When He Is Come - Media Sabda Org

priests could enter daily. The most holy place which enshrined the Shekinah glory, the ark, and the
preserved law, was only for the high priest who could enter in only once in a year on the day of
atonement. The Greek word for the holy place was "hieron," which means a sacred priestly edifice,
and the most holy place, or the inner sanctuary was called the "naos."
Paul the apostle says your body is the temple, that is, the "naos" of the Holy Spirit. The "naos" or
the most holy place in this Scripture illustrates the sacredness of our bodies. Our bodies should
enshrine the laws of God written in our hearts, which are to be kept with jealous care, with
everything else excluded, but allowing the great High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus, to dwell
within us continually.
IV. The Temple Consigned
Consigned means to give up, to sign over, to commit to the possession of another, to entrust into
the care of another, or to place in the charge of another. This is just what consecration means. We
need to yield our body to the Spirit so that it may become His temple. We are to sanctify ourselves,
then we also need to be sanctified by the Lord. To sanctify ourselves means to separate ourselves
from everything unholy and worldly, to be set apart for a holy purpose, and for the Lord; then when
the Lord sanctifies us, He accepts our body as His temple, and makes it holy for His use, and for the
indwelling of the Holy Spirit. Then our body becomes a house of worship, a house of prayer, and a
house that is filled and employed by the Holy Spirit. This should lead to the bearing of holy fruit
which the Spirit produces through us, and holy labors, which we produce through the indwelling
Spirit.
V. The Temple Refined
Through the fall and sin, man has sold himself to Satan. Christ died to redeem man, and before
the temple (our body) can be refined, man needs to be redeemed. In regeneration, he becomes a son
of God and an heir of God. Following regeneration, the experience of sanctification becomes a
necessity. Sanctification means to set apart, to dedicate, and it also means to cleanse, to make pure,
and holy. When we are cleansed, that will make us uncommon in the sight of God, and it also should
make us uncommon in the sight of all around us because so many people are common, sinful,
impure, unholy. The Lord informed Peter that which God had cleansed, he should not call common.
Paul prayed that the Thessalonians would be sanctified wholly, that is, through and through. This
cleansing affects the heart and gives us a pure heart, which manifests itself in clean and holy hands,
feet, eyes, tongue, ears, body, desires, ambitions, and plans. Everyone needs to be cleansed so that
his body also may be benefited by the cleansing to become a holy temple for the Spirit's indwelling,
and that He may employ it as a vessel meet for the Master's use.
VI. The Temple Enshrined
Enshrined means to be adorned and beautified. Beauty originates with God Who is the Author of
genuine beauty. The temple of the Lord was beautified with wood, brass, silver, gold, and fine
twined linen. It was adorned with the colors of red, white, blue, and purple. The wood symbolized