The Missing Temples

Sunday, July 11, 2021

When the Gospel was spreading among pagans of the Roman Empire, believers were ridiculed for having no temples. Most religions had temples, statues, shrines, and idols... all but that of the Gospel. Origen explained: "The humanity of the Lord is the highest temple; the most beautiful image of God. True Christians are living statues of the Holy Spirit, with which no Jupiter or Phidias can compare." The Bible says, "Don't you know that you are the Temple of the living God?" New Testament faith never focuses on temples, church buildings and cathedrals because of this radical fact. In the New Covenant, we are the Temple of the living God in whom the living God actually dwells, through whom the living God actually lives, and by whom the living God is actually to be glorified. So treat your body, your being, and your life in a way that is worthy of what it is... holy, sacred, and sacrosanct.. the dwelling place of the Most High. Live holy, live pure, live true, live beautiful, live righteously. Did you not know... that you... are in reality... in fact and actuality.. the very Temple.. of the living God.

From Message #96 - Rededicating the Temple