SANCTUARY

SANCTUARY denotes, (1) the Holy Land (Exodus 15=>17; comp. Psalm 114=>2); (2) the temple (1 Chronicles 22=>19; 2 Chronicles 29=>21); (3) the tabernacle (Exodus 25=>8; Leviticus 12=>4; 21=>12); (4) the holy place, the place of the Presence (Gr. hieron, the temple-house; not the naos, which is the temple area, with its courts and porches), Leviticus 4=>6; Ephesians 2=>21, R.V., marg.; (5) God’s holy habitation in heaven (Psalm 102=>19). In the final state there is properly “no sanctuary” (Revelation 21=>22), for God and the Lamb “are the sanctuary” (R.V., “temple”). All is there hallowed by the Divine Presence; all is sancturary.