Acts 7:44-50; Isaiah 66:1; Acts 17:24; 2 Corinthians 5:1

Acts 7:44-50

44 "Our fathers had the tabernacle of testimony in the wilderness, just as He who spoke to Moses directed him to make it according to the pattern which he had seen.

45 "And having received it in their turn, our fathers brought it in with Joshua upon dispossessing the nations whom God drove out before our fathers, until the time of David.

46 "David found favor in God's sight, and asked that he might find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.

47 "But it was Solomon who built a house for Him.

48 "However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands; as the prophet says:

49 'HEAVEN IS MY THRONE, AND EARTH IS THE FOOTSTOOL OF MY FEET; WHAT KIND OF HOUSE WILL YOU BUILD FOR ME?' says the Lord , 'OR WHAT PLACE IS THERE FOR MY REPOSE?

50 'WAS IT NOT MY HAND WHICH MADE ALL THESE THINGS?'

Isaiah 66:1

1 Thus says the LORD , "Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool . Where then is a house you could build for Me? And where is a place that I may rest?

Acts 17:24

24 "The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands;

2 Corinthians 5:1

1 For we know that if the earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.