AI OVERVIEW: Presence precedes purpose: God dwells with his people in Eden, in the tabernacle, and now in believers through the Spirit, forming a continuous temple-building story. The sermon traces temple theology from Genesis, where Adam is given priestly work in a garden temple, through Moses’ tabernacle with outer courts and holy of holies, to Jesus, whose death and resurrection fulfill the old sacrificial system and make his followers living stones in a spiritual house (1 Peter 2:4-5; 1 Corinthians 6:19). The church is the new temple, empowered by the Spirit to pursue holy living and priestly service, until Revelation 21’s New Jerusalem where God’s presence fully dwells with his people.
