The Pentateuch is an unfinished story.
It lays foundation for the biblical meta-narrative that runs from Genesis to Revelation.
The story of God’s mission to reconcile humanity and all creation to himself unites the library of books of the Bible.
At the beginning we have the creation of heaven and earth and at the end with have the creation of new heaven and new earth.
In between we have a story of God’s redemptive work - all as a grace - that aims to restore the broken relationship between himself and wayward humanity, and aims to renew all creation.
Fundamental to this process is the incarnation of Jesus Christ, his sacrificial death, bodily resurrection, glorious ascension to the right hand of the Father, and future return as universal judge.
From creation (Gen 1-2) to recreation (Rev 21-22)
From the garden of Eden in Gen to the new of Jerusalem in Rev.
In the process, we see, the tent-tabernacle in the desert, the temple in the earthly city of Jerusalem.
Then, we have the “body of Jesus” as the temple, and the followers of Jesus - the church - as the new temple.
Thus, human bodies replace the stones.
It all ends in the new Jerusalem coming from down from heaven.
It is not just a city but/and a temple, and personification of God’s people living in marriage relationship with God.