more glorious than its Old Testament predecessors (Hag. 2:9). We are, says the apostle Paul, the body of Christ, “in whom the whole building, being fitted together is growing into a holy temple in the Lord; in whom you also are built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit” (Eph. 2:19–22). Notice, incidentally, how this identification of the church as the temple of God helps us to understand the significance of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost. Remember that when Moses