Catholic Typology
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Jesus the new Temple
John 2:19-21 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?” But he was speaking about the temple of his body.
God dwelt in two places at the same time: in heaven (Dt 26:15; 1 Kg 8:39) and in the Tabernacle of the Temple with his people as the Glory Cloud (Holy Spirit) (Ex 40:30; 1 Kgs 8:10); God the Father in heaven (Mt 6:9) and Jesus, the Word, who tabernacled among us on earth (Jn 1:14)
Jesus as the veil: the Glory Cloud is hidden behind a veil (Ex 40:21); God the Father is revealed by Jesus (Jn 14:6-8) and at his death when the veil / his flesh is torn (Mt 27:50-51; Heb 10:20);
Jesus as the visible face of God: the symbolic bread of the Presence (Ex 25:30) outside 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.
Where true worship (sacrifice) occurs: only in the Temple (Lev 17:8-9; Dt 12:5-6): Jesus's self-sacrifice on the cross (Heb 9:14)