1 Kings 8 [The Message]

Solomon prayed an eloquent prayer as he stood before the new temple in the presence of all Israel. From the study of this temple, we find many eternal truths about God’s design for our lives. When we study it, we must take care that we realize that WE are the temple God was intending all along. In the same way that the animal sacrifices were made obsolete after Christ had been sacrificed, so was a building such as the temple made obsolete for the indwelling of God’s Spirit.

And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with (in) men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. [Rev. 21:3]

Know ye not that YOU are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? [1 Cor. 3:16]