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God Dwells among Us: A Biblical Theology of the Temple (Essential Studies in Biblical Theology | ESBT) is unavailable, but you can change that!

The temple has always been a source of rich scholarship and theological reflection, but what does it mean for the church’s ongoing mission in the world? G. K. Beale and Mitchell Kim examine temple theology throughout Scripture, exploring how this theme relates to Christian life and witness today. From Eden to the new Jerusalem, they argue, we are God’s temple on the earth, the firstfruits of the...

What does it mean to reign as a representative? The Greek translation of “image” is “icon.” On a computer screen, an icon is a small picture file that, when clicked, ushers in the megabytes of the computer program that it represents. Metaphorically, humanity is a small picture file in the terabytes of God’s glory in creation. Although we often feel small in light of the overwhelming brokenness in the world, God has created us as icons of his powerful presence. Icons do not point to themselves, but
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