1. God's Building in the Whole Bible
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    1. God's building in the Old Testament
      1. The bride - Gen. 2:21-24
      2. The ark - Heb. 11:7; Gen. 12:1; Acts 7:2-3
      3. The city - Heb. 11:8-10; Gen. 12:1; Acts 7:2-3
      4. The tabernacle - Exo. 25:1-9; Heb. 3:2b-5
      5. The temple - 1 Chron. 28:11-12; 19-20; 1 Kings 8:12-19
      6. The recovered temple - Ezek. 43:1-12
    2. God's building in the New Testament
      1. The church - Matt. 16:13-18
      2. God's dwelling place - Eph. 2:18-22
      3. The spiritual house - 1 Pet. 2:5
      4. The bride, the holy city - Rev. 21:2-3, 9b-22

  2. The Significance of God's Building
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    1. Related to one another as we are related to Christ - Matt. 16:16-18
    2. Fitted together in the Person and work of Christ - Eph. 2:13-22
    3. Christ Himself lived out of the church - 1 Tim. 3:15-16; 1 Cor. 12:12
    4. The church, Christ's house - Heb. 3:4-6
    5. The only kind of life that fits into the building - Eph. 3:1, 14:4:32
    6. Knowing one another in a new - 2 Cor. 5:14-17
    7. Relationships being the work of God - Rom. 14:17-20a

  3. The Divine View of God's Building
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    1. Our life in relation to God's building - Haggai 1:1-8; 2:15, 18-19
    2. The divine feeling for the earth - Zech. 1:8-17
      1. Zealous for Jerusalem for His house
    3. The divine standard for the earth - Zech. 4:9-10
      1. The plumbline for God's building
    4. The divine supply for God's building
      1. Dripping oil - Zech. 4:11-14
    5. The divine judgment related to God's building - Zech. 5:1-11
      1. Judgment begins at the House of God - 1 Pet. 4:17
    6. The divine satisfaction concerning the earth - Zech. 6:1-15
      1. The branching out of Christ for His building
    7. The divine presence on the earth - Zech. 8:1-8, 20-23
      1. God is with you
    8. The divine salvation in the kingdom on the earth - Zech. 9:9-10
      1. His dominion shall be from sea to sea
    9. The divine center for man on the earth - Zech. 12:1
      1. The human spirit
    10. The divine flow on the earth - Zech. 14:8-9
      1. Waters shall flow from Jerusalem

    Revelation and Administration in the whole Bible


    -Bill Freeman, 4/1/2007