{"id":1728,"date":"2012-03-01T20:30:58","date_gmt":"2012-03-02T02:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/?p=1728"},"modified":"2012-03-02T12:57:44","modified_gmt":"2012-03-02T18:57:44","slug":"the-temple-of-god-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2012\/the-temple-of-god-today.html","title":{"rendered":"The Temple of God Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

Next week in our Discovering Life<\/i> Bible study, we’ll be talking about the days of the temple.  So I was wondering – what is the temple today?  Is there one?<\/p>\n

There are three things that I could find in the New Testament that could be considered the Temple today.<\/p>\n

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  1. The Body of Christ in the whole world, made up of every true believer.  The Worldwide Church.<\/b> (see Ephesians 2:21 and 2Corinthians 6:16<\/li>\n
  2. The body of the individual believer<\/b>, indwelt by the Holy Spirit. (see 1Corinthians 3:16, 6:19)<\/li>\n
  3. Jesus Himself<\/b> – His physical body. (see John 2:18-22)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    You could, of course, argue that all three are "the Body of Christ".  So the Body of Christ is the temple today.  And if you’re a believer, you’re a part of it.<\/p>\n

    As you may know, nowhere is the place where believers meet called a "temple" (except, of course, for when they met in the physical temple in Jerusalem).  So I think we need to be very careful not to equate the Old Testament Temple with a church meeting place.  Today, the place we meet is not important (though meeting together is<\/i> (Hebrews 10:24-25)) – we worship God "in spirit and in truth" (John 4:21-24).  In fact, we worship God in Christ<\/i>.<\/p>\n

    Did I miss anything?  Is there anything else in the New Testament that could be considered a temple today?<\/p>\n

    \"Solomon
    Solomon Dedicates the Temple
    Painting attributed to James Jacques Joseph Tissot<\/font><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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