1 Kings 8:1

Then Solomon

The consecration of the temple illustrates all consecration. The temple, like the believer (1 Thessalonians 5:23) was threefold: the court, that which was outward, visible, answered to the body; the holy place, where everything appealed to the sacred emotions, answered to the soul; the holy of holies, the place of communion with God (Exodus 25:22) answered to the spirit of man. The ark was the most all-inclusive type of Christ of any one of the vessels of the tabernacle.

( See Scofield) - (Exodus 25:9).

When, therefore, the priests brought the ark into the court, the holy place, and the holy of holies, they were, in type, enthroning Christ over the body, with its powers and appetites; the soul, seat of the emotions and desires; and the mind, seat of the capacity to know and commune with God.

( See Scofield) - (Genesis 1:26) note 3.

In Christian experience this answers to; (Romans 12:1); (Ephesians 5:18).