Not Made with Human Hands
By Robert Jacquez
There are many temples around the world which have been built by human hands. But there is another sanctuary in heaven. The Apostle Paul stood on mars hill and surprised the Athenians when he spoke of where God does not dwell. "God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands" (Acts 17:24). Paul gave the same message to the Corinthians. "For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens" (2 Corinthians 5:1). Hebrews 9:24 continues this theme. "For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us." We have all seen doll houses. They can be nice but they are just a small figure of a real house. If the glorious temple built by king Solomon is merely a figure of the true temple, then the temple in heaven must be beyond glorious! Hebrews 9:11-12 says, "But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us." Can you imagine a temple made by God, the greatest designer in the universe?
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