Temple of the City
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You may be preparing to finish this year at a high. You would be wanting to do everything possible to give God your best. I invite you to recalculate, reinvestigate and see if there is an area of your life where you fall short of the glory of God, of the purposes of God. When you find such a thing in your life, you bring it to the feet of Jesus and lay it down today. Let Him transform you into a completely new person who would enter into the new year with a fresh vision and understanding.
Revelation 21:22 I saw no temple in the city, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb, are its temple.
It is talking about Heaven. In this city was there no temple, neither a need for one. It is because the Lord Almighty lived in this city. The Lamb of God lived in this city. The fact that the father and the Son lived in this city made the need for a temple redundant, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.
A temple is a sacred, safe place where people can worship, encounter, and hear from God. It is a dwelling place for encounters between God and man. The Bible says that because God is there because Jesus is there, you don’t need another temple. That presence, that manifestation of the Father and the Lamb is enough for people to now experience, hear, and walk-in close relationship with God in that new Jerusalem.
You and I are the temple of God here on earth. You are the place of encounter for the people of the world to experience our God. Through you, people can experience Heaven on earth. You are where God resides.
We do not only carry His presence, people encounter His presence through us. A temple is not for just showing off God’s presence, but also for attracting others to the presence of God. A temple’s purpose is also to provide an acceptable way to worship God. That’s what we are called to be on this planet.
A temple’s purpose is to provide an acceptable way to worship God and that is our calling. Share on XLet God’s presence be in you, and in your church so that there is no requirement for any other temple.
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