And third, the way of love is to put the emphasis on a positive respect for one's body
as the temple of God's spirit, on one's money as held in stewardship from God for constructive uses, on one's mind as needing to be kept clear and vigorous for God's service, on one's spirit and all one's social contacts as best finding active expression with «relaxation and warm fellowship» through channels that require no artificial stimulation.
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as the temple of God (Mk.
[3] And so with the help of John Paul's epiphany «even now [purity of heart] enables us to see according to God; it lets us perceive the human body — ours and our neighbour's —
as a temple of the Holy Spirit, a manifestation of divine beauty.»
As a natural health doctor, I am going to teach you how to treat your body with the respect it truly deserves
as the temple of the living God.
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as a temple of the holy spirit within you, which.
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Museums play down their grand, century - old entrances, while galleries remake
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Not exact matches
The
temple served
as the headquarters
of an organization once headed by King, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Local TV channels broadcast images
of huge clouds
of white smoke billowing from the
temple,
as fireworks were still going off in the night sky.
Yet we enshrine these garages sometimes
as if they're
temples of innovation.
An older gentleman stands in front
of a
temple in Siem Reap, Cambodia, gazing up in wonder
as sunlight glints off his white hair and wizened face.
They think God inspired His word's out
of context in Acts 7:47 - 48 and Acts 17:24 when God said
as plain
as day that He DOES NOT LIVE / DWELL IN CRAFTED
TEMPLES but Satan finds it extremely easy to fool people that wants to buy their way into heaven instead
of obeying His Son
as required in John 3:36.
They viewed themselves
as being the right inheritors
of the priesthood (much
of the priesthood having been killed off in various wars)... in fact, the
temple in Egypt billed itself
as having the «real» priesthood available
as opposed to the one in Jerusalem with the «pretenders» (and Roman underlings) the Sadducees.
In an act that Harrsion described
as «spiritual genocide», the group claimed that early church leaders took hold
of temple grounds and turned them into churches during the Christiansation
of England starting
as early
as the 7th century.
Talking snakes, talking donkeys, a boat at sea for half a year with a couple million animals, a
temple less than 5000sq feet taking 150,000 workers and 7 years to complete, and then sacrificing 14 animals a minute for 7 days straight, a virgin birth story (like there weren't already a few
of them before), a zombie invasion that no third party seemed to witness, a dude living in the belly
of a fish for a couple days, a guys last words (before become back
as a zombie) being «My god, my god, why hast thou forsaken me.»
And the
temple was destroyed
as he predicted, the
temple in Jerusalem and the
temple of his body.
But until we come to the end
of ourselves then we are going to do and say what we want, even
as it was with me: It's one thing to be a heathen, even
as I was, but a whole other ball game to set our hearts on God and His truth; yet, that can only come when we are sick and tired
of being sick and tired
of our own lives and we just give up, we know then who has given up by the one they advocate for, even has given place to: Paul said; with my heart I want to do what is right, but my flesh does what I hate: This is when God's grace is sufficient, because our hearts are right with God, but our flesh is not: There is a war going on within these
temples, therefore; even
as our flesh wins out to do what we hate, our hearts are set on God and His ways which has been established in the Word
of Truth, which then causes us to stand and speak forth what we believe, even
as this causes a rending to happen within us, for Christ to be formed in us this needs to be,
as we come up in His glories even for a better resurrection for them who believe: The heart wars against our flesh, even
as Christ wars against the man
of sin within: For out
of the abundance
of our hearts our mouth doth speak, therefore; if we speak not the Wholesome Words
of our Lord, Then our hearts are still wicked: But to advocate for wickedness instead
of Christ, one has become a teacher
of lawlessness, he then advocates for the man
of sin: Many who have come out
of religion has done this,
as they went from one mountain top «from the extreme right»
of self exaltation (Religion) to the other mountain top «to the extreme left»
of the (Heathen) and missed the valley in - between that is takes to humble us: One extreme to the other, and missed Jesus: Jesus is taking ones through the valley's to strip us down
of all who we are before exalting us to be just
as He, even
as the Christ in us overcomes that man
of sin (Adam) through theses valleys
of contrast that cause a rending to happen within; and when we are rent in two, we stand on His word
of truth, so we too can become one with Him, even
as Jesus is with our Father: This is how Christ is formed in us: Thank - you Father; in Jesus Name Alexandria
This can be verified in Jerimiah 7:21,
as well
as by noting that G - d reduced access to sacrifices all through the entire Tanach; originally each man was a priest in his own home, offering sacrifices whenever and wherever (Cain, Abel, Abraham), but at Mt. Sinai it was reduced to a single place (the tabernacle /
temple) and to assigned priests; this was fine for 40 years
of wandering, but
as soon
as they entered «the promised land», the tabernacle traveled with the army, and those left behind
as settlers in the new land had no more access to it.
The Jerusalem
temple was super important for the Jews
as the sign
of God's presence.
3
As Jesus was sitting on the Mount
of Olives opposite the
temple, Peter, James, John and Andrew asked him privately, 4 «Tell us, when will these things happen?
Having witnessed the death
of my own dad, killed while falling off an extension ladder and having a large oak tree land across his mid section, bounce onto his chest, then bounce across his
temple as it came to rest, he was gone.
I have absolutely no problem with Poligomy it is the whole «an Angel gave golden plates (which have never been seen) to Joesph Smith» thing plus the whole women
as subserviant to men aspect
of LDS and the «inner circle
of MEN only in the
temples running everything» that make it hard for me to accept.
Why must an LDS Mormon be required by the church to give 10 %
of their income to the church on a regular basis
as a requirement for a
temple pass from your ward Bishop?
As a matter
of fact, when he will walk into the
temple of God, declaring himself to be God, it is then that it will all make sense to Israel, they will see that they have been deceived, and when they reject him, he begins a slaughter
of God's people that will be unparalleled in all
of human history.
Churches are
temples of hinduism, dungeons
of illegality, men playing truth absolute GOD, and hindu ignorant s following them
as their gentiles, slaves.
Mormons with
temple privileges wear special undergarments
as a reminder
of their faith, and those who are devoted abstain from alcohol, tea and coffee.
I am looking for authenticity, relevancy, no ovewhelming bands that take away from the experience
of worship, clergy who are willing to answer my hard questions, who understand doubt is a stepping stone to deepening my belief, who accept everyone
as Jesus did (and we know Jesus was a rebel who accepted and led all sorts
of people), who don't feel the need to try to be hip, who speak about things without inserting politics, who are wiling to trash the
temple to bring us back to the truth, who will step out
of the box
of comfort and be real.
Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man
of sin is revealed, the son
of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits
as God in the
temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
These builders
of churches and church organizations are the same builders who reject Christ
as the Chief Cornerstone, Cap Stone and Master Builder
of the
temple which is the Father's design for His
temple is made
of living stones (see Matt.
Indeed, for a first - century audience, more attuned to the «differential charge» locations within Greco - Roman cities could possess, such
temples would have appeared all the more impressive, occupying,
as they did, crucial sites in their symbolic geography (in Athens, for example, the cult
temple was constructed in the Acropolis, near the Parthenon, in the historic and religious heart
of the city).
After all, it is argued, the Romans themselves did not appear to take it seriously (Vespasian's famous deathbed joke, «I think I am becoming a god» seems to indicate
as much): it could only be believed by those who were either insane, such
as Caligula, who went so far
as to sacrifice to himself daily and made his beloved horse a high priest
of his cult, or irredeemably barbarian and by implication, stupid, such
as the Britons
of Colchester who built an enormous
temple to the Divine Claudius.
The
temples of the cult itself (such
as the Ara Pacis in Rome) and various works
of monumental and fine art, from bold triumphal arches and statues to the exquisite Gemma Augustea, visually articulated this «theology».
3Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man
of sin be revealed, the son
of perdition; 4Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he
as God sitteth in the
temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
The
temple was seen
as the central incarnational symbol
of Jewish life.
(For example, given Wright's understanding
of what the Reformers meant by «literal,» I wonder if they wouldn't be open to scholarship that interprets Genesis 1
as an ancient Near Eastern
temple text — see John Walton's The Lost World
of Genesis One — rather than a scientific explanation for origins.)
Tom Wright, also on film, pointed out that the imago dei
of Genesis 1:26, 27 had,
as background, the idea
of a god's image being placed in a
temple.
Acts 17:24 - 28 «24 The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord
of heaven and earth, does not dwell in
temples made with hands; 25 nor is He served by human hands,
as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives to all people life and breath and all things; 26 and He made from one man every nation
of mankind to live on all the face
of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries
of their habitation, 27 that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one
of us; 28 for in Him we live and move and exist,
as even some
of your own poets have said, «For we also are His children.»»
It is, however, mentioned very frequently in reference to personal worship at home, while traveling on the road, during times
of celebration and festivities, or
as part
of the
temple worship.
Footnotes suggest a scenario behind the text: an illness, an inability to make pilgrimage to the Jerusalem
temple, the taunt
of naysayers who treat bad health
as a sign
of divine disfavor, the persistent hope that the soul now cast down will once again be raised up.
On the contrary, this passage appears to be designed
as a repudiation
of identity between Jeremiah and any prophesying madmen, whether occasional ecstatic orators in the
temple area or attached personnel.
He tells Peter to pay the
temple tax for himself and Jesus, though really if the authorities understood who he was, they would not tax Jesus just
as a prince is not taxed because he is the son
of the king (Matt.
God started with a small party in a garden, moved on toward some pow - wows at alters in the desert, then moved into a moveable tabernacle (kind
of like an Old Testament RV), then reigned in a
temple (especially the God - cave
of the Holy
of Holies, then disappeared while giving the Jews the silent treatment for some 400 years, then came back to the
temple, then traveled the highways and byways with anyone who wanted to join the fun and whooped it up with society's outcasts and wedding attenders, then moved on to some public forums, then into some clandestine home groups and a few jail cells, and eventually made his way into traditional church
as we now know it.
The passage recalls the earlier discussion
of what defiles a man (Mk 7:1 - 23; Mt 15:1 - 20); it also reflects Jesus» reverence for the
temple as God's dwelling (I Kings 8:27) and for heaven
as his throne (Mt 5:34).
People look at this from the stand point
of NOW... the early religious building were built to overwhelm and scare people so
as to control them... early religious structure were not for the people to ENTER... they were places where the priest visited to SERVE THE GODS THAT LIVE OR VISITED THERE... AND GET MESSAGES FROM THE SECRET UNSEEN GODS to convey to the people... this goes back even before the great Egyptian
temples and gods... way way back into prehistory.
Once, when he came upon a drunken scene, probably in connection with the
temple sacrifices, where priests and prophets,
as he says, reeled with wine and staggered with strong drink until the tables were full
of «vomit and filthiness,» he was greeted with the intoxicated jeers
of the people's religious leaders: «Whom will he teach knowledge?
The allusion to the Messianic banquet introduces a parable reported by Matthew
as a part
of Jesus» teaching in the
temple.
I think the «
temple»
of our bodies is so important to God, because He is not only desirous
of dwelling with and in us in Oneness in Spirit, but in flesh and Body
as well.