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was the temple before His death and after His resurrection (2:19-22). Before His death His body in the flesh was the temple, and after His resur rection His resurrected body remained the tem ple of God. This is the building.
We have seen that Genesis 2:22 speaks of the building of a wife, a bride for Adam. John also mentions the bride: "He who has the bride is the bridegroom" (3:29). Who is the bride? Accord ing to John 3, all the regenerated ones composed together become the bride.
Furthermore, this Gospel reveals that the be lievers are to be built as the abode of the Triune God. This is adequately and fully disclosed in John 14. John 14:2 says, "In My Father's house are many abodes; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you." This verse tells us that the Lord was going to prepare a place of many abodes in the house of the Father. And if we love the Lord, He will come with the Father and make an abode with us (v. 23). This denotes the building of God's eternal habitation, a building which has many abodes. Thus, as the Lord's last prayer found in John 17 indicates, all His believers must be built up into one (vv. 11, 21-23). The Gospel of John is altogether a Gos pel on life and building. If you want to know the