To be in the Holy of Holies is to be in God
In Revelation 21:22 John says, “I saw no temple in it [New Jerusalem], for the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.”
The temple is not something physical or material, but the temple is a personal temple, even the Triune God Himself. The Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb indicate the redeeming Triune God. The Lamb, who is the second of the Trinity, is also the temple. We have seen thus far that the entire New Jerusalem is a cube just like the Holy of Holies in the tabernacle (Exo. 26:2-8) and in the temple (1 Kings 6:20), but here it says that John saw no temple. The temple is a person, and this person is the Triune God, the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb.*
To be in the holy of holies is to be in God. By the time of New Jerusalem this will not be strange to us. From the day we received the Lord Jesus we have been a new creation in Christ (2 Cor. 5:17). Romans 6:3 says we “have been baptized into Christ Jesus.” And 1 Corinthians 1:30, of God we “are in Christ Jesus.”
Those verses speak of our objective position. But Romans 8:1, 2 speak of our being “in Christ Jesus” subjectively where we have the experiences set forth in the following verses. Here we live Christ, grow in Christ, and are built together with other believers. This is our course to being in New Jerusalem, the eternal holy of holies.
* From chapter 37, Witness Lee, God’s New Testament Economy, published by Living Stream Ministry, © Witness Lee, 1986.
Posted by Don on April 21, 2023
