神人基督乃是神的内殿
当耶稣出来尽职时，祂告诉犹太人，祂是神的殿（约二19，21）。神人基督乃是神的内殿。在约翰一章，祂乃是神的帐幕;在约翰二章，祂乃是神的殿。以赛亚书写于基督成为肉体前约七百年，豫言这要来的一位乃是神选民的圣所，使他们能同神活着，以神作他们的室友。
当我们享受祂作我们的居所，并作我们的室友时，我们就有光、空气、水、食物、和一切的所需。当我离家外出时，我所住的地方虽然有很多东西，但那里缺少我家中所有能应付我需要的东西。在地上没有一个地方像我们的家那么好。每当我回家时，我就有“家，甜美家”的感觉。今天我们的家乃是一个人位－基督，祂也是神的居所。
终极完成为神扩大的帐幕和殿－新耶路撒冷
在新约里，神使我们成为这圣所的一部分，所以在书信里告诉我们，我们是神的殿（林前三16）。基督作头，我们作祂身体的肢体，乃是神的殿。至终，这殿要终极完成于新耶路撒冷，就是神扩大、延伸的圣所。基督连同祂身体的众肢体，要终极完成为神扩大的帐幕和殿－新耶路撒冷（启二一2-3，22）。
在新约里，主耶稣吩咐我们，要住在祂里面（约十五5）。“住”这字的意思不仅是停留，也是居住。在约翰十四章二十三节，主说，“人若爱我，就必遵守我的话，我父也必爱祂，并且我们要到他那里去，同他安排住处。”住处就是居所。这是相互的住处，让三一神住在信徒里面，也让信徒住在祂里面。至终，神圣启示的总结乃是新耶路撒冷。新耶路撒冷乃是神和人生活在一起的集大成。
以赛亚书的豫言
何等希奇，在基督出生七百年前，以赛亚就豫言这一位将在神性里之耶和华，伸枝到人性里的耶和华的苗，要成为祂一切拣选之人的圣所。当我们在神我们的圣所里，享受祂作我们的室友时，我们在随处都看见祂。祂是我们的日光、饮水、食物、以及所呼吸的空气。当我们住在神里，以祂作我们的圣所，作我们的居所时，我们就在这一切方面享受祂。
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Sanctuary to the Positive Ones (2) – Rev. 21:3
God-man Christ Being the Inner Temple of God
When Jesus came out to minister, he told the Jewish people that he was God’s temple (John 2:19, 21). The God-man, Christ, is the inner temple of God. In John 1 he is God’s tabernacle; in John 2 he is God’s temple. The book of Isaiah, written about seven hundred years before the incarnation of Christ, prophesied that this coming One would be the sanctuary of God’s chosen people for them to live with God, taking God as their roommate.
When we enjoy him as our dwelling place and as our roommate, we have light, air, water, food, and everything that we need. When I am away from my home, the place where I stay may have many things, but it does not have what I have at home to meet my needs. There is no place on earth as good as our home. Whenever I return to my home, I have a feeling of “home, sweet home”. Our home today is a person – Christ, who is also God’s dwelling place.
Consummated as the Enlarged Tabernacle and Temple of God – the New Jerusalem
In the New Testament, we are made a part of this sanctuary, so in the Epistles we are told that we are God’s temple (1 Cor. 3:16). Christ as the Head and we as the members of his Body are the temple of God. Eventually, this temple will consummate in the New Jerusalem, the enlarged, extended sanctuary of God. Christ with all the members of his Body will be consummated as the enlarged tabernacle and temple of God – the New Jerusalem (Rev. 21:2-3, 22).
In the New Testament, the Lord Jesus charges us to abide in him (John 15:5). The word abide means not only to remain but also to dwell. In John 14:23 the Lord said, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word, and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make an abode with him.” The abode is the dwelling place. This is a mutual abode for the Triune God to abide in the believers and for the believers to abide in him. Eventually, the conclusion of the divine revelation is the New Jerusalem. The New Jerusalem is the aggregate of God and man living together.
Prophecy in the Book of Isaiah
It is amazing that seven hundred years before Christ was born, Isaiah prophesied that this One, who is Jehovah’s Shoot to branch out Jehovah, in his divinity, into humanity, would be the sanctuary of all his chosen ones. When we are in God as our sanctuary, enjoying him as our roommate, we see him everywhere. He is our sunshine, our drinking water, our food and our air for us to breathe. We enjoy God in all these aspects when we dwell in him as our sanctuary, our dwelling place.