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I bought myself a new tent, and don't ask me how, but it got me thinking about the temple of God. When the Israelites were living in the wilderness, the temple had to be a tent because they were always moving around. It was a tent but don't think for a moment that God was camping like we do at the Maylong, the temple (tabernacle) was amazing. The Israelites used 1 ton of gold and 3.5 tons of silver on the temple!(Exodus 38:21-31) Once the Israelites had been living in the land that God had promised them (after almost 500 years) God gave King Solomon plans for a permanent building.(1 Kings 6:1-37) This temple was even more amazing than the tent had been. So where am I going with this? After the cross God decided that he would dwell in the hearts of those who would believe in him.

Ephesians 2:19-22 Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's household, built on the foundation of the apostles and the prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.

2 Corinthians 6:16b For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: "I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people."

1 Corinthians 3:16,17 Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you? If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him; for God's temple is sacred, and you are that temple.

1 Corinthians 6:19,20 Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.

Isn't it amazing that the Creator of the Universe wants to live in our hearts? We can say with Solomon "But will God really dwell on the earth? The heavens, even the highest heaven, cannot contain you. How much less this temple I have built.(1 Kings 8:27) God who lives in heaven and made his dwelling in those beautiful temples has chosen to live in our hearts! Lets live our lives in such a way that our bodies are a place fit for the King!

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