The Temple of God

God’s dealings with Christian believers always are based on a specificpurpose. God has a definite plan in Christ that Heis carrying out. If we are to enter the life of victory in Christit is important that we recognize we are part of God’s plan that is movingtoward fulfilment according to His wisdom and unlimited power.

Central to God’s plan is His desire to dwell in a living temple. Theliving temple of God is Christ—Headand Body. Christ is the House of God. The members ofthe Body of Christ are many rooms in the one House of God.

The construction of an eternal dwelling place for Himself is one of theprincipal purposes of God in the Christian Church.It is difficult for the Lord to come into a satisfying relationship with Hiscreatures. The Body of Christ, which is the Temple of God,removes that difficulty by becoming the hand and heart of God extended to people every where.

It is God’s will for us that we, by diligent and consistent faith inChrist, enter our individual role in the Divine plan and then rest with Christas the Father brings all the enemies of Christ under His feet.

GOD’S SOVEREIGN PURPOSE

The purpose of this book, The Temple of God, is to portray thedestiny of the Christian Church. Because Christians havenot understood what the Olive Tree, the Seed of Abraham is, theyhave not been able to relate the Hebrew prophecies to the role or future of the Church.
Once it has been determined who "Israel" is, that Israel isthe elect of God from the time of Abraham regardless of Jewish or Gentileracial origin, then the believer can perceive the destiny of the Church, theBody of Christ, the eternal Temple of God.
The role and future of the Christian Churchhas been described in the Scriptures, both in the Old and New Testaments, allthis time. But we have not had eyes to see.
Hopefully the devout reader will begin to understand that all propheciesrelated to the Kingdom of God, its past, itspresent, and its future, are referring to him. He (or she) is God’s Israel, asaint, a member of the Body of Christ.
The eleventh chapter of the Book of Hebrews defines "faith" interms of the response of Old Testament personages to God’s commands andinterventions. We are one with all of them. They and we shall be made perfecttogether.
There is only one Israel of God, one anointed of God. There is only one Christ, one Servant of the Lord. There is only one Church,one holy city, one new Jerusalem.
The Lord Jesusis Christ. God is adding to the Lord Jesus a Body. The Lord Jesus the Head, plusthe Body, constitute the true Israel,the true Servant of the Lord.
The true Israel,the true Servant of the Lord, is one Olive Tree.There never has been and never shall be another olive tree, another place ofanointing, another Christ that God will accept.
The true Olive Tree began with Abraham and Sarah.The Olive Tree continued with the promise to Isaac, to Jacob,and to the sons of Jacob. This is trueIsrael,the true Seed of Abraham.
The Olive Tree came in perfection in theLord Jesus Christ, who, being the Word of God from eternity, actually wasbefore Abraham. The Olive Treecontinued with all who have become part of Christ,whether Jewish or Gentile by physical birth.
In the last days, the promise, the anointing, the Olive Tree,shall return to the physical land and people of Israel. Then the Redeemer shallcome out of Zion and all Israel, all ofthe elect, all of the true Olive Tree, shall be saved in the Lordwith an everlasting salvation.
God has had, and shall continue to have, a special role for the physicalland and people of Israel.Physical Israelis the only nation that has been set apart as holy to the Lord.
The true Olive Tree is the Kingdom of God.In order to enter the Kingdom of God both Jew andGentile must be born again. The Jew and the Gentile then become new creationsin Christ. In this manner, that which began with Abraham becomes eternal.
The Olive Tree, Christ,the Servant of the Lord, is the eternal dwelling place of the most high God.The Olive Tree is the House of the Father. Thefirst, and principal room in the Father’s House is the Lord Jesus. But there are to be manyrooms in the Father’s House, the eternal Temple of God.This book is about our becoming a room in that eternal House, the everlastingTabernacle of God.
Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thineinheritance, in the place, O Lord, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in,in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established. (Exodus 15:17)
"In the place, O Lord, which thou hast made for thee to dwellin."
The above passage is the beginning of the revelation of the eternal purposeof God.
And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them. (Exodus25:8)

He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever. (IChronicles 17:12')

Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwellin; yea, the Lord will dwell in it for ever. (Psalms 68:16)

When the Lord shall build up Zion,he shall appear in his glory. (Psalms 102:16)

For the Lord hath chosen Zion;he hath desired it for his habitation. This is my rest for ever: here will Idwell; for I have desired it. (Psalms 132:13,14)

He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I inhim. As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he thateateth me, even he shall live by me. (John6:56,57)

Jesus' answered and saidunto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him,and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. (John14:23)

That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee,that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe thou hast sent me.(John 17:21)

Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye buildme? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest? (Acts 7:49)

For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members ofthat one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.(I Corinthians 12:12)

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christliveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith ofthe Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. (Galatians 2:20)

My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you, (Galatians 4:19)

In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holytemple in the Lord: In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation ofGod through the Spirit. (Ephesians 2:21,22)

And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists;and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the workof the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: (Ephesians 4:11,12)

To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of thismystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: (Colossians1:27)

Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and heshall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and thename of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out ofheaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name. (Revelation 3:12)

Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, andopen the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.(Revelation 3:20)

And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacleof God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people,and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. (Revelation 21:3)

God’s work in Christian believers, individually and collectively, alwaysis based on a specific purpose. God has a definite plan in Christthat He is carrying out. Paul states:"And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God,to them who are the called according to his purpose." (Romans 8:28)

If we are to enter the overcoming life of victory in Christit is important that we recognize we are part of God’s plan that is movingtoward fulfillment according to His wisdom and unlimited power.

It is God’s will for us that we, by diligent and consistent faith inChrist, enter our individual role in the Divine plan, and then rest with Christas the Father brings all the enemies of Christ under His feet.