THE CCTU MASS CHOIR / TEMPLE PRAISE @24 - In the land of music and at the time ministrations, a destiny of a great kingdom rested on the shoulders of the land of CCTU GH, to administer the great music of fruit and hunny, One of the major themes of the Bible that runs throughout the Old and New Testaments is that of the temple, or dwelling place, of God. It is a topic that begins in Genesis, ends in Revelation and unfolds throughout all of redemptive history in between.
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| HELLO, LOVELY PEOPLE OF CCTU - TEMPLE PRAISE '24 IS HERE AND YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO MISS IT - GRAB A DANCING SHOE TO ROCK A CHANGE |
THE CCTU MASS CHOIR / TEMPLE PRAISE @24 The focus of this thesis will be on how the New Testament church identified itself as the spiritual temple of God and the influence this doctrine had on the way they worshipped and lived as a religious community. Chapter 2 will examine the progressive revelation of the temple of God throughout the Old Testament beginning in Genesis. Chapter 3 will explain how Jesus Christ was the fulfillment of the Old Testament temples and the dwelling place of God on earth during his incarnation. Chapter 4 will analyze the key texts in defining the New Testament church as the spiritual temple of God. In Chapter 5, some of the distinctive elements of the early Christian church will be analyzed in its relationship to this doctrine of the temple.
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| THE TEMPLE OF PRAISE |
The early students of cctu understood themselves to be the spiritual temple of God, which had a profound impact on how they worshipped and lived in community. It was the people, not a place that constituted the dwelling place of God.
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| THE MEGA PRAISE OF SINGING |
Temple Praise gh played a key role in the worship of Israel and other ancient religions, but the worship of Christianity was different in that it rejected this location based worship as a direct result of this new temple doctrine. However, while this idea was new in regards to its place in redemptive history, it was not contradictory to the Old Testament history that preceded it.
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| THE MEGA PRAISE |
On the contrary, this New Testament temple is the fulfillment and ultimate realization of all that was intended in the Old Testament tabernacle and temples of Israel. Recent Literature
THE CCTU MASS CHOIR / TEMPLE PRAISE @24 - Before we begin, however, we need to consider why worship under the Old Covenant is relevant to New Covenant worship.
While it is certainly true that many elements of Old Testament worship have been fulfilled by Christ, such as the sacrificial system and some and possibly all of the Feasts, that does not make everything we see in the Old Testament obsolete. Consider, for example, Heb. 8:3-5:
THE CCTU MASS CHOIR / TEMPLE PRAISE @24 For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; thus it is necessary for this priest also to have something to offer. Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, since there are priests who offer gifts according to the law.
THE CCTU MASS CHOIR / TEMPLE PRAISE @24 They serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things. For when Moses was about to erect the tent, he was instructed by God, saying, “See that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown you on the mountain.”
THE CCTU MASS CHOIR / TEMPLE PRAISE @24 - While the main point of this passage is that Jesus is superior to the Aaronic priesthood of the Old Covenant, note what it says about the priests and offerings (both of which were types of Christ) and the Tabernacle itself: they are a copy and shadow of the heavenly things. Since they point to the eternal realities of Heaven,
they can continue to teach us about worship here on the land of cctu