1. so we went to cambodia to see angkor wat. (and vietnam, to see ha long bay- cool stuff!) probably all our future trips will be unesco heritage-related? we’ll see. 
2. so the temple complex’ architecture design follows the cosmology of a hindu world- not just ‘heaven’ per se, but the whole cosmos. wall(mountain)-moat(sea)-wall(mountain)-garden(mortal abode)-wall(mountain)-garden(sea)-temple(meru/heaven). the inclusion of heaven/abode of gods inside the world of men is not unlike the greek gods who live off the mount olympus. is this a proto-indo-european thing?
3. following walton’s reading of genesis 1 as a temple text, solomon’s temple architecture is, too, follows the hebrew cosmology. brazen sea(the deep)-courtyard(land)-boaz&yachin(pillars of the earth)-holy place(sky)-purple veil(firmament)-most holy place(shamayim), the temple symbolizes the cosmos, in which God enters and resides, making it the offices of His work.
4. as per 1cor, a man’s body is a temple: we are microcosms of the world, where God works. also, as the church(temple) is the body of Christ, the world is a macrocosm of God’s workers.
5. the juxtaposition is this: when we say we abide in Him and He in us (john15), it is through ekklesia; our body is a temple, the temple(church) is the body of christ:
it is precisely inside this ‘world-cosmos’ that God enters, making it His abode;
it is this ‘temple-church’ that symbolizes it;
and it is through His people’s ‘body’-their flesh and bones, arms that work, and feet that carries the good news;
that His work may truly manifest.
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