Temple imagery uses the sanctuary, dwelling place, or temple to communicate God’s holy presence among His people.
Temple imagery uses the sanctuary, dwelling place, or temple to communicate God’s holy presence among His people.
Temple imagery is a biblical image-field in which sanctuary, house, dwelling, holiness, access, and glory language communicate God’s presence, worship, judgment, mediation, and eschatological dwelling with His people.
These examples show how Temple Imagery functions in biblical language, rhetoric, poetry, prophecy, narrative, or theological imagery.
let them make me a sanctuary
The sanctuary language locates God’s holy presence among His covenant people.
will God indeed dwell on the earth?
Solomon recognizes that the temple signifies presence without containing God’s immensity.
to dwell in the house of the LORD
The house of the LORD image expresses worshipful nearness and desire for God’s presence.
the Lord sitting upon a throne... the temple
The temple scene frames Isaiah’s vision of divine holiness and glory.
a structure like a city... temple vision
The visionary temple communicates restored order, holiness, and divine presence.
he spake of the temple of his body
Jesus identifies His body as the true temple locus of divine presence and resurrection hope.
ye are the temple of God
Paul applies temple imagery to the church as God’s holy dwelling by the Spirit.
ye are the temple of the living God
Temple language grounds separation from idolatry in God’s covenant dwelling promise.
groweth unto an holy temple
The church is described as a growing temple dwelling for God by the Spirit.
the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple
The New Jerusalem reaches temple fulfillment in God and the Lamb’s direct presence.
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