Title: The Body is the Temple of God
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God made his children, who he knew in advance, belong together in flesh and blood. This flesh is called the body or the body.
It is written, "Children are of flesh and blood, and he also belongs to flesh and blood in one way, to put away those who have taken over the power of death through death, the devil, and all those who are enslaved by life for fear of death. to release him, not really to sustain the angels, but to sustain the descendants of Abraham” (Hebrews 2:14-16).
Christ, the Son of God, belonged to the seed of David, that is, flesh and blood, in order to restore his disgraceful body to a glorious body in order to fulfill his will to become a temple for the Father. It is the same as it is written, “Therefore, when he came into the world, he said, sacrifice and offering, God did not desire, but a body he prepared for me” (Hebrews 10:5).
The proof that the above prophecy says, “Behold, I am sending my messenger before you” is not the writings of Isaiah, but the writings of the prophet Malachi. It is written, “Behold, I will send my messenger, saith the LORD of hosts, and he will prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom you seek shall come suddenly to his temple, and the messenger of the covenant that you have longed for will come.” Malachi 3:1) is the proof of what He said.
In the writings of the prophet Malachi, John the Baptist and the testimony of Christ are recorded together. It was written about John the Baptist, “Behold, I will send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me, saith the LORD of hosts.” The writings about Christ write, “And suddenly the Lord you seek will come to the temple, and the messenger of the covenant that you have longed for will come.”
The writing about Christ, “And suddenly the Lord whom you are asking for will come to the temple (temple)” is proof that the human body is the temple of God. Because the evidence that “he will come suddenly into the temple (temple)” is the same evidence that “he also belonged together in one form of flesh and blood”.
Therefore, concerning the body that is the temple, the body of Christ, "Jesus answered and said, "Destroy this temple, and I will raise it up in three days." The Jews said, "This temple was built in forty-six years; The Bible testifies that he was referring to his own body that had become a temple. After he was raised from the dead, the disciples remembered these words and believed the Scriptures and the words that Jesus had spoken” (John 2:19-22).
Therefore, as the apostles who became servants of the house of God, he said, “Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? So are you” (1 Corinthians 3:16-17) and again, “Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? Therefore, glorify God in your body” (1 Corinthians 6:19-20).
Since the house of God, or the temple, is not made up of one body, the Bible says, “You were built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the cornerstone. It is being built up, and you are being built together in Jesus to become a dwelling place for God in the Holy Spirit” (Ephesians 2:20-22).
Because of this secret of the temple, the Bible says, “By this you know the Spirit of God, that every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. You have heard that it was said that the Spirit is coming, but it is already in the world” (1 John 4:2-3), and again, “Many deceivers have gone out into the world, for they deny that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh. They are deceivers and antichrists, so be on your guard, not losing the things we have worked for, but getting the perfect reward” (2 John 1:7-8).
“And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, and the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no more sea. And I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared by the bride for her husband. was like
I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and God dwells with them, and they shall be God's people, and God Himself was with them and wiped every tear from their eyes again. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the first things have passed away.
He who sat on the throne said, "Behold, I make all things new." And he said to them, "Write down these words, they are faithful and true." And he said to me, "It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last. and he who overcomes will inherit these things. I will be his God, and he will be my son.” (Revelation 21:1-7) Amen, amen. Thank you Lord.