A Greater Temple

-June 12, 2025-

Good morning beloved, happy Thursday,

“Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?” If anyone defiles (or destroys) the temple of God, God will destroy him. For temple of God is holy, which temple you are.”

There are three great temple mentioned in the Bible: Solomon’s Temple, Zerubbabel’s Temple, and Herod’s Temple. Solomon’s was by far the greatest of the three. In the future the Jews will build a fourth temple during the Millennium. But there is a greater temple than any of these.

Our bodies are the temple of God and the Spirit of God dwells in us. Just as the first three temples were holy and for the presence of the Lord who resided there. Sadly, over time, the Israelites defiled the temple by placing idols there and forsaking the Lord.

God takes His temples very seriously. They should always be holy. Because our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit, we should be holy and we should do nothing to desecrate, defile, or destroy it.

When Jesus was on earth, He went into the temple, and on two occasions drove out the money changers. He said, “Take these things away! Do not make My Father’s house a house of merchandise” (John 2:16). Jesus calls the temple “My Father’s house.”

May we take our bodies seriously and be holy and undefiled. Have a blessed day.

It is a great privilege and responsibility to be the temple of God.

Dean