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Matthew 5:34-35
But I tell you, don’t take an oath at all: either by heaven, because it is God’s throne;or by the earth, because it is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King.
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Acts 7:48-50
but the Most High does not dwell in sanctuaries made with hands, as the prophet says:Heaven is my throne, and the earth my footstool. What sort of house will you build for me? says the Lord, or what will be my resting place?Did not my hand make all these things?
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1 Kings 8 27
But will God indeed live on earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain you, much less this temple I have built.
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Acts 17:24
The God who made the world and everything in it— he is Lord of heaven and earth— does not live in shrines made by hands.
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Psalms 132:7
Let’s go to his dwelling place; let’s worship at his footstool.
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John 4:20-21
Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place to worship is in Jerusalem.”Jesus told her,“ Believe me, woman, an hour is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
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2 Samuel 7 5-2 Samuel 7 7
“ Go to my servant David and say,‘ This is what the LORD says: Are you to build me a house to dwell in?From the time I brought the Israelites out of Egypt until today I have not dwelt in a house; instead, I have been moving around with a tent as my dwelling.In all my journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever spoken a word to one of the tribal leaders of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people Israel, asking: Why haven’t you built me a house of cedar?’
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Psalms 11:4
The LORD is in his holy temple; the LORD— his throne is in heaven. His eyes watch; his gaze examines everyone.
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Jeremiah 7:4-11
Do not trust deceitful words, chanting,“ This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.”Instead, if you really correct your ways and your actions, if you act justly toward one another,if you no longer oppress the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow and no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods, bringing harm on yourselves,I will allow you to live in this place, the land I gave to your ancestors long ago and forever.But look, you keep trusting in deceitful words that cannot help.“‘ Do you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known?Then do you come and stand before me in this house that bears my name and say,“ We are rescued, so we can continue doing all these detestable acts”?Has this house, which bears my name, become a den of robbers in your view? Yes, I too have seen it. This is the LORD’s declaration.
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1 Chronicles 28 2
Then King David rose to his feet and said,“ Listen to me, my brothers and my people. It was in my heart to build a house as a resting place for the ark of the LORD’s covenant and as a footstool for our God. I had made preparations to build,
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Matthew 23:21-22
The one who takes an oath by the temple takes an oath by it and by him who dwells in it.And the one who takes an oath by heaven takes an oath by God’s throne and by him who sits on it.
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2 Chronicles 6 18
But will God indeed live on earth with humans? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain you, much less this temple I have built.
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Psalms 99:9
Exalt the LORD our God; bow in worship at his holy mountain, for the LORD our God is holy.
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Matthew 24:2
He replied to them,“ Do you see all these things? Truly I tell you, not one stone will be left here on another that will not be thrown down.”
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Malachi 1:11
“ My name will be great among the nations, from the rising of the sun to its setting. Incense and pure offerings will be presented in my name in every place because my name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Armies.
