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because he is the very embodiment of heaven. Heaven came down in the person of Jesus Christ and this is why we worship him. But Jesus was not just a temple. He was also the temple sacrifice. Jesus at the cross absorbed the sins of humanity. Your sin, my sin. He is called the lamb of God because he was sacrificed on our behalf. And listen to how Paul in Colossians summarizes it. He says, in him, all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven. There again, the mission of God, the purpose of God, making peace by the blood of his cross.