“But will
God really dwell on earth with humans? The heavens, even the highest heavens,
cannot contain you. How much less this temple I have built!”
It’s
hard to comprehend that God would choose an actual address on earth and ask to
live in a building, but he did. God was
not “confined” to that building, but he was present.
God
asked that Solomon build a temple in Jerusalem so his people would know he was
right there with them. It was there they
offered sacrifices to God, prayed to him and felt the security of his presence.
Did
it work? Sometimes, but mostly God
became routine and his forgiveness expected.
So then Jesus came to dwell with people in human flesh, to do all the
things God did dwelling in the temple – showing forgiveness, power, love and
being the ultimate sacrifice.
Did
that work? Finally it did, however
people still take Jesus for granted.
Will God have to return again?
Yes and this time it will be final and all God’s people will dwell with
him forever at his home addressed.