How the Temple Points to Christ and the New Creation | Thomas Schreiner

In this excerpt, Thomas Schreiner explains how the theme of the temple unfolds across Scripture, from the tabernacle and temple in the Old Testament to Christ, the church, and ultimately the new creation.

He shows that the temple is fulfilled first in Jesus Himself, then in His people, and finally in the new Jerusalem, where God’s presence fills all things. Drawing on Revelation 21–22, Schreiner highlights the symbolic nature of the new creation, where there is no temple because God and the Lamb are its temple. This progression illustrates a key principle of biblical theology: the fulfillment is always greater than the type.

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