Does God really live on earth with people? If heaven and the highest heaven cannot hold you, then how can this Temple that I have built?

No one can really build a Temple for God. This is because even all the vastness of heaven cannot contain him. How then can I build a Temple that would be anything more than a place to burn incense to God?

This is what Jehovah says: Heaven is my throne. Earth is my footstool. Where can you people build a house or resting place for me?

Who is like Jehovah our God? He is seated on his high throne.

I will dwell among the sons of Israel and will be their God.

Can you, O God, really live on earth? Not even heaven or the heaven of heavens is large enough to hold you. How can this Temple I have built be large enough?

Do not be fooled by Hezekiah! No god of any nation has been able to stand up to Assyria. Believe me, your God cannot keep you safe!'

How much more will he accuse those who live in clay houses that have their foundation in the dust? Those houses can be crushed quicker than a moth!

How then can I answer God and choose my words in order to reason with him?

How then can a man be righteous before God? How can one born of woman be pure?

You went to the highest place. You took prisoners captive. You have received gifts in the form of people, even from among rebellious people, so that Jehovah God may live there [with them].

Where can I go from your Spirit? Or where can I flee from your presence?

The High and Lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is holy, says: 'I dwell in the high and holy and also with him who has a contrite and humble spirit. I revive the spirit of the humble, and the heart of the contrite ones.'

Can a man hide himself in hiding places so I do not see him? asks Jehovah. Do I not fill the heavens and the earth? Declares Jehovah.

Even though you are a sinner, you know how to give good gifts to your children. Think how much more your Father in heaven gives good things to those who ask him!

The most High does not dwell in houses made with hands as the prophet says,

The God that made the world and all things in it is the Lord of heaven and earth. He does not live in temples made with hands.

I know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I do not know; or whether out of the body, I do not know; God knows), such a one caught up even to the third heaven.

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But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!

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But will

I will dwell among the sons of Israel and will be their God.
Can you, O God, really live on earth? Not even heaven or the heaven of heavens is large enough to hold you. How can this Temple I have built be large enough?
You went to the highest place. You took prisoners captive. You have received gifts in the form of people, even from among rebellious people, so that Jehovah God may live there [with them].
Who is like Jehovah our God? He is seated on his high throne.
The High and Lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is holy, says: 'I dwell in the high and holy and also with him who has a contrite and humble spirit. I revive the spirit of the humble, and the heart of the contrite ones.'
This is what Jehovah says: Heaven is my throne. Earth is my footstool. Where can you people build a house or resting place for me?
The most High does not dwell in houses made with hands as the prophet says,
The God that made the world and all things in it is the Lord of heaven and earth. He does not live in temples made with hands.

Heaven

No one can really build a Temple for God. This is because even all the vastness of heaven cannot contain him. How then can I build a Temple that would be anything more than a place to burn incense to God?
Where can I go from your Spirit? Or where can I flee from your presence?
Can a man hide himself in hiding places so I do not see him? asks Jehovah. Do I not fill the heavens and the earth? Declares Jehovah.
I know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I do not know; or whether out of the body, I do not know; God knows), such a one caught up even to the third heaven.

How much

Do not be fooled by Hezekiah! No god of any nation has been able to stand up to Assyria. Believe me, your God cannot keep you safe!'
How much more will he accuse those who live in clay houses that have their foundation in the dust? Those houses can be crushed quicker than a moth!
How then can I answer God and choose my words in order to reason with him?
How then can a man be righteous before God? How can one born of woman be pure?
Even though you are a sinner, you know how to give good gifts to your children. Think how much more your Father in heaven gives good things to those who ask him!

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I say to you, one greater than the Temple is here.
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