Our Body, God’s Temple

Devotional for Kids!  

 I love riddles but I’m usually not great at solving them.  Maybe you are better at riddles than I am.  So what two things does your body have in common with the Tabernacle of the Israelites in the Old Testament?

Photo by David King

[Archeological site outside the southwest corner of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City.]

I will give you a hint. Read Exodus chapter 26 and compare it to Psalm 139:13 to 16. Now you should know one way our bodies and the tabernacle are the same. Did you get it? 

For the second way these two are alike read Exodus 40:34 and 35: “Then the cloud covered the tabernacle of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.  And Moses was not able to enter the tabernacle of meeting, because the cloud rested above it, and glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.” Compare it to I Corinthians 6:19 “Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own.” NKJV.  These two verses show us the second thing our body and the tabernacle have in common.

I see by the gleam in your eyes that you got it. First God dwelt in the Tabernacle and He dwells in us if we belong to Him.  Secondly, God planned both the Tabernacle and our bodies down to the very last detail. 

Although they could pray to God anywhere, the only place the Israelites could go meet God was in the tabernacle and it was the priest who intervened for the people. At times God revealed Himself to certain people and spoke to them. But now, because God sent the Holy Spirit to indwell His children after Jesus rose to heaven, God’s Holy Spirit actually dwells in us and empowers us to live for Him. Our body now is the temple of God. We are blessed because we can know His presence all the time.

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I want to walk with you spiritually this year, inviting you to read the Bible through from cover to cover; from Genesis 1 all the way to Revelation 22:21.  If that sounds too difficult for you and your kids, you can join in again after you have taken a break or join us for the days you’re up to it.  We will start on Sunday, January 18th and finish Saturday, January 16, 2010.  I promise that you will understand the Bible in a much deeper way if you read it through from cover to cover in a year’s time.

Accept my challenge to read the Bible through in one year chronologically, including the Old and the New Testament.

I’m going to give you an extra challenge for the next few days only. We need to read 2 days readings each day until we catch up on the right day of the year, so we can finish by December 31, 2009. 

Day 38: Today read:
Exodus 26:1-27:21
Matthew 25:1-30
Psalm 31:1-8
Proverbs 8:1-11

Day 39:
Exodus 28:1-43
Matthew 25:31-26:13
Psalm 31:9-18
Proverbs 8:12-13

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