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The Two TemplesSlide2
Confidence in a Caretaker
Suppose a close friend must spend several years in a distant land; so he asks you to look after his palace in his absence, even supplying the necessary means to care for his estate. Slide3
Confidence in a Caretaker
Doubtless you think it over quite seriously, because a large investment will be under your control. Your friend has shown great confidence in you, and you would hate to disappoint him.Slide4
Responsibility Realized
Now suppose that after you have taken charge, you discover that the property is worth ten times more than you had originally thought.
I'm sure not only your appreciation of the owner's confidence would multiply but also your feeling of responsibility.Slide5
YOU
are
the Caretaker
The King of the universe has asked you to
look after a building of immense value
to Him. Slide6
1 Corinthians 6:19
“What? know ye not that
your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost
which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?”Slide7
A High Honor Bestowed
The more you ponder what Jesus paid
for its redemption,
the more you appreciate the high honor He has
bestowed upon caretakers of
the temple. Slide8
A High Honor Bestowed
This concept lifts the study and practice of health habits to a holy level.Slide9
The temple in heaven
and the temple of our bodies
closely parallel each other.Slide10
The temple in heaven and the temple of our bodies
closely parallel each other.
Each temple has been formed by the Creator for a special purpose—to be His dwelling place.Slide11
The temple in heaven and the temple of our bodies closely parallel each other.
Hebrews 8:2 calls the heavenly sanctuary "the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.”
Each temple has been formed by the Creator for a special purpose—to be His
dwelling place.
Hebrews 8:2;
Psalm 119:73;
Psalm 139:14
Isaiah 57:15;
1 Corinthians 3:16Slide12
The temple in heaven and the temple of our bodies closely parallel each other.
Concerning the body temple,
David says,
“Thy hands have made me and fashioned me” Psalm 119:73
Each temple has been formed by the Creator for a special purpose—to be His
dwelling place.
Hebrews 8:2;
Psalm 119:73;
Psalm 139:14
Isaiah 57:15;
1 Corinthians 3:16Slide13
The temple in heaven and the temple of our bodies closely parallel each other.
“I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are thy works; and that my soul
knoweth
right well” Psalm 139:14
Each temple has been formed by the Creator for a special purpose—to be His
dwelling place.
Hebrews 8:2;
Psalm 119:73;
Psalm 139:14
Isaiah 57:15;
1 Corinthians 3:16Slide14
The temple in heaven and the temple of our bodies closely parallel each other.
He who abides "in the high and holy place" (Isaiah 57:15) desires to live in us. "Ye are the temple of God, and . . .
the Spirit of God
dwelleth
in you"
(1 Corinthians 3:16).
Each temple has been formed by the Creator for a special purpose—to be His
dwelling place.
Hebrews 8:2;
Psalm 119:73;
Psalm 139:14
Isaiah 57:15;
1 Corinthians 3:16Slide15
The temple in heaven and the temple of our bodies
closely parallel each other.
Each temple has been formed by the Creator for a special purpose—to be His dwelling place.
Each temple enshrines a law written by God's finger.Slide16
The temple in heaven and the temple of our bodies closely parallel each other.
"Within the holy of holies, in the sanctuary in heaven, the divine law is sacredly enshrined—the law that was spoken by God Himself amid the thunders of Sinai and written with His own finger on the tables of stone" (GC 434).
Each temple enshrines a law written by
God's finger.
Great Controversy 434
; Education 196Slide17
The temple in heaven and the temple of our bodies closely parallel each other.
"The laws of nature are the laws of God—as truly divine as are the precepts of the Decalogue. The laws that govern our physical organism, God has written upon every nerve, muscle, and fiber of the body" (Ed 196).
Each temple enshrines a law written by
God's finger.
Great Controversy 434;
Education 196Slide18
Laws of the Body
The mouth provides an example
of the laws written in the body.
What do you find in the teeth?
The law of mastication.
Every tooth testifies I am made to cut or chew food.
The taste buds add their testimony, telling us that God desires us to enjoy eating.
And the salivary glands with their digestive enzymes give additional evidence concerning the importance of the law of mastication.Slide19
The temple in heaven and the temple of our bodies closely parallel each other.
"The laws of nature are the laws of God—as truly divine as are the precepts of the Decalogue. The laws that govern our physical organism,
God has written upon every nerve, muscle, and fiber of the body
" (Ed 196).
Each temple enshrines a law written by
God's finger.
Great Controversy 434;
Education 196
The knowledge that God has written His laws "upon every nerve, muscle, and fiber of the body" should lead us to
study each organ
.Slide20
YOU
are
the Caretaker
The King of the universe has asked you to
look after a building of immense value
to Him.
As we discover the Creator's laws, we should
bring our lives into harmony with His wonderful plan
. We are caretakers of the temple.Slide21
The temple in heaven and the temple of our bodies
closely parallel each other.
Each temple has been formed by the Creator for a special purpose—to be His dwelling place.
Each temple enshrines a law written by God's finger.
Both temples contain a record of sin.Slide22
The temple in heaven and the temple of our bodies closely parallel each other.
Speaking from the temple above God says, "
Behold, it is written before me
: …your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together”
(Isaiah 65:6, 7).
Both temples contain a record
of sin.
Isaiah 65:6, 7;
Revelation 20:12
Angels record not only our good deeds, thoughts, and words but also every idle word, sinful act, unholy thought, and impure motive.Slide23
The temple in heaven and the temple of our bodies closely parallel each other.
So in the end we find that men are "judged out of those things which were written in the books, according
to their works”
Revelation 20:12
Both temples contain a record
of sin.
Isaiah 65:6, 7;
Revelation 20:12Slide24
Consequences of
Violating Physical Law
Here on earth the violation of physical law leaves its imprint on the body.
The poisons of tobacco write their dark story in the lungs, and by and by cancer often develops.
Alcohol can destroy thousands of brain cells, and brain cells cannot be replaced. Slide25
Consequences of
Violating Physical Law
Lack of exercise,
overwork,
overeating,
lack of sleep,
anxiety,
and guilt
—all leave their impressions like the picture on photographic film.Slide26
The temple in heaven and the temple of our bodies
closely parallel each other.
Each temple has been formed by the Creator for a special purpose—to be His dwelling place.
Each temple enshrines a law written by God's finger.
Both temples contain a record of sin.
Both temples require cleansing.Slide27
The temple in heaven and the temple of our bodies closely parallel each other.
The Scriptures recount concerning the temple above, "Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed”
Daniel 8:14.
Both temples require cleansing.
Daniel 8:14
2 Corinthians 7:1Slide28
The temple in heaven and the temple of our bodies closely parallel each other.
"Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us
cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit
, perfecting holiness in the fear of God'' (2 Cor. 7:1).
Both temples require cleansing.
Daniel 8:14
2 Corinthians 7:1
While Christ is cleansing the temple in heaven we are to work in harmony with Him in our body temples on earth. Slide29
Clean Inside and Out
He wants us to clean up inside and out.
We need to search out every defiling habit and remove it from our lives during the hour of the cleansing of the sanctuary.Slide30
The temple in heaven and the temple of our bodies
closely parallel each other.
Each temple has been formed by the Creator for a special purpose—to be His dwelling place.
Each temple enshrines a law written by God's finger.
Both temples contain a record of sin.
Both temples require cleansing.
Only the blood of Jesus can truly cleanse both temples.Slide31
The temple in heaven and the temple of our bodies closely parallel each other.
“And
almost all things are by the law
purged with blood
; and without
shedding of blood
is no remission
.
It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these;
but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these
. 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: Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest
entereth
into the holy place every year with blood of others; For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared
to put away sin by the
sacrifice
of himself
.”
Only the blood of Jesus can truly cleanse both temples.
Hebrews 9:22-26;
1 John 1:7
Hebrews 9:22-26 points out that although the earthly tabernacle was purified with the blood of animals, it is necessary that the heavenly things should be purified with better sacrifices—
Jesus' blood
.Slide32
Only the Blood of Jesus can cleanse
The blood of animals did not actually cleanse the sanctuary.
They were only a symbol that pointed to the Lamb of God that would take away the sin of the world.
Only the blood of Jesus could truly take away the defilement of sin from the sanctuary.Slide33
The temple in heaven and the temple of our bodies closely parallel each other.
We must come to Christ and ask Him to forgive our past sins and to write His law in our hearts so that in His power we can live as He would. “
The blood of Jesus Christ his Son
cleanseth
us from all sin
” (1 John 1:7).
There is no other way.
Only the blood of Jesus can truly cleanse both temples.
Hebrews 9:22-26;
1 John 1:7
So it is in our minds and bodies.
We all come face-to-face with habits that the unaided human will cannot break.
In addition, the effects of our past sins hinder us.
What shall we do?Slide34
The temple in heaven and the temple of our bodies
closely parallel each other.
Each temple has been formed by the Creator for a special purpose—to be His dwelling place.
Each temple enshrines a law written by God's finger.
Both temples contain a record of sin.
Both temples require cleansing.
Only the blood of Jesus can truly cleanse both temples.
In these great truths concerning the sanctuary we find the
foundation
of our faith.Slide35
The temple in heaven and the temple of our bodies closely parallel each other.
“Of the things which we
have spoken
this is the sum:
We have such an high
priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; a minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle”
(Hebrews 8:1, 2).
In these great
truths concerning the sanctuary
we find
the foundation
of our faith.
Hebrews 8:1, 2
Evangelism 221
Luke 6:48
Education 195Slide36
The temple in heaven and the temple of our bodies closely parallel each other.
“
The correct understanding of the ministration in the heavenly sanctuary
is
the foundation of
our faith
”
(Evangelism 221).
In these great
truths concerning the sanctuary
we find
the foundation
of our faith.
Hebrews 8:1, 2
Evangelism 221
Luke 6:48
Education 195Slide37
The temple in heaven and the temple of our bodies closely parallel each other.
Jesus told a story about the man who built his house without a foundation, only to have it swept away in the storm. He wants us to be like the wise man who "
digged
deep, and laid the foundation on a rock" (Luke 6:48).
In these great
truths concerning the sanctuary
we find
the foundation
of our faith.
Hebrews 8:1, 2
Evangelism 221
Luke 6:48
Education 195
The fierce winds of the coming crisis will not move those who
understand and appreciate the work of Jesus in the heavenly sanctuary
.Slide38
The temple in heaven and the temple of our bodies closely parallel each other.
“A knowledge of
physiology
and
hygiene
should be the
basis
of all educational effort”
(Education 195)
In these great
truths concerning the sanctuary
we find
the foundation
of our faith.
Hebrews 8:1, 2
Evangelism 221
Luke 6:48
Education 195
Is there something
fundamental
about understanding the body temple?
Yes, indeed.
Physiology
tells us how the body works.
Hygiene
explains how to care
for it.
What does
basis
mean?
The foundation.Slide39
As
the true understanding of the heavenly
sanctuary constitutes the
foundation
of our faith doctrinally,
Body Temple
so
a knowledge of physiology and hygiene
forms the
foundation
of our training as caretakers of the body temple.
Heavenly Temple
The
foundation
of our faith
The temple in heaven and the temple of our bodies closely parallel each other.Slide40
The temple in heaven and the temple of our bodies
closely parallel each other.
Each temple has been formed by the Creator for a special purpose—to be His dwelling place.
Each temple enshrines a law written by God's finger.
Both temples contain a record of sin.
Both temples require cleansing.
Only the blood of Jesus can truly cleanse both temples.
In these great truths concerning the sanctuary we find the foundation of our faith.
The light on these two temples came through the same channel.Slide41
The temple in heaven and the temple of our bodies closely parallel each other.
“And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was
shewed
thee in the mount.” Exodus 25:40
The light on these two temples
came through
the same channel.
Exodus 25:40
Revelation 11:19;
14:15, 17; 15:5; 16:17
Counsels on Diet & Foods 481
Moses beheld the heavenly sanctuary on Mount Sinai
and was instructed to make the earthly tabernacle like the
pattern
shown him.Slide42
The temple in heaven and the temple of our bodies closely parallel each other.
“And
the temple of God was opened in heaven
, and
there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament
: and there were
lightnings
, and voices, and
thunderings
, and an earthquake, and great hail.” “And another angel came out of
the temple
, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.” “And another angel came out of
the temple which is in heaven
, he also having a sharp sickle.” “And after that I looked, and, behold,
the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened:
” “And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of
the temple of heaven, from the throne
, saying, It is done.” Re 11:19; 14:15, 17; 15:5; 16:17
The light on these two temples
came through
the same channel.
Exodus 25:40
Revelation 11:19;
14:15, 17; 15:5; 16:17
Counsels on Diet & Foods 481
On rocky Patmos, John, in vision repeatedly saw
the temple
of GodSlide43
Light concerning the heavenly sanctuary has come by revelation.
When the temple of God was opened in heaven in 1844, how did men find out about it?
By revelation.
On the morning of October 23, 1844, at Port Gibson, New York, Hiram
Edson
stopped midway in a cornfield, where a divine revelation impelled him to further Bible study which opened the great sanctuary truths to our pioneers.
A few weeks later Ellen Harmon saw in vision Jesus rise from the holy place and go into the most holy where He began His closing work.
Light concerning the heavenly sanctuary has come by
revelation
.Slide44
What about the light on the earthly temple, the human body?
How did the knowledge of health reform come to this people?
Ellen G. White writes,
"It was at the house of Brother A. Hilliard, at Otsego, Michigan, June 6, 1863, that
the great subject of health reform was opened before me in vision
" (CD 481)Slide45
Science
or
Divine Revelation?
Although a study of
science
will teach us about the body and how it works, we must never forget that we received the light on health reform through
divine revelation.Slide46
"The subject of the sanctuary and the investigative judgment should be clearly understood by the people of God. All need a knowledge for themselves of the position and work of their great High Priest. Otherwise it will be impossible for them to exercise the faith which is essential at this time or to occupy the position which God designs them to fill"
(GC 488).
Why has He directed our attention to the care of the temple below?
"To make plain natural law, and urge the obedience of it, is the work that accompanies the third angel's message to prepare a people for the coming of the Lord. . . . God . . . designs that the great subject of health reform shall be agitated and the public mind deeply stirred to investigate; for it is impossible for men and women, with all their sinful, health-destroying, brain-enervating habits, to discern sacred truth, through which they are to be sanctified, refined, elevated, and made fit for the society of heavenly angels in the kingdom of glory"
(3T 161, 162).
Why has God given us the light on the sanctuary above?
Now what is the purpose of all this?
The temple in heaven and the temple of our bodies closely parallel each other.
He wants to
prepare us for His appearing
.
God is developing a people who will triumphantly go through the great time of trouble. Not one will fail.Slide47
"The subject of the
sanctuary
and the
investigative judgment
should be
clearly understood
by the people of God.
All need a knowledge for themselves of the
position
and
work
of their great High Priest.
Otherwise it will be
impossible
for them to exercise the faith which is essential at this time or to occupy the position which God designs them to fill"
(Great Controversy 488).
Why has God given us the light on the sanctuary above?
Now what is the purpose of all this?
The temple in heaven and the temple of our bodies closely parallel each other.
To go through the time of trouble ahead
we need to understand Christ's work in the most holy place.
Now another quotation with that word
impossible
:Slide48
"To make plain natural law, and urge the obedience of it, is the work that accompanies the third angel's message to prepare a people for the coming of the Lord. …
God … designs that the
great subject of health reform
shall be agitated and the public mind deeply
stirred to investigate
;
for
it is
impossible
for men and women, with all their sinful, health-destroying, brain-enervating habits, to discern sacred truth
, through which they are to be sanctified, refined, elevated, and made fit for the society of heavenly angels in the kingdom of glory" (3T 161, 162).
Why has He directed our attention to the care of the temple below?
Now what is the purpose of all this?
The temple in heaven and the temple of our bodies closely parallel each other.
To go through the time of trouble ahead
we need to understand Christ's work in the most holy place.
Now another quotation with that word
impossible
:Slide49
"The subject of the
sanctuary
and the
investigative judgment
should be
clearly understood
by the people of God.
All need a knowledge for themselves of the
position
and
work
of their great High Priest.
Otherwise it will be
impossible
for them to exercise the faith which is essential at this time or to occupy the position which God designs them to fill"
(Great Controversy 488).
Why has God given us the light on the sanctuary above?
Now what is the purpose of all this?
The temple in heaven and the temple of our bodies closely parallel each other.
Without a knowledge of our great High Priest's work it would be
impossible
for us to exercise the faith we need at this time. So with the body temple…Slide50
"To make plain natural law, and urge the obedience of it, is the work that accompanies the third angel's message to prepare a people for the coming of the Lord. …
God … designs that the
great subject of health reform
shall be agitated and the public mind deeply
stirred to investigate
;
for
it is
impossible
for men and women, with all their sinful, health-destroying, brain-enervating habits, to discern sacred truth
, through which they are to be sanctified, refined, elevated, and made fit for the society of heavenly angels in the kingdom of glory" (3T 161, 162).
Why has He directed our attention to the care of the temple below?
Now what is the purpose of all this?
The temple in heaven and the temple of our bodies closely parallel each other.
So with the body temple—it is
impossible
for us to
develop the character
that God has called for in this closing hour
if we continue to befog the mind and destroy the body
. Slide51
"To make plain natural law, and urge the obedience of it, is the work that accompanies the third angel's message to prepare a people for the coming of the Lord. …
God … designs that the
great subject of health reform
shall be agitated and the public mind deeply
stirred to investigate
;
for
it is
impossible
for men and women, with all their sinful, health-destroying, brain-enervating habits, to discern sacred truth
, through which they are to be sanctified, refined, elevated, and
made fit for the society of heavenly angels in the kingdom of glory
" (3T 161, 162).
Why has He directed our attention to the care of the temple below?
Now what is the purpose of all this?
The temple in heaven and the temple of our bodies closely parallel each other.
So with the body temple—it is
impossible
for us to
develop the character
that God has called for in this closing hour
if we continue to befog the mind and destroy the body
.
God wants to live with us and to prepare us to live with Him.