This idea is related to the belief that Christ himself, having claimed to be and do what the temple was and did, is the "new temple" (), and that his people, as a part of the "body of Christ" (meaning the church), are part of this temple as well (; ; ). The result, according to N. T. Wright, is that the earthly temple (along with the city of Jerusalem and the Land of Israel) is no longer of any spiritual significance: