1 Chronicles 28:6 “Now He said to me, 'It is your son Solomon who shall build My house and My courts; for I have chosen him to be My son, and I will be his Father.”
God used the first tabernacle from the time of Moses until the reign of King Solomon, for as we can see in the above quoted passage of scripture God instructed Solomon to build Him a temple. The second temple that was constructed however was no longer a tent but rather a permanent structure. And so we see that the temple that Solomon built was a type and shadow of that which is still to come, for it was a type and shadow of our resurrected bodies which will be immortal and thus they will be permanent temples which God will dwell in for all eternity. Under the old covenant God only allowed the permanent temple to be built when Israel had finally taken possession of her promised land and there was no more war. In the same manner the saints will receive their resurrected bodies when our Lord Jesus returns to reign on the earth and there will be no more wars.
1 Corinthians 15:51-54 “Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed-- (52) in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. (53) For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. (54) So, when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: "Death is swallowed up in victory.”
As believers we look forward to the day when our Lord Jesus returns to reign in glory, for we know that at that time these mortal bodies which we now dwell in will be swallowed up in immortality, and we will receive the glorious resurrected bodies that our heavenly Father has predestined for us to inherit. The word immortal means no longer subject to death. But that is not all, for not only will our resurrected bodies never die but they will also never age, never get sick, and never grow weary, for they will be incorruptible. In other words the resurrected bodies of the saints will be perfect temples for God to dwell in.
Michael E.B. Maher
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