The Temple and the Church's Mission
Subtitle: A Biblical Theology of the Dwelling Place of God
Series: New studies in biblical theology ; v. 17
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Published: July 2004
Place of publication: Downers Grove, IL
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 458
ISBN-13: 9780830826186
Copyright date: 2004
Subjects: Temple of God; Religion - Commentaries / Reference; Christianity - Theology - Ecclesiology; Religion; Religion - Theology - Biblical; Theology; Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - General; Christian Theology - Ecclesiology; Bible - Study - General; Christian Ministry - Missions; Bible
Table of contents: title: Series preface; title: Author's preface; title: Preface / Mary Dorinda Beale; title: Cosmic symbolism of temples in the Old Testament; title: The expanding purpose of temples in the Old testament; title: The expanding end-time purpose of temples in the Old Testament; title: The 'already and not yet' fulfillment of the end-time temple in Christ and his people : the Gospels; title: The inauguration of a new temple in the book of Acts; title: The inauguration of a new temple in the epistles of Paul; title: The question of the temple in 2 Thessalonians; title: The inauguration of a new temple in Hebrews; title: The initial eschatological stages of the world-encompassing temple in Revelation I; title: The question of the temple in Ezekiel 40-48 and its relationship to the New Testament; title: Theological conclusions : the physical temple as a foreshadowing of God's and Christ's presence as the true temple; title: Practical reflections on Eden and the temple for the church in the twenty-first century