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041			_aeng
050			_aBS680.T4 _b.B42 2004
100			_aBeale, G. K.
245		4	_aThe Temple and the Church's Mission : _bA Biblical Theology of the Temple / _cG. K. Beale
260			_aDowners Grove, Ill. : _bInter-Varsity Press, _c2004
300			_a458 p. _b; _c22 cm.
490			_aNew Studies in Biblical Theology
505			_aCosmic symbolism of temples in the Old Testament -- The expanding purpose of temples in the Old testament -- The expanding end-time purpose of temples in the Old Testament -- The "already and not yet" fulfillment of the end-time temple in Christ and his people : the Gospels -- The inauguration of a new temple in the book of Acts -- The inauguration of a new temple in the epistles of Paul -- The question of the temple in 2 Thessalonians -- The inauguration of a new temple in Hebrews -- The initial eschatological stages of the world-encompassing temple in Revelation I -- The question of the temple in Ezekiel 40-48 and its relationship to the New Testament -- Theological conclusions : the physical temple as a foreshadowing of God's and Christ's presence as the true temple -- Practical reflections on Eden and the temple for the church in the twenty-first century.
650			_aTemple of God.Bible -- Theology.
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