man, `heaven itself', and uses the word hagion in:

`A minister of the sanctuary' ton hagion.

`The Holiest of all' hagia hagion.

`The Holiest of all' ton hagion.

`The Holiest' ton hagion.

It is there that Christ entered, there He sat down at the right hand of

God.  The epistle to the Ephesians introduces a new and stupendous teaching.

Where Hebrews represents the Lord alone in Heaven's holiest of all, Ephesians

reveals that the member of the One Body is potentially seated together there,

that he has an inheritance there, that he is a fellowcitizen there.  This

constitutes the believer a part of the `household of God', for as we have

already seen, the temple is designed to be a dwelling place.  All this, of

course, is in direct contrast to the earlier condition of strangers, foreigners

and aliens.  The next problem awaiting solution is the double foundation that is

spoken of here:

`And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus

Christ Himself being the chief corner stone' (Eph. 2:20).

The fact that apostles come before prophets, is proof that New Testament

prophets are envisaged.  Perhaps if this passage stood alone we could not be so

definite in our assertion.  If 1 Corinthians 12:28,29 and 2 Peter 3:2 and

especially Ephesians 3:5 and 4:11 be consulted, the fact will be sufficiently

established for us to proceed.  What does the passage mean when it speaks of

`the foundation of the apostles and prophets'?  The most serious objection to

the idea that these apostles and prophets were themselves a `foundation' is

taken from 1 Corinthians 3:11, where Paul declares `Other foundation can no man

lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ'.  But in that passage Paul is

speaking not of those who are built into a building, but of those who are

In 1 Corinthians 3, Paul does not look upon himself as a `living stone' in

the building under review, but as `a wise master builder', and those to whom he

speaks are looked upon as builders also who can use either gold, silver and

precious stones, or wood, hay and stubble.  In this context Christ alone can be

the foundation.  However, in Ephesians 2 the metaphor is applied differently.

Let us turn to Ephesians 4:11-13.  Here we have a ministry given by the ascended

Christ which has in view both `the perfecting (or re-adjusting) of the saints'

and `the edifying (building up) of the Body of Christ'.  Now the first pair of

gifts `Apostles, and Prophets' were a `foundation' ministry and were not

continuous.  The second pair `Evangelists, Pastors and Teachers', were

continuous.  In 2 Timothy, when the initial foundation had already been laid,

and the gift of apostles and prophets was not repeated, we find the evangelist

(2 Tim. 4:5) and the teacher (2 Tim. 2:2).  The apostles and prophets were a

foundation ministry, but they in turn rested squarely and completely upon the

chief Corner Stone, Christ.  Now Christ as `chief Corner Stone' does not belong

exclusively to the Mystery, for Peter also speaks of Christ with the same title

(1 Pet. 2:6,7).

As we have already observed, the Temple covered a greater area than did

the Holiest of all, consequently, while the innermost shrine, the naos, that

which belongs exclusively in this figure to the Mystery, was built upon that

portion of the one foundation which was overlaid with the foundation of the

apostles and prophets; Peter also could build other portions of the holy