Worship toward thy holy temple - OT through NT thought?

[YosefHayim]

The scriptures talk about how there is a veil over the eyes when the OT is read, which is removed by Christ.

How far are we to observe the OT through NT thought?

Psalm 138:2 says "I will worship toward thy holy temple". The NT talks about our bodies being the temple. Christ said we would not worship toward any particular direction, but in spirit and in truth.

So does that mean that the psalm through NT thought shows that worship is not an outward appearance (bowing down and being seen), but an inward thing (since God dwells in us and he looks upon the heart). Some have interpreted us being the temple of God as we being gods. But that is clearly not the case.

That also makes me think of another question. What is the kingdom of God apart from God? And how exactly is God in the believer?

Scripture says "He that is in me is greater than he that is in the world" or paraphrased "My flesh fails, but God who dwells inside gives me power".

Scripture also says "In him we live, and move, and have our being".

So is that to say that he is both in us and around us? Is the believer vs unbeliever like a sponge vs a sealed box? Out of water they both have air. When they are submersed in water, the pockets of air in the sponge are filled with water, but the sealed box remains filled with air, both being in the water.

And the same for the Kingdom of heaven. The scriptures talk about the kingdom of heaven being within us, yet at the same time things being unable to enter the Kingdom of heaven.

 

[electricaluser]

The scriptures talk about how there is a veil over the eyes when the OT is read, which is removed by Christ.

How far are we to observe the OT through NT thought?

Psalm 138:2 says "I will worship toward thy holy temple". The NT talks about our bodies being the temple. Christ said we would not worship toward any particular direction, but in spirit and in truth.

So does that mean that the psalm through NT thought shows that worship is not an outward appearance (bowing down and being seen), but an inward thing (since God dwells in us and he looks upon the heart). Some have interpreted us being the temple of God as we being gods. But that is clearly not the case.

That also makes me think of another question. What is the kingdom of God apart from God? And how exactly is God in the believer?

Scripture says "He that is in me is greater than he that is in the world" or paraphrased "My flesh fails, but God who dwells inside gives me power".

Scripture also says "In him we live, and move, and have our being".

So is that to say that he is both in us and around us? Is the believer vs unbeliever like a sponge vs a sealed box? Out of water they both have air. When they are submersed in water, the pockets of air in the sponge are filled with water, but the sealed box remains filled with air, both being in the water.

And the same for the Kingdom of heaven. The scriptures talk about the kingdom of heaven being within us, yet at the same time things being unable to enter the Kingdom of heaven.

It does, it really does.

 

[Brother Mike]

The scriptures talk about how there is a veil over the eyes when the OT is read, which is removed by Christ.

How far are we to observe the OT through NT thought?

Psalm 138:2 says "I will worship toward thy holy temple". The NT talks about our bodies being the temple. Christ said we would not worship toward any particular direction, but in spirit and in truth.

So does that mean that the psalm through NT thought shows that worship is not an outward appearance (bowing down and being seen), but an inward thing (since God dwells in us and he looks upon the heart). Some have interpreted us being the temple of God as we being gods. But that is clearly not the case.

That also makes me think of another question. What is the kingdom of God apart from God? And how exactly is God in the believer?

Scripture says "He that is in me is greater than he that is in the world" or paraphrased "My flesh fails, but God who dwells inside gives me power".

Scripture also says "In him we live, and move, and have our being".

So is that to say that he is both in us and around us? Is the believer vs unbeliever like a sponge vs a sealed box? Out of water they both have air. When they are submersed in water, the pockets of air in the sponge are filled with water, but the sealed box remains filled with air, both being in the water.

And the same for the Kingdom of heaven. The scriptures talk about the kingdom of heaven being within us, yet at the same time things being unable to enter the Kingdom of heaven.

2Co_3:3 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.

The greater one would be the Holy Spirit, and the Love of God is shed abroad in our heart by the Holy Spirit. We that have the love of God is God in us, and us in God.
1Jn_4:16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

How you look at this will depend on your version of Trinity, Oneness, or in my case none, but the Holy Spirit is God in us or God's power in us.

The Kingdom of God is in us, the Kingdom of Heaven is Rule of a place. Kingdom of God is rule in/with God here.

Mike.