God’s Holy Temple in the Book of Ephesians
Paul’s epistle to the Ephesians is brimming with architectural language. In Ephesians 2:21 he refers to a temple that is built by God. How much of the letter to the Ephesians is actually a reference to God’s Temple? And was the apostle thinking of the Ephesian Temple of Artemis as he penned this letter?
God’s Holy Temple
Ephesus in the first century was the sprawling capital of the province of Asia. Situated in fertile lands with a mild climate, over 250,000 inhabitants populated the region. The city was the second largest in the Roman Empire, filled with…
