Reflections
And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of 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. (Rev. 21:3)
Jesus Christ is the tabernacle of God. He is the means – Christ in us – by which God Himself dwells with us. He is the means by which we become His people, and He becomes our God.
The Body of Christ is also called, “the temple of God” – and the individual believer is likewise, “the temple of God.” (I Cor. 3:16) Jesus Himself is the primary temple of God – “For it pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell.” (Col. 1:19) But the church is His Body in which He collectively dwells, and He dwells in the individual saint. So we have God in Christ and Christ in us – Christ, the true temple of God has come and made His dwelling place in us. Revelation provides a spiritual picture of this as it is NOW, and shows it to be the purpose towards which God is working.
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