At creation God instructed Adam to be fruitful and multiply so that God's glory would fill this cosmic temple. When Israel go into their land their task was to expand God's glory as was His desire to see the nations declare His greatness. While in the wilderness God gave Israel a construction project called the tabernacle, then later the temple. God's glory would fill up these places to show that God's intent was to fill up the cosmic temple of earth. The church is the new temple of the Spirit. Not only are we to be filled by Him, but as Christ's kingdom grows, God's glory is taken across the planet. We are a preview of what is to come in fulness and even greater glory. The specific allotment of land has returned to what God wanted in creation initially. In the OT, Israel subdued the world by military conquest. In the NT, the church subdues the world by preaching the gospel of Christ and calling sinners to submit to Christ in faith. We no longer go to the temple. We worship in spirit and in truth. We are no longer slaves in "Egypt" but we are being led into our "Promised Land" by a greater Moses, namely, Jesus.
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