Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? I Corinthians 3:16
From the time of the Tabernacle in the wilderness to Solomon's temple until the crucifixion of the Lord Jesus there had always been a veil of separation between God and man! With the death, burial, and resurrection of the Lord Jesus, the veil was torn from top to bottom and a new and living way had begun.
The old priesthood was done away with, and all the tradition and ritual and the New Creation was birthed with the advent of the New Man! God would now dwell in man and a new temple of living stones would be erected by the power and anointing of the Holy Spirit. Not only would God dwell in us but Jesus would walk in us as His body upon the earth and complete the work! On earth as it is in Heaven.
The apostle Paul was instructing the Corinthian church about the dangers of building with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, and straw. In other words, no foundation can be laid with man-made material as many are today because Jesus Christ is the only foundation!
If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are. I Corinthians 3:17
Your servant in Christ, Timothy Laughlin
Minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ