In the Old Covenant, the focus was on the temple of stone. In the New Covenant of Jesus Christ, the focus is on the living temple of the Body of Christ, in whom Jesus dwells. True revival will result in our giving our lives to the rebuilding of the living temple of God's people, by helping them with food, clothing, and medical care. This is love with actions and in truth, not with words only. We are crying out for revival in our churches, and the path to revival is for us to begin to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ around the world.
Obedience is the path to revival.
If American Christians were laying down their lives for their brethren, as our Lord calls us to do, we would see unimaginable blessing. We lay down our lives for each other by sharing our material resources with our brethren who are in need. Instructions on giving in the New Testament centers foremost on helping fellow Christians who are in need. The application of this imperfect covenant blinds us to the needs of our brethren, and we think we have obeyed God. In truth, we have disobeyed Him by taking up again those elements which were nailed to the cross with Jesus.