Yesterday, I was talking about God’s Spirit and the Temple.
The main point was that it is the Lord’s presence that determines whether something is holy or not.
Not the building itself.
Up to this point, God’s presence has appeared in many different forms.
He has manifested as a cloud, the Angel of the Lord, the Shekinah, and His Ruach (Spirit).
Then Yeshua came, and Yehovah’s substance was present on this planet in human form.
And no, I ain’t promoting the blasphemy that Yeshua is God here.
So Trinitarians don’t get too excited.
Anyway, onward.
Next, after Yeshua’s death and resurrection, the Lord’s substance is now present on this earth through His worshippers.
We refer to this dynamic as the indwelling human spirit.
Finally, in a future I believe is soon to come, the Lord’s presence will once again return to this earth in the form of the Messiah returning as conquering king.
The point is, while the outer form changes…
The underlying substance does not!
It’s common in the modern Church to say that our physical bodies are temples of God.
I think that analogy is fine.
But there’s an important point we shouldn’t forget.
God does not change or decay.
But we do.
Our physical bodies are temporary, imperfect, and will eventually return to dust.
Yet, God’s presence continues to sanctify our bodies.
Again, think about Solomon’s Temple.
The building itself was just a building.
It was God’s presence that made it holy and set it apart.
The same principle applies to us.
It isn’t our flesh that makes us holy.
It’s the presence of God dwelling within us.
So here’s your takeaway for today.
You can dress yourself in the finest clothes.
Surround yourself with beautiful religious symbols.
Say all the right things, and look like the perfect believer.
But none of that makes you holy.
If God does not dwell within you…
Then you’re just an empty shell.
It doesn’t matter what that shell looks like.
It can be beaten up, worn out, and barely holding together.
Or it can look magnificent, polished, and impressive.
The principle stands.
It ain’t the outward appearance of a structure that makes it holy.
It’s the presence of God within it.
Ya feel me?
Done.
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