Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?

General references

Bible References

Where is the house

2 Samuel 7:5
“Go and say to My servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Are you the one who should build Me a house to dwell in?
Jeremiah 7:4
Do not trust in deceptive words, saying, ‘This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord.’
Malachi 1:11
For from the rising of the sun even to its setting, My name will be great among the nations, and in every place incense is going to be offered to My name, and a grain offering that is pure; for My name will be great among the nations,” says the Lord of hosts.
Matthew 24:2
And He said to them, “Do you not see all these things? Truly I say to you, not one stone here will be left upon another, which will not be torn down.”
John 4:20
Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you people say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.”
Acts 7:48
However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands; as the prophet says:

General references

Psalm 33:14
From His dwelling place He looks out
On all the inhabitants of the earth,
Jeremiah 17:12
A glorious throne on high from the beginning
Is the place of our sanctuary.

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