I recently finished reading the book of Isaiah and something struck me. The first verse of that chapter says, "Thus says the Lord, 'Heaven is my throne and the earth is my footstool. Where then is a house you could build for me? And where is a place that I may rest?" Note that these words were spoken by God in the economy during which the Temple still played an integral role in worship, yet we see clearly, from this and other passages, that the Temple was not viewed as truly housing or containing God. It was simply a place where He condescended to meet with man in order to, in addition to other reasons, adumbrate the substitutionary atonement of Jesus Christ, the spotless Lamb of God. The Temple is just one of the many types of Christ's person and work with which the Old Testament is absolutely replete. The nation of Israel; the sacrificial system; the prophets, priests, and kings; and the yearly, monthly, and weekly Sabbaths all point to the life,...