First and foremost Jesus Christ was the word of God manifest in the flesh. Born of the virgin Mary through the Holy Spirit. The word of God is the law and did in totality overcome the flesh and its weakness for a pure unspotted sacrifice for the sins of men. Following the will of the father Jesus Christ died on the cross and our sins went with him into death. Death having no strength over the word , Jesus Christ rose again and is our Lord forevermore. Amen.

Temple worship and sacrifice given by God to his chosen people was an example or a preview of the much greater work accomplished in Jesus Christ. That is to bring man back in harmony with God. This in effect makes any physical temple worship and sacrifice null and void. Save for the ceremonial gathering of Christians and common worship in honoring the Sabbath. The tabernacles and temples of the first covenant were models of the inner man (subconscious) in harmony with God. The sacrifices were an example of the final sacrifice of Jesus on the cross and of our surrendering the self to God. When God commanded Abraham to sacrifice his only son Isaac, Abraham had to choose to fully deny his self to follow Gods will. The ten commandments and the book of the law in the Ark of the covenant represent Christ who is the word and fullness of the law taking the control center of the apex of our being.

Haggai 2

2:3 Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory ? And how do ye see it now? Is it not in your eyes in comparison of as nothing?

2:7 And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of hosts.

2:8 The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of hosts.

2:9 The glory of the latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the Lord of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord of hosts.

If you were to get in a capable rocket and stand on the surface of mars where would you be? In heaven or earth ? Or possibly if we had a spacecraft capable of flying us to the next star and there happened to be a planet similar to earth. And if we made a home there are we in heaven, as described by the apostles ? In the years that it would take for our journey to that star would we be in heaven then? I am certain that we would not be. The conclusion is that in all of these locations we would still describe ourselves as being on earth. Not earth as our local planet but earth as the laws that govern time space and energy. And we would be in heaven only in that it is inaccessible similar in the way that the heaven of heavens is inaccessible even more so. The laws of the dimensions that form reality around us are heaven and earth as described in Genesis. However not the heaven or kingdom of heaven described by Paul. This heaven of heavens exists in inner space. Inner space? you mean its not real? On the contrary it is more real than our earth and heavens. Inner space isn't a very good word for it either because it has no space(volume). A thought or an idea, or words take up neither time or volume. Yet the word of God is by which all things are made. And by our words we are judged by God. Our words are our consciousness, which is on a higher level than what we perceive as final reality.

Matthew 17

17:20 – If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

Matthew 21

21:21 – but also if yea shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.

II Corinthians 4

4:18 -While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

This posses a conflict of interest , whose words are to govern reality? God the father of course! And his word is Jesus Christ our Lord. Our consciousness had the ability to alter even reality around us. However sin separated us from God and nullified that ability because sin is not in harmony with God. In fact anything that is not in harmony with God is a sin. In a vain attempt to regain God man attempted to reach God by other means in order to place our will above his! The tower and city of babel is one attempt which comes to mind.

Heaven is only accessible through Jesus Christ. Where is heaven ? Well you cant fly there or get in a spaceship to travel there. Its not on saturn or mars. Heaven is beyond time, it is timeless. The laws of heaven are above the laws of the earth or even the space around the earth (celestial bodies). Job 38:33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven ? The apostles knew the difference between the "heavenlies"(celestial bodies) and heaven that Stephen saw opened up to him as he was stoned. Heaven is accessible in our soul through Jesus Christ. In the most secret places of our hearts is a door to heaven. This secret place, the machinery of our consciousness is between heaven and earth. Earth being the physical world that we see around us. Sin has closed this door and separated us from God and heaven. But through Jesus Christ who is the chief corner stone of the temple built in us we once again have access to to heaven. However among Christians in this life there are few that this door is open to. When we are resurrected and have bodies incapable of sin this door is open to all Christians. This secret place in our hearts is a temple fashioned in the image of Christ. And as we within, are in the temple the door lies beyond the holiest of holy of the temple.

St. Luke 17

17:20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:

17:21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, Lo there! For, behold the kingdom of God is within you.

Acts 7

7:47 But Solomon built him a house.

7:48 Howbit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,

7:49 Heaven is my throne and earth is my footstool: what house will you build me? Saith

the Lord : -

Luke 9

9:23 But I tell you of a truth, there shall be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.

Corinthians 3

3 :16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the spirit of God dwelleth in you?

Ephesians 2

2:20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

2:21 In whom all the buildings fitly framed together groweth unto a holy temple in the lord:

2:22 In whom ye also are builded together for a habitation of God through the Spirit.