The Temple is You

“Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.” – 1 Corinthians 6:19, 20 For Jews, the temple was where the Spirit of God lived. This began with the tabernacle, which was a moving temple that could be set up as the Isrealites traveled from place-to-place. At the center of this sacred place was the Ark of the Covenant, which symbolized the Lord’s throne, and the closer you got to it, the more respect, fear, and admiration you had to show as you approached.  Years after the Isrealites entered the Promised Land, King Solomon built a permanent temple for God’s people that had many characteristics of the tabernacle but was fixed. This sacred place housed the very presence of