AI OVERVIEW: Creation is a temple where heaven and earth overlap, with Eden as the hotspot where God walks with humanity and invites them to steward the earth. The tabernacle and later the temple illustrate God dwelling with his people, but gatekeeping and tokenizing the temple distort that purpose and turn worship into exclusion rather than invitation to the nations. Jesus declares the temple is his body, and through his death, resurrection, and the Spirit's coming, believers become living temples bearing God's presence into the world. In the end, Revelation envisions a new creation where God dwells with his people and the city itself is the temple, a reunified heaven and earth.
YOUTUBE DESCRIPTION: A New Temple Imagine being in God’s very presence. It’s hard to wrap our minds around. But there were little hot spots of his presence throughout the Bible. They went by different names like Eden, tabernacle/tent of meeting, temple, New Jerusalem, and Church. Each of these is sho...
