I. A relationship of serving, of working, of doing (even before saving) - Adam
• Tend the Garden (Adam)
• Build the Ark (Noah)
• Leave your Home (Abraham)
• Lead My People (Moses)
• Leave Egypt (Exodus)
• Love Your Neighbor (Leviticus)
• Love Me (Deuteronomy)
• Cross the Jordan (Joshua)
• Rebuild My Temple (Go get wood)
• Mt. 7:24-27; Ja 1:22-24; Heb. 11
• The Book of Romans begins and ends with the phrase “obedience of faith” AND it is connected to reaching the nations (Haggai 2)
• Romans 1:1-7; Romans 16:17-27
• The Past, Present, Future Temples
= Message One - God’s Judgment and the call to rebuild the Temple - chap. 1
= Message Two - God’s Prophetic Promise of the Future Glory of the Temple - 2:1-9
= Message Three - God’s Requirement of the People’s Purity - 2:10-19
= Message Four - God’s Re establishing of the Messianic Line - 2:20-23 (Matthew 1:13)
I. The Material (wood) - Ezra 5:8; Nehemiah 8:15
1. In the mountains of Jerusalem?
2. King of Tyre (Hiram)- I Kings 5:1-18
3. Cedars of Lebanon - Ezra 3:7
II. The Purposes - EXAMINATION
1. That God be pleased - Scripture (John 8:29; Ephesians 5:10; Philippians 4:18; Colossians 1:9-12
2. That God be glorified - I Kings 8
3. We are His Temple - I Cor 3:16; 6:18-20; I Thessalonians 4:1; I Timothy 2:3; 5:4; Titus 2:9; Hebrews 13:15-16; 20-21 (is God pleased and glorified in us?)
III. ACCESS - There are Two Veils
1. In the Holy of Holies- Matt 27:51
2. Over the hearts of the Hebrews - II Corinthians 3:12-16; 4:3
