Our Temple

In Second Chronicles chapter 6 and 7, Solomon prays at the dedication of the temple. In the first part he prays that the promises given to David will be fulfilled as he praises God. The next part, which is the vast majority of the prayer, is asking for forgiveness when people have sinned in various ways and the Lord has brought calamity on them for their sins. He asked that when they pray toward the temple that God will forgive. Then he asked God to come down and God comes down and His glory cloud filled the temple. Then fire comes down from heaven and burns up the sacrifice.

As I read this, I'm struck by the fact that Jesus is our temple now. Jesus came down but in humility not glory and we find our forgiveness in Him when we pray to Him. There is evidence in the Bible that there will be a temple built during the tribulation or just before the tribulation. I wonder about that simply because it will be a sham. Because Jesus has come there doesn't need to be another temple. Then we also see evidence that there will be a temple during the Millennium. So, what's that temple for? It certainly will not be used for sin sacrifices because Jesus has paid for our sins.

However, in eternity we definitely see that there is a temple in the new Jerusalem in Revelation 21:22 it says that the Lord God almighty and Jesus are the temple. We will be in His presence and worshiping Him like no other time in history.

Thank you, Jesus, we can pray to you now for forgiveness.