Acts 7:44-50 - God's Real Tabernacle
44 "Our forefathers had the Tabernacle of the Testimony in the wilderness [i.e., the tent containing the ten commandments], which God instructed Moses to make according to the model he was shown. 45 Our forefathers also brought this Tabernacle with them under Joshua's leadership when they entered [Canaan] to occupy the land of these Gentile nations. God removed these nations as our forefathers advanced through the land, up until the reign of King David, 46 who found favor in God's sight and asked for permission to build a [special] house for the God of Jacob's [descendants] to live in. 47 But [eventually] it was Solomon who [actually] built this house [for God]. 48 However, the Highest [i.e., God] does not live in a house made by human beings, as the prophet said [Isaiah 66:1ff],
49 'Heaven is my throne and the earth is my footrest. What kind of a house do you plan to build for me? the Lord asked. Or what sort of a place is suitable for me to rest in? 50 Did I not really make everything [myself]?'