Temple...

I’ve never seen a building called a temple, but I have studied a lot about the worship conducted in the temple of God in scripture.

The temple very costly to construct. It was damaged by enemy forces, and restored. It was completely destroyed in 70 A.D. Some people think it will be rebuilt, some don’t. It’s according to your interpretation of end-time events.

One thing that is certain, I am a temple. Now.

“…Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God…”(1Cor. 6:19)

The construction process was lengthy, and there has been lots of attacks from the enemy on this temple, lots of damages done, at a lot of different times…

… and there have been lots of restorations made. At one time, I thought the restoration came from the front end of a church-house aisle.. I have come to the conclusion that true restoration comes only from the One Who created it to begin with. He built it, He re-builds it.

Praise God, though I’m not there yet, He is in the process of restoring me to be what He intended me to be all along. Praise God, He has mended damage done from the enemy, damage from past hurts…damage from sin.

Some of the damages to this temple were done from the inside…..my temple hasn’t always been used as it was designed to be used. “…Therefore honor God with your body.”(1Cor. 6:20)

I have not always honored God with my behavior. Very often, I’ve done the damage myself. The enemy is persistent, he attacks on a regular basis. Some of his attacks are simply methods of deceiving me into tearing down the temple myself….

He’s a pesky rascal. He is defeated and he knows it, “….I am more than conqueror through Him who loved me. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate me from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus my Lord. (Rom. 8:37-39 personalized by me)


He continues to make those drive-by attacks and cause as much trouble as he can, get me distracted…. When he can catch me off guard, he still gets an arrow thru or knocks a hole in the wall somewhere…

That’s ok. There is One Who restores me every single time. He is within, on the job at all times, helping me and restoring me…



“ ….."I have heard the prayer and plea you have made before me; I have consecrated this temple…”(1 Kings 9:3)