From a forum thread: K> [...] If your body
is the temple of God, then what is the altar? It cannot be your heart because we know the
heart is evil. What do you think is the
altar?
Me>Great question. Causes searching of scripture. And actual thought. Thanks.
Me>Great question. Causes searching of scripture. And actual thought. Thanks.
My
answer is based on my belief that those millennial promises to Israel which are
spiritual are available to begotten again Christians, particularly in
post-apostolic times.
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the
heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. (Ezek 36:26
NKJ)
And the LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live. (Deut 30:6 NKJ)
The two verses seem to be viewing different aspects of the same event. The replacement of stone with flesh accomplishes a separation or circumcision from the flesh in which sin still abides. The flesh of the new heart is most certainly the flesh of our Lord, in the likeness of the flesh of sin, yet without sin. Rom 8.3.
There are two altars associated with the Temple. And three parts of the Temple, the holiest, the holy, and the court may be associated with spirit, soul, and body, respectively.
The heart is the altar where we offer our bodies (Rom 12.1) much like the whole burnt sacrifice and the continual offering of lambs in the court.
The soul is connected with the heart. They may be regarded as the spiritual and bodily aspects of the inner man, respectively.
The soul is the altar for the spiritual sacrifice of praise (Heb 13.15). This is akin to the golden altar of incense which is before the veil but is associated with the holiest.
And the LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live. (Deut 30:6 NKJ)
The two verses seem to be viewing different aspects of the same event. The replacement of stone with flesh accomplishes a separation or circumcision from the flesh in which sin still abides. The flesh of the new heart is most certainly the flesh of our Lord, in the likeness of the flesh of sin, yet without sin. Rom 8.3.
There are two altars associated with the Temple. And three parts of the Temple, the holiest, the holy, and the court may be associated with spirit, soul, and body, respectively.
The heart is the altar where we offer our bodies (Rom 12.1) much like the whole burnt sacrifice and the continual offering of lambs in the court.
The soul is connected with the heart. They may be regarded as the spiritual and bodily aspects of the inner man, respectively.
The soul is the altar for the spiritual sacrifice of praise (Heb 13.15). This is akin to the golden altar of incense which is before the veil but is associated with the holiest.
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