The temple is a major theme in John's gospel. Yet, the most significant event in temple life—the Day of Atonement—is strikingly absent. That is, until we look more closely.
“Entering Pilate’s Unholy of Holies: How Jesus’s Cross in John’s Gospel Fulfills the Day of Atonement” – David Schrock“How John’s Prologue Placards the Glory of God’s Son: 10 Things About John 1:1-18” – David Schrock“Seeing New Creation Light in John 2-4: Three Ways Jesus Replaces the Darkness of the Old Covenant” – David Schrock“Three Literary Mountains; Seeing the Chiastic Structures of John 7” – David Schrock“Seeing John 9 with New Eyes: A Few Notes on Literary Structure” – David Schrock“The Clothes Make the Man: Seeing the Priesthood of Christ in John’s Gospel” – David SchrockTheme of the Month: One Passion, Four GospelsGive to Support the WorkHeaven on Earth: The Temple in Biblical Theology – T. Desmond Alexander & Simon GathercoleJesus as the Fulfillment of the Temple in the Gospel of John – Paul M. HoskinsThat Scripture Might Be Fulfilled: Typology and the Death of Christ – Paul M. Hoskins A Theology of John’s Gospel and Letters: The Word, the Christ, and the Son of God, (Biblical Theology the New Testament Series) – Andreas J. KöstenbergerWho Shall Ascend the Mountain of the Lord? A Biblical Theology of the Book of Leviticus (New Studies in Biblical Theology) – L. Michael MoralesThe Priesthood of Christ and His Ministers – Andre Feuillet trans. Matthew J. O’Connell The Temple and the Church’s Mission: A Biblical Theology of the Dwelling Place of God – G.K. BealeGraded Holiness: A Key to the Priestly Conception of the World – Philip Peter Jenson“Hebrews,” by George H. Guthrie in Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament – ed. G.K. Beale and D.A. CarsonJesus the Priest – Nicholas Perrin