LIVING IN THE TEMPLE

WHEN JESUS CAME, WE FOUND OUT THAT THE ANTITYPE FOR OUR OT TEMPLE WAS HIM (JN. 1:14), SPECIFICALLY HIS BODY (JN. 2:19-22). BY EXTENSION, THE CHURCH UNIVERSAL ENTERS INTO THAT FULFILLMENT (EPH. 2:20-22). IN I COR. 3:17; 12:22, THE LOCAL CHURCH ENTERS INTO THIS FULFILLMENT. IN I COR 6:19-20, THE SAVED INDIVIDUAL ENTERS INTO THIS FULFILLMENT.

IT IS SURPRISING TO HEAR THAT THE NEW HEAVENS & THE NEW EARTH HAS NO TEMPLE (REV. 21:22), UNTIL WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE NEW JERUSALEM (ANOTHER NAME FOR THE NEW HEAVENS AND THE NEW EARTH), SIMILAR TO EZEKIEL'S VISION, IS TEMPLE-LIKE AS A CUBE (21:16).

IN REALITY, JESUS IS THE TEMPLE, BECAUSE HE IS THE PRESENCE OF GOD THAT WILL BE WITH US. WE WILL SEE HIS FACE (REV. 22:3-4). THIS IS THE EQUIVALENT OF I JN. 3:2).