"You are being joined together growing into a holy temple in the Lord," Ephesians 2:21.
The former covenant, established through the Law of Moses, had a temple where God was worshiped, where God dwelt (in a sense). Solomon eventually built it in stone in Jerusalem. After its destruction by the Babylonians, it was rebuilt just as God's prophets had said. It stood during Jesus's time; he prophesied its final destruction by the Romans. The new covenant also has a temple: It consists of human beings - by Jews first, and then including Gentiles, ethnics. This new temple, not of stone in Jerusalem, finds its foundation on God's apostles and prophets , with Jesus as its cornerstone. An eternal temple made not by humans but of humans, where God dwells in the Spirit for ever.
We meet with a brother or sister today parts of God's holy temple. And together we give him thanks for building us into his home.
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