someone, you dwell with them, you fellowship with them.
As Jesus said, “I will build my church” (Matt. 16:18). He is building us into a “spiritual house,” meaning that we are “animated and indwelt by the Holy Spirit.” Think of this: we, sinners, not only individually, but corporately, are the temple of the living God. God lives among us—us of all people.
What is the Tabernacle and what was the purpose of people of Israel to build this? What is the relationship between Tabernacle and Temple? And what does that have to do with the church? Answer. The Tabernacle was a tent that God instructed Israel to build as a physic place where they could meet with him.
