Isaiah 66:1
This is what the Lord says,
Where, then, is a house that you could build for Me?
And where will My resting place be?
1 Kings 8:27
But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You; how much less this house which I have built!
Matthew 5:34-35
John 4:20-21
Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one ought to worship is in Jerusalem [at the temple].”
Acts 17:24
The God who created the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands;
2 Samuel 7:5-7
“Go and tell My servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Should you be the one to build Me a house in which to dwell?
Psalm 11:4
The Lord is in His holy temple; the Lord’s throne is in heaven.
His eyes see, His eyelids test the children of men.
Acts 7:48-50
However, the Most High [the One infinitely exalted above humanity] does not dwell in houses made by human hands; as the prophet [Isaiah] says,
1 Chronicles 28:2
Then David the king rose to his feet and said, “Hear me, my brothers [in arms] and my people. I had intended to build a permanent home for the ark of the covenant of the Lord and as a footstool for our God, and I prepared materials for the building.
2 Chronicles 6:18
“But will God actually dwell with mankind on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You; how much less this house which I have built!
Psalm 99:9
Exalt the Lord our God
And worship at His holy hill [Zion, the temple mount],
For the Lord our God is holy.
Psalm 132:7
Let us go into His tabernacle;
Let us worship at His footstool.
Jeremiah 7:4-11
Do not trust in the deceptive and lying words [of the false prophets who claim that Jerusalem will be protected by God because of the temple], saying, ‘This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord.’
Malachi 1:11
For
Matthew 23:21-22
Matthew 24:2
And He said to them,
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Where is the house
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Where is the house
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From His dwelling place He looks closely
Upon all the inhabitants of the earth—
A glorious throne, set on high from the beginning,
Is the place of our sanctuary (the temple).