The Open Sanctuary: Access to God and the Heavenly Temple in the New Testament A Living and theologians alike

and theologians alike

keeping the beauty and majesty of Scripture primary on every page

The book can be used as a textbook at the introductory level or as a reference for professionals

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The Open Sanctuary: Access to God and the Heavenly Temple in the New Testament A Living and theologians alikeThis examination of the heavenly temple in the New Testament within its Jewish and Greco Roman contexts shows that the ministry of Jesus gives believers access to the very dwelling place of God himself. How can impure, earthbound humans gain access to God, who is holy and in heaven? In ancient Israel and much of the ancient world, the answer was obvious: by means of a temple. The temple gives access to God because it images the cosmos. This book