Both Today and in Eternity God is our Temple
Revelation 21:22 tells us, “the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb are [New Jerusalem’s] temple.” The temple is the living God to match the nature of the city, a living composition of God and all His people.
Even today our God is our temple. It is not reasonable to think that when we enter into eternity, we will have another temple. We will not get out of God and enter into another temple. When we get into eternity, God will be our temple, and this should not be a surprise to us. We should be able to say that while we were living on the earth, we remained in this temple all the time, in our God who is triune, processed, redeeming, and reaching us as the Spirit. The New Jerusalem, this allegory, is the ultimate consummation of the entire divine revelation, and this is a practical application of God being our temple.*
God the Father and Jesus Christ are in the heavens seated on the throne. Yet they are our dwelling place! Ephesians 2:4-6 declares that God “made us alive together with Christ…and raised us up together with Him and seated us together with Him in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus.” This was done by God, not by our effort.
Likewise Philippians 1:1 and Colossians 1:2 recognize our position in Christ. In eternity we will not be pushed out of God and Christ. No! We will remain in them as our eternal dwelling. We are in the Triune God and the Triune God is in us; this is the reality of New Jerusalem.
* From chapter 37, Witness Lee, God’s New Testament Economy, published by Living Stream Ministry, © Witness Lee, 1986.
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Posted by Don on May 3, 2023
