You Are That Temple - 1 Corinthians 3:16-17

1 Corinthians 3:16-17 ESV 

Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple.

The body of Christ has replaced and superseded the earthly temples made of cloth and stone. The dwelling place of the Lord is now in the heart of man. The temple was rebuilt in three days, the time it took for the resurrection of Jesus to become the cornerstone in the glorified flesh of man. 

The tabernacle was built by the exact specifications of the Lord. The temple represented God dwelling among His people, which pointed to Christ Jesus. It was just a shadow of the things above. Jesus is the light of the world. 

When man assumes the image of God he will look like Jesus. He is our high priest and we are made into a royal priesthood. We have become the stones of the new temple, the Bride of Christ which will descend as the New Jerusalem. 

You now take the temple and the love of Christ into the world. Wherever you are, there He is.