Greg,

You do want to apply the analogy of Scripture. But I wouldn't read the NT into it. I would attempt to assertain what it meant to the then present day audience.


Dr. Clark,
Temple, taken literally, is a building. I hope we can agree on that. Simply and clearly speaking, if we were to speak to the average person of any time, in any place, and refer to a temple a mental image of a physical place would come to mind. We can understand it to mean body because of NT passages. I don't think it would be a priori because of this. What would the original readers thought of when reading "temple" in this passage? This is where the NT is being used to interpret the OT. But shouldn't the OT meaning be understood in its own context first?



I haven't read Pentecost, so have no reply. Interesting thought though.

Agreed! Though you probably understand that I wouldn't recognize the CoG, as you would.



Bob,
Good observations. I'm looking forward to the next installment.

[Edited on 6-5-2006 by Wannabee]

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