Allan Svensson
2009-07-11 11:49:38 UTC
The Pattern of God's Temple
When they would make the tabernacle and what that belonged to it,
then the Lord said to Moses, "And look that thou make them after
their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount." Exodus 25:40.
Before Solomon began to build the house of the Lord, he had
received a pattern from his father David. "All this, said David, the
Lord made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even
all the works of this pattern." Chronicles 28:11-19.
Like as Moses and Solomon got patterns to follow, so it is also a
pattern for building up the real Temple of the Lord, the Assembly
of God. What is the pattern of the Temple of God? It is all that the
Bible teaches about the Body of Christ, God's Temple or the
Assembly of God.
Moses received his pattern through a revelation from God. And
the pattern of the Assembly of God has also been given through
revelations. Everything that Paul and the other apostles preached
and taught concerning the Assembly of God, and that we can read
in the New Testament, they had got from God. God himself had
revealed it to them. "But God hath revealed them unto us by his
Spirit." 1 Cor. 2:10-13. 1 John 2:27. They could not think out
this, for it had from the beginning of the world been kept hid in
God. Eph. 3:1-11. In 2 Cor. 12:7 Paul writes about "surpassingly
great revelations". Please, also read Rom. 16:25-27, Col. 1:26-29,
2:2-3.
How is the Temple of God today? How is the temple building?
Is the Temple of God built up according to the pattern that God
has given us by his Word? How is it with the Christian unity?
It seems bad. The Christians are divided in many churches
and denominations.
According to God's word it must be a clear boundary between
the Assembly of God and the world. Please, read 2 Cor. 6:14-18.
Now this boundary is very unclear. Instead there are many other
boundaries across through the Assembly of God, which separate
Christians from Christians. These boundaries have also been
drawn out long outsides the Assembly of God, so that many
ungodly people have been called Christians.
Nevertheless, the real boundary between the Assembly of God
and the world is yet intact. The Lord knows those who belong to
him, and now, when the Lord restores his Assembly, the boundary
will be obvious. People who have a semblance of godliness but do
not obey God's word and deny its power, they come to unmask
themselves. They cannot put up with to hear the message of revival
that the Lord let preaches. "We shall again see which difference it is
between the righteous and the ungodly, between the one who
serves God, and the one who do not serve him." Malachi 3:18.
(From the Swedish Bible). Psalm 1:5.
When they made the tabernacle, then the Lord was very strictly
with that they made everything according to the pattern. Those
who would carry out the work, they could not do it by their own
professional skill. They received a special education through
God's Spirit. Please, read Exodus 35:30-35, 36:1-2.
In Hebr. Chapters 8, 9 and 10, and in Col. 2:17 we see that the
old covenant and its tabernacle, the temple and laws are only a
shadow of the things that were to come. The Lord was very
strictly concerning the shadow picture, then he must be still
more strictly concerning the real temple - the Assembly of
God. Here human wisdom is not enough. Here it demands the
hidden wisdom which God ordained before the world unto our
glory. 1 Cor. 2:7. God will prepare his people for works and
service, so that the Temple of God may be built up.
Eph. 4:11-16.
Jesus says in Luke 21:29, "Behold the fig tree, and all the trees..."
And many Christians look at the nation Israel, that is the fig tree.
They speak about Israel and see it as a great sign of the times.
But how many Christians think that the real Israel is the Assembly
of God? "For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: Neither,
because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but,
In Isaac shall thy seed be called. That is, They which are the
children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the
children of the promise are counted for the seed."
Rom. 9:6-8.
Israel's people have come back to their country again, but how is
the Temple of God? It is more disruption now than ever. The
preachers speak about that the time is short and that Jesus shall
come. Nevertheless, how is the temple building? They themselves
live in fine houses and they build churches for millions of money
while the Temple of God is cracked into pieces and in disrepair.
Haggai 1:4-10.
The pattern of God's temple consists of everything that God's word
teaches concerning the Assembly of God, not only in the New
Testament but also in the Old Testament. During the times of the
Old Testament, the Assembly of God was a hidden mystery that
God himself alone knew. Eph. 3:1-11. In the days of the apostles
the Holy Spirit revealed this mystery. Rom. 16:25-27. In that time
the foundation of God's new Temple was laid and they began to
build up God's Assembly.
Allan Svensson
Do you want to read the continuation of this article
Please, visit my Web Site
The Pattern of the Temple of God
http://www.algonet.se/~allan-sv/PAGE27.HTM
The Assembly of God is no Pentecostal church
http://www.algonet.se/~allan-sv/ASSEMBLY.HTM
Why did the Pentecostal Revival take an end?
http://www.algonet.se/~allan-sv/CRISIS.HTM#stopped
The most powerful revival message of the Lord
to his people in our time
http://www.algonet.se/~allan-sv/MESSAGE.HTM
When they would make the tabernacle and what that belonged to it,
then the Lord said to Moses, "And look that thou make them after
their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount." Exodus 25:40.
Before Solomon began to build the house of the Lord, he had
received a pattern from his father David. "All this, said David, the
Lord made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even
all the works of this pattern." Chronicles 28:11-19.
Like as Moses and Solomon got patterns to follow, so it is also a
pattern for building up the real Temple of the Lord, the Assembly
of God. What is the pattern of the Temple of God? It is all that the
Bible teaches about the Body of Christ, God's Temple or the
Assembly of God.
Moses received his pattern through a revelation from God. And
the pattern of the Assembly of God has also been given through
revelations. Everything that Paul and the other apostles preached
and taught concerning the Assembly of God, and that we can read
in the New Testament, they had got from God. God himself had
revealed it to them. "But God hath revealed them unto us by his
Spirit." 1 Cor. 2:10-13. 1 John 2:27. They could not think out
this, for it had from the beginning of the world been kept hid in
God. Eph. 3:1-11. In 2 Cor. 12:7 Paul writes about "surpassingly
great revelations". Please, also read Rom. 16:25-27, Col. 1:26-29,
2:2-3.
How is the Temple of God today? How is the temple building?
Is the Temple of God built up according to the pattern that God
has given us by his Word? How is it with the Christian unity?
It seems bad. The Christians are divided in many churches
and denominations.
According to God's word it must be a clear boundary between
the Assembly of God and the world. Please, read 2 Cor. 6:14-18.
Now this boundary is very unclear. Instead there are many other
boundaries across through the Assembly of God, which separate
Christians from Christians. These boundaries have also been
drawn out long outsides the Assembly of God, so that many
ungodly people have been called Christians.
Nevertheless, the real boundary between the Assembly of God
and the world is yet intact. The Lord knows those who belong to
him, and now, when the Lord restores his Assembly, the boundary
will be obvious. People who have a semblance of godliness but do
not obey God's word and deny its power, they come to unmask
themselves. They cannot put up with to hear the message of revival
that the Lord let preaches. "We shall again see which difference it is
between the righteous and the ungodly, between the one who
serves God, and the one who do not serve him." Malachi 3:18.
(From the Swedish Bible). Psalm 1:5.
When they made the tabernacle, then the Lord was very strictly
with that they made everything according to the pattern. Those
who would carry out the work, they could not do it by their own
professional skill. They received a special education through
God's Spirit. Please, read Exodus 35:30-35, 36:1-2.
In Hebr. Chapters 8, 9 and 10, and in Col. 2:17 we see that the
old covenant and its tabernacle, the temple and laws are only a
shadow of the things that were to come. The Lord was very
strictly concerning the shadow picture, then he must be still
more strictly concerning the real temple - the Assembly of
God. Here human wisdom is not enough. Here it demands the
hidden wisdom which God ordained before the world unto our
glory. 1 Cor. 2:7. God will prepare his people for works and
service, so that the Temple of God may be built up.
Eph. 4:11-16.
Jesus says in Luke 21:29, "Behold the fig tree, and all the trees..."
And many Christians look at the nation Israel, that is the fig tree.
They speak about Israel and see it as a great sign of the times.
But how many Christians think that the real Israel is the Assembly
of God? "For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: Neither,
because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but,
In Isaac shall thy seed be called. That is, They which are the
children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the
children of the promise are counted for the seed."
Rom. 9:6-8.
Israel's people have come back to their country again, but how is
the Temple of God? It is more disruption now than ever. The
preachers speak about that the time is short and that Jesus shall
come. Nevertheless, how is the temple building? They themselves
live in fine houses and they build churches for millions of money
while the Temple of God is cracked into pieces and in disrepair.
Haggai 1:4-10.
The pattern of God's temple consists of everything that God's word
teaches concerning the Assembly of God, not only in the New
Testament but also in the Old Testament. During the times of the
Old Testament, the Assembly of God was a hidden mystery that
God himself alone knew. Eph. 3:1-11. In the days of the apostles
the Holy Spirit revealed this mystery. Rom. 16:25-27. In that time
the foundation of God's new Temple was laid and they began to
build up God's Assembly.
Allan Svensson
Do you want to read the continuation of this article
Please, visit my Web Site
The Pattern of the Temple of God
http://www.algonet.se/~allan-sv/PAGE27.HTM
The Assembly of God is no Pentecostal church
http://www.algonet.se/~allan-sv/ASSEMBLY.HTM
Why did the Pentecostal Revival take an end?
http://www.algonet.se/~allan-sv/CRISIS.HTM#stopped
The most powerful revival message of the Lord
to his people in our time
http://www.algonet.se/~allan-sv/MESSAGE.HTM