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February 19
YE ARE THE TEMPLE
by Ray Prinzing
"For ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I
will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and
they shall be My people."
(2 Corinthians 6:16).
From the time that Jesus
declared "your house is left unto you desolate," (Matthew
23:28), and "the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the
top to the bottom," (Matthew 27:51), since that time our "God
that made the world and all things therein, seeing that He is Lord
of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands." (Acts
17:24).
There are two Greek
words which have been translated as "temple," they are: HIERON,
meaning a building, and NAOS, referring to the inner sanctuary.
When the veil was rent asunder, as far as God was concerned, that
building ceased to be a temple, naos, and thereafter was just a
building, hieron. Then Paul picks up this word "naos" and uses
it exclusively when speaking of THE TEMPLE, INNER SANCTUARY, which
is the new, living dwelling place of God. He dwelleth no more
in temples, naos, made with hands, such are only buildings, but He
dwelleth in the inner sanctuary of your heart and mind.
"But Christ being
come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more
perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this
building (making)." (Hebrew 9:11). He is forming
HIS TEMPLE with the "living stones" whom He is processing and
preparing through the nitty-gritty of every day living.
Renewed into the mind of Christ, for His dwelling shall be all of
one mind, HIS! Brought to that place where from every avenue of our
being we cry out, "not my will, but Thine be done," His will is
supreme in all His house - supreme, yes, it is also the sole delight
of all who are His temple. This living temple fulfills Haggai
2:9, "the glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the
former, saith the Lord hosts; and in this place will I give peace."
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