Atos 7

God’s True Tabernacle

44 "Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as He appointed, instructing Moses *Ex. 25:40; (Heb. 8:5)to make it according to the pattern that he had seen, 45 *Deut. 32:49; Josh. 3:14; 18:1; 23:9which our fathers, having received it in turn, also brought with Joshua into the land possessed by the Gentiles, *Neh. 9:24; Ps. 44:2whom God drove out before the face of our fathers until the *2 Sam. 6:2–15days of David, 46 *2 Sam. 7:1–13; 1 Kin. 8:17who found favor before God and *1 Chr. 22:7; Ps. 132:4, 5asked to find a dwelling for the God of Jacob. 47 *1 Kin. 6:1–38; 8:20, 21; 2 Chr. 3:1–17But Solomon built Him a house.

48 "However, *1 Kin. 8:27; 2 Chr. 2:6; Acts 17:24the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says:

49 ‘Heaven*Is. 66:1, 2; Matt. 5:34is My throne,

And earth is My footstool.

What house will you build for Me? says the Lord,

Or what is the place of My rest?

50 Has My hand not *Ps. 102:25made all these things?’