The Holy Trinity in the Temple

Holy Trinity in the Temple

Holy Trinity in the New Testament

Dwelling place of God with his people

God the Father in the tabernacle (Ex 40:34; 1 Kg 8:10-11)

Jesus, the Word, tabernacled among us (Jn 1:14)

the Holy Spirit in the baptised (Acts 2:4,38), who are the temple of the living God (2 Cor 6:16)

God the Father veiled and unveiled

as the Glory Cloud in the Most Holy Place of the tabernacle (Ex 40:34-35) behind a veil (Ex 40:21)

as revealed by Jesus (Jn 14:6-9) and at his death when the temple veil / his flesh was torn (Mt 27:50-51; Heb 10:20)

The Son as the visible presence of God

the symbolic bread of the presence (Ex 25:30) in front of the veil in the Holy Place (Ex 26:35)

Jesus’s real presence in the Eucharist (Mt 26:26; Jn 6:48-51) at mass and in the tabernacles of churches

The Holy Spirit as a flame

a golden lampstand (Ex 25:31) with seven lamps (Ex 25:37) in front of the veil in the Holy Place (Ex 26:35) and burning regularly (Ex 27:20)

the tongues of fire at Pentecost (Acts 2:3-4)