Biblical Concept: Temple in the
Epistles
Prologue
Psalm 11:4 The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD's throne is
in heaven; His eyes behold, His eyelids
test the sons of men.
Psalm 29:9 The voice of the LORD makes the deer to calve, And strips the forests bare, And in His
temple everything says,
"Glory!"
Psalm 79:1 A Psalm of
Asaph. O God, the nations have invaded Thine inheritance; They have defiled
Thy
holy temple; They have laid
Jerusalem in ruins.
Findings
Israelites: “temple service”
Christians: “you are a temple of God”
Christians: “temple of God is holy, and that is what you are”
Christians: “your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you”
Corinthians: “dining in an idol's temple”
“those who perform sacred services eat the food of the temple”
“what agreement has the temple of God with idols”
Christians: “we are the temple of the living God”
Christians: “growing into a holy temple in the Lord”
Antichrist: “he takes his seat in the temple of God”
“He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God”
Tribulation Saints: “they serve Him day and night in His temple”
To John: “Rise and measure the temple of God”
To John: “leave out the court which is outside the temple”
19 And the temple of God
which is in heaven was opened; and the ark of His covenant appeared in His
temple, and there were flashes
of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder and an earthquake and a
great hailstorm.
“another angel came out of the temple”
“another angel came out of the temple which is in
heaven”
“the temple of the tabernacle of testimony in
heaven was opened”
“seven angels who had the seven plagues came out
of the temple”
8 And the temple was
filled with smoke from the glory of God and from His power; and no one was able
to enter the temple until the
seven plagues of the seven angels were finished.
“a loud voice from the temple” … “pour out the seven bowls of the wrath”
17 And the seventh angel poured out his bowl upon the air;
and a loud voice came out of the temple from
the throne, saying, "It is
done."
Revelation 21:22 And I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God, the
Almighty, and the Lamb, are its temple.
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NAS Romans 9:4 who are Israelites, to whom
belongs the adoption as sons and the glory and the covenants and the giving of
the Law and the temple service and
the promises, (Israelites: “temple service”)
NAS 1 Corinthians 3:16 Do you not know that you are
a temple of God, and that the Spirit
of God dwells in you? (Christians: “you are a temple of God”)
17 If any man destroys
the temple of God, God will destroy him, for the temple of God is holy, and
that is what you are. (Christians: “temple of God is holy, and that is what you
are”)
NAS 1 Corinthians 6:19 Or do you not know that your
body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and
that you are not your own? (Christians: “your body is a temple of the Holy
Spirit who is in you”)
NAS 1 Corinthians 8:10 For if someone sees you, who
have knowledge, dining in an idol's temple, will not his conscience, if he is
weak, be strengthened to eat things sacrificed to idols? (Corinthians: “dining
in an idol's temple”)
NAS 1 Corinthians 9:13 Do you not know that those
who perform sacred services eat the food of
the temple, and those who attend
regularly to the altar have their share with the altar? (“those who perform
sacred services eat the food of the
temple”)
NAS 2 Corinthians 6:16 Or what agreement has the
temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God
said, "I will dwell in them and walk among them; And I will be their God,
and they shall be My people. (“what agreement has the temple of God with
idols”) (Christians: “we are the temple of the living God”)
NAS Ephesians 2:21 in whom the whole building,
being fitted together is growing into a holy temple in the Lord; (Christians:
“growing into a holy temple in the Lord”)
NAS 2 Thessalonians 2:4 who opposes and exalts
himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his
seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God. (Antichrist: “he
takes his seat in the temple of God”)
NAS Revelation 3:12 'He who overcomes, I will
make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will not go out from it
anymore; and I will write upon him the name of My God, and the name of the city
of My God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God, and
My new name. (“He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My
God”)
NAS Revelation 7:15 "For this reason, they
are before the throne of God; and they serve Him day and night in His temple;
and He who sits on the throne shall spread His tabernacle over them.
(Tribulation Saints: “they serve Him day and night in His temple”)
NAS Revelation 11:1 And there was given me a
measuring rod like a staff; and someone said, "Rise and measure the temple
of God, and the altar, and those who worship in it. (To John: “Rise and measure
the temple of God”)
2 "And leave out the
court which is outside the temple, and do not measure it, for it has been given
to the nations; and they will tread under foot the
holy city for forty-two months. (To John: “leave out the court which is outside
the temple”)
19 And the temple of God
which is in heaven was opened; and the ark of His covenant appeared in His
temple, and there were flashes of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder and
an earthquake and a great hailstorm. (All)
NAS Revelation 14:15 And another angel came out
of the temple, crying out with a loud voice to Him who sat on the cloud,
"Put in your sickle and reap, because the hour to reap has come, because
the harvest of the earth is ripe." (“another angel came out of the
temple”)
17 And another angel came
out of the temple which is in heaven, and he also had a sharp sickle. (“another
angel came out of the temple which is in heaven”)
NAS Revelation 15:5 After these things I looked,
and the temple of the tabernacle of testimony in heaven was opened, (“the
temple of the tabernacle of testimony in heaven was opened”)
6 and the seven angels
who had the seven plagues came out of the temple, clothed in linen, clean and bright, and girded around their
breasts with golden girdles. (“seven angels who had the seven plagues came out
of the temple”)
8 And the temple was
filled with smoke from the glory of God and from His power; and no one was able
to enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were finished.
(All)
NAS Revelation 16:1 And I heard a loud voice
from the temple, saying to the seven angels, "Go and pour out the seven
bowls of the wrath of God into the earth." (“a loud voice from the temple”
… “pour out the seven bowls of the wrath”)
17 And the seventh angel poured out his bowl upon the air;
and a loud voice came out of the temple from the throne, saying, "It is
done." (All)
NAS Revelation 21:22 And I saw no temple in it,
for the Lord God, the Almighty, and the Lamb, are its temple. (All)