Repentance results in awareness of the temple of the Holy Spirit and living for God from there.

Ezekiel 43:11

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“And if they are ashamed of all that they have done, make known to them the design of the temple and its arrangement, its exits and its entrances, its entire design and all its ordinances, all its forms and all its laws. Write it down in their sight, so that they may keep its whole design and all its ordinances, and perform them.” Ezekiel 43:11

While Ezekiel showed the Israelites the design of the temple [Ezekiel 41], we know the temple is not made with human hands. As the Holy Spirit speaks through Paul, “For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.” 1 Corinthians 3:17 And again, “…but Christ as a Son over His own house, whose house we are if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end.” Hebrews 3:6

When Jesus Christ gave His life on the altar of the Cross to atone for our sin, He opened access into the presence of God. From the moment He gave His last breath, He opened the way for all who believe in Him to come into the presence of the Spirit of God. The veil of the temple was torn from top to bottom, from Heaven down into our soul, so that we can now be the temple of the Holy Spirit. “And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and yielded up His spirit. Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom…” Matthew 27:50-51 The tearing of the veil literally happened in the manmade temple that was in Jerusalem, but it symbolizes much more, as quoted, “At that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you.” John 14:20

Whoever comes to God through Jesus Christ, ashamed of our sin against Him, He promises to show us the design of the temple, to reveal our body as His temple, as promised, “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me. To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.” Revelation 3:20-21

As followers of Jesus Christ, we know the exits and entrances of the temple. The cross of Jesus Christ is the entrance, where we show remorse for our sin, acknowledge belief in God and are open to the presence of the Holy Spirit. The exit is atheism with no belief in God, which leads to scoffing at the need for Jesus Christ, and oppressing the presence of the Holy Spirit. We know the exit sign hangs above the entity that gives people what to think, feel, do, and say as it builds a wall against Jesus Christ. This entity hardens the human spirit and conscience against the Holy Spirit to enable the image of the beast to speak and live through people. The masses of people are groomed to the mark of the beast by what they are given to say and do.

We know the entire design of the temple and all its laws are established by hearing the Spirit of God from within our spirit and soul, “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.” John 10:27 “This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws into their hearts, and in their minds I will write them,” then He adds, “Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.”  Hebrews 10:16-17

God wants to adorn our body in the magnificence of His Holiness through the Holy Spirit, who comes by living for Jesus Christ. The ordinances and laws which we are to keep are written in us by the Spirit of Christ. While we are the temple of God on this earth through Jesus Christ, there is the “Temple of God” in the Holy City of the New Jerusalem in the new heaven and earth. The description can be read in Revelation 21 and Revelation 22.

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….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets,
I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.
I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.
Revelation 2:24-25, 3:11