Matthew 23:21
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And he who swears by the temple swears by it and by the One who dwells in it.
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I have indeed built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.”
O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.
and I have built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.”
For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity dwells in bodily form.
The priests were unable to enter the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled it.
But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
And in Him you too are being built together into a dwelling place for God in His Spirit.